Documentation / Races

Get a race

GET/v1/races/{race_id}

Available on Free Live Live Plus

Full detail for one greyhound race: track, grade, distance, going, scheduled and official off-times, lifecycle status, freshness metadata and the complete runner line-up.

Authenticate with your key in the X-API-Key header — see Authentication. Works with sandbox keys inside the sandbox data window.

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
race_id path integer yes The race identifier.

Request

curl "https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/races/1229082" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $GAPI_KEY"
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/races/1229082');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['X-API-Key: ' . getenv('GAPI_KEY')],
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

print_r($response['data']);
const res = await fetch('https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/races/1229082', {
  headers: { 'X-API-Key': process.env.GAPI_KEY }
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`GreyhoundAPI ${res.status}`);
const { meta, data } = await res.json();
console.log(meta.data_as_of, data);
import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';

export default function Example() {
  const [data, setData] = useState(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    fetch('https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/races/1229082', {
      headers: { 'X-API-Key': import.meta.env.VITE_GAPI_KEY }
    })
      .then((r) => r.json())
      .then((body) => setData(body.data));
  }, []);

  if (!data) return <p>Loading…</p>;
  return <pre>{JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)}</pre>;
}

Browser code exposes whatever key it ships with — use a sandbox key for prototypes and proxy live keys through your own server in production.

import os
import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/races/1229082",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["GAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=10,
)
r.raise_for_status()
body = r.json()
print(body["meta"]["data_as_of"], body["data"])

Response

200 OKapplication/json
{
    "meta": {
        "request_id": "req_8f2ac1",
        "data_as_of": "2026-07-08T13:05:12Z"
    },
    "data": {
        "race_id": 1229082,
        "meeting_id": 449422,
        "region": "GB",
        "track": {
            "track_id": 14,
            "name": "Romford",
            "region": "GB",
            "timezone": "Europe/London"
        },
        "race_number": 12,
        "grade": "S1",
        "class_letter": "S",
        "class_number": 1,
        "distance_m": 575,
        "race_type": "Flat",
        "is_handicap": false,
        "going": null,
        "field_size": 6,
        "scheduled_start": {
            "utc": "2026-07-08T20:46:00Z",
            "local": "2026-07-08T21:46:00+01:00"
        },
        "status": "scheduled",
        "off": null,
        "freshness": {
            "first_seen": "2026-07-07T05:12:10Z",
            "results_received": null,
            "results_delay_s": null
        },
        "runners": [
            {
                "trap": 1,
                "dog_id": 655044,
                "dog_name": "Full Monty",
                "sex": "d",
                "colour": "bebd",
                "born": "2024-04-01",
                "age_months": 27,
                "sire": "Ballymac Anton",
                "dam": "Ballymac Notoyou",
                "trainer": {
                    "trainer_id": 118,
                    "name": "P W Young"
                },
                "owner": {
                    "owner_id": 2231,
                    "name": "Mr G D R Bowmer, Mr G J Bowmer"
                },
                "weight_kg": 36.6,
                "handicap_metres": null,
                "sp": null,
                "position": null,
                "runner_status": "runner"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Run it live

A real request from your browser straight to api.greyhoundapi.com with your own key — nothing is proxied or logged by this page.

GET/v1/races/{race_id}

Held in this tab only, sent only to the API host. No key yet? Create a free sandbox key — it runs every endpoint against the sandbox data window.

Notes

This is the workhorse endpoint. Once the race completes, the same call also carries the result block shown in Get a race result.

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