Understanding the Ratings
The glossary for the horse racing ratings: what every R figure, AV score, rank and column actually means, so you can read each race card with confidence.
What do the R figures (R1–R10) mean?
R figures are RatingTheRaces calculated performance figures for each run, R1 is the most recent outing, working back through R2 to R10 for older form.
What do AV3, AV10 and their ranks mean?
AV3 is the average of a horse's last 3 R scores and AV10 the last 10, smoothing recent form; the matching ranks compare every runner across the race.
What is the R1 Rank?
R1 Rank ranks every horse in a race by its most recent R1 performance figure, so you can instantly spot the runner arriving in the sharpest current form.
What are the numbers next to a horse's name?
The small numbers shown next to a horse tell you how many times that runner has been selected by other players as a pick in the free NAP Competition.
WS, PS & WP views explained
Switch between three ratings views, WS (Win Stats), PS (Place Stats) and WP (Win Price reduction in running), to study each runner from a different angle.
WebRaces vs WebRatings: what's the difference?
WebRatings shows runners in RTR-Rank order with full stats; WebRaces is the free, alphabetical view with minimal stats used for the NAP Competition.
Ratings columns reference (full glossary)
Every ratings column defined and grouped left to right, the consolidated reference that replaces nine separate column pages, so you can decode any race card.
Value Odds, Value % and Win %
Value Odds are the fair odds our algorithm gives each horse; Win % turns that into a win chance; Value % compares the live market price to that fair price.
What does A/E mean?
A/E, Actual over Expected, compares how often a horse, trainer or jockey actually wins against how often the market expected them to. Over 1 is a value signal.
Official ratings and mark moves
Every handicapper runs off an official mark. See each horse's current mark by code, how the handicapper has just moved it, and its mark history across its runs.
What is XSP (Exchange Starting Price)?
XSP is the Exchange Starting Price, the price a horse is returned at on the betting exchange as it goes off, the fairest read of its true starting price.
Headgear on the ratings
Headgear now shows next to each horse's name on the ratings. Here's every code, what it means, and what the small ¹ and ² after it tell you.
The Beaten Favourite (BF) flag
A BF badge by a horse's name means it went off favourite last time out and got beaten. Hover for the run, plus the trainer's record after a beaten favourite.
Trainer switches, graded
When a horse changes yards we grade the move Positive, Neutral or Negative, shown as a coloured arrow by its name, with our reasoning in the hover.
Winning times and beaten distances
After a race we show the winning time against our own standard in the race header, and how far every horse was beaten in the Beaten column.
The weight carried hover
Hover a horse's name for its weight-carrying record, split by race type and read against where it sat in the weights, not just the raw strike rate.