its name. Salute the judge: The horse wins the race. Satchel swinger: A bookmaker. Score up: In harness racing the movement of horses behind the mobile barrier before a start is made. Scraping paint: Racing tight, or close, to the running rail. Scratch: To be taken out of a race before it starts. Sectionals: Intermediate times recorded during a race. Set the board: When a bookmaker completes the information shown on the betting board, by listing each runner in a race and their respective odds, he or she is said to have set the board. Settling: A meeting between bookmaker and punter at which money is exchanged in settlement for past credit betting. The majority of settling now takes place at the course prior to the race. (Shadow) Nose Roll: A wide lambs wool covered noseband designed to keep the horse from seeing his own shadow. Shillelagh: Colloquial term for a jockey's whip. Shin sore: Inflammation of the membrane of the cannon bone. Short half-head: The second-smallest winning margin. In Australia a NOSE is the shortest margin a horse can win by. Shorten: When the odds of a horse decrease, usually because a lot of money has been wagered on that horse. Shrapnel: The term used by a bookie's bagman for a heap of small coins. Silks: A jockey's breeches and bib or cravat Sire: The father of a horse. Skinner: A "result" for a bookmaker which entails very little, or no pay out whatsoever on a race. Slaughtered: Said of a jockey who has ridden a horse so badly as to be the main cause of it losing a race. Sling: A sum of money given as gratuity or bonus generally by an owner to a trainer, jockey or strapper. Smarty: A somewhat derogatory term for a person not to be trusted, especially with privileged stable information. Smoky: A well supported horse with no apparent form to justify its price. SP : An illegal "off course" operator – a starting price bookmaker. The term SP is also used by racing officials to declare the official starting price of a horse. Special: see Best bet. Speedy squib: A horse which has a reputation for beginning races extremely fast and running out of steam before the winning post. Spell: The resting period for a horse between preparations or racing. Spin: An expression for a five-pound note (pre-1966 currency). Spot: A term