How it works
Follow a day through a racing yard, from setting up the stable to the owner’s Friday update, and see where ThoroughTrack fits in. Where something isn’t built yet, we say so.
The day, step by step
Day one Before first lot
Status: Built, pre-release · horse profiles Coming for the pilot · team invitations
The Stable Admin, often the trainer, sets up the stable and adds the horses: breeding, yard, status and notes, all in one record.
Then invite the team and give each person a role. Trainers and yard managers see every horse; staff see only the horses assigned to them. Work across more than one yard? One login covers them all.
Pilot yards won’t start from a blank page: we plan to help bring existing records across from a CSV export.
07:10 First lot
Status: Built, pre-release · manual entry Coming for the pilot · GPS
Today: once the string pulls up, the rider or head lad logs each horse’s work by hand: type, time, distance, surface, going, whether it ate up, and notes. A few taps, saved on the phone straight away.
When GPS lands: the rider starts a recording before they go, the phone stays in a pocket, and ThoroughTrack records the route, distance, pace and fastest furlong, even with the screen locked. Recording is only ever started by the rider, is clearly shown in the app while it runs, with a notification on Android, and stops by itself after four hours. How location data will work
08:05 Between lots
Status: Built, pre-release · 6 record types Coming for the pilot · full health records
Back in the yard, take temperatures, weigh, note how much feed was eaten the night before or after work, and record heart rate, respiratory rate or a quick note. Each one takes a few taps at the box door, in °C or °F and kg or lb.
Farrier visits, medication and vaccinations, with due dates, are coming for the pilot.
08:50 Out of range
Status: Built, pre-release
Everything is saved on the phone first, encrypted, so nobody stands about on the gallops waiting for a signal bar.
When the phone is back in range, records upload by themselves. If one can’t sync, it isn’t quietly dropped: it’s kept on the phone under “Needs attention” so someone can look at it.
11:30 Back in the office
Status: Built, pre-release · question matcher Planned for launch · reports & comparisons
Type a question the way you’d say it: “Who is due a flu vaccine?” or “How does this horse compare to last year?” ThoroughTrack’s question matcher follows rules rather than an AI model, works offline, and opens the report you mean. If it doesn’t recognise the question, it shows examples it does understand.
The reports it opens are planned: gallop comparisons across horses, year-on-year, training breakdowns between weeks, and stable-wide flags when a temperature falls outside the range your yard sets or a horse leaves more of its feed than usual.
Friday Owners
Status: Planned for launch
At the end of the week, a stable-branded summary for each owner: the training, health notes, key gallops, photos and a word from the trainer. Send it by WhatsApp or email, or share a private link that expires and can be revoked at any time.
Owners will also be able to log in, read-only, to see their own horses and the reports you publish to them. What owners will see
Getting started
Email hello@thoroughtrack.ie or use the pilot page. There’s no waiting list: the pilot is by invitation.
We’re planning on two to five stables in Ireland and the UK, so each yard gets proper attention.
Through Apple TestFlight on iPhone and iPad, or Google Play internal testing on Android. Not from the app stores, which come later.
Add your horses and your team. We plan to help bring existing records across from CSV, through a secure, encrypted process.
Use it in real morning work and tell us what works and what doesn’t. It’s pre-release, so expect changes between builds.
If your yard will use GPS. The yard is responsible for its riders’ location data: it records its lawful basis, tells its riders, and names a contact for questions. GPS is optional, and riders can still log work by hand. How location data works
Pricing. Pricing hasn’t been set, so we don’t list any. Questions about the pilot? Email hello@thoroughtrack.ie.
Questions
Not for logging work by hand: anyone with access to the horse can record the lot afterwards, on the gallops or back in the yard. GPS recording, which is coming for the pilot, needs the phone with the rider, and the rider starts it themselves.
They’re saved on the phone first, encrypted, and upload automatically when the phone is back online. If a record can’t sync, the app keeps it and lists it under “Needs attention” rather than quietly dropping it. Offline sync is built, though not yet released, and is being checked on real devices.
It depends on their role. The Stable Admin runs the stable and decides who has access to which horses. Trainers and yard managers see every horse; staff see only the horses assigned to them. Owners, once owner login arrives, will see only their own horses and the reports published to them. Team screens are coming for the pilot.
Corrections are planned, and they’ll keep a visible revision history rather than overwriting the original. In today’s build, exercise and health records can be added but not yet corrected.
No. It’s a rule-based question matcher: no AI model, and it works offline. If it doesn’t recognise a question, it shows examples it does understand rather than guessing. The matcher is built, though not yet released; the reports it opens are planned for launch.
That’s planned. Health alerts will flag a temperature outside the range your stable sets, or a horse leaving more of its feed than usual. No medical thresholds come built in, and ThoroughTrack doesn’t give veterinary advice: your yard decides the ranges.
Not in the first release. Your own team will be able to record farrier visits, medication and vaccinations, which are coming for the pilot.
Pricing hasn’t been set, so there are no plans or prices to share. If you’d like to be considered for the pilot, see how to apply or email hello@thoroughtrack.ie.
Invitation-only pilot
A small number of racing yards in Ireland and the UK will use ThoroughTrack in real morning work before it reaches the app stores.