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RACING ANALYTICS — CHANGELOG
Release 3.0.4 — December 2025 · AI Edition

🔎 Summary

RAPRO v3.0.4 (AI Edition) delivers two flagship upgrades — a customizable Form Guide and the Stage 1 rollout of the AI RAPRO Module — plus a refreshed Race Review screen, faster and more stable performance, and a long list of bug fixes and UX improvements.

The focus of this release is to:

  • ⏱️ Reduce form-building time
  • 🧠 Improve clarity and confidence in decision-making
  • 🤖 Lay a strong foundation for expanded AI assistance in 2026

🌟 Highlights

  • 🧩 Customizable Form Guide (Expert & IVR)
    Build your own form layouts, save them, and keep context when switching between horses, races, and meetings.
  • 🤖 AI RAPRO Module 
    Optional add-on for users with the AI Module subscription. Race analysis, saved chats, custom prompts, short codes, scorecards, and post-race re-analysis.
  • 📋 Race Review (Expert)
    New, customizable grid with improved pace/split displays, QRI (Quality Rating Index) speed adjustment, and faster backend saving.
  • ⚡ Overall performance
    Faster page loads, snappier data retrieval, clearer loading states, and many quality-of-life fixes across the platform.

🌐 Global Changes

  • 🆕 New custom Form Guide builder for Expert and IVR modes.
  • 🧠 AI RAPRO Module available in:
    • Form Guide (Expert Form)
    • Form Guide (IVR)
    • Race Review (Expert Form)
  • 🆕 Race Review screen (Expert) with a new grid and QRI integration.
  • 🔍 Search / Black Book – new form screens and stats display (EX / IVR).
  • 💾 Backup / Restore
    • Ability to restore Analysis models across Expert, IVR, and Statfreaks (SF).
  • 🛠️ Other global fixes
    • Refer to detailed bug/fix/enhancement list below.

📊 Form Guide (Expert / IVR) — New Layout & Features

New Self-Building Form Guide

  • Fully interactive, self-building module (activate via Expert → Form Settings).
  • Multiple in-race tabs: past runs now attach within the relevant race tab.
  • Customizable columns:
    • Show / hide, move, filter, sort, and save layouts.
  • Interactive Best-Run-Line (BRL) table:
    • Available in Expert Form and IVR mode.
    • Adjust, sort, filter, and save layouts.
  • Jockey / Trainer / Combo rating table:
    • Now customizable and sortable.
  • Advanced mapping:
    • Speed bar chart variables and improved mapping controls.
    • Toggle stats display on/off as needed.
  • Auto sync:
    • Matrix and past-race adjustments now sync back to past runs in the Form Guide.
  • Toggle between guides:
    • Option to revert to the previous Form Guide in Expert Settings.
  • 🖥️ Recommended hardware:
    • 1920×1080+ resolution
    • 8GB+ RAM
    • SSD
    • Intel i7 (or equivalent) for best experience
  • ✅ Resolution handling:
    • Minimum resolution handling fixed; 1920×1080 at 100% Windows zoom is now fully supported.

🤖 AI RAPRO Module (Expert / IVR)

Requires AI Module add-on subscription (Beginner & Intermediate plans available).

Availability

  • Accessible in:
    • Form Guide (Expert Form)
    • Form Guide (IVR mode)
    • Race Review (Expert Form)

Core Features

  • Custom prompts and Short Codes (system + custom).
  • Full race-form analysis:
    • Scorecards
    • Tables
    • Top selections
    • Runner profiles
    • Post-race re-analysis
  • Users can:
    • Choose which variables AI can use
    • Save chats and reload them later

AI-Specific Enhancements

  • Class rating added to AI variable selection.
  • Scratched runners are removed from AI data calculations.
  • Crash-detection and Aria logging further refined to prevent looping.
  • AI popup issues with abandoned races fixed.

🧮 Form & Layout Fixes / Adjustments (EX / IVR / SF)

Key fixes and adjustments across the new and legacy Form modules:

  • Column behaviour:
    • Trainer column width corrected.
    • Columns now resize correctly across layouts.
    • Duplicate RES / CRS columns removed.
  • Race and rating alignment:
    • Jockey / Trainer rating ranks in horse heads aligned with test system logic.
    • Expert Form splits hover now correctly display conversion to lengths.
    • Expert Form race pace “upcoming” vs “historical” wording aligned.
    • IVR race pace filter updated in Form Guide.
    • Colour code for race pace issues resolved.
  • Tabs & memory:
    • “Close tabs to the right” function added.
    • Tab count limits tuned to avoid memory overload.
  • Filters & layouts:
    • New Form Filters now hold settings when changing runner, and replicate correctly across runners.
    • Multiple layout, column, and resizing issues fixed in EX / IVR.
    • Extra “Save splitter” locations added in Form and drill-down screens.
  • Data and mapping behaviour:
    • SPD adjustment now syncs correctly back when changed in Review.
    • Display/hide scratched runners works as intended in pricing tables, with INCLUDE/EXCLUDE toggle.
    • Mapping button now:
      • Auto-selects the correct horse in the pricing table.
      • No longer deselects the horse when using Print.
    • IVR layouts and theme colours aligned to new Form module.
    • Diss Diff and distance alignment fixes (including negative sign handling).
    • Race class restriction now displays correctly in past form.
  • Miscellaneous:
    • YS Hover Commentary resolved.
    • IVR form guide v7.1 and v10 various alignment and visual fixes.
    • Past runs no longer include invalid scratching run lines with speed figures.
    • Scratched runners in the new Form Guide layout can appear in the bottom table if unhidden; users have manual control to show or hide.
    • IVR trial numbers now align with Expert race numbers (except where races are abandoned).

🏁 Race Review (Expert & IVR)

Race Review (Expert)

  • 🆕 Quality Rating Index (QRI) Speed Adjustment:
    • Allows users to adjust speed ratings based on:
      • 3 leading “in-race” strength runners
      • 3 “future” race strength runners leading out
  • New Data Grid:
    • Customisable layout with show/hide columns.
    • Reorder columns and save configurations.
    • Multi-column sorting supported.
  • Pace & display alignment:
    • Race pace headers, values, and splits realigned.
    • Hover over conversion ratings now correctly displays lengths.
  • Performance & stability:
    • Backend saving performance improved.
    • Sync-back behaviour to Form Guide enhanced.
    • Colour coding issues across various variables resolved.
  • QRI display updated to refresh correctly when switching races.
  • Speed Chart button visibility fixed and aligned with Speed Add-on status.

Race Review (IVR)

  • GMU in IVR mode realigned to use IVR margin only (not official margin).
  • Winner logic updated to factor in positive winning margin.
  • IVR trials matrix fixed so horses with a partially marked trial run appear correctly.

📊 Analyzer & Bookkeeping

  • Backend analyzer performance enhanced with additional indexes.
  • Average Prize Money (APM) added to the Analysis tool.
  • Post-race position tags (e.g. “Lead”, “On-Pace”) added into Analysis, using the same logic as Review.
  • New section vs race average variables added for IVR users (post race).
  • Bookkeeping:
    • Loading time reduced.
    • Selections now load independently from the report table (which can be refreshed separately).

Betfair Enhancements

  • Lay POT% for WinSP and PlaceSP now calculated based on profit ÷ total lay liability.
  • Liability consistently defined as:

Lay Stake × (Betfair SP Lay − 1)

  • Lay P/L values used in POT% formulas are now net of standard Betfair commission, so Lay POT% includes commission effects.
  • Flat Lay POT% uses a fixed 100-unit lay model; Stake Lay POT% uses the staking-plan lay size.
  • Both now share the same liability-based logic, so returns are expressed on risk, not nominal stake.
  • Added extra checks/info in Model Manager to help identify and tidy orphaned auto-batch models.
  • Stewards’ Commentary now flows correctly into Analysis and Race Review.

🧷 Other Fixes, UX & Stability

Loading & Feeds

  • Loading splash screens introduced throughout the application, including an exit-safety splash.
  • Improved scratching and result loading times from the central server.
  • SP rank adjustments now ensure consistent pricing between Analysis and Form; updates occur earlier alongside scratching.
  • Live feed:
    • Issue with “right-click → attach as new tab” fixed.

Maps, Silks & Past Form

  • Issues generating NZ / HK maps resolved.
  • Past form set display issues fixed.
  • Map reset no longer clears user comments or pricing.
  • Silks clearing from HDD optimised to minimise space usage.

Layout & UI

  • Tabs are now available in Form for multi-switching functionality.
  • Minor layout changes for rider/trainer information in the Form Guide.
  • Venue button layout redesigned.
  • Comma display errors in IVR form guide (e.g. past commentary run lines) corrected.
  • Main app and installer updated with latest Microsoft security fixes, drivers, and support frameworks.
  • Database Optimize function removed from DB management and main page; front right panel button sizing corrected.
  • Column chooser now includes mouse-hover tooltip descriptions.

Data, Ranking & Stability

  • Backend index performance for data importing further refined.
  • Post-race ranking now aligns with the v3.0.0.4.
  • Data loading issues after fresh installs or major patches addressed.
  • Past result settlement and stewards’ commentary issues fixed.
  • FP stew com now correctly displays Fell, Lost Rider, and Failed to Finish.
  • Trials DS adjusted for meetings where some trials were cancelled and others continued.
  • Error popups when adding horse commentary/notes from Review resolved.
  • QRI display now updates correctly when switching races.
  • Race List behaviour for abandoned races fixed (shows “Abandon” and replaces rail text with an abandon notice).
  • Speed Add-on handling:
    • Speed chart button now hidden/disabled when Speed Add-on not enabled.
  • Form Guide / Review meeting-list issue fixed when switching from “Exact” to the next day.
  • “Prize Money (last start)” in Analyzer is now numeric and supports between / less / equal / greater filters.
  • Prices now correctly hide in new Form Guide layout when “Hide prices” is ticked in IVR/EX modes.
  • Review Sectional tooltips in EX Review now work as intended.
  • Print Ratings order now updates correctly when horses are unticked from the pricing table.

📌 Notes for Users

  • Activating the new Form Guide
    • Go to Expert → Form Settings to enable the new Form Guide.
    • An option is available to revert to the previous form guide if needed.
  • AI RAPRO Module access
    • Requires an active AI Module add-on subscription (Level 1+).
  • If you encounter issues after updating
    • Please back up your configuration.
    • Contact support with screenshots and steps to reproduce so we can assist quickly.