What is the difference between Race Cards and Ratings?

Published: Tue, 05/17/22

Hello

You have probably seen us taking about Race Cards and Ratings and been wondering...

.... What is the difference between Race  Cards and Ratings?

The answer is quite a bit. 

While both give you the race card number, Horses Name, our master rating the OSR, and the forecast odds.

Race Cards provide:

  1. No - Race Card Number
  2. Form - finishing position for the last 7 races.
  3. Days - Days since last run.
  4. Horse - Horses name
  5. Age -  Self explanatory, the age of the horse
  6. Weight - Weight to be carried not taking into account any Jockey allowances
  7. Headgear - Examples include Blnk (Blinkers), TT (Tongue Tie)
  8. Jockey
  9. Trainer
  10. Stall - Which stall the horse will trap from (Flat Racing)
  11. Miles - Distance the hose has travelled to get to the races.
  12. OR - The official rating of the horse as provided by the BHA handicapper
  13. Odds - Forecast odds
  14. OSR - One Stop Racings master rating.
  15. CD - Whether or not the horse has won at the course, distance or both
  16. S -Number of runs in the current Season.

Example Race card

Tue 17th May 2022
1.00 Brighton (11 runners)
Cazoo Handicap
Class 6, 5½f , Good, 3yo+, Win: £2970
 

No. Form Days Horse Age Weight Headgear Jockey Trainer Stall Miles OR Odds OSR CD S
2 0027133 7 Mr Pc (IRE) 4 9-9   Probert, David Carroll, A W 6 175 51 9/4 256   2
4 2268972 7 Fard 7 9-5   Ghiani, Marco Blake, Michael 10 143 47 2/1 251   2
1 4323946 41 Big Time Maybe (IRE) 7 9-9 CkPc TT McEntee, Grace (3) Attwater, M J 1 50 51 6/1 251 CD 1
3 0005489 28 Gatwick Kitten (USA) 5 9-6 TT Dawson, R Stronge, Ali 5 128 48 12/1 242   1
5 8665323 15 Hot Hot Hot 5 9-3   Morris, Luke Carroll, A W 8 175 45 11/2 231   2
8 4396770 21 Hope Springs 4 9-3 Hood Cosgrave, Pat Boyle, J R 11 50 45 20/1 208   3
6 8549420 7 Perfect Symphony (IRE) 8 9-3 CkPc Clutterbuck, Rhys (3) Pattinson, Mark 4 50 45 25/1 207   3
7 9843386 28 Swell Song 6 9-3 Vsor Peate, Jonny (7) Cowell, R M H 3 120 45 10/1 181   1
9 80070 21 Pusey Street 4 9-3 Blnk Crouch, Hector Gallagher, J 9 143 45 50/1 158   1
10 7970909 19 Hurricane Alert 10 9-3 Blnk TT Keeley, Aidan (7) Bishop, Frank 2 178 45 100/1 148   2
11 8050000 21 Ness Ta Rah 4 9-3 Blnk Quinn, Jimmy Best, Suzi 7 9 45 200/1 127   1
Last Years Winner
Date Track Winner Odds Trainer Age Weight OR Jockey Going Distance      
18.05.2021 Brighton Glamorous Force 12/1 Harris, R A 4 9-6 51 Egan, David Good 5½f
 
Ratings Provide:
  1. No - Race Card Number
  2. Horse - Horses name
  3. Age -  Self explanatory, the age of the horse
  4. LR - Last Run 
  5. HS - Horse Score
  6. SR - Speed Rating
  7. OSR - One Stop Racings master rating.
  8. Odds - Forecast odds

Example Ratings
Tue 17th May 2022 1.00 Brighton (11 runners)
 
Cazoo Handicap
Class 6, 5½f , Good, 3yo+, Win: £2970
No Horse Age LR HS SR OSR Odds
2 Mr Pc (IRE) 4 73 166 59 256 9/4
1 Big Time Maybe (IRE) 7 52 137 65 251 6/1
4 Fard 7 77 153 58 251 2/1
3 Gatwick Kitten (USA) 5 47 141 62 242 12/1
5 Hot Hot Hot 5 59 148 56 231 11/2
8 Hope Springs 4 37 108 51 208 20/1
6 Perfect Symphony (IRE) 8 39 126 63 207 25/1
7 Swell Song 6 53 120 56 181 10/1
9 Pusey Street 4 37 84 45 158 50/1
10 Hurricane Alert 10 36 89 54 148 100/1
11 Ness Ta Rah 4 41 88 39 127 200/1
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