Today's FR - Meslay Du Maine Horse Racing Picks

Rabbit

Also known as a pacemaker; this is a horse with no expected chance of winning but is used to prompt a quick pace on the front end of the race to the benefit of a stablemate who is a closer.

Handicap

A race where a handicapper has assigned weights to be carried by all runners on the basis of their past racing efforts.

Paddock

The area where horses gather before the race to be saddled and paraded for the public.