Horse racing app for the UK and Ireland: RaceWatch

What is the RaceWatch app?

The RaceWatch app is a web app: it opens from race.watch in a phone browser and can be added to the home screen, where it opens full screen from its own icon like any other app.

A web app runs from the website rather than an app store package, so there is nothing to download or update by hand. The version on your phone is always the current one, and the same login works on a phone, a tablet and a computer. Once added to the home screen, RaceWatch opens without the browser's address bar, so racecards and profiles use the whole screen.

The app covers the day's meetings with racecards for every runner, plus horse, trainer, jockey, owner, sire and course profiles, so a question raised on a card can be checked in a couple of taps.

How do I install RaceWatch on an iPhone?

On iPhone, open race.watch in Safari, tap Share (inside the three-dot menu on iOS 26), choose Add to Home Screen and tap Add. RaceWatch then sits on the home screen with its own icon.

Safari is the simplest route on an iPhone. Log in first so the app opens straight into your account, then add it to the home screen. If Add to Home Screen is not in the first row of the Share sheet, scroll down the list of actions to find it, and leave Open as Web App switched on. The icon can be moved into a folder or the dock like any other app.

• Open race.watch in Safari and log in
• Tap Share (in the three-dot menu on iOS 26)
• Choose Add to Home Screen
• Keep the name RaceWatch and tap Add
• Open RaceWatch from its home screen icon

How do I install RaceWatch on an Android phone?

On Android, open race.watch in Chrome, tap the three-dot menu, then Install app or Add to Home screen, and confirm. RaceWatch then appears with your other apps.

The wording in the Chrome menu depends on the phone and the Chrome version, so look for either Install app or Add to Home screen; both put RaceWatch on the home screen. Other Android browsers usually offer a similar option in their menu, but Chrome gives the most consistent result.

• Open race.watch in Chrome and log in
• Tap the three-dot menu
• Tap Install app or Add to Home screen
• Confirm with Install or Add
• Open RaceWatch from the home screen or app drawer

What does the RaceWatch app show on a race day?

On a race day the RaceWatch app shows the day's meetings and racecards, with each runner's silk, jockey, trainer, official rating, form, RWS score and live best odds.

Each racecard opens into tabs: Form, Last Race, Odds from more than 20 bookmakers with the best price highlighted, Draw with a draw bias heatmap, Trainer Patterns, FormLines+, Breeding, Connections and Compare. Where speed and sectional data tracking exists, a Speed+ tab adds speed and sectional data speed data from British courses from 2025 onwards.

Away from the cards, the RWS Hub ranks every runner by its machine-learning score, Angles lists today's runners that match more than 80 daily angles, and the Bet Calculator works out returns on win, each-way and multiple bets such as a Yankee or Lucky 15.

• Meetings and racecards with RWS score badges
• Live best odds from 20+ bookmakers
• Speed+ speed and sectional data tab where tracking exists
• RWS Hub, Angles and FormLines+
• Horse, trainer, jockey and course profiles

Can the RaceWatch app tell me when a horse I follow is declared?

Yes. Tracker+ follows horses, trainers and jockeys, and owners and sires too, and sends a notification when a followed horse is declared to run, so a planned target is not missed.

Alert channels are joined inside the app and deliver to Telegram. C channels cover form and edge, G channels cover the market and gambles, and F channels cover going and conditions. Each channel page shows its strike rate, profit and loss and recent form, and My Alerts collects every alert from followed channels with its result. The Telegram commands /mute and /unmute pause and restart alerts.

What does the RaceWatch app cost?

The RaceWatch app costs £24.99 a month after a 30-day free trial. Nothing is charged on the day the trial starts, and the first payment is taken on day 31.

The trial starts from the phone in two steps: create an account, then add a card on the second step. The same membership covers the app on every device, so there is no separate charge for the phone version, and the free data pages and guides at race.watch stay open to everyone without an account.

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