Build a script that reads horse names from sechorse.csv and creates an output file called sectional.csv containing ATR sectional times for each horse.
1. Input file
The input file is sechorse.csv.
Based on the sample provided, it should be treated as a simple horse list, one horse per row, for example:
Horse PRINCE ALI RIVER WHARFE KING OF SPEED COLOANE LESSAY
If there is no header row in the real file, the script should still accept it and treat each line as a horse name.
2. Output file
The output file must be called sectional.csv.
It must contain this exact header:
Datec,Course,Time,Horse,f1_finish,f2_f1,f3_f2,f4_f3,f5_f4,f6_f5,f7_f6,f8_f7,f9_f8,f10_f9,f11_f10,f12_f11,f13_f12,f14_f13,f15_f14,f16_f15,f17_f16,f18_f17,f19_f18,f20_f19,f21_f20,f22_f21,Total 3. What the script must do
For each horse in sechorse.csv:
Search ATR for the horse. Find all races for that horse where ATR sectional times are available. For each qualifying race, extract: race date course off time horse name the horse’s sectional splits the horse’s total race time Write one row per horse per race into sectional.csv.
So if one horse has 5 ATR races with sectional data, there should be 5 rows in the output.
4. ATR logic
The important point is that the user may only supply the horse name, not the race date or time.
The script therefore needs to work backwards:
locate the correct ATR horse profile or form page inspect the horse’s runs identify which runs have sectional data available open the corresponding ATR sectional page for that run extract the sectional times for that horse 5. Mapping the sectionals to the output columns
ATR displays sectionals in running order from the start of the race to the finish.
The output file must store them in reverse order, so that:
f1_finish = final sectional, last split into the finish f2_f1 = the split immediately before that f3_f2 = the split before that and so on
16/03/2026,Wolverhampton,17:30,MAGICIAN OF RIGA,12.29,12.05,12.48,12.82,13.22,13.77,13.79,13.40,13.29,13.42,13.20,18.41,,,,,,,,,,,162.15 8. Matching and naming rules
The script should:
preserve the horse name as found in the input, or standardise consistently to ATR naming cope with apostrophes and spaces in names cope with multiple races for the same horse avoid duplicate rows for the same horse/race only output races where sectional data is actually available 9. Missing data rules
If a horse has no ATR sectional races:
do not write a blank row to sectional.csv optionally log the horse name to a separate log file such as no_sectionals.txt
If a race exists but the sectional times cannot be extracted cleanly:
skip that row log the failure with horse name, course, date, and reason 10. Recommended workflow
A sensible implementation would be:
Read all horse names from sechorse.csv For each horse: search ATR horse profile collect all race links with sectional availability extract sectional values for that horse reverse-map them into f1_finish to f22_f21 convert total time into decimal seconds Append rows to sectional.csv 11. Validation rules
Before writing each row, validate that:
Datec is populated Course is populated Time is populated Horse is populated at least one sectional value exists Total is numeric in seconds 12. Final requirement
The finished deliverable is:
Input: sechorse.csv Output: sectional.csv
The script must automatically derive the race date and race time from ATR and must not require the user to provide them.
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