In horse racing why does the word NAP mean the best bet of the day? what does NAP stand for?

Question

In horse racing why does the word NAP mean the best bet of the day? what does NAP stand for?

Answer 1

Eddie D is spot on.

Is is short for Napoleon - the card game.  The best Hand was always declared with the phrase Napoleon.

Answer 2

not always profitable.

Answer 3

It comes from a card game called Napoleon. Each player is dealt 5 cards singly from a full pack of 52 and then declares, elder hand first, how many tricks he thinks he can make. "Nap" is a declaration to take all 5 tricks and therefore comes to mean a punter's best chance.

Answer 4

it dosnt stand for anything...A British horse racing/betting term for the best bet advised by an expert on a given day (from the Napoleon – the most valuable French coin at the time the phrase was first used.)