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title: "Trainer switches, graded — RatingTheRaces Support"
description: "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."
url: https://ratingtheraces.com/understanding-the-ratings/trainer-switches/
date_modified: "2026-08-28"
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# Trainer switches, graded

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When a horse has switched trainers, we grade the move, Positive, Neutral or Negative, so you can see at a glance whether it's landed at a stronger yard.

A change of stable can transform a horse, or do nothing at all. When a horse runs for a **new trainer**, we grade the move and show it as a **coloured arrow** next to its name on the racecard.

-   **Green, pointing up, Positive**, it's moved to a stronger yard on our reading.
-   **Grey, level, Neutral**, no clear edge either way.
-   **Red, pointing down, Negative**, the move looks a backward step.

If we can't score the move confidently (a sparsely raced yard, say), there's no arrow.

## What's behind the grade

Hover over the arrow and you'll see which way we've called it, the yard it came from, and the signals we weighed up:

-   **The yards**: is the new trainer a stronger yard than the old one, over a rolling two-year record.
-   **The class**: does the new yard tend to run its horses in better races.
-   **The record**: how the new trainer does specifically with horses arriving from another stable.

Two of those three have to point the same way for a **Positive** or **Negative** grade; anything less is **Neutral**. It's a starting point for your own judgement, not the last word, plenty of good moves take a run or two to click.

The switch grade sits with the [trainer](https://ratingtheraces.com/understanding-the-ratings/ratings-columns-reference/) on the card and is a Premium and Professional feature.

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