Daily Racecard CSV File

What's In The Daily Racecard CSV File

For years, I’ve been building racecards in a structured data format to power my own betting analysis. They’ve allowed me to run scripts, models, and custom tools to uncover angles that would be almost impossible to spot manually. Word spread quickly, and soon these racecards were being shared among colleagues and fellow professionals who found them just as valuable.

Now, we’re opening the doors and giving you free access to the Racecard.csv file, as a bonus to your Full Membership subscription.

Each daily download brings together every meeting from the UK and Ireland into one clean, comprehensive CSV — ready for analysis, automation, or whatever edge you’re chasing. No more scraping, no more copying, no more late nights piecing data together. It’s all done for you. The file is usually completed by around 8 a.m. each morning, and you’ll find it waiting for you on the Subscribers Download page in the “Free Items” section.

Format of the File(s)

If you’ve explored our Racing Results data files, you’ll know they’re available in two powerful formats. The Duo Format provides two separate files — one containing the race information and the other detailing every horse — perfect for users who prefer to work with split, highly structured datasets. We also offer the Single File Format (SFF), where everything is combined into one streamlined file.

Our racecards.csv follow this SFF approach, giving you a single, clean line of data for every horse running each day. It’s fast, efficient, and ideal for anyone who wants to plug the data straight into their models, scripts, or analysis tools without any extra prep work.

Daily Racecard CSV File Data

Our Daily Racecard CSV files deliver every key detail you need for each day’s racing — all the essential information, already organised, cleaned, and ready to use. What used to take hours of manual work is now available instantly. Many of our users describe these files as a genuine game‑changer, saving them from the repetitive, time‑consuming task of gathering and structuring the data themselves.

With everything prepared in a single, ready‑made format, you’re free to focus on what really matters: analysing the data, building your angles, and sharpening your edge.

Daily Racecard CSV File Explained

Here are the details contained in the racecard CSV Files. The explanation and screenshots are split into 3 sections and all form the final Racecard.CSV. Firstly the screenshot below is from the races file. It shows columns of data for the race details.

Col A – For every race this is the ID which will correspond to the RacesID in the horses file
Col B – The racecourse for each race
Col C – Time the race is scheduled to start
Col D – Race name or title
Col E – Race distance in Miles-Furlongs-Yards
Col F – Class of the race, 1 being highest & the Age Range for the age range that a race maybe restricted to
Col G – The prize money for winner in the local currency
Col H – The going at time the file is published
Col I – Number of horses to run in the race

Now the second of the files known as Horses, which covers complete details for the runners in each of the days races. Some column headers are legacy ones. i.e. Race Time when we first generated the data this column contained not only the course name, but also the time of the race. We decided to omit the time part eventually. Similarly the AgeWt contained the age as part of this field. In the end we opted to put the Age in its own separate column.

RacesId This corresponds to the ID column in the Races file
RaceTime The course that the race is being run at
CardNo The official race card number allocated to a horse
HorseName Horses name (with country of breeding)
AgeWt The weight a horse will carry Pounds-Stones
Trainer A horses trainer
Jockey The rider for each horse
OR The Official Rating as rated by the racing governing body
FFigs A horses last 6 finishing positions with the latest to the right
Draw Which racing stall at the start of a race that a horse will run from
Days The number of days a horse last ran
Age The age of the horse when the race takes place
Aid Any head gear that is being worn and a 1 denotes first time it has been applied. It is also the column we put any Penalty (ex weight) a horse has received
Allow A jockeys allowance in pounds that will be deducted from the weight the horse is set to carry
cdb Course & Distance (CD), or Distance (D), or Course (C) winner letters. Plus a Beaten Favourite (bf) is noted here.

Final data columns

The final columns have 3 which are reserved for our Class Ratings. These are no longer available to the public. You may wish to delete them or substitute your own ratings here.ve the horses weight to be carried in total pounds which makes converting your own ratings easier.

BR2 – Reserved for Best Class Rating from the last 2 races when published*
BR3 – Reserved for Best Class Rating from the last 3 races when published*
BRY – Reserved for Best Class Rating from the last year (12 months) when published*
Odds – A guide to the starting price
WtLbs -The total weight in pounds

*Currently CR’s are not being published

Obtaining The Files and Summary

In summary at the 24 hour stage you will be able to download these files

Race.csv
Horse.xls
Horse.csv
Racecard.csv

Please download a copy of the Sample files we use as an example by clicking the button below. With Excel please be aware that older versions of Excel are not very good at importing CSV, as it attempts to correct some columns to Date format.
A CSV needs importing into a spreadsheet and please see this guide https://www.racingformbook.com/Downloads/Sample/Importing_CSV_to_Excel.pdf

We provide the files to our Subscribers as one of the services that they receive. To become a Subscriber or register as a member for Free then Click Membership Options.

There are not many places where you can obtain the days horse racing cards in a CSV format, so we hope that in providing them we can assist those looking for this information.

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