The Horse Form tab on a Proform Race Guide displays a runner's entire career as a single row per race, containing over thirty columns and fifty-plus data points each. Every column serves a specific purpose: to show the race conditions, how the horse ran, what it earned, who handled it, what the market did, and how the performance stacks up against today's race.
Reading the grid: colour code and structure
A blue row indicates a win; teal means the horse placed; black means it was unplaced. Reading left to right, the columns are grouped into five blocks: the race itself, the run, the result and connections, the market, and the comparison to today.
The race block
The Date column shows when the race was run (hover for the race name and class letter). The next column condenses five facts: Course, Class (rated seven down to one), Type of race, Prize money in thousands, and how far the horse was vanned. Distance is given rounded; Official Going is abbreviated; Actual Going records ground conditions on the day; and the Going Allowance is Proform's assessment of how the ground was running.
The run block
Speed Rating shows what the horse earned, with the margin above or below class par alongside. P records early position: Led, Prominently, or Held up. The Draw, Weight and headgear (blinkers, hood, tongue-tie, cheekpieces, W-S for wind surgery), and the official rating at which the horse ran are all listed.
The result block
Position, number of runners, beaten distance, the winner or runner-up the horse was nearest to, and that horse's weight all sit in one column. Alongside is PRB — Percent of Rivals Beaten — shaded from green through amber to red, giving a cleaner measure of how well the horse actually ran than finishing position alone.
The Jockey column shows the rider and any claim in brackets. The Trainer column displays the name, then their five-year PRB, with fourteen, twenty-eight and fifty-six-day PRBs underneath, colour-shaded to show whether the yard is in form or out of form.
The market block
Starting Price appears with its evening, breakfast and morning moves underneath, with arrows showing whether the horse drifted or came in. Betfair Starting Price and place price follow, flagged green or gold if the horse traded at half price (dobbed) or a third of its price in running (trobbed). The in-running high and low on the exchange are also shown.
Comparing to today
Eight columns line each past run against today's race. Four show a green tick when they match: same Course, same Going, same Race Type, and similar field size. The other four give the gap in blue (longer/higher) or red (shorter/lower): distance difference in furlongs, class difference, difference in official rating, and difference in weight carried. One glance shows which past runs came under conditions like today's.
Race quality: form working out
The final block tracks what other runners from each past race have done since: total runs, wins and places, winning and place strike rates, Actual-versus-Expected against their Betfair prices, and average PRB. Strong green numbers mean the race is working out — the form is being franked — and a beaten run from a race like that can be far better than it first appears.
All Form: the same grid for every runner
The All Form tab shows the same grid for every horse in the race at once, with the runner name frozen on the left. Eighteen filters let you pull out runs matching specific conditions: time, horse attributes, and race conditions. This shows which runners have the best record when circumstances match today.
