UK Horse Racing

The UK Horse Racing Ratings

Stall Number

The stall number, if given, indicates from which starting stall, or gate, the horse starts from.

The stalls are only used on flat racing, either on the turf or the all-weather. Sometimes, for various reasons, stalls aren't used and instead a flip tape is used as in the National Hunt racing.

Whilst this practice of a flip tape is used continually in National Hunt racing it is nonetheless considered not very satisfactory in flat racing and is, thankfully, a rare occurance.

The stall positions are numbered so that the stall on the side of the course nearest to the stand is number one. The stall on the rail furthest away from the stands has the highest number. The stall position can have a massive effect on a race and some races in some courses can have a massive stall bias whereas other races may not.

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