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.
Breeder
The owner of a horse’s dam – or mother - at the time a horse is foaled.
Bute
Shortened word for phenylbutazone, the common non-steroidal medication legal at most racetrack.

