Every runner rated. Every price checked.

Every race in Australia, every horse in it, rated from how it has actually run. That rating becomes a price, and where the market's price is wrong, we say so.

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What goes into a rating

Every run of every horse, broken into its sections and adjusted for the race it was in. From that, we read:

The horse
Class
How good it is, on the benchmark scale the races use.
Age
Young horses still improving, older ones holding or tapering.
Freshness
First up, second up, or deep into a campaign.
Weight
What it carries today against what it has carried before.
How it runs
Sectional times
How fast it runs the early, middle and late parts of a race.
Pace and pressure
Where it settles, and how it handles a hot early speed.
Tempo
How it goes when a race is run fast, and when it's slow.
Today's race
Track
Its form at this course, and how the course suits its style.
Distance
Its form at the trip, and whether it's up or down in trip.
Going
How it handles firm, good, soft and heavy ground.
Barrier
Where it jumps from, at this track and distance.
Race strength
How strong the races were that its form came in.
The people
Jockey
Who rides it, and how they've been going.
Trainer
Who trains it, and how the stable is going.
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One number per horse

It all comes down to one rating for today's race, in benchmark points, set against the par for the class. The parts behind it are on every race page too.

Today
The one number we price off: the horse's rating for this race, in today's conditions.
Par
What a typical winner of this class rates. Above par is above the standard of the race.
Early, Mid, Late
How it runs each part of a race, so you can see the speed and the finishers.
Map
Where we expect it to settle: leader, on pace, midfield or back.
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From rating to price

Rated

Our price: what the horse should be paying, from its rating against the rest of the field.

Live

The best price the market is offering right now, from the bookies and the exchange.

Edge

The gap between the two. A horse paying more than it should is an overlay.

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The calls

BetRated $4.00Live $5.50The market is longer than our price by a clear margin.Back it at the live price or better.
Prime OverlayRated $3.00Live $4.60A big gap on a horse with a real chance.Our strongest bet of the day.
Way OverlayRated $15.00Live $26.00A bet at a big price.Small stakes: the few that win pay for the rest.
LayRated $3.40Live $2.20A horse the market has too short, usually a favourite.Lay it on Betfair, 30 minutes before the jump.

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Every call on the record

  • Every call, won or lost, is settled in public on the results page. Nothing is deleted.
  • Level stakes, one unit a call, so the record reads the same whatever you bet.
  • The whole record downloads as a spreadsheet.
See every result
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Reading the board

R42h 11m1 bet

A race with a bet

R52h 41m1 lay

A race with a lay

R63h 11mPrime

A Prime Overlay

R73h 41mWay Overlay

A Way Overlay

R26,1,9,3

Run: first four home, the border shows what we had on

Open any race for our top four, the speed map, the ratings and the full market. One race a day is free with an account, and the rest open with a plan or a day pass.

Questions

What scale are the ratings on?
Australian benchmark points, the same scale as the race classes, so a horse rated 64 belongs in a Benchmark 64 race and the best horses in the world sit around 130.
How it works Datahub
What is the Today rating?
The one number everything adds up to: the horse's class rating, adjusted for today's race.
How it works
What is a rated price?
Our price for the horse, worked out from the Today ratings of the whole field, shown next to its win chance so you can compare it with the market.
Today's tips
What is a bet and what is a lay?
A bet is a horse whose market price is bigger than our rated price, a lay is a horse whose market price is shorter than our rated price and worth opposing on the exchange.
Today's tips
What is the difference between a bet, a Prime Overlay and a Way Overlay?
A bet is a horse the market has longer than our rated price by a clear margin. A Prime Overlay is our strongest bet, a big gap on a horse with a real chance, shown in lime. A Way Overlay is a bet at a big price, a roughie the market has way over the odds, shown in the lighter blue and struck at small stakes because most of them lose and the ones that win pay for the rest.
Today's tips