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.

13 July 2026

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

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

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.

9 July 2026

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.

8 July 2026

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

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

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

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

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

Dashboard redesign

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

26 June 2026

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

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.

24 June 2026

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

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.

Horses to Follow tracker

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

11 July 2026

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.

Analysis & reviews

New previews, race reviews and editorial on the blog.

8 to 12 July 2026

The Newmarket July Festival, covered end to end

Previews for all three days, a thirteen-race Saturday preview, and full race-by-race reviews each evening with result grids. The first race of every review is free to read.

9 July 2026

New on the blog: Opinion

A new category for editorial pieces, opening with a hard look at jockey race riding and when a poor ride deserves calling out.

26 to 28 June 2026

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

How Free Ratings Friday works

An explainer on unlocking the full Friday ratings through the NAP Competition, alongside a proper write-up of the competition rules and prizes.

25 June 2026

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.