Since last week, anyone — subscriber or not — can see British and Irish racing's live rankings at racemetrics.co.uk/rankings. Here's what you're looking at, and how to get more out of it.
One number per name, updated after every day's racing
Every horse, trainer, jockey, sire, dam, damsire and owner in British and Irish racing carries a RaceMetrics Rating. It moves after every race: beat expectations and it rises, fall short and it drifts. Beating a strong rival moves it more than beating a weak one. The result is a single, comparable number for form — not opinion, not reputation, just what the results say.
As of this morning, Jonbon heads the horse rankings on 1,708.7, with Dinoblue (1,700.9) and Kalpana (1,690.6) closest behind.
The rankings reward now, not history
A rating isn't a lifetime achievement award. The horse list requires at least three runs, and people need fifty, so the top of each table is populated by names in current form. That's why the weekly movers are often more interesting than the leaders: this week Tim Easterby is the biggest trainer riser (+88.6), and David Allan leads the jockeys (+45.8 in seven days). When a yard or a rider starts a hot streak, the rankings show it before the narrative catches up.
Three ways to use them
- Sunday scan — the weekly movers tell you whose stock changed. A sire climbing fast is worth a note before the sales; a trainer riser is worth a second look in Monday's entries.
- Racecard context — every runner's card on RaceMetrics shows the same ratings in full, with the connections' numbers alongside.
- Play them — RaceMetrics 7 is our free weekly game built entirely on rating changes: pick seven names within budget, score their ranking moves from Tuesday to Sunday, top three win cash prizes. Free to enter →
The top 25 in every category are free at racemetrics.co.uk/rankings, updated every morning after racing.
