Glossary of Australian and New Zealand Punting - C

  • C: The class of a harness racehorse which stands for Country Assessment; M stands for Metropolitan Assessment. A C11 M6 pacer has won an equivalent of 11 country class races and 6 metropolitan class races.
  • c.: An abbreviation for a colt, as it appears in race books, pedigrees and stud books.
  • Calcutta: Sweepstakes conducted prior to a big event with each horse being raffled and then auctioned to the highest bidder.
  • Carry the grandstand: Said of a horse allocated a big weight in a handicap race.
  • Cast: A horse situated on its side or back, and wedged in the starting stalls, such that it cannot get up.
  • Cast a plate: Lost a racing plate.
  • Ch.: An abbreviation for a chestnut horse, as it appears in race books, pedigrees and stud books.
  • Chaff burner: Derogatory term for a horse.
  • Checked: Incident during a race when a horse is blocked, causing it to change stride, slow down or change direction.
  • Claim: see apprentice allowance.
  • Clerk of the course: Mounted racecourse officials who manage horses and jockeys on the race track, and lead the winner of a race back to the mounting yard.
  • Coat-tugger: A racecourse conman who will tip a horse to a punter, and if the horse wins, is always present when the punter collects, to demand a portion of the winnings.
  • Colourful racing identity: Euphemism for a criminal.
  • Colours: Coloured racing jacket and cap worn by jockeys to indicate the owners of a horse.
  • Colt: An entire (ungelded) male under four years of age.
  • Connections: The owners and trainer of a horse.
  • Cop a minty wrapper: To receive a very light "sling" or gratuity.
  • Correct weight: After a race the weight carried by at least the placegetters is checked, and ‘correct weight’ is the signal by the stewards that bets can be paid.
  • Could not lay it with a trowel: Said by bookmakers of a horse that has been completely neglected in the betting ring.
  • Cricket score odds: Very long odds, usually 100 to 1 or better.
  • Crucified: see Slaughtered.
  • Crusher: A bookmaker who takes top odds from his colleagues and then offers prices on the same horse or horses at reduced odds.
  • Cuts his own hair: An expression to indicate a person is very careful about investing any money.

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