Best Racing Post alternatives for form study

How should I choose a Racing Post alternative?

Start with the job you use the Racing Post for, then compare the services built for that job, because no single site does everything well.

Most people use the Racing Post for a mix of things: racecards, Spotlight comments, ratings, replays, tipsters and news. Alternatives tend to specialise. A ratings service gives one expert number per horse and analysis written around it. A data racecard gives the underlying figures, such as draw, pace and trainer records, and leaves the weighing to you. A system builder lets you test rules on years of results. Free racecard sites cover runners, results and news at no cost.

Many serious form students combine two: a free site for news and replays plus one paid service that fits how they study. The table below lists each service with the price found on its own site or app listing in September 2026.

• Expert ratings and race reports: a ratings service
• Your own reading of draw, pace and connections: a data racecard
• Testing rules on past results: a system builder
• Following racing and watching replays: a free racecard site

Which ratings services are alternatives to the Racing Post?

Timeform is the best-known ratings service, selling Race Passes that open its ratings, race reports, Flags and Pace Maps for every runner.

Timeform's Race Passes cost £30 a month, £10 for 24 hours or £1.50 for a single race, as listed on timeform.com in September 2026. The pass opens its ratings, race reports, the online archive, trainer and jockey statistics, Flags, Pace Maps and Jury selections. Timeform also has a free app for iPhone and Android with racecards and results.

Timeform is strongest when you want a trusted expert figure and written analysis rather than raw data. Its ratings also appear elsewhere: the Racing TV app shows Timeform Premium ratings on its racecards, and Sporting Life's Racecards Plus carries runner comments from Timeform's analysts.

Which data racecards are Racing Post alternatives?

Geegeez Gold and RaceWatch both build their racecards around data, but each has different tools, prices and trial terms.

Geegeez Gold lists racecards for Britain and Ireland, Instant Expert, Pace Maps, draw analysis, a Query Tool, Profiler, more than a dozen daily reports and a Bet Tracker. Its home page offers a 30-day trial for £1, and its trial page lists £40 a month afterwards. Gold also runs Stat of the Day, a daily selection feature, which suits people who like a pointer alongside the data.

RaceWatch costs £0 for 30 days, then £24.99 a month.

Which system builders are alternatives to the Racing Post?

Proform is the established system builder, testing rules on every race since 1997 with back-testing at Betfair prices.

Proform's System Builder runs on Windows desktop software and online through RaceMetrics, with one subscription covering both. Proform lists UK and Irish Flat and Jumps racing, its own ratings and speed figures, race guides, trackers and daily qualifier emails. Its pricing page shows a Standard plan at £37.50 a month and a Premium plan at £97.50 a month in September 2026.

A system builder suits people who want to test their own rules on many years of results before trusting them. The trade-off is time: a system is only as good as the questions asked of the data, and a rule that fitted the past well may not hold in future seasons.

Which free racecard sites can replace the Racing Post?

Sporting Life and At The Races both offer free racecards, results and news, which suit following racing more than deep form study.

Sporting Life's site and app are free, with racecards, fast results, news, tipster columns, a My Stable horse tracker and Racecards Plus with comments from Timeform. At The Races is free too: its app lists UK and Irish racecards up to five days ahead, an archive of over 30,000 race clips, live streams from 25 UK racecourses, Smart Stats and Market Movers.

Free sites are funded partly by bookmaker partnerships, so betting offers sit alongside the form. For someone who studies a few races a week, a free card plus RaceWatch's free data pages on draw, favourites and trainers may be all that is needed.

Where does RaceWatch fit among Racing Post alternatives?

RaceWatch sits with the data racecards and is built for people who weigh draw, pace, connections, market moves and speed data themselves.

RaceWatch does not show live pictures, replays or tipster columns, so it pairs well with a free site for those.

Speed+ carries speed and sectional data speed profiles for British courses from 2025 onwards. Irish racecards are covered, without speed and sectional data figures. RaceWatch also publishes 684 free data pages built from results since 1990, so the free tier is real data rather than a preview.

How were the Racing Post alternatives checked?

Every competitor price and feature on this page was taken from the service's own website or its App Store listing on 23 September 2026.

Where a price could not be confirmed on a service's own site, it is left out rather than estimated. Racing Post prices are the in-app subscription prices on its App Store listing, because its website subscription page could not be read, and may differ on the website. Racing TV's join page shows a free first month and an annual package but no monthly price, so only the annual price is listed. RaceWatch's own features are taken from the current app, and the sources are listed with the date each was read.

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Sources checked

• Timeform: Subscribe to Race Passes · checked 2026-09-23
• Timeform: Horse Racing App · checked 2026-09-23
• Geegeez: home page (Gold features, 30 day trial for £1) · checked 2026-09-23
• Geegeez Gold: 30 Days for £1 · checked 2026-09-23
• Geegeez Gold FAQ (British and Irish coverage, cancelling) · checked 2026-09-23
• Proform Racing: pricing · checked 2026-09-23
• Proform Racing: home page (System Builder, RaceMetrics) · checked 2026-09-23
• Racing Post: Horse Racing app, App Store listing (in-app prices) · checked 2026-09-23
• Sporting Life: racecards · checked 2026-09-23
• Sporting Life: Horse Racing app, App Store listing · checked 2026-09-23
• At The Races: racecards · checked 2026-09-23
• At The Races: Horse Racing app, App Store listing · checked 2026-09-23
• Racing Post help centre: Racing Post+ packages (updated 28 Jan 2025) · checked 2026-09-23
• Racing TV join page and packages (60 courses, free first month, £298 a year) · checked 2026-09-23
• Racing TV app, App Store listing · checked 2026-09-23
• RaceMetrics: home page (tools and plan prices) · checked 2026-10-14
• About RaceMetrics and Proform Racing · checked 2026-10-14