Please enjoy the Trip It Notes from the Meadowlands for May 7th and we hope they can be used to your advantage when wagering at the Big M.
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Meadowlands for Saturday, May 7, 2016
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HarnessTripNotes are designed to be used in conjunction with standard past performance data, to complement quantitative data points (such as
speed figures, sectional times, and chart calls) with qualitative expert video replay observations. Use these notes to determine if a horse had the benefit
We offer this glossary to aid your understanding of the symbols and abbreviated terms within the PDFs that contain the racing data. While we have some
key changes versus what you may see in a racing program, many elements of the product should be readily familiar to horseplayers. We also offer this
of cover, was hampered by traffic trouble, was aided by another horse, affected adversely by another horse, or the like.
glossary with the newer horseplayer in mind.
blind switch (abbr. “bld sw”) – a horse surrounded in front and to both sides by other contestants.
btn by pkt foe, btn off cvr – descriptions to account for the trip of a horse who defeated a tiring
carried (abbr. “carr”) – having to race deeper or wider due to the legal moves of another rival
clear (abbr. “clr”) – to cross down to the pegs at the front of the field, or to gain separation on the
cover (abbr. “covr”, “cvr”) – when racing at least two-wide, contestants can get behind a horse
which is “providing cover” and the leader is “first-over”, the horse behind is “second-over”, and
duck/ducked – a driver rapidly placing their horse behind another rival instead of electing to go on
faded – The least severe of three descriptions we...