BHA Racing Data Pack - britishhorseracing.com · Contribution BHA Dev Fund 2017 102 £5,913 £2,566 £470 £119 £2,754 £4 2018 102 £7,329 £2,867 £533 £115 £3,809 £5

BHA Racing

Data PackJanuary 2018

© British Horseracing Authority 2018

1 Jan to 31 Jan 1

James Follows ([email protected])

Fixtures (YTD)


1 Jan to 31 Jan 2James Follows ([email protected])

Note: includes Additional, Rescheduled & Partially Abandoned fixtures. Flat includes Mixed.

Note: Flat includes Mixed Meetings.

Note: Flat includes Mixed Meetings.

Fixtures Scheduled

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Flat AW 44 42 47 47 46

Jump 66 68 61 65 67

Total 110 110 108 112 113

4558

4156 55

4542

47

46 47

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Fixtures Run

Flat AW

Jump

Abandonments

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Flat AW 0 0 0 1 0

Jump 23 11 21 10 13

Total 23 11 21 11 13

23

11

21

1113

21

0

5

10

15

20

25

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total Abandonments

Total 10 year average


1 Jan to 31 Jan 3


Turf Fixtures by Going

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Firm 0 0 0 0 0

Good to Firm 0 0 0 0 0

Good 0 1 1 9 0Good to Soft 4 10 5 14 3

Soft 15 31 15 24 26

Heavy 25 16 20 8 26

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Turf Fixtures by Going

Firm

Good to Firm

Good

Good to Soft

Soft

Heavy

Total Prize Money (£ 000's)

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat AWT 1,675 1,711 2,094 2,004 2,400Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Jump 3,260 4,154 3,564 3,909 4,929

Total 4,934 5,865 5,658 5,913 7,329

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total Prize Money (£ 000's)

Jump

Flat AWT

Average Prize Money (£) (by race)

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Flat AWT 5,168 6,177 6,670 6,361 7,341Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Jump 10,414 11,048 13,449 10,672 13,615Total 7,746 8,982 9,772 8,678 10,637


1 Jan to 31 Jan 4


Funding by Source (£ 000's)

YearNo.

FixturesTotal Prize

FundHBLB

Funding Owners Divided Races

Racecourse Executive

Contribution BHA Dev Fund2017 102 £5,913 £2,566 £470 £119 £2,754 £42018 102 £7,329 £2,867 £533 £115 £3,809 £5

17-18 +/-% 0.00% 23.95% 11.73% 13.40% -3.36% 38.31% 25.00%

HBLB Funding39%

Owners7%

Divided Races2%

Racecourse Executive

Contribution52%

BHA Dev Fund0%

Funding by Source in 2018

Number of Divisions

Code Type 2017 2018 16-17 +/-Flat Hcap 17 18 5.9%Flat WFA 2 3 50.0%

Jump Hcap 1 0 -100.0%Jump WFA 8 5 -37.5%

0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

50.9% 42.4%54.2% 46.3% 47.5%

17.9%21.1%

16.6%20.1% 19.3%

26.1% 31.5% 26.3% 30.4% 28.7%

4.6% 4.1% 2.6% 2.8% 3.8%

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Percentage of Races Run by Type

Flat Turf Flat AW Steeple Chase Hurdle NHF Hunter Chase


1 Jan to 31 Jan 5


Races (YTD)Races Run

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Flat AW 324 277 314 315 327

Steeple Chase 114 138 96 137 133

Hurdle 166 206 152 207 198

NHF 29 27 15 19 26

Hunter Chase 4 5 2 3 5

Total 637 653 579 681 689

Average Field Size

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat AWT 8.06 8.58 8.10 9.02 8.47

Flat Turf 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Flat 8.06 8.58 8.10 9.02 8.47

Jump 8.08 8.33 8.98 9.02 8.26

Total 8.07 8.44 8.50 9.02 8.36

72

.5%

55

.0%

73

.6%

56

.9%

76

.1%

55

.8%

75

.6%

58

.7%

75

.8%

57

.2%

F L A T H C A P J U M P H C A P

R2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

% Races Run as Handicaps

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Declarations

Flat AWT

Flat Turf

Jump

Total

0

3,000

6,000

9,000

12,000

15,000

0

2,500

5,000

7,500

10,000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Entries

Flat AWT

Flat Turf

Jump

Total


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4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

10.00

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Average Field Size by Code

Flat AWT

Flat Turf

Jump

Total

Entries

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat AWT 5,105 4,335 4,631 5,177 4,837

Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Jump 5,958 7,080 5,314 7,236 6,695

Total 11,063 11,415 9,945 12,413 11,532

Declarations

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat AWT 2,827 2,531 2,705 3,032 2,942

Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Jump 2,692 3,331 2,498 3,518 3,134

Total 5,519 5,862 5,203 6,550 6,076


1 Jan to 31 Jan 7


Eliminations

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat AWT 113 123 43 248 216

Flat Turf 0 0 0 0 0

Jump 17 22 39 89 75

Total 130 145 82 337 291

0

100

200

300

400

0

100

200

300

400

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Eliminations

Flat AWT

Flat Turf

Jump

Total

Runners

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 2,611 2,376 2,543 2,840 2,771

Jump 2,528 3,133 2,379 3,303 2,990

Total 5,139 5,509 4,922 6,143 5,761

Individual Runners

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018Flat 1,627 1,605 1,688 1,874 1,851

Jump 2,162 2,557 2,037 2,725 2,520

Dual 19 23 15 22 15

Total 3,808 4,185 3,740 4,621 4,386

3,8084,185

3,740

4,621 4,386

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Runners vs. Individual Runners

Runners Individual Runners

0.600.54

0.49

0.60

0.46

0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Average Non-Runners per Race

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Non-Runners

Jump

Flat

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Average No. of Runs per Horse

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 1.59 1.46 1.49 1.50 1.48

Jump 1.16 1.21 1.16 1.20 1.18

Total 1.35 1.32 1.32 1.33 1.31

Non-Runners

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 216 155 162 192 171

Jump 164 198 119 215 144

Total 380 353 281 407 315

Non-Runners as a % of Declarations

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 7.6% 6.1% 6.0% 6.3% 5.8%

Jump 6.1% 5.9% 4.8% 6.1% 4.6%

Total 6.9% 6.0% 5.4% 6.2% 5.2%


1 Jan to 31 Jan 9


Average Field Size (by race type)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

FLAT 8.06 8.58 8.10 9.02 8.47

Pattern/Listed 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Handicap 8.64 9.04 8.46 9.46 8.84

WFA Conditions 5.67 4.78 5.20 5.78 6.22

Maiden 7.60 8.79 7.94 8.55 9.00

Novice 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.23

Sellers/Claimers 5.95 6.32 6.41 7.07 6.31

Auction Races 6.78 7.47 6.95 7.33 8.50

Sales Races 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

STEEPLE CHASE 7.01 7.12 7.77 8.05 6.81

Pattern/Listed 8.18 7.80 9.15 9.15 8.40

Handicap 7.33 7.24 8.13 8.30 6.98

Maiden/Novice 4.40 5.25 4.09 5.47 3.85

WFA Conditions 5.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 4.00

HURDLE 8.44 9.09 9.72 9.39 9.13

Pattern/Listed 7.00 7.33 8.00 7.92 7.38

Handicap 8.94 9.18 10.43 9.75 9.54

Maiden/Novice 8.41 9.37 9.42 9.29 9.10

WFA Conditions 3.00 7.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Sellers/Claimers 5.25 7.33 6.00 6.33 7.00

NHF RACES 10.28 8.89 8.87 11.53 9.08

HUNTER CHASES 7.50 7.60 11.50 12.67 8.20

6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00

FLAT

STEEPLE CHASE

HURDLE

NHF RACES

HUNTER CHASES

Average Field Size by Race Type

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Horses in Training (YTD Totals)


1 Jan to 31 Jan 10


Note: Excludes Hunters. All HIT Figures are a count of every individual horse registered as intraining, year to date. Some horses have been reclassified as Dual if running over both codesin the preceding 90 days.

15,24715,530

15,803 15,76616,314

12,000

13,000

14,000

15,000

16,000

17,000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Horses in Training (All)

All

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 9,037 9,331 9,616 9,481 9,721

Jump 5,875 5,899 5,853 5,982 5,979

Dual 335 300 334 303 614

Total 15,247 15,530 15,803 15,766 16,314

Flat

Age 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2yo 2,539 2,775 2,728 2,546 2,343

3yo 2,946 3,024 3,210 3,164 3,441

4yo 1,403 1,437 1,528 1,560 1,648

5yo+ 2,149 2,095 2,150 2,211 2,289

Total 9,037 9,331 9,616 9,481 9,721

-500

500

1,500

2,500

3,500

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Horses in Training (Flat)

2yo

3yo

4yo

5yo+


1 Jan to 31 Jan 11


Note: Excludes Hunters.

Flat60%

Jump35%

Dual5%

Jump

Age 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

3yo 17 9 13 5 8

4yo 577 673 582 646 504

5yo+ 5,281 5,217 5,258 5,331 5,467

Total 5,875 5,899 5,853 5,982 5,979

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Horses in Training (Jump)

3yo 4yo 5yo+

0

100

200

300

400

500

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Horses in Training (Dual)

3yo 4yo 5yo+

Dual

Age 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

3yo 39 9 1 5 26

4yo 83 67 84 88 175

5yo+ 213 224 249 210 413

Total 335 300 334 303 614

January HIT Breakdown

Code 2018

Flat 9,721

Jump 5,979

Dual 614

Total 16,314

38.2%

61.8%

2018< 7 Races

7+ Races


1 Jan to 31 Jan 12


OTHER KPIs (Full Year)

7 Race Cards

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

< 7 Races 7.8% 52.0% 43.2% 43.1% 38.2%

7+ Races 92.2% 48.0% 56.8% 56.9% 61.8%

Races with fewer than 6 Runners

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 17.3% 14.4% 14.0% 8.9% 13.5%

Jump 18.2% 14.6% 14.3% 12.0% 20.7%

Total 17.7% 14.5% 14.2% 10.6% 17.3%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Races <6 Runners

Races with 8 (or more) Runners

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 56.2% 65.0% 56.7% 71.7% 64.2%

Jump 51.1% 55.9% 64.5% 63.4% 53.9%

Total 53.7% 59.7% 60.3% 67.3% 58.8%

0.0%

20.0%

40.0%

60.0%

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Races 8+ Runners

0

10

20

30

40

50

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Free to Air Televised Races

Jump

Flat


1 Jan to 31 Jan 13


Races with Odds On and Evens Favourites

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 20.1% 20.6% 16.6% 15.6% 19.0%

Jump 20.8% 19.9% 25.3% 24.0% 21.5%

Total 20.4% 20.2% 20.6% 20.1% 20.3%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Races with Odds On and Evens Favourites

Flat Jump

Races with Odds Against Favourites

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 79.9% 79.4% 83.4% 84.4% 81.0%

Jump 79.2% 80.1% 74.7% 76.0% 78.5%

Total 79.6% 79.8% 79.4% 79.9% 79.7%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Races with Odds Against Favourites

Flat Jump

Free to Air Televised Races

Code 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Flat 4 0 2 0 0

Jump 28 41 40 32 29

Total 32 41 42 32 29


1 Jan to 31 Jan 14


Horses running from 1lb or 2lb above the rating band in handicaps

Race Type

Races Affected AFS

Over Weight wins

Over Weight Runners Strike rate

Over Weight's Percentage of Rivals Beaten IV

Flat AW 106 9.81 22 146 15.1% 61.1% 1.43

Chase 31 9.13 3 41 7.3% 45.2% 0.62

Hurdle 33 10.67 7 42 16.7% 59.4% 1.63

Mares' and Fillies' Races

Year Code Races Runners AFS % <6 runners Avg. Prize Fund2017 Flat 23 185 8.04 8.7% £7,5672018 Flat 19 142 7.47 31.6% £9,7052017 Jump 36 291 8.08 22.2% £8,664

2018 Jump 34 282 8.29 23.5% £11,870

Flat Conditions Stakes (included within BHA handicapping trial)

Year Races Runners AFS Avg Fav SP % <6 runners

2017 8 45 5.63 2.49 62.5%

2018 8 48 6.00 1.93 50.0%


1 Jan to 31 Jan 15


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Data PackJanuary 2018

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