Racing Post Memberships

[Liam Rowatt]

Hi

Do you pay for RP membership? It has been a long time since I was interested in racing and only recently been in a position to revisit all my old haunts.

This will probably sound stupid to people but I nearly fell off my chair when I couldn't access the form pages of the RP without being asked to cough up money.

 

[Colin Phillips]

I pay for the basic membership, Liam.

 

[Liam Rowatt]

Do you think it is value for money?

 

[Diamond Geezer]

Try using Sporting Life, At The Races or Racing UK websites Liam

 

[Colin Phillips]

Yes.

 

[Liam Rowatt]

If they were all free, would RP stand head and shoulders above?

 

[Colin Phillips]

I can only speak for myself but the RP gives me what I want in a format that I am comfortable with. I'll settle for that.

 

[Roddy Owen]

Racing post is certainly thorough. depends what you want it for

 

[Liam Rowatt]

Was there an uproar of sorts when the charges were brought in? How long ago was it?

 

[Aragorn]

Few years ago. If you're serious about form study I don't see how you can get by without it unless you're subscribing to TF or any other such organisation.

Much cheaper than buying the paper a couple of times a week.

 

[sunybay]

Fantastic service and the price is cheap

 

[Euronymous]

Think I pay around 14 nicker a month. Worth it.

 

[reet hard]

The form pages themselves are accessible free of charge, though without the ratings etc, that you get for the price of basic membership.

 

[Euronymous]

Just seen the Horse Tracker addition. I have a boner.

 

[Grasshopper]

The form pages themselves are accessible free of charge, though without the ratings etc, that you get for the price of basic membership.

I use RP exclusively for the form database and nothing else. I don't need or want to pay to get access to their Ratings, Spotlight comments, Early Prices or anything else they expect to charge for.

I rarely use the RP website (which is a train-wreck) even for News these days, since they changed it a few months back.

If the RP eventually hid the form database behind membership, I'd simply use of of the other freely-available platforms (e.g. Sporting Life, RUK, Timeform/Betfair etc).

 

[reet hard]

Noticed today that the newspaper now shows when a horse is having its first run since gelding. Nothing on the website though, which is a bummer, really.