RaceWatch v Racing TV: pictures and data compared

Is Racing TV for live pictures and RaceWatch for form data?

Yes. Racing TV is a pictures service with live racing, replays and members' benefits, while RaceWatch is a data membership for form study with no video.

Racing TV broadcasts live racing from its partner racecourses on television and through its website and apps. Members also get Racing TV Extra, which streams dedicated feeds from each partner course, plus club days and hospitality offers.

The table compares the two. Racing TV details come from its own join, benefits, Racing TV Extra and RaceiQ pages, checked on 23 September 2026, and RaceWatch details come from the member app and the free data pages. Where a feature was not found on Racing TV's own pages, the table says not listed rather than no.

What does Racing TV cover?

Racing TV covers live racing from its partner courses in Britain and Ireland, which its join page put at 60 in September 2026, with over 7,000 live races a year.

Partner courses sit on both sides of the Irish Sea, and the join page says Racing TV shows most of the Group and Graded races run in Britain and Ireland. Members can watch on television, on the website, on phone apps and on Apple TV, Android TV and Amazon Fire TV apps. Racing TV Extra adds uninterrupted feeds from each course, including paddock and going down coverage, at no extra charge.

The Racing TV site also carries racecards, results, news, tipsters, podcasts and a tracker, so it is more than a channel. Members also receive free tickets to over 70 race meetings a year through the Racing TV Club, along with racecourse hospitality offers and a club magazine.

What does RaceWatch cover?

RaceWatch covers British and Irish racecards with data on every runner, whichever broadcaster shows the race, plus free data pages refreshed every racing day.

Members see each runner with a RaceWatch rating machine-learning score, live best odds across 20+ bookmakers and tabs for form, draw, trainer patterns, FormLines+, breeding and connections. Speed adds tracking data for runs on British courses from 2025 onwards. Tracker+ sends a notification when a followed horse is declared, and Telegram channels send alerts on form, market and going signals.

• Racecards with RaceWatch ratings scores for every runner
• Draw bias heatmaps and trainer patterns
• FormLines+ form franking
• speed and sectional data on British courses
• Telegram alert channels and Tracker+

Where can I watch replays, and what race analysis does each offer?

Replays are a Racing TV feature and RaceWatch has none. Racing TV also offers RaceiQ sectionals free on its results pages, while RaceWatch analyses races through speed, form lines, draw and pace.

RaceiQ is a genuine strength for Racing TV. According to its own page, RaceiQ metrics and sectionals appear minutes after every British and Irish race, backdated to March 2023 for British races and January 2024 for Irish races, with measures such as finishing speed percentage, par times and lengths gained jumping.

RaceWatch approaches the same races from another angle. FormLines+ shows how the beaten horses from a race ran next, the Draw tab shows how stalls have fared at the course, and Speed gives members a speed curve, race shape and efficiency grades for British runs.

How do Racing TV and RaceWatch compare on course coverage and Irish racing?

Racing TV pictures follow its partner courses, while RaceWatch racecards cover British and Irish meetings regardless of which channel holds the pictures.

Racecourse media rights in Britain are split between broadcasters, so no single channel shows every meeting, and viewers who follow racing closely often need more than one service to see every race live. RaceWatch data is not tied to those rights, so a race at a course shown elsewhere gets the same tabs, scores and draw records as a Racing TV fixture. speed and sectional data is limited to British courses, so Irish runs appear without it.

How do Racing TV and RaceWatch work together on race day?

Watching on a pictures service and studying the card on RaceWatch is a natural pairing, because each covers what the other leaves out.

A typical afternoon runs like this: check the RaceWatch card before the race for draw, connections and form lines, watch the race live, then look back at the sectionals and the replay. Today RaceWatch free pages cover 60 races, and the member cards update through the day as prices move.

The RaceWatch 30-day free trial puts the data beside the pictures you already watch, with no charge until day 31. Racing TV has listed its own free first month offer, so the two can be tried together on the same race days before deciding which to keep.

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Sources checked

• Racing TV join page and packages (60 courses, free first month, £298 a year) · checked 2026-09-23
• Racing TV member benefits · checked 2026-09-23
• Racing TV Extra · checked 2026-09-23
• RaceiQ on Racing TV · checked 2026-09-23
• Racing TV app, App Store listing · checked 2026-09-23