Today’s Horse Racing: Racecards, Odds and Best Bets

5 meetings and 40 races, with the best odds on every runner

Every UK and Irish horse racing card for today, Thursday 15 October 2026: 5 meetings and 40 races, with the best odds on every runner compared across the bookmakers we review.

The race of the day is the 1:37 DNG Nationwide Handicap at Curragh, a over 6f worth €21,000. Kabral du Mathan is the shortest price on the card at 0.26/1 in the 1:25 at Perth, which is the market’s opinion rather than a tip.

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Today’s three best races

1:37 Curragh Race of the day

DNG Nationwide Handicap

6f · €21,000 · 13 runners · Yielding

An open race: the favourite is rated only a 17% chance across 13 runners, with Nouvel Espoir and Dark Ace close enough behind to be worth a look.

Best price 5/1 on Moltophino bet365

What the market makes of it

Moltophino 5/1 17%

Nouvel Espoir 6/1 14%

Dark Ace 7/1 13%

Keke 8/1 11%

Chicago Pope 17/2 11%

Chance is what the price implies, not a forecast. Percentages across a full field total more than 100: the difference is the bookmaker’s margin.

2:12 Curragh

Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden (Smullen Series)

1m · €15,000 · 17 runners · Yielding

Favourite

Lunar Empress 1.7/1

37% implied chance

The market gives Lunar Empress a 37% chance, less than a coin flip, with Belicoso at 9/2 and The Captains Day at 11/2 next in.

Best price with SBK SBK

1:02 Curragh

Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden

6f · €15,000 · 12 runners · Yielding

Favourite

Champion Basma 15/8

35% implied chance

The market gives Champion Basma a 35% chance, less than a coin flip, with Kindacan at 7/2 and Captain James Cook at 13/2 next in.

Best price with bet365 bet365

The board disagrees most on Nefyn Queen, where 66/1 with Bet365 beats the 18/1 quoted elsewhere — 267% more profit for the same bet. New customers at SBK can claim £60 free bet.

Brighton

Curragh

Fontwell

Perth

Southwell (AW)

Prices as at 01:33.

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The races worth following today

There are 40 races across 5 British and Irish meetings today, at Brighton, Curragh, Fontwell, Perth, Southwell (AW). The card below is ordered by course; what follows picks out the races and the horses the money is on.

1:37 Curragh DNG Nationwide Handicap 6f · €21,000 · 13 runners
2:12 Curragh Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden (Smullen Series) 1m · €15,000 · 17 runners
1:02 Curragh Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden 6f · €15,000 · 12 runners

The DNG Nationwide Handicap at Curragh is the richest race of the day at €21,000, which is usually where the best horses and the biggest fields are, and where the market is most reliable.

Today’s favourites

The shortest price on the card is Kabral du Mathan at 0.26/1 in the 1:25 at Perth. A short price is the market’s opinion rather than a guarantee: favourites win roughly a third of British races, which means two in three are beaten.

Horse	Race	Best price
Kabral du Mathan	1:25 Perth	0.26/1 Smarkets	SBK
Emerald Quest	3:29 Fontwell	4/7 Bet365	bet365
Double Powerful	2:19 Fontwell	11/10 Bet365	bet365
Grove Street	5:30 Southwell (AW)	6/5 LiveScore Bet	LiveScoreBet
Lovely Dark Angel	7:00 Southwell (AW)	1.34/1 Smarkets	SBK

How to read the prices on this page

Every runner shows the best price among the bookmakers we review, and who is offering it. The difference between the best price and the worst is real money: taking 11/2 rather than 5/1 returns 10 per cent more profit on a winning bet, every time.

Why exchange prices are not here

An exchange price is nearly always the biggest number on the board, but commission is charged on winnings and the price is what another punter will lay rather than what a bookmaker will pay, so putting it beside fixed odds is not a fair comparison.

For the sites themselves — which pay best odds guaranteed, which settle fastest, and what the welcome offers are actually worth — see our guide to UK horse racing betting sites.

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Is the price worth taking?

A price is a statement about how likely something is. Put your own figure against a runner and this works out the price that would make it a fair bet, and what the market is offering instead. It does not tell you what will win — that part is yours.

Race

Runner	Best price	Implied	Margin removed	Your figure	Fair price	Against the market

An edge on paper is not a winning bet. It says that if your figure were right and the race were run many times, the price would pay more than it should — which tells you nothing about this afternoon. Prices move, and the tool runs in your browser without sending or storing anything.

Bet calculator

Works out what any bet returns before you place it, and what a settled one paid. Singles through eight-folds, every full-cover bet from a Trixie to a Goliath, each-way at any place terms, and Rule 4 when a runner is withdrawn.

Mark each selection won, placed, lost or a non-runner, so a bet that has already run can be checked as well as one you are thinking about. A non-runner settles at no odds and shortens every line it appears in, exactly as a bookmaker would settle it.

Fill from today’s racing

Choose a race and each selection can be picked from its runners, at the best price we have.

Bet type

Stake per bet

Each-way — doubles the bets and the stake

Place terms

Rule 4 deduction

Total stake £0.00

Total return £0.00

Profit or loss £0.00

Number of bets 0

A worked example

A £1 Yankee on four winners at 2/1 is eleven bets — six doubles, four trebles and a four-fold. It costs £11 and returns £243, a profit of £232. Mark one of the four a non-runner and it settles as £117: the doubles containing it become singles, the trebles become doubles, and the four-fold becomes a treble.

Odds can be typed as 5/2, 2.5 or evens. Nothing is sent anywhere: the calculator runs in your browser and stores nothing. Estimates only — confirm returns with your bookmaker before betting.

Racing words you will meet on this page

SP — starting price: The price a horse is returned at when the race goes off, set from the on-course market. Take a price earlier and you keep it; bet at SP and you get whatever it is at the off.
Best odds guaranteed: If you take an early price and the SP is bigger, the bookmaker pays the bigger one. Over a year this is worth more to a regular punter than any welcome offer.
Each-way: Two bets of equal stake: one that the horse wins, one that it places. The place part pays a fraction of the odds, usually a fifth or a quarter.
Going: The state of the ground, from hard through firm, good and soft to heavy. Some horses are far better on one than another.
Handicap: A race where the weights are set by official rating, so in theory every runner has an equal chance. Most British racing is handicaps.
Class: How good a race is, from Class 1 at the top to Class 7. A Class 2 handicap is a considerably better contest than a Class 5.
Official rating: A number given to a horse by the handicapper, based on its form. It decides the weight it carries in a handicap.
Draw: The stall a horse starts from on the flat. On some tracks and distances a low or high draw is a real advantage.
Furlong: An eighth of a mile, 220 yards. Distances are written as miles and furlongs, so 1m 2f is a mile and a quarter.
Rule 4: When a horse is withdrawn late, bookmakers deduct an amount from the winnings on bets already placed. It is set by the withdrawn horse’s price and applies to winnings, not your stake.
Non-runner: A declared horse that does not run. Win bets are refunded; in a multiple that leg settles at no odds and the bet reduces.
Odds-on: A price shorter than evens, where you stake more than you stand to win. The market rates the horse better than a 50% chance.
Ante-post: A bet placed well before the race at bigger prices, with the risk that your stake is lost if the horse does not run.
Nap: A tipster’s strongest selection of the day. Nothing to do with the price.

The bets you can place at a UK bookmaker

Win

One horse, to win. The simplest bet and, on a short-priced favourite, often the best value one.

Each-way

Two bets: win and place. Worth more on a bigger price in a large field than on a favourite in a small one.

Forecast

Two horses, to finish first and second in that order. A reverse forecast covers both orders and costs two bets.

Tricast

Three horses, first, second and third in order. Only offered on handicaps with enough runners.

Double, treble, accumulator

Two, three or more horses, all of which must win. The odds multiply, and so does the chance of one leg letting you down.

Trixie, Yankee, Heinz

Full-cover bets without singles. A Yankee is four selections across six doubles, four trebles and a four-fold — eleven bets, so a £1 Yankee costs £11.

Patent, Lucky 15, Lucky 31

The same, with the singles included. One winner is enough to get something back, which is why they are the most popular bets in a British betting shop.

Placepot

A Tote pool: pick a horse to place in each of the first six races at a meeting. Cheap to enter, hard to win, and the return is a share of the pool rather than a price.

Ante-post

Placed weeks or months out on a big race, at prices you will not see on the day.

Every one of these can be worked out on the calculator above.

Five questions about betting on today’s racing

What time is the first race today?

The first off today is the 12:55 at Perth. Every meeting is listed in time order on the card above. British cards usually start between 1pm and 2pm, with evening meetings from about 5pm in the summer.

How do I find the best price on a runner?

Every runner on this page shows the best price among the bookmakers we review, and which firm is offering it. The difference is real money: taking 7/2 rather than 3/1 is 17 per cent more profit on a winning bet.

What does best odds guaranteed mean, and who offers it?

If the starting price is bigger than the price you took, the bookmaker pays the bigger one. Most major British firms offer it on UK and Irish racing, usually from the morning of the race. It is worth more over a season than any sign-up offer, and it is one of the first things we check in a review.

What happens if my horse does not run?

A win single is refunded in full. In a multiple the non-runner settles at no odds and the bet reduces, so a four-fold becomes a treble. If a fancied horse is withdrawn late, Rule 4 may reduce the winnings on bets already struck on the others.

Is the favourite worth backing?

Favourites win about a third of British races, which means two in three are beaten. A price is the market’s opinion rather than a forecast, and the value checker on this page exists so you can put your own figure against it.