What are horse racing ratings?

Horse racing ratings are sets of data that represent (in numbers) a horse’s ability. They are based on a horse’s previous runs. They can be used to your advantage and really improve your results when betting on the horses.

There are official ratings which are provided by the British Horse Racing Authority (you will see these on a race card usually with the abbreviation (OR).

There are also commercial ratings (such as those offered by One Stop Racing) which are specifically designed to rate horses using many pieces of historical data about that horse, in a way which is easy to understand and make betting decisions from.

We will cover both types of ratings this article.

How does a horse get its official rating and why do we need these ratings?

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