StableBet Rating: its top-rated horse, tested
The StableBet Rating is our own figure, not an AI: a horse's official rating, less 2lb for each length it was beaten on its last finished run. In the Silicon Tipster League it backs its top-rated horse in every UK and Irish handicap where each runner has a rating, a notional £10 a pick, logged before the off and settled at Starting Price. It never sees a price, so it runs in AI Picks the Winner beside the five chatbots and The Favourite.
StableBet Rating's scorecard
1,035 picks settledAI Picks the Winner
−1,092 pts(-10.5% return)Never sees the odds. Backs its top-rated horse, a notional £10 a pick, in handicaps where every runner has a rating.
- Points risked
- 10,350
- Points back
- 9,258
- Bets
- 1,035
- Win%
- 18%
Not entered in AI Finds the Value Bets
The rating never sees a price, so it has no view on the value AI Finds the Value Bets asks for. It runs in AI Picks the Winner only, beside the chatbots reading the race without the odds.
Points are what a £10 bet on each pick would have won or lost: a 33/1 winner scores 330, a loser −10. No money is involved.
The StableBet Rating joined the League on 25 September 2026. It backs a horse only in handicaps where every runner has a rating and sits every other race out: 704 races so far. With fewer bets than there are races, compare it with the rest of the field on return and strike rate, not on its points total.
Went its own way: 46 races where StableBet Rating was the lone dissenter while the rest of the field agreed on a different horse.
Correction, 24 September 2026: The going was missing from our morning cards, 3 to 23 September. Read the note
StableBet Rating's running points total
A notional £10 on every pick, settled to Starting Price and shown in points. The whole record, wins and losses alike.
How StableBet Rating's last calls went
Settled picks, newest first, with the one-line reason StableBet Rating logged before the off and what the race did with it. Wins and losses alike, scored at Starting Price.
| Race | Job | Pick | Conf. | Reason | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford15:55 | Who wins? | Count Adhemar | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 103 (next best 92) | Lost · SP 5 · −10 pts |
| Punchestown15:45 | Who wins? | Spanish John | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 84 (next best 80) | Lost · SP 10 · −10 pts |
| Stratford15:25 | Who wins? | Red Rubio | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 103 (next best 96) | Lost · SP 4 · −10 pts |
| Carlisle15:02 | Who wins? | Harmony Heights | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 109 (next best 105) | Lost · SP 17 · −10 pts |
| Stratford14:50 | Who wins? | Service Minimum | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 119 (next best 106) | Lost · SP 5.5 · −10 pts |
| Punchestown14:38 | Who wins? | Allo Al Khawaneej | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 104 (next best 103) | Lost · SP 4.5 · −10 pts |
| Carlisle14:27 | Who wins? | Rossbridge | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 105 (next best 95) | Lost · SP 9 · −10 pts |
| Stratford13:40 | Who wins? | Lord Of Cheshire | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 127 (next best 120) | Lost · SP 10 · −10 pts |
| Carlisle13:20 | Who wins? | Diamond White | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 102 (next best 88) | Lost · SP 3.5 · −10 pts |
| Carlisle12:50 | Who wins? | Parisencore | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 129 (next best 114) | Lost · SP 2.1 · −10 pts |
| Punchestown12:00 | Who wins? | Moorish Castle | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 99 (next best 90) | Lost · SP 10 · −10 pts |
| Ffos Las16:12 | Who wins? | Pure Carbon | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 122 (next best 118) | Lost · SP 2.625 · −10 pts |
| Ffos Las15:37 | Who wins? | Galway Reel | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 104 (next best 97) | Lost · SP 1.9091 · −10 pts |
| Sandown Park15:25 | Who wins? | Novelista | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 108 (next best 107) | Lost · SP 7.5 · −10 pts |
| Ffos Las14:27 | Who wins? | Bound For Glory | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 94 (next best 87) | Lost · SP 5 · −10 pts |
| Sandown Park14:15 | Who wins? | Jaminska | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 112 (next best 106) | Lost · SP 3.25 · −10 pts |
| Naas14:04 | Who wins? | Ballybawn Belter | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 124 (next best 118) | Lost · SP 7.5 · −10 pts |
| Ffos Las13:52 | Who wins? | Sparkling Duke | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 110 (next best 99) | Lost · SP 10 · −10 pts |
| Sandown Park13:40 | Who wins? | White Noise | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 129 (next best 113) | Lost · SP 3.5 · −10 pts |
| Sandown Park12:40 | Who wins? | Minella Crooner | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 110 (next best 109) | Lost · SP 67 · −10 pts |
Today's picks
Logged before the off and not yet settled. Published in advance so the record cannot be written after the result is known. Research, not tips.
| Race | Job | Pick | Conf. | Reason | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon13:10 | Who wins? | Escaria Ten | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 102 (next best 100) | pending |
| Fairyhouse13:30 | Who wins? | Rich Belief | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 112 (next best 110) | pending |
| Huntingdon13:40 | Who wins? | Bread And Butter | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 76 (next best 74) | pending |
| Lingfield14:20 | Who wins? | Kamille Au Kanada | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 108 (next best 104) | pending |
| Fairyhouse14:30 | Who wins? | Urbs Intacta Manet | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 84 (next best 80) | pending |
| Huntingdon14:40 | Who wins? | Cap Ricochet | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 95 (next best 80) | pending |
| Lingfield14:50 | Who wins? | Zaraquelle | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 83 (next best 70) | pending |
| Huntingdon15:10 | Who wins? | Latin | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 102 (next best 86) | pending |
| Lingfield15:20 | Who wins? | Cinnodin | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 104 (next best 93) | pending |
| Uttoxeter15:20 | Who wins? | No Hard Feelings | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 80, level with 1 other; the higher official rating (100) settles it | pending |
| Fairyhouse15:30 | Who wins? | Granville Street | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 107 (next best 104) | pending |
| Huntingdon15:40 | Who wins? | Virtual Rock | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 117 (next best 113) | pending |
| Lingfield15:50 | Who wins? | Rebel Tribesman | — | Top StableBet Rating in the race: 116 (next best 104) | pending |
Races sat out today
No bet and no stake: the race was not a handicap, or a runner in it had no rating. Listed so a race with no pick is never mistaken for a missed one.
- Fairyhouse 12:30: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
- Fairyhouse 13:00: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
- Lingfield 13:20: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
- Lingfield 13:50: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
- Fairyhouse 14:00: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
- Huntingdon 14:10: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
- Fairyhouse 15:00: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
- Fairyhouse 16:00: Not a handicap: the rating backs a horse only in handicaps
How StableBet Rating actually picks
The rule reads one number per runner from the morning card, and nothing else. In a handicap where every declared runner has a rating, it backs the highest. When two or more share the top figure, the higher official rating takes it, and if they are level on that too, the horse whose name comes first A to Z. Every other race it sits out: races that are not handicaps, and handicaps with a runner the rating cannot score, which is usually a horse with no previous run in our records or no official rating. The races it sits out are listed on this page with the reason, so a race with no pick is never mistaken for a missed one.
About StableBet Rating
The StableBet Rating is the gold mark beside every runner on our racecards. It starts from the horse's official rating for today's race and takes off 2lb for each length it was beaten on its last finished run, up to 10 lengths, so a last-time-out winner keeps its full mark. It is worked out the same way for every runner, from official ratings and race results alone. No model, market price or AI goes into it.
We tested it before it went on the racecard. In handicaps, the horse it rates top won more often than the horse with the top official rating. Outside handicaps it did not measurably improve on the official rating, which is why this entry backs a horse in handicaps only.
The market reads the same form. Backing the top-rated horse wins about as often as its starting price says, so the rating is already priced in, and backed on every pick it should lose roughly the bookmaker's margin, like everything else on this board. Its record here measures how often the top-rated horse wins. That helps with reading a racecard, and it is not a way to make money.
How we test it, live
This board records how its top-rated horse does at the starting price. The rating has its own live test as well: before its first live race we wrote down how much more often, in handicaps, its top-rated horse should win than the top official rating, and the Lab counts every qualifying race against that prediction, whichever way it lands.
Is the StableBet Rating any good? The live count →Why it runs only in AI Picks the Winner
The rating never sees a price. It comes from official ratings and race results, so it sits with the blind picks in AI Picks the Winner, beside the five chatbots reading the race without the odds and The Favourite. AI Finds the Value Bets asks each entrant for the runner the market has underrated, and a figure with no view of the price has nothing to say about that, so it is not entered there.
What to watch on StableBet Rating's board
- How often the top-rated horse wins. Its races are handicaps only, where fields are bigger and strike rates run lower, so set it beside the others with that in mind
- How often its pick is also the morning favourite, in the Backed the fav column. The market reads the same form, so the two often agree
- Its return against the bookmaker's margin. The rating is priced in, so expect a steady loss of points, and treat a short winning run as noise
- The races it sits out, listed on this page: every race that is not a handicap, and any handicap with a runner the rating cannot score
The rest of the field
StableBet Rating is one of 9 on the board. See how the others are reading the same races:
Questions about the StableBet Rating
What does the StableBet Rating back in the league?
In every UK and Irish handicap where each declared runner has a rating, it backs the horse with the highest StableBet Rating on the morning card: a notional £10 to win, logged before the off and settled at industry Starting Price. A tie goes to the higher official rating, then to the horse's name A to Z. In every other race it places no bet, and the race is listed on this page as sat out, with the reason.
Is the StableBet Rating an AI?
No. It is our own figure, worked out the same way for every runner: today's official rating, less 2lb for each length the horse was beaten on its last finished run, up to 10 lengths. No model, market price or AI goes into it. It runs in the league as a benchmark beside the chatbots, as The Favourite does.
Why does it only bet in handicaps?
Handicaps are where the rating has evidence. In our tests the top-rated horse in a handicap won more often than the horse with the top official rating. Outside handicaps it did not measurably improve on the official rating, so it sits those races out.
Can I make money following the StableBet Rating's picks?
No. The market already prices the rating in: the top-rated horse wins about as often as its starting price says. Backed on every pick, that means losing roughly the bookmaker's margin, like everything else on this board. Its record shows how often the top-rated horse wins, as research and entertainment, not a tipping service. 18+, please gamble responsibly, and never stake more than you can afford to lose.
Why does it have fewer bets than the other entrants?
It sits out every race that is not a fully rated handicap, while the chatbots and The Favourite pick in every race. So compare it with them on return and strike rate, which allow for the difference, and not on its points total.
This page sits inside the AI Lab, where we test the popular betting systems against the market and ask the bigger question in does following an AI tipster work?
Gamble responsibly. This page is research and entertainment, not betting advice, and nothing on it is a signal to stake. Betting should never be a way to make money. If it is affecting you or someone you know, free and confidential support is at BeGambleAware.org. 18+.