The large bold number is the racecard number, the horse's official position in the field, listed in weight-carried order from highest to lowest.

The smaller number in brackets is the draw, the starting stall allocated to the horse.

Draw matters most in sprint races at tracks with a known bias. At Chester a low draw is a significant advantage. At Newmarket on the Rowley Mile, a high draw is often preferred. Over a mile or more, draw has little influence on most tracks.

The silk shows the owner's registered racing colours, unique to each owner and registered with the BHA.

The small grey number straight after the horse's name is the days since its last run. A single figure means a quick reappearance; three figures means the horse is returning from a long break. Both are worth noting, a horse running within a fortnight is race-fit, while one back after 100 days may need the outing.

Beneath the name you'll find the horse's colour and sex, for example Bay gelding or Chestnut filly. Colts, fillies and mares are entire; a gelding has been castrated, which often settles a horse that was previously difficult to train.

Badges flag key signals from the horse's past record:

• CD: won at this course AND over today's distance
• C: won at this course (any distance)
• D: won over today's distance (any course)
• BF: beaten favourite last time out
• HC1: running in a handicap for the first time
• 6lb EX: carrying a BHA penalty for a recent handicap win, before its official rating has been reassessed. The OR shown already includes it.

Headgear is shown separately from the badges, as outlined circles after the horse's name:

• B blinkers
• P cheekpieces
• V visor
• H hood
• T tongue tie

A horse wearing more than one gets a circle for each, so tongue tie and blinkers together show as T B.

A small red 1 after the circles means the horse is wearing that headgear for the first time, often a sign the trainer is trying to sharpen it up.

OR (Official Rating) is the BHA's assessment of the horse's ability expressed in pounds. A higher OR means the horse is judged better, and in a handicap, it carries more weight. In theory, every horse has an equal chance if the ratings are perfectly calibrated.

Weight is the total carried including the jockey and any lead weights. A lighter weight is an advantage, all else being equal.

Age matters for stamina and development. Younger horses (2–3 year olds) are still maturing and can improve rapidly.

The orange pill shows the best available price across all major bookmakers at the time the report was generated, Bet365, Betfair, William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral and more.

EVS means evens: a £1 bet returns £1 profit. 9/4 means a £4 bet returns £9 profit. The pill is a fixed width so all odds read at the same size regardless of how many characters they contain.

Always check the current live price before placing, as odds move throughout the day.

Form figures read oldest to newest, left to right, the rightmost character is always the most recent run.

In the example, the horse's last two runs were both wins (green). Before that it finished 2nd and 4th, with an unplaced run and a season break further back.

A dash separates seasons. Consistent form (e.g. 112122) suggests reliability. Erratic form warrants investigation, look at class, going and distance changes to understand the pattern.

Tapping More detail expands a table showing the horse's last five races:

• Date: when the race was run
• Course: where it ran
• Dist: the distance
• Pos: finishing position
• OR: official rating carried that day
• PR: performance rating for that run (merit, lb), desktop only
• SR: speed rating (clock-based, Flat only), desktop only
• CL: race class (1 highest, 7 lowest)
• SP: starting price

SR shows a dash for jumps races and horses with fewer than three timed Flat runs.

OR (Official Rating) is the BHA's handicap mark, the benchmark against which PR and SR are compared.

Last PR (Performance Rating) is the Racing API's merit assessment of the horse's most recent run, on the same scale as OR. A PR above the current OR suggests the horse performed above its handicap mark last time.

Last SR (Speed Rating) is a clock-based figure for the most recent timed Flat run, also on the OR scale. Only available for horses with three or more timed Flat runs.

Neither PR nor SR is a guarantee, they reflect one run, not a career average. Use them alongside form, going, course record and class to build a fuller picture.

The Smart Filter (PLUS only) gathers qualifying horses from all WellIntel systems and adds signal badges to each. A horse carrying multiple badges has converging signals, the more badges, the stronger the case.

• Beaten Fav LTO: was the market favourite last time and didn't win
• Class Dropper: running significantly lower in class than recent wins
• Course & Distance Winner: has won before at today's exact course and distance combination
• Course Specialist: proven record at today's track
• Distance Winner: has won over today's trip at some track, though not at today's course
• First Time Handicap: running in a handicap for the first time
• First Time Headgear: wearing blinkers, visor or cheekpieces for the first time
• Long Traveller: stable is 250+ miles from today's racecourse, as the crow flies
• Market Mover: significant overnight market shortening
• No Penalty, Not Reassessed: won recently in an apprentice, conditional or amateur race, which the BHA does not penalise. The horse runs off the same mark it won from, with nothing added.
• Outrating Its Mark: the horse's last run produced both a Performance Rating and a Speed Rating above the official rating it carries today
• Penalty, Not Reassessed: won recently and carries a BHA penalty for it, but the handicapper has not yet reassessed the horse. The penalty is often less than the rise its next mark will bring.
• Trainer RTF 65%+: the trainer's runners have been running to form at least 65% of the time over the last 14 days
• Up In Trip 1.5f+: stepping up in distance by at least a furlong and a half compared with its last run, within the same race code
• Well In: the BHA has raised its mark this week, but the new mark does not apply until Saturday, so it runs off a lower mark today. Any penalty is counted; a jockey claim is not.
• Winner LTO: won its most recent race
• Won On The Going: has won before on a going that matches today's
• 1st Run After Wind Op: the horse's first start since breathing surgery, which is where any improvement usually shows