RaceMetrics Weather Centre: Your Guide to Ground Conditions
Ground conditions dictate form more reliably than most other variables in horse racing. The RaceMetrics Weather Centre gives you live weather data for all 78 UK and Irish racecourses, updated every 15 minutes, so you can assess how the track will ride before the first race.
What You Get
The Weather Centre combines satellite imagery, real-time conditions, and historical rainfall data in one view. You'll see temperature, wind speed with gusts, and compass direction alongside a 7-day rainfall chart showing cumulative precipitation. This matters: heavy rain in the preceding days affects ground more than rain on race day alone.
Wind speed is colour-coded on the satellite map. Blue indicates light wind (under 15 mph), amber shows moderate wind (15–30 mph), and red flags strong wind (over 30 mph). The wind arrow itself shows the direction the wind is blowing towards, with speed overlaid.
How to Access It
Three routes in: click the blue Weather button in the dashboard tools row, select Live Weather in the race header on any racecard, or navigate directly via URL with a specific course ID.
The sidebar displays courses with racing scheduled over the next three days, sorted by date. Use the Any Course dropdown to look up weather for any racecourse up to weeks in advance—useful for trip planning or early-season research.
Why It Matters
Knowing wind direction and speed helps explain pace patterns and fatigue in staying races. Seven days of rainfall data reveals whether ground is genuinely firm or soft despite sunshine on race day. Today's precipitation is highlighted separately so you can isolate current conditions from cumulative trends.
Proform's detailed course maps are included, showing distances, elevation profiles, and both Flat and Jumps configurations where applicable. Wind combined with elevation gives you a fuller picture of how a horse might run.
Weather data comes from Open-Meteo, refreshed every 15 minutes, ensuring you're working with current information when building your selections.
