Going Gd/Sft

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What does Gd/Sft stand for?

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KEMPTON PARK 2:30 ODDS COMPARISON
UNIBET CHRISTMAS HURDLE (Grade 1) (1) Distance 2m
Prize £68,340 Age 4yo+ Race State Declaration Runners 4 Going Gd/Sft

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Source: https://www.timeform.com/horse-racing/odds/kempton-park/2017-12-26/0230/27/4/unibet-christmas-hurdle

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[+5] - centrox - 02/01/2018Good to soft - the state of the turf and ground over which the horses ran.

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@oristarA,

These were off to the side on their own:

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Distance . 2m
Going . Gd/Sft

This is a wild guess, but perhaps Ground/Soft.

As opposed to gravel or whatever other sort of surface a horse race might be conducted on.

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@oralloy,

Thank you.

Izzy may be familiar with this horse race thing.

izzythepush wrote:

Granny's Birthday two thirty Kempton Park, stick a monkey on it. Monster, monster!

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Good to soft - the state of the turf and ground over which the horses ran.

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@centrox,

Best to go with what centrox said. I know absolutely nothing about horse racing.

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@centrox,

At least someone knows what they're talking about.

Some people never let their complete ignorance get in the way of pontificating.

http://www1.drf.com/help/help_glossary.html

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

Good to soft - the state of the turf and ground over which the horses ran.

Thank you.

"Age 4yo+ Race State Declaration" stand for "Age 4 years old+ Race State Declaration"....Well, what does "declaration" mean? I don't find it in Izzy's Glossary of Horse Racing Terms.

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Prize : £3,249 Age : 4yo+ Race State : Declaration Runners : 6

Note colon after Race State

The prize amount is £3,249
The horses are aged four years or more
The race state is "declaration" - all horses that will run have been declared (a formal step necessary in the rules of horseracing). If a horse is to run, then it must be declared a runner by a certain deadline before the race time.
There are six runners

Note: this is highly technical. Others will know more than me.

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@centrox,

Thank you.

Does "yo" (4yo+) alone stand for years old?
Does a runner include its knight?

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yo means years old. What do you mean by "knight"?

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@oristarA,

Horse riding doesn't look like this.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Modern-Knight.jpg/146px-Modern-Knight.jpg

It looks like this.

https://cdn.techinasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jockey-horse-5901.png

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@centrox,

centrox wrote:

yo means years old. What do you mean by "knight"?

Knight: the man who rides the horse; horseman.

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@oristarA,

They're called jockeys, see above pictures.

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@izzythepush,

Knights in white satin
Purple yellow and red
Punters are smitten
Blue the neddy ran dead

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@oristarA,

oristarA wrote:

Knight: the man who rides the horse; horseman.

Knight would refer to a minor nobleman who fought on horseback in the era before firearms.

It could also refer to those same noblemen if they were participating in the sport of jousting.

Later mounted soldiers in the era of firearms would be called cavalry, not knights.

People riding in modern horse racing wouldn't be called knights or cavalry. They'd probably be called jockeys.

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@ekename,

Way too slow.

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@ekename,

ekename wrote:

Knights in white satin
Purple yellow and red
Punters are smitten
Blue the neddy ran dead

Does the last line "Blue the neddy ran dead" mean "the blue neddy ran dead"?

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