diff --git a/changelog.d/20261013-stock-bot-races.md b/changelog.d/20261013-stock-bot-races.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..032c1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20261013-stock-bot-races.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+area: bots
+type: fixed
+audience: admins
+title: Disabling custom races for SQUID bots now excludes all nonstandard races
+---
+The standard-races preset keeps only the ten original playable races. High elves, worgen and other custom race IDs are excluded, and the displayed setting reads complete race IDs rather than matching number substrings.
diff --git a/crates/coa-core/src/custom_races.rs b/crates/coa-core/src/custom_races.rs
index 915c5f3..aa9abb4 100644
--- a/crates/coa-core/src/custom_races.rs
+++ b/crates/coa-core/src/custom_races.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub const RACE_MPQS: &[&str] = &[
 ];
 
 pub const EXCLUDED_BOT_RACES_RECOMMENDED: &str =
-    "19,27,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128";
+    "9,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128";
 
 pub const EXCLUDED_BOT_RACES_EXPERIMENTAL: &str =
     "16,19,27,32,50,52,53,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,74,77,80,81";
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ pub fn is_bot_custom_races_allowed(root: &Path) -> Option<bool> {
             if let Ok(conf) = crate::config::parser::ConfFile::parse_bytes(&bytes) {
                 if let Some(val) = conf.get("AiPlayerbot.ExcludedBotRaces") {
                     let clean = val.trim().trim_matches(['"', '\'']);
-                    return Some(!clean.contains("33") && !clean.contains("128"));
+                    let excluded: std::collections::BTreeSet<u32> = clean.split(',').filter_map(|race| race.trim().parse().ok()).collect();
+                    return Some((1..=128).filter(|race| ![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11].contains(race)).any(|race| !excluded.contains(&race)));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -617,4 +618,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(client_path.join("dinput8.dll").is_file());
         assert!(!client_path.join("dinput8.dll.disabled").is_file());
     }
+    #[test]
+    fn disabling_bot_custom_races_excludes_every_nonstandard_race() {
+        let temp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let conf = temp.path().join("Core/configs/modules/playerbots.conf");
+        fs::create_dir_all(conf.parent().unwrap()).unwrap();
+        fs::write(&conf, "AiPlayerbot.ExcludedBotRaces = \"\"\n").unwrap();
+        sync_bot_races_config(temp.path(), false).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(is_bot_custom_races_allowed(temp.path()), Some(false));
+        let parsed = crate::config::parser::ConfFile::parse_bytes(&fs::read(conf).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let value = parsed.get("AiPlayerbot.ExcludedBotRaces").unwrap().trim_matches('"');
+        let excluded: Vec<u32> = value.split(',').map(|race| race.parse().unwrap()).collect();
+        for race in 1..=128 {
+            assert_eq!(excluded.contains(&race), ![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11].contains(&race), "race {race}");
+        }
+    }
+
+
 }