Glossary of Australian and New Zealand Punting - G

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• Gear Changes are authorised by stewards and appear in form guides and race books. Gear falling into this category includes: Blinkers, pacifiers, winkers, visors, cheekers, Cornell Collars, ear muffs, nose bands, nose rolls, various bits, tail chain, tongue tie, various plates and shoes for racing. Prior to racing: barrier blankets, stallion chains and blindfolds. Gelding of entire males is also to be notified.
• Gelding: A male horse that has been castrated.
• Get on: Have your bet accepted.
• Get out stakes: The last event on any racing programme.
• Get up: To win.
• Getting set: Being accommodated for a wager.
• Getting up without names: An indication that a number of long shots have won races, hence: "They're getting up without names today."
• Girth: An elastic and leather band sometimes covered with sheepskin, that passes under a horse's belly and is connected to both sides of the saddle.
• Going: The surface condition of the racecourse (fast, good, dead, slow, or heavy). A trial system introduced in NSW in 2005 rates tracks on a score of 10, from 1 to 10 . Victoria introduced the system for a trial period on 1 December 2005.
• Good alley: A barrier draw considered to be ideal for a particular horse.
• Good oil: Positive information about a horse’s chances in a race.
• Gorilla: A colloquial term for one thousand dollars.
• Got at: A horse is said to have been got at when it was by any means been put in such a condition that it cannot win.
• Got the blows: Drifted in the betting.
• Gr.: An abbreviation for a grey horse, as it appears in race books, pedigrees and stud books.
• Greet the judge: To win a race.
• Group race: High quality race categorised into Group One (G1), 2 and 3 and Listed races, in order of importance.
• Grow another leg: Said of horses that handle wet tracks well.