I never grew up around horses, or with a family background in racing. My interest stems from a combination of my passion for sport and numbers. My approach has always been to solve the puzzle and locate value.
This view remains unmoved.
Why the Figures Exist
Paceform wasn’t built from tradition — it was built from numbers.
The goal was simple: create a clear, objective way to understand each horse’s true level without opinion, guesswork, or noise.
What Problem Paceform Solves
Racing is full of information, but very little of it is structured clearly.
The Paceform Figures were created to make performance easy to understand and compare.
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They show the three things that matter most:
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Recent form (LTO figure)
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True ability (12-month top figure)
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Suitability to today’s conditions (course, distance, going, weight)
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This gives you a clear view of each horse’s real level — not just opinions or narrative.
How the Figures Were Built
The Paceform Figures were created through a full analysis of the factors that genuinely influence race performance — pace, race class, going, conditions, course characteristics, and how different tracks behave.
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This developed into a detailed two-year study of every UK & Irish flat racecourse.
The goal was simple: build a performance rating that allows horses to be compared fairly across different tracks, distances, and setups.
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The result is an objective, consistent measure of a horse’s performance level — one that removes noise and makes analysis clearer, faster, and more reliable.
What Makes Paceform Different
Most racing data focuses on opinions, narratives, or individual run comments.
Paceform is built differently — from objective measurement, not interpretation.
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What sets the figures apart:
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Consistency across all tracks
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No bias, no guesswork
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Designed for clarity
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Created for real decisions
The same numbers used by owners, jockeys, and trainers are also used by independent race analysts and enthusiasts.
Paceform was built to simplify performance — and reveal truth in a sport full of noise.
Who Uses Paceform
Paceform isn’t just for bettors.
The figures are used across the sport because they offer a clear, objective view of performance.
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They’re used by:
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Owners — to understand where their horses fit
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Trainers — to place horses in the right races
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Jockeys — to judge pace, positioning, and setups
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Independent analysts — to cut through noise and identify meaningful data patterns
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Paceform has grown because the numbers work — in real races, for real decisions.
The Purpose of Paceform Today
Racing evolves — biases shift, tracks change, and narratives grow louder. But the purpose of Paceform remains:
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To give you the clearest, most reliable view of a horse’s true performance level.
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Paceform cuts through the noise, emotion, and gut-feel thinking that lead to poor decisions.
Instead of guesswork, you get a framework built on evidence — numbers that show form, ability, and suitability without bias.
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The figures allow you to:
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Strip away emotion
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Avoid narrative-driven traps
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Focus only on what affects performance
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Make decisions with clarity and confidence
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They’re used because they work —
in real races, by real decision-makers, every single day.
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Paceform’s mission is simple:
Make racing easier to understand and help you identify horses capable of running to their true ability.
The Vision Behind Paceform
Paceform wasn’t created to follow racing trends — it was built to cut through them.
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The goal was simple:
measure performance fairly, consistently, and without influence from emotion, bias, or narrative.
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By analysing every UK & Irish flat racecourse and studying how race conditions truly affect performance, the figures were designed to reveal a horse’s real level — not the story around it.
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That foundation allows analysts, trainers, owners, and jockeys to make smarter, calmer, data-backed decisions in a sport where guesswork is the default.
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Paceform exists to bring clarity to racing — helping you identify horses capable of running to their true ability.
See the Figures in Action
Explore the Speed Figures and start making clearer, data-led decisions.
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Rob, Paceform Figures
For those who want to review how the Paceform Figures have looked in real races over time, the Paceform Figures Archive provides access to historical daily figures for reference and independent study.