Tracker+: a horse tracker app for racing

What can I follow in Tracker+?

Tracker+ follows horses, trainers, jockeys, owners and sires, and each one is checked against new declarations so you hear when it is due to run.

Most people start with horses: a promising maiden, a handicapper waiting for its ground, a jumper returning from a break. Following connections is just as useful. A trainer whose runners you want to see at a particular course, a jockey in form or an owner with a big string can all go on the list.

Sires matter for young horses. Following a first season sire, for example, flags his two year olds as they are declared, which is the quickest way to see a new stallion's runners before the form book fills in.

How do conditions on a follow work?

Conditions narrow a follow to the runs that matter to you, so a horse or connection on your list is only flagged when the race fits what you are looking for.

Without conditions, every declaration of a followed name reaches you. That is right for a horse you want to see every time it runs, but a busy trainer or jockey can produce several declarations a day. Conditions keep the notifications to the runs you actually want to study.

Think about why the name is on your list before setting conditions, and set them to match that reason. A follow that reflects a clear question keeps the list working for you rather than filling your day with runs that do not answer it.

Can I keep separate Tracker+ lists?

Tracker+ supports more than one list, such as jumpers, Flat horses or trainers to watch, so different kinds of follow can be kept apart.

Separate lists keep things readable as your tracker grows. A winter list of chasers and a summer list of two year olds rarely need to be seen together, and a list of trainers at one course is only useful on the days that course races.

The STABLE view brings everything you follow together in one place. The AVOID list is the opposite: horses you have decided against, kept together so you do not end up studying them again by mistake on a busy day.

How do Tracker+ declaration notifications work?

When a followed horse or connection is declared to run, Tracker+ sends you a notification, so the names you care about reach you without checking each day's cards by hand.

Declarations are made before the race, which gives you time to study the race before the prices settle. The notification saves you checking each day's cards by hand for the names you care about.

When the notification arrives, open the race and read it properly. A horse you followed for a reason, such as needing better ground, may be declared in a race that does not answer that reason at all, and the notification is only the first step.

What is worth putting on a Tracker+ list?

The best Tracker+ lists hold horses with a specific reason to follow them: a run better than the result, a mark that is falling towards a winning level, or a trip or ground it has not yet tried.

Write the reason down as you add the horse. A note such as needs further, unlucky in running or wants soft ground turns a list of names into a set of questions to check when the notification arrives. When the horse is declared, open its racecard and see whether today's race answers the question.

Good sources of names include FormLines+ races that are working out well, Speed+ race views where a horse's speed and sectional data data suggests it ran better than the result, and the Well In and Emerging sections of Trajectory.

How do Tracker+ notifications fit with the alert channels?

Tracker+ covers the names you choose. The alert channels are separate: you join C, G and F channels in the app, and their alerts are sent to Telegram.

The two answer different questions. Tracker+ tells you when something you already care about is running; a channel applies its own rules to the whole day's racing and sends the runners that qualify. Using both gives you your own list and a source of fresh names.

Channel alerts can be paused by sending /mute to the RaceWatch bot and switched back on with /unmute. Each channel page in the app shows the channel's strike rate, profit and loss and recent form, and My Alerts keeps a feed of alerts from the channels you follow.

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