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title: "The Weight column — RatingTheRaces Support"
description: "The racecard now shows each horse's weight beside its official rating, and downloads carry Weight (lbs) plus a Last Handicap Win block for Pro members."
url: https://ratingtheraces.com/understanding-the-ratings/weight-column/
date_modified: "2026-09-25"
---

[Help Centre](https://ratingtheraces.com/support/) / [Understanding the Ratings](https://ratingtheraces.com/understanding-the-ratings/) /The Weight column

# The Weight column

Concept all plans new

Weight and mark belong side by side: the Wgt column now sits directly beside OR on the racecard, and the same figure flows into the spreadsheet downloads.

The Wgt column shows the weight each horse carries today, in stones and pounds, and it sits directly beside the OR column so the two halves of the handicapper's equation read together.

 [![The racecard with the Wgt column highlighted beside OR](https://ratingtheraces.com/help/weight-column/0-column.webp)](#zoom-help-weight-column-0-column) [![The racecard with the Wgt column highlighted beside OR](https://ratingtheraces.com/help/weight-column/0-column.webp)](#close)

For members who work in spreadsheets, the downloads carry it too:

-   **Weight (lbs)** joins the XLS and CSV downloads as a plain number, ready for your own sums.
-   Professional members' downloads also gain a **Last Handicap Win** block: the mark, weight and date of each horse's most recent handicap win, so a below-the-last-winning-mark check is one column comparison in your own sheet.

Hovering the weight on the racecard still opens the weight-carried record with the horse's history by weight band, covered in [Weight carried, and how each horse handles it](https://ratingtheraces.com/understanding-the-ratings/weight-carried/).

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