Who can use it: RaceMetrics Pro and Proform Premium members.
What is the Command Centre?
The Command Centre is an interactive performance heatmap available on all profile pages — trainers, jockeys, horses, sires, dams, damsires, and owners. It visualises performance across two dimensions simultaneously (e.g., Course × Month) using colours calibrated to each participant’s own benchmark, letting you spot targeting patterns, seasonal sweet spots, and profitable niches at a glance.
How to Access
There are two ways to open the Command Centre:
- From any profile page: Click the Command Centre tab (marked with a purple PP badge)
- From any racecard: Click the Command Centre button in the view tab bar (after Collateral). A dropdown lets you choose which participant type to analyse — Horse, Trainer, Jockey, Sire, Dam, Damsire, or Owner. The profile opens directly to the Command Centre tab with the race context navigator active, so you can switch between participants in the same race
Benchmark Coloring
Rather than using fixed colour scales, the Command Centre calculates each participant’s own overall metric value as the benchmark. For example, if a trainer has a 22.9% win rate across all filtered runs:
- Green cells — above the participant’s benchmark (better than their average)
- Yellow cells — at the benchmark (typical for this participant)
- Red cells — below the benchmark (worse than their average)
The current benchmark value is displayed as an amber badge in the summary bar (e.g., Benchmark: 22.9%). This means you are always comparing a participant against themselves, not against a global average — essential because different participants have very different baseline performance levels.
Visualization Controls
- X Axis / Y Axis: Choose any two different dimensions — Course, Month, Year, Class, Going, Race Type, Distance, or Day of Week
- Metric: What the cell colour represents — PRB % (default), Win %, Place %, ROI %, or Runs
- Min Runs: Minimum sample size per cell. Default is 3 for most participants, 1 for horses (which have fewer career runs)
- 3D / 2D Toggle: Switch between an interactive 3D bar chart and a flat 2D heatmap
Data Filters
The Command Centre has its own independent filter controls, separate from the profile-level filters:
- Race Type: All, Flat, Jumps, Turf, A/W, Chase, Hurdle, NHF
- Handicap: All, Handicap only, Non-Handicap only
- Class: All or a specific class (1–7)
- Going: All or a specific going condition
- Period: All Time, 5 Years, 2 Years, 1 Year
- Age: All, 2yo, 3yo, 4yo, 5+
Cell Drill-Down
In the 2D heatmap view, click any cell to open a detailed drill-down modal showing:
- Summary statistics: Runs, Wins, Win%, PRB, P/L, and ROI for that specific cell
- Individual runs table: Every race that makes up that cell — date, course, horse, finishing position, field size, BSP, P/L, and rating change. Horse names are clickable links to their profiles
- Save as Pattern: Save the cell as a pattern directly from the modal (see below)
Save as Pattern
From the cell drill-down modal, you can save any cell as a betting pattern. The pattern name is pre-filled (e.g., “John Gosden: Ascot × October”) and can be edited before saving. The pattern conditions are automatically built from:
- The cell’s X and Y dimension values (e.g., course = Ascot, month = October)
- Any active Command Centre filters (e.g., Handicap only, Class 2)
Saved patterns appear in the Pattern Manager and will trigger alerts when matching runners appear in future racecards.
Hover Tooltips
Hovering over any cell shows a detailed tooltip with: Runs, Wins, Win%, Place%, PRB, ROI, and P/L — giving you a complete picture without needing to click.
3D View
An interactive 3D bar chart where each bar represents a unique combination of the X and Y dimensions. Bar height shows the metric value, and colours follow the same benchmark-relative scale. Click and drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.
Top Cells Table
Below the chart, a ranked table shows the top 20 cells sorted by the selected metric. Columns include both dimension labels, Runs, Wins, Win%, PRB, P/L, ROI, and the metric value. The top row is highlighted in gold.
Example Use Cases
- Course × Month: See where a trainer targets runners by time of year
- Going × Class: Discover which ground/class combinations a trainer excels at relative to their own benchmark
- Distance × Race Type: Spot trip preferences across flat and jumps
- Course × Class (Handicap filter): Find profitable handicap angles at specific courses and class levels
- Sire × Going: See how a sire’s progeny perform on different ground conditions
Settings Persistence
Your axis selections, metric choice, minimum runs, view mode (3D/2D), and filter settings are all saved to your browser and persist across tab switches and page reloads.