Timeform Horses to Follow 2026 includes fifty to follow from the UK for the new horse racing flat season plus more winner-finding features and tips, including Trainer Talk, Ante post advice and Rising Stars. Look out for more Horses To Follow from Ireland, Review of 2025 season, Timeform’s Top 100s by division and lists of promising horses by trainer.

A simple statistical route to finding value in British flat horseracing.

Every week, an average of £350 million is wagered on horseracing across Great Britain and in the majority of cases individual ‘punters’ lose the greater part of their stake money. For many it is a harmless pursuit, but in an increasing number of cases punters compulsively chase their losses in a desperate panic and end up very much the poorer. It remains technically possible to make a net profit on betting, but sadly only for the careful, superwise and super informed few.

The author of this book has a long-standing connection with the sport, has been blessed with an exceptionally high IQ and is a professional statistician. He has for some years been working on mathematically-based approaches to risk that do not require in their application any knowledge by their user of sophisticated statistical techniques. Whilst potentially the riskiest branch of racing are ‘flat handicaps’ on turf and the all-weather – they do hold out several opportunities to pick a winner – often hiding in ‘plain sight’. This book has been designed to reduce the daily time, frustration and, above all, risk involved in assessing form. It also seeks to encourage punters to move away from their preoccupation with trainer/jockey combinations and focus on factors that really count.

Horses in Training is an institution in racing – an indispensable tool for every enthusiast, with a heritage stretching back more than 130 years.

Written in an easy-to-follow style, it is an encyclopedia of invaluable information on the horses each trainer has in their care. It includes:

Comprehensive listings of more than 18,000 horses and more than 500 stables from Britain, Ireland and beyond, complete with owners, breeding and trainer contact details, foaling dates of two-year-olds, plus 125 pages of big-race winners, key statistics and contact details:

• Jockeys’ riding weights and contacts, plus comprehensive lists of past champions under both codes
• Sales results for the highest-priced yearlings sold in Britain and Ireland in 2025
• Key statistics for 2025 and past winners of all major races
• Racing fixtures and sales dates for 2026, plus dates of all the principal races
• Detailed profiles of every British racecourse, including track descriptions, course records, median times and contacts
• Give yourself the edge with this essential guide for every horse-racing enthusiast and bettor.

The Guide to the Flat is the essential companion every Flat racing enthusiast needs.

This comprehensive 192-page guide is packed with expert insights from racing’s most respected writers, edited by one of the sport’s leading editors, and illustrated with stunning colour photography from award-winning photographers. Inside, you’ll find exclusive and extended trainer interviews, specialist selections of horses to follow, plus dark horses tipped to shine in the months ahead. It also includes Topspeed figures and Racing Post Ratings to give you the edge. An invaluable resource for every horseracing fan and sports bettor, this guide deserves a place in your pocket as the season gets underway.

Timeform’s expert analysis goes deep into the decades, and even deeper into the data, to bring you the ultimate form guide. With Race Passes, you can make selections quickly and simply, guided by handy graphics and symbols, or get stuck into serious study at your leisure. With our industry-renowned race reporting, you’ll never have to watch a race back to know precisely how it unfolded and why – but with our video replays, you’ll still be able to if you want to.

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