AU2 - Newcastle - Race 9

Minus Pool

A pari-mutuel pool – typically a show pool - where one horse is so heavily bet that after deductions there is not enough money left to cover the prescribed minimum on each bet.

Handicap

A race where a handicapper has assigned weights to be carried by all runners on the basis of their past racing efforts.

Lasix

A medication for the treatment of bleeding in horses that is legal in North America, but not all worldwide jurisdictions.