is said to let down his horse in the final stages of a race when asking it for its final effort. London to a brick on: Long odds-on. Long shot: An outsider at long odds with little chance of winning. Lost a leg in the float: The horse has drifted alarmingly in the betting. Low flying: A horse travelling so fast it is said to be "low flying" rather than running. Lug: Racing erratically and hanging in. M M: The class of a harness racehorse which stands for Metropolitan Assessment. A C11 M6 pacer has won an equivalent of 11 country class races and 6 metropolitan class races. m.: An abbreviation for a mare, as it appears in race books, pedigrees and stud books etc. Maiden: A horse that has not won a race. Mail: Information and tips. Mare: A female horse over three years old. Market: The list of all horses engaged in a race and their respective odds. Mentor: The trainer of a horse. Monkey: A term used for five hundred dollars. Moral: An absolute certainty. Mounting yard: Enclosure where the horses are paraded prior to each race and jockeys mount and dismount their horses. Muck lather: Term for a horse sweating profusely, usually brought on by nervousness prior to a race. Mudlark: A horse which goes well on a wet track. Multi Bet: A type of bet which allows you to automatically place the winnings from the previous bet(s) onto the following bet(s). N Nags: Derogatory term for horse racing. Near side: Left hand side of a horse. The side on which a horse is normally mounted. Neck; A win or place margin, which in racing is about the length of a hores's neck. Neglected: Attracting very little support in the betting. Nose: The short winning margin in an Australian horse race, followed by a short half-head. Nose band: A leather strap that goes around a horse's nose to help keep the mouth shut. O Oaks: A stakes event for three-year-old fillies. Odds against: Odds which are longer than evens (e.g. 2–1). At present Australian odds are expressed as a $ figure: 2-1 is now shown as $3 (2-1 plus the $1 stake). Odds on: Odds which are shorter than evens (e.g. 1-2 or 2–1 on). Or $1.50, using the above example in Odds Against. Odds on look on: An old adage used by punters in which