Today's NZ - Phar Lap Horse Racing Picks

Minus Pool

A pari-mutuel pool – typically a show pool - where one horse is so heavily bet that after deductions there is not enough money left to cover the prescribed minimum on each bet.

Bute

Shortened word for phenylbutazone, the common non-steroidal medication legal at most racetrack.

Starter Race

An allowance race restricted to horses who have started for a certain claiming price recently.