If you are able to provide an XL sheet containg a sample of say 50 rows of data (but obviously containing results of say 5 to 10 horses), I will see what I can do. I really need to see the exact format of your data before I can assist with a potential solution.

It should be a relatively easy task to get XL do a sort and get a few formulae running to help you out.

If you have the ability to add the horses for a race meeting yet to be run as a "blank" row containing a horse's name, race date etc. , I think I can get it to spit out the selections for you.

Cheers,
Adrian.