What's In The Daily Racecard CSV File
Since we started publishing the RacingFormBook racecards, we have received a number of requests to provide them in a data format. As such, we now create each meeting from United Kingdom and Ireland as a Daily Racecard CSV File.
Format
With our racing results data files we have two formats in which the data is available for download. The Duo, which is in fact two files, or the Single File Format. It was decided by consensus that we would adopt just the one file format to hold all the information.
Daily Racecard CSV File Data
The data that is contained in each Daily Racecard CSV File, is taken directly from the published webpages for each meeting.
Daily Racecard CSV File Explained
Here is the details of the raceard CSV Files. We concentrate on this first image. The columns of data for each horse are the race conditions.
- Id Each runner is given an ID number
- RaceID For every race this is the unique ID on each day
- Course The racecourse of the race
- Time A time the race is scheduled to start
- Dist The distance in Miles, Furlongs and Yards
- RaceDesc The name of race known by its description
- Class Class of the race, 1 being highest and 7 the lowest
- Age The age range that a race maybe restricted to
- Value The prize money for winner in the local currency
- Going The ground conditions as announced
- Run Number of horses to run in the race
Now the second half of the file, which covers complete details for the runners.
- No Each horse card number
- Draw The starting stall number for each horse when used
- Form The latest form figures, right hand side being most recent
- Horse Horses name
- Days Days since last ran Flat or Jumps
- CDB Course & Distance, or Distance, or Course Winner letters. Plus a Beaten Favourite is noted here.
- Age How old each horse is
- Weight The weight that the horse is set to carry. Stones (hyphen) Pounds
- Aid Any aids, such as blinkers and if first time noted here
- Trainer The horses trainer
- Jockey Who will be riding the horse
- Allow Any allowance the rider can claim, is shown in pounds
- OR The official handicap rating where one is provided
- BR2 The RacingFormBook Class rating, best figure from last 2 races adjusted for weight being carried
- BR3 The RacingFormBook Class rating, best figure from last 3 races adjusted for weight being carried
- BRY The RacingFormBook Class rating, best figure form last 12 months adjusted for weight being carried
- Odds The betting forecast estimated starting price
Obtaining The Files and Summary
Please download a copy of the sample day we use as an example by clicking the button below. Please note that the columns for weight & odds should be set to text if using Excel to import into.
While that was a brief run through of the content by columns for the Daily Racecard CSV File. There is a lot more information about the RacingFormBook racecards themselves which we publish each day.
For the latest published racecards Click Daily Racecards and that will take you to them.
For an in depth review of the actual published racecards there is a 5 part series of articles, Click Racecards Explained.
These Daily Racecard CSV Files are available for and on each days racing.
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.
As always please send any comments or question to us via the Contact Us page or email support@racingformbook.com
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