Documentation / Racecards

Upcoming races

GET/v1/racecards/upcoming

Available on Live Live Plus

A rolling window of the next greyhound races to jump across GB and AU — from the next hour up to the next 48 — ordered by scheduled start time.

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

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredDescription
hours query integer no Window size in hours, 1–48. Defaults to 8.
region query string no Filter by region code: GB or AU.
track_id query integer no Filter to a single track. Track IDs come from List tracks.
grade query string no Filter by composed grade, e.g. A2, S1, D3, OR.
cursor query string no Opaque pagination cursor from the previous response's meta.next_cursor.
limit query integer no Page size, 1–200. Defaults to 50.
page query integer no Page number (1-based) — a simpler alternative to cursor. When set, the response also returns meta.page, meta.per_page, meta.total, meta.total_pages, meta.next_page and meta.prev_page. The first page carries these even without page. Prefer cursor for large bulk exports; use page for browsing or bounded (date-filtered) queries.

Request

curl "https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/racecards/upcoming?hours=8&region=GB" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $GAPI_KEY"
<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.greyhoundapi.com/v1/racecards/upcoming?hours=8&region=GB');
curl_setopt_array($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/racecards/upcoming?hours=8&region=GB', {
  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/racecards/upcoming?hours=8&region=GB', {
      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/racecards/upcoming?hours=8&region=GB",
    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",
        "count": 1,
        "next_cursor": "eyJzIjoiMjAyNi0wNy0wOFQyMDo0NjowMFoifQ",
        "page": 1,
        "per_page": 50,
        "total": 1287,
        "total_pages": 26,
        "next_page": 2,
        "prev_page": null
    },
    "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/racecards/upcoming

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.

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