Greyhound Racing Glossary - T

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Taking a price – Accepting a bet with the show price as opposed to the starting price.

Through-the-card – Where there is a bet on every race on a racecard.

Tic-tac - A means of signalling with the arms (and usually white gloves). Used by bookmakers' agents to denote price changes

Tipster – Someone who seeks to predict the outcome of a race.

Tissue odds – A betting forecast used by bookmakers, which has been compiled by a form expert

Trap number – The greyhounds start a race from numbered boxes, which are decided in advance and indicated on the racecard.

Trifecta – A bet that requires selecting the top three finishers in the correct order

Tote board – A display board that lists the current odds of all the dogs

Track condition – Description of the current state of a tracks running surface

Track rating – A numeric grade from 1-5 given to identify the quality of the track

Track take – The money kept by the track out of the betting pool to cover its overheads

Treble - A multiple bet. Thus in a win treble all three dogs must win for the bet to succeed. In an each-way or place treble all three dogs must be placed to draw the place treble return.

Tricast – A bet where the punter predicts three runners to finish first, second and third in the correct order.

Trio – This is the tote pool at a greyhound track for tricast bets.

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