Opinion
Our honest take on the sport, from race-riding and the way races are run to the talking points that get us going. Argued straight, and always up for debate.
November Jumps Trainers: Who Kicks On and Who Stalls
10 seasons of jumps runners: the trainers who kick on in November, the yards that hold their level, and the ones not worth following until December.
2 Nov 2026Morning Market Moves: Does Following the Money Pay?
Horses backed in the morning win far more often, but only about as often as their price says. We tested 319,021 runners and the yard lists on our exchange data.
2 Nov 2026Dan Skelton: A Flying October, and the Winter Ahead
Dan Skelton has just had his best October in 10 seasons, 39 winners. We went back through 10 winters to see what usually comes next, and through his whole…
31 Oct 2026East India Express and Our 2nds Since Royal Ascot
Beaten into 2nd more times than we want to count since Royal Ascot, 19 of them odds-on in running and 7 beaten by a nose or a short head.
27 Oct 2026Last Time Out Winners: Where They Win Again
They win again nearly twice as often as everyone else, and backing them blind still loses. Every run we hold, 1.3 million of them, on the angles that work.
28 Sep 2026Pierre Royal Wins the Cambridgeshire at 33/1
We tipped Pierre Royal in the Irish Cambridgeshire 28 days ago and he ran 3rd. Today he won the English one at 33/1, off a 2lb lower mark, without us.
26 Sep 2026Pacemakers: The Obvious Ones and the Ones Nobody Noticed
Action, Lambourn and Hawk Mountain were obvious pacemakers. Henlein, Never So Brave and Snapretend shaped their races too, and nobody said a word.
14 Sep 2026Worcester's Near Side: 3 Jockeys Saw It, 8 Did Not
The first, second and third at Worcester all came down the near side. The two best jockeys at the track went there, and one 22/1 shot followed them home.
10 Sep 2026Beaten Favourite Last Time Out: The Stat That Matters
Every service flags a beaten favourite. On its own that flag tells you nothing at all. Here is the context that turns it into something you can actually use.
25 Aug 2026Horse Database: Which Horses Are Rated What
A handicap mark on its own is a fact, not an insight. Our Horse Database shows every horse as it stands today, and the gap between the two is the point.
25 Aug 2026Il Est Francais Joins Dan Skelton: The Headgear Angle
First time headgear is a negative signal on average, not a positive one. Which makes the yards it does work for, like Skelton with a tongue strap, worth…
12 Aug 2026The Best Ratings in Racing? 21 Top-Rated Winners in a Single Day
We believe RatingTheRaces produces the best ratings around, and Friday 24 July made the case for us: 21 top-rated winners across the day, plus our nap and a…
24 Jul 2026