What Does NAP Mean?
A NAP is a tipster's best bet of the day — their single most confident selection from all the day's racing. The term comes from Napoleon, the card game, where it signifies playing your strongest hand. When a tipster gives a NAP, they're saying: "If you back one horse today, make it this one."
Our NAP of the Day is selected by our scoring algorithm as the highest-rated runner across all meetings. You can track our full NAP record in the NAP archive.
Common Betting Terms
- NB (Next Best) — The tipster's second-best selection of the day, after the NAP.
- Each-Way (E/W) — A two-part bet covering win and place. See our each-way guide for full details.
- SP (Starting Price) — The official odds at the moment the race begins.
- Favourite — The horse with the shortest odds, considered most likely to win by the market.
- Jolly — Slang for the favourite.
- Drifter — A horse whose odds are getting bigger (longer) in the market, often signalling lack of confidence.
- Steamer — A horse whose odds are shortening rapidly, suggesting strong money coming in.
- Ante-Post — Bets placed well before the day of the race, often at bigger prices.
- Accumulator (Acca) — A single bet combining multiple selections. All must win for the bet to pay.
- Yankee — 11 bets on 4 selections: 6 doubles, 4 trebles and a fourfold accumulator.
- Lucky 15 — 15 bets on 4 selections: 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles and a fourfold. Pays a bonus if all 4 win.
Form & Racing Terms
- Going — The ground conditions (e.g. Good, Soft, Heavy). See our going guide.
- Form — A horse's recent race results. See our form reading guide.
- Handicap — A race where horses carry different weights based on their official rating, designed to equalise chances.
- Conditions Race — A non-handicap race with set weight conditions (e.g. all 3-year-olds carry the same weight).
- Listed / Group 3 / Group 2 / Group 1 — Pattern race grades from lowest to highest. Group 1 is the top level.
- Maiden — A horse that has not yet won a race.
- Bumper — A National Hunt flat race for inexperienced horses.
- Novice — A horse in its first season over hurdles or fences.
- Pull Up (PU) — When a horse is stopped during a race, usually because it has no chance of winning or the jockey feels something is wrong.
- Blinkers / Visor / Cheekpieces — Headgear used to help horses focus. First-time application is often a positive signal.
Course & Distance Terms
- C&D — Course and Distance winner. The horse has won at this track over this trip before — a strong positive indicator.
- CD — As above, often seen in racecards.
- BF — Beaten Favourite. The horse was favourite last time but lost.
- Furlong — One-eighth of a mile (approximately 200 metres). Races are measured in furlongs and miles.