The abbreviations tell you what happened; the numbers tell you where it happened.<\/p>\n
Numbers<\/strong> So, \u2018Chll1,Ld2\/3-4\u2019 means \u2018Challenged for the lead at the 1st bend; took the lead between the 2nd and 3rd bends; kept the lead until the 4th bend\u2019.<\/p>\n A<\/strong> B<\/strong> C<\/strong> D<\/strong> E<\/strong> F<\/strong> G<\/strong> H<\/strong> I<\/strong> K<\/strong> L<\/strong> M<\/strong> N<\/strong> O<\/strong> Q<\/strong> R<\/strong> S<\/strong>
\n1: 1st bend (2: 2nd bend etc)
\n1\/2: Between the 1st and 2nd bends
\n1-2: From the 1st bend all the way to the 2nd bend<\/p>\n
\nALd: Always led (led from start to finish)
\nAwk: Awkward (turned its head towards another dog rather than concentrating on the race)<\/p>\n
\nBd: Badly (BdBmp: badly bumped)
\nBlk: Baulked (ran into another dog)
\nBmp: Bumped by another dog<\/p>\n
\nChll: Challenged for the lead
\nClrRn: Clear run (wasn’t bumped or crowded) but still didn’t win
\nCk: Checked (hesitated)
\nCkd Sough: Hesitated halfway down the back straight
\nCmAgn: Came again (put in another big effort)
\nCmOffLm: Came off lame (was found to be injured after the race)
\nCrd: Crowded by other dogs
\nCrmp: Had an attack of cramp<\/p>\n
\ndht: Dead heat
\nDInt: Deliberately interfered with another dog during the race
\nDisq: Disqualified (usually after acting aggressively towards another dog)
\nDist: Finished a long distance behind the rest of the dogs
\ndnf: Did not finish
\nDrwClr: Drew clear of the rest of the field<\/p>\n
\nEased: Slowed down (usually approaching a bend)
\nEP: Showed early pace on the run up
\nEvAw: Evenly away (came out of the traps level with the other dogs)
\nEvCh: Had every chance (wasn’t bumped or crowded) but still didn’t win<\/p>\n
\nFcd-Ck: Forced to check to avoid running into another dog
\nFcdWd: Forced to run wide around the bend
\nFdd: Faded (ran out of puff)
\nFnWll: Finished well (ran strongly up the home straight)<\/p>\n
\nGdMiddle: Ran well up the back straight (the middle section of the race)<\/p>\n
\nHldOn: Held on (kept the lead despite coming under pressure from another dog)<\/p>\n
\nImp: Impeded by another dog<\/p>\n
\nKO: Knocked over<\/p>\n
\nLckd: Lacked (LckdEP: Lacked early pace)
\nLd: Led
\nLftClr: Left clear (after other dogs collided)
\nLm: Lame (i.e. was injured during the race)<\/p>\n
\nMid: Ran in the middle of the track
\nMsdBk: Missed break (came out of the traps late)
\nMsdTrbl: Missed trouble (avoided a collision affecting other dogs)
\nMvdOff: Moved off (left a gap for other dogs to pass on the inside)<\/p>\n
\nNrLn: Near the finishing line
\nNvrShwd: Never showed (did not look competitive at any stage)<\/p>\n
\nOutP: Outpaced (simply not quick enough to be competitive)<\/p>\n
\nQAw: Quickly away (a fast start)<\/p>\n
\nRls: Ran close to the inside rail
\nRnIn: Run-in (the closing stages of the race)
\nRnOff: Ran off the track at the bend
\nRnOn: Ran on (kept going strongly)
\nRnUp: Run-up (the run from the traps to the first bend)<\/p>\n
\nSlAw: Slowly away (started slowly)
\nSnLd: Soon led (took the lead early in the race)
\nStkRl: Struck the inside rail when going round the bend
\nStmb: Stumbled
\nStppd: Stopped
\nStrFn: Strong finish (came with a late run)
\nStt: Start (StmbStt: Stumbled start \u2013 almost fell over coming out of the traps)
\nStyd: Stayed (kept running strongly all the way to the line)<\/p>\n