Horse racing form checker: RaceWatch horse profiles

How do I look up a racehorse by name?

Type the horse's name into Master Search on the Home screen and open its profile. The same search finds trainers, jockeys, owners and courses.

Master Search covers horses, trainers, jockeys, owners and courses, so the people behind a horse can be looked up as easily as the horse itself. Trainers, jockeys, owners, sires, dams and courses each have a profile of their own in RaceWatch.

The horse profile is divided into sections: Overview, Today's Race, Career, Race History, Speed+ speed and sectional data, Breeding and Class Ladder. The table below sets out the job each one does, and the rest of this guide shows how to use them when reading a race.

How can I see which going, distance and course suit a horse?

Work through the horse's past runs and group them by going, trip and course. Wins and close finishes under conditions like today's count most.

A long form string hides patterns that a simple count reveals. A horse with four wins from six runs on soft ground and none from eight on good to firm has a clear preference. The same applies to trip: a horse whose wins all come at a mile and a half is unlikely to be suited by a sharp mile.

Read the numbers behind each split. Two wins from two runs at a course is interesting but thin; a record built over many runs is stronger evidence. Where a horse has never tried a condition, the Breeding section is the next best guide.

Why do changes of trainer and jockey matter when reading a profile?

A horse that moves yards or changes rider can run differently, so check who trained and rode it in its best runs and whether that has changed today.

Trainer changes matter. A horse that moves yards often runs differently for its new stable, as the new trainer's methods, targets and placing take effect. The first few runs for a new yard deserve more attention than the bare form figures suggest.

Jockeys matter too. When today's rider has won on the horse before, the booking has a history behind it; when a new rider takes over, look at how the horse ran for its previous riders. The racecard's Connections tab adds the trainer and jockey partnership record.

Where does speed and sectional data speed data appear on a horse profile?

The Speed+ speed and sectional data section shows speed data from tracked British runs from 2025 onwards. For form lines, the FormLines+ tab on the racecard shows how a runner's recent form has worked out.

Form lines add a check on the quality of a horse's runs. A horse beaten a few lengths in a race whose beaten horses have gone on to win has better form than the bare result suggests, and FormLines+ follows those later runs.

The Speed+ section gives a Speed+ rating, consistency and efficiency grades, peak against typical and the race shape of recent runs, with a speed curve for each tracked run. Horses that have not raced at tracked British courses have no Speed+ data.

How should I use a horse profile when reading a race?

Start with the question today's race asks, such as a new trip, softer ground or a step up in class, then find the section of the profile that answers it.

A horse profile holds far more than any one race needs, so read it with a purpose. If the horse is stepping up in trip, check its past runs at similar distances and the Breeding section. If the ground has changed, check its runs on similar going. If it has a new trainer or jockey, check how it ran for its previous connections.

The Today's Race section keeps the current race in view on the profile when the horse is declared, so you can move between today's conditions and the horse's past without losing your place.

How do the Race History and Class Ladder sections help?

Race History holds the horse's past runs, and the Class Ladder shows the levels it has raced at, which makes a step up or down in class on today's card easier to judge.

Read Race History with today's race in mind. The runs that matter most are those under conditions like today's, at a similar trip, on similar ground and in a similar grade, rather than simply the most recent ones.

If a horse interests you but today's race does not suit it, follow it in Tracker+ and you will get a notification when it is next declared. That way the reading you have done on its profile is not wasted when it reappears.

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