Accountancy
The same money as the statement, but grouped: one month, one line per nature of movement, with its withdrawal, its credit and its balance.
And above all: this screen is the only one with a memory. It keeps one year of totals, where the Account statement keeps only seven days. To find out what your stable cost and earned six months ago, it is here, and nowhere else.
Where the Account statement answers “what happened?”, this one answers “am I making money?”. It is the page for the player who wants to steer his stable instead of enduring it.
Reading the table
Four columns: the account, the month's total withdrawals, its total credits, and the line's balance. A totals line closes the table: that is your result for the month.
Some accounts are further broken down by race class — reglementary, free, competition, cup. Your owner's earnings, your trainer's and jockey's shares, your entries and your manager's takings therefore appear one line per class, which is exactly what is needed to know where your stable is profitable.
The two filters
The month, which cannot be removed, and the world. Comparing two consecutive months is the main use: that is how the effect of a decision shows — a horse bought, a contract signed, a change of training programme.
What it really tells you
Whether care costs are eating the earnings. Put the balance of Owner-Care costs beside that of Owner-Earning. If the first approaches the second, your stable is too large for what it brings in: you must sell, retire, or subscribe.
Whether your entries pay. Owner-Registration against Owner-Earning, class by class. An owner who enters at random sees the difference at once — and can improve it by choosing his races better rather than by racing more.
What your roles bring in. The trainer's and jockey's shares have their own lines. They tell you whether working for others is worth the time you give it, and it is often a pleasant surprise: that income costs nothing.
Whether your betting is entertainment or escape. Punter-Stake against Punter-Earning, over a full month. The expected ratio is 90%: beyond the normal variation, it is the volume you should be looking at. See Betting.