Top Speed Ratings

Punters enjoy studying the horse racing form to make calculated decisions on their daily selections.

Top Speed Ratings, also known as speed figures, provide bettors with a numeric value to compare the speeds of runners.

Other important metrics to study include the official rating, which identifies horses ahead of the handicapper, and the RPR rating, which is further explained in our guide to Racing Post ratings.

An essential part of the race cards is the Top Speed Ratings provided by the Racing Post.

In our British Racecourses Horse Racing Top Speed Ratings guide, we provide you with all today’s runners who are officially the highest-rated top-speed horses in each race.

Find out more about Top Speed ratings:

Today’s Top Speed Horses

Here are all today’s top-speed horses:

What Does TS Stand For in Race Cards?

The column marked TS on horse racing form guides is the top speed rating of the horses compiled by the Racing Post, which rates a horse’s ability based on how fast it has run in a race.

The more seasoned punters research and use the TS ratings to make decisions on the possible outcome of the race.

Top Speed ratings are calculated by comparing the time it took for a horse to finish a race.

The TS figures will then be compared with the Racing Post’s standard time for that course and adjusted by factors such as distance, going, and weight carried.

Should Punters Place Bets on Top Speed Horses?

Top speed ratings are a reasonably accurate way to compare horses’ abilities.

But top-speed horses are only one metric of many to consider, and other factors have to come into the reckoning when making your picks.

Checking the ground conditions, the form of the trainer, jockey booking and previous course are just a few other important factors to check.

Top Speed ratings can be a handy tool for analysing a race and are crucial for tipsters during research and analysis to predict the race’s outcome.

How are the Racing Post’s TS ratings calculated?

The top-speed rating is based on the horse’s actual finishing time, along with other factors such as post position and track condition.

The higher the TS rating, the better; the fastest horses achieve in the 100s.

There are two types of TS ratings in the Racing Post.

The first is the adjusted TS rating you see on the race cards (based on the horses’ best speed rating over the past year, as determined by the Racing Post’s Top Speed Handicapper).

The second is the raw TS ratings that you see in the horses’ history.

When is Top Speed Rating Interesting To Follow?

Paying attention to the top speed rating is interesting if you see an outsider getting heavily backed and notice that the horse has a high adjusted top speed.

The adjusted TS is based on the best speed rating over the past year. The old form can be of interest to outsiders.

If a horse is being backed in the betting market, this suggests that stable connections believe that their horse is back to its best form.

When is Top Speed Rating Not Valuable?

If a horse has not raced or has consistently performed poorly on the going, the TS speed ratings are of little interest.

The top speed ratings are only valuable when the speed rating reflects the horse’s best performance on the going it is running on today.

Shrewd sports bettors can go through the raw speed ratings and convert them to adjusted speed ratings themselves, but the calculations are pointless if the horse does not perform on the ground.

Summary of Top Speeding Ratings

The Racing Post’s top speed (TS) ratings are certainly a valuable metric for studying form and making predictions on today’s racing.

Speed is one of the most critical factors for determining a horse’s chance of winning a race.

The chances of the horse winning are increased slightly if the Top Speed Ratings indicate that the horse is the fastest on the TS metrics.

Various prominent horse racing newspapers and publications, like the following:

• ATR speed ratings (Attheraces speed ratings)
• Racing Post speed ratings
• Inform racing speed ratings
• Proform racing speed ratings
• Speed ratings for horses
• Horse racing speed ratings free