RatingTheRaces
Changelog

What's new at RatingTheRaces

We ship improvements most days. This page keeps the receipts: service updates, tracker additions and the latest analysis.

Service updates

Improvements to the members area: the ratings, dashboard, leaderboards, tools and your account.

1 August 2026

Official Rating now a column on your ratings

Professional members now see the horse's Official Rating (OR), the handicapper's own mark, as a column on the ratings grid. It sits alongside our numbers on every card, so you can weigh our view against the handicapper's at a glance.

28 July 2026 (5 days ago)

Today's Qualifiers for your ProStats systems

Professional members can now see, right on the dashboard, which of today's and tomorrow's runners qualify for each of your saved ProStats systems, with each system's profit and loss, ROI and longest losing run beside it. Three emails a day keep you posted too: an 8am briefing, an 11am update as the field firms up, and an end-of-day summary of what qualified and what did not.

26 July 2026 (7 days ago)

One Runner Stats on the dashboard

Professional members have a new One Runner Stats section at the foot of the dashboard: every trainer with a single runner, and every jockey with a single ride, today or tomorrow, alongside their record over the last five years for the days when that was all they had. Filter by minimum runs and add course, trainer or jockey splits to find the yard or rider saving their one bullet for a reason.

26 July 2026 (7 days ago)

Break down the Most Selected NAPs by tier

The dashboard's NAP Comp Most Selected card can now be split by membership. Premium and Pro members can switch between All, Free and Premium & Pro to see what the whole field is backing, what the free players are on, or where the paid members are putting their picks, each with its own top five.

24 July 2026 (9 days ago)

Last Year's Winner, now on the race card

Premium and Pro members now see a Last Year's Winner block on races we have a match for: the horse that won the same race twelve months ago, with its price, connections and our RTR Rank that day, linked through to the full race in our history. Turn on the highlight option in the settings menu and any of today's runners, trainers, jockeys or sires featured in last year's winner result are shaded gold on the card. It is in beta while coverage grows.

Analysis & reviews

New previews, race reviews and editorial on the blog.

21 July 2026 (12 days ago)

This week's handicap marks: Loriko, St Faz and the Galway angles

The weekly Handicap Analysis is in: Loriko raised to exactly the 125 we predicted, St Faz dropped 2lb for his plot, Lion's House looking ready for the all-weather, and more angles besides. The first horse is free to read; the rest are for Premium and Pro members.

19 July 2026 (14 days ago)

Goodwood week: the five features, previewed

Five days at Goodwood are nearly upon us, with a Group 1 on each of the first four days and the Stewards' Cup to finish. Our look ahead revisits how every feature race was won last year, including a 150/1 Group 1 shock.

19 July 2026 (14 days ago)

Opinion: a rare cold spell for Aidan O'Brien

Just one winner from Aidan O'Brien's last 23 runners, with two beaten at odds-on over the weekend. We look at what a rare quiet run means, and why the timing matters with the King George only a week away.

18 July 2026 (15 days ago)
16 July 2026 (17 days ago)

Opinion: the Group 3 that pays less than a handicap

A new opinion piece on race planning, told through Danger Bay: desperately unlucky in the John Smith's Cup at York, well handicapped on 104, and now being aimed at a Group 3 that pays less than the handicaps he could be winning instead.

Service updates

16 July 2026 (17 days ago)

A daily prize in the NAP Competition

Top the daily NAP Competition leaderboard as a free member and you now win full access to the next day's Premium ratings. Top it on a Thursday and the prize covers both Friday and Saturday. The prize lands automatically with the evening's final leaderboard update, and a notification in the app tells you it is yours.

14 July 2026 (19 days ago)

Fast Results, moments after the line

The result of every race now lands on our Fast Results page moments after the horses cross the line, posted automatically throughout the afternoon. You can reach it from the menu here on the website, or from the side menu in the members area, highlighted below.

The members area side menu with the Fast Results item highlighted by a red box
Fast Results in the members area menu.

Analysis & reviews

14 July 2026 (19 days ago)

Handicap Analysis: a new weekly series

Every Tuesday we now go through the handicapper's revised marks and pull out the horses that matter from our reviews and tracker. The first post covers nine horses to note this week, each with their old and new marks and up to two suggested target races.

Service updates

13 July 2026 (20 days ago)

A tidier leaderboard and smarter racecard navigation

The NAP Competition leaderboard is back to the classic table, now with gold, silver and bronze medal rows. Positions appear once results start coming in, so the running order stays honest. On the racecards, the arrows now step you race by race and the calendar handles changing days.

12 July 2026 (21 days ago)

Easier account management

You can now update your payment card straight from your profile page, alongside the email preferences card added earlier in the week. We also shipped a pass of clearer tooltips, better error messages and dozens of small usability fixes across the app.

12 July 2026 (21 days ago)

A bigger, clearer Help Centre

Ten new articles covering the features members ask about most, refreshed screenshots throughout, and two new collections: Account & Privacy and Downloads & Data.

Analysis & reviews

8 to 12 July 2026 (21 days ago)

Horses to Follow tracker

The tracker collects every eyecatcher flagged in our race reviews, each linked to its racecard.

11 July 2026 (22 days ago)

The tracker is live, with 16 horses already on the list

Every eyecatcher from our reviews since 25 June is on the board, ordered by race time with a link to the race it caught our eye in. A selection is free to view and Premium unlocks the lot. New horses land after every review day.

Service updates

9 July 2026 (24 days ago)

ProStats stat cards for every member

ProStats now presents trainer, jockey and sire form as clean stat cards, and every member can see the cards. Full numbers unlock with Professional membership.

Analysis & reviews

9 July 2026 (24 days ago)

Service updates

8 July 2026 (25 days ago)

Your Premium welcome trial, front and centre

New members on the 5-day Premium welcome trial now see the trial and its end date in the header and on their profile, so you always know how long you have left.

7 July 2026 (26 days ago)

A new NAP entry experience

Entering your NAPs now feels like filling in a betting slip: owner silks on every pick, a share card for X, and a layout that works properly on phones.

5 July 2026 (28 days ago)

NAP pick breakdowns for Premium and Pro

Premium and Professional members can now see how Free and Premium/Pro players are napping each race, on the dashboard and in the NAP counter.

4 July 2026 (29 days ago)

Better on phones

The header no longer covers the course tabs on mobiles, and Next Race Off, Tomorrow and Back To Today became handy chips in the time strip.

1 July 2026 (32 days ago)

Sign in, join and manage your membership natively

A fully rebuilt account system: redesigned login, registration and checkout pages, plans priced clearly with your saving shown, and your subscription visible (and cancellable) from your own profile. Since 10 July you can also buy a plan in one step, with no free account detour first.

1 July 2026 (32 days ago)

Dashboard redesign

Clearer tabs, prizes above the fold, tidier NAP Competition details and stats that refresh themselves every hour.

Analysis & reviews

26 to 28 June 2026 (35 days ago)

Daily eyecatchers and weekend reviews

Result grids for the Saturday action at York, Newcastle and the Curragh, Friday eyecatchers, and a Northumberland Vase preview with two to follow.

27 June 2026 (36 days ago)

Service updates

26 June 2026 (37 days ago)

Cleaner racecards

Columns stay hidden until they have data to show, and Draw and DBD columns no longer clutter National Hunt races.

25 June 2026 (38 days ago)

Free Ratings Friday, unlocked live

Free members who qualify for Friday's full ratings through their NAP entries now get an unlock pop-up, and the racecard refreshes the moment it appears.

Analysis & reviews

25 June 2026 (38 days ago)

The blog moves in, starting with Royal Ascot

Our analysis found a permanent home on the site, opening with the Royal Ascot 2026 eyecatchers. Everything since is written and published right here.

Service updates

24 June 2026 (39 days ago)

Every help guide rewritten

The Help Centre guides were rewritten against the live app with fresh screenshots throughout, including a full reference for the ratings columns and all six leaderboard views.

20 June 2026 (43 days ago)

Smoother spreadsheet downloads

XLS and CSV downloads now show a preparing message and finish automatically, and the day-forward arrow only lights up once tomorrow's ratings exist.