Form ( horse racing ) - Wikipedia Form ( horse racing ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2013 ) This article is about forms in horse racing. For other uses, see Form ( disambiguation ). In horse racing, the form of a horse is a record of significant events, mainly its performance in previous races. The form may identify the horse 's sire, dam and wider pedigree. It is used by tipsters and punters as an aid in the prediction of its performance in future races. A typical way of showing a horse 's form, as published in newspapers and other media, is shown here. Number Colours Form Horse Name Age Weight Trainer Jockey 3 image 43 - 2F1 Mill Reef 3 11 - 12 A. Smith L. Piggott 7 image 680U54 Glue Pot 3 11 - 10 B. Brown F. Dettori Abbreviations used to decode the Form column can include : 1 - 9 The position the horse finished in a race 0 Finished outside the top 9 Pulled up ( reined in as horse may be too tired / injured, or horse may just stop running ) Fell Slipped Up Refusal Brought down U Unseated rider - Separates years, i.e. left of this is from previous year, e.g. Dec 06 - Jan 07 / Separates racing seasons, i.e. left of this is from the season before last Form is arranged chronologically from left ( oldest ) to right ( newest ). So, in the example above, the horse Mill Reef gained a fourth place, followed by a third, then took some time out from racing, then gained a second followed by falling in the next race, and its latest result was a win. References Jump up ^ `` How to Read PPs '' ( Flash ). Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 26. See also Racecard This horse racing - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Form_(horse_racing)&oldid=718987295 '' Categories : Horse racing Horse racing stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from February 2013 All articles needing additional references All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia 日本 語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 6 May 2016, at 21 : 20. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what does a slash mean in horse racing form
Answer: Separates racing seasons