Form Follows Data
Thirty years of British and Irish horse racing, visualised from Racing Post data.
Built for the love of the Racing Post.
The Partnership Index
3,984 partnerships with a premium spread of 71 percentage points — some combinations outperform by 49pp.
The Course Character
Musselburgh's low draw wins 6.4pp more than the high draw. Every course has a character — 38 course profiles reveal theirs.
The Career Arc
11,939 horses raced three or more times — 5456 improved, 6190 declined. Atomic Force (IRE) gained 86 RPR points; Al Aasy (IRE) lost 99.
Class in Motion
11,276 horses raced in multiple classes. 19193 transitions up, 22241 down — the class system in motion.
Seasonal Rhythms
26 months of racing data. August is the peak with 805 races. Turf dominates April to October; all-weather owns the winter.
The Bloodline Map
437 sires with 10+ progeny runs. Recoletos (FR) leads at 33.3% win rate; Kodiac (GB) most prolific with 3,035 runs.
The Ratings Engine
RPR favourites win 74.5% of the time — rising to 78% in Class 5. The rating system is remarkably powerful.
Entity Search
25,985 entities — every horse, jockey, trainer, owner, course, and sire searchable with summary stats.
About this data
The Racing Post has been the record of British and Irish horse racing for over thirty years. Every result, every rating, every going report — a sustained act of observation that has no equivalent in sport.
This project takes that record and turns it into a set of interactive visualisations. Jockey-trainer partnerships, course characteristics, career trajectories, class mobility, seasonal patterns, pedigree performance, and the predictive power of the Racing Post Rating itself.
Eight different lenses on the same underlying data — each answering a different question, for a different audience. From the casual fan to the form student, from the breeder to the punter.
All data is sourced from Racing Post results. Coverage focuses on British and Irish flat and National Hunt racing. Some historical periods have thinner coverage than others.
Built with data from racingpost.com. For the love of the Racing Post.