This article provides a list of abbreviations for various horse racing equipment, including running W's, screens, shields, aluminum pads, blinkers, breast plates, bits, collars, nosebands, shoes, goggles, hoods, pads, spurs, and tongue ties, among others. Some abbreviations may be outdated, but the equipment remains in use.
Here is a list of Equipment abbreviations. Some may no longer be in use or commonly used although the equipment is.
1 Running W's
2 Screens
3 Shields
A aluminum pads
B blinkers
BP Breast Plate
BT Bit
BUR Bur
Bx Box
C mud calks
CC Cornell Collar
CPF Cheek Pieces Off
CPN Cheek Pieces On
D Glued Shoes
DB D Bit
DNB Drop Noseband
DRB D Ring Bit
E Inner Rims
F front bandages
F8 Figure 8 Noseband
G goggles
H hood
I Inserts
J Aluminum Pad
K flipping halter
L bar shoes
M Block
N no whip
O blinkers off
OW Outside walk
P Pads
Q nasal strip off
R bar shoe
RB Ring Bit
S nasal strip
SR Shadow Roll
T Turndowns
U Spurs
V cheek piece
W no hind shoes
WA Walk
w queen's plate shoes
X cheek piece off
Y no shoes
Z tongue tie