TRIFECTA (TRIPLE) - a wager in which the first three finishers must be chosen in exact order.
TURF - term used for infield grass course on which some races are run.
UNDER WRAPS - horse under stout retraint in a race or workout.
UNDERLAY - a horse racing at shorter odds than he should.
VALET - an employee who takes care of a jockey's equipment, ensures that the correct silks are at his locker and the rider has the proper weight in his lead pad. He meets the rider after the race and carries in the saddle and equipment back to the jockey's room.
VIDEO PATROL - the syetem by which video cameras are placed around a racetrack to broadcast and record the running of each race from each angle.
WARM UP - a slow gallop or canter to the starting point of a race.
WASHY - horse breaking out in a nervous sweat before a race.
WEANLING - a foal being weaned and until he becomes a yearling on January 1 of the following year.
WEIGH-IN - the procedure where the Clerk of Scales, prior to the race, checks the weights of jockeys and their riding equipment against the officially assigned weight for each horse in the race.
WEIGH-OUT - he procedure where the Clerk of Scales, after the race, checks the weights of jockeys and their riding equipment against the officially assigned weight for each horse in the race.
WEIGHT-FOR-AGE - fixed scale of weights to be carried by horses according to age, sex, distance of the race, and season of the year.
WHEEL - a type of wager where one entrant is combined with every other entrant in the race; can be done with various types of wagers (i.e., wheel the #1 horse with all other horses in an Exacta wager).
WHIP - leather instument in which a rider encourages his horse to increase his speed; alos, bat or goad.
WIN - type of wager in which one collects only if a horse wins the race.
WINNER'S CIRCLE - area adjacent to the racing oval where a winning horse is brought for ceremonial win photo with owner, trainer, etc.
