Head to the Racing Post website and select the cards section of the site.
Select a course to see all races being held today, or you can search for a specific date.
Trainer quotes
Tipster verdicts
GETTING STARTED
At the top of the card you can select the Newspaper Form button to see a list of PDFs available to download.
NEWSPAPER FORM
Turn the spotlights button on under settings to view spotlight comments for a horse.
Spotlight comments are useful for getting another perspective on a selection and for sanity-checking your own choices.
SPOTLIGHT COMMENTS
Here you will also find spotlight comments for all runners condensed into a single section. This is handy when you need a quick opinion on all runners as you don't have to sift through the entire card.
Turn on the quotes button in settings to show quotes (where availabe) for all horses on the card.
TRAINER QUOTES
COMPARE YOUR OWN RATINGS
When available, read a quick summary of who the Racing Post tipsters are backing to win the race.
TIPSTER VERDICTS
View past winners of the race to get an understanding of of what it took to win.
Metrics including age, weight, starting price, trainer jockey and RPR could all point towards trends for a particular race.
PAST WINNERS
Trainer form means the trainer has won at this course
Going/Distance means the horse has won under the same ground conditions or distance
Course means the horse has won at the same course
Draw means the horse has experience racing from the draw position assigned to them for this race
Ability means that the horse should have the ability to perform at the course and under these conditions
Recent form means the horse has demonstrated being in-form
POSTDATA
RPR (Racing Post Rating)
The renowned Racing Post Ratings compiled by our private form handicappers, adjusted for that day's weights.
TS (Top Speed rating)
A rating that reflects a horses ability by measuring performance against the standard time for the course and distance, with allowances made for elements, age and weight .
Best RPR
Presents the horse’s highest RPR score. This is segmented by the highest RPR score within the past year, over the same going as the race, over the same distance as the race, or over the same course.
OR, RPR & TOP SPEED TABLES
On desktop you can hover over an RPR figure to read a brief summary of that performance. You can also select the RPR figure to open the results from that race for further analysis or to watch back the replay.
How to find and customise the Pro Card
Traditional newspaper form and cards
Spotlight comments from the Racing Post experts
Past winners
Postdata
Ratings Tables (OR, RPR and Top Speed)
YOUR INTRODUCTION TO THE PRO CARD
Creating your own ratings and adding notes
As a subscriber you can create your own ratings then view them on the pro card and compare against the official handicapping system in order to exploit potential discrepancies.
The postdata table presents key information about all runners, taking the jockey and trainer into account.
These tables show ratings for all runners and highlight how well they have perviously performed on the ground, over the distance and in recent runs.
Select the settings button to toggle on and off certain items on the Pro Card.
Once you have selected a race and are on the racecard, select the Pro Card tab if you are not already on it.
You might be prompted to login if you are not already.
There are lots of options to choose from, this help page will explain what they are and how to make the most of them.
Once you are familiar with the various settings you can decide what is displayed by default every time you open the Pro Card.
You can choose from a variety of formats for individual races or the entire card.
They are all replicas of what you'd find in the newspaper, making this is an ideal feature if you prefer to study the form using traditional newspaper style cards.
It's also useful if you plan to mark up the PDFs either digitally or by printing them.
A short written summary from our experts is available for all runners, these are known as Spotlight Comments.
Head to the bottom of the Pro Card to find the spotlight verdict. This is a final write up summarising the Racing Post experts' key choices for the race.
These quotes come direct from the Racing Post via interviews and our seasonal Stable Tours series, where we go behind the scenes of various trainers - covering all the big names and the smaller yards.
Nobody knows their horses better than the training staff, and sometimes they reveal information that cannot be obtained via a racecard.
Turn on My Ratings to display your ratings alongside the Official Rating (if you have one set for each horse).
Your rating will be adjusted based on the weight penalty the runner has been assigned.
The maximum penalty for jumps racing is 12 stone (10 stone for flat), the difference is added to your rating.
In the example above, Bourbali is 6 pounds under the 12 stone maximum so our rating increases from 123 to 129.
Once you have built up a database of your own ratings it is easy to begin comparing against the official rating to spot and exploit potential discrepancies that may benefit you.
Delve further by selecting the year to open up the results from that race and see further information such as the going.
You could also watch back the replay or read an analysis by our expert handicappers.
The Pro Card is a next-level racecard featuring exclusive content just for subscribers.
Should you need a refresh of the basics then perhaps check out our guide to reading a racecard.
You can also find a list of common abbreviations that may appear throughout the card.
