Course

Object type

A racing venue. Reference data — relatively static; referenced by every meeting and (via the meeting) every race. Use tla for compact displays and joining against legacy feeds that key on the three-letter code.

Fields

Field	Args	Type	Description
id	—	ID! required	Stable Podium identifier (UUID).
name	—	String! required	Full course name (e.g. Cheltenham, Curragh).
displayName	—	String	Short display name where the full name is long. Falls back to name if null.
tla	—	String	Three-letter abbreviation (e.g. ASC Ascot, CHE Cheltenham). The standard short code used across racing systems. Null for football stadiums, which have no stable TLA (courses.tla is nullable since migration 134).
countryCode	—	String! required	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (GB, IE, FR, …).
timeZone	—	String! required	IANA time-zone identifier (e.g. Europe/London). Use this to interpret a meeting’s local times.
direction	—	CourseDirection	Direction horses run around the course.
location	—	GeoLocation	GPS coordinates for the venue. Null where geocoding has not been performed.