New Posts For Thread: Racing Post is so unnecessary...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary...it's so expensive. It's also populated with lazy journalism eg writing articles using info gathered over the phone, and not from on the ground. It's also bookies' dependent on survival, and as such usually writing for their paymasters, not puntersIsn't the online going up by about £100? will have a think when my subscription ends,agree about the tipsters,page after page and the new kid on the block Dineen headlining 8/13 shots,utterly pointless. Enjoy reading the paper the night before and thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929323#563929323Isn't the online going up by about £100? will have a think when my subscription ends,agree about the tipsters,page after page and the new kid on the block Dineen headlining 8/13 shots,utterly pointless. Enjoy reading the paper the night before and tMon, 08 Apr 2024 04:42:39 -0500Chronicle & the Life were the best reads by far…..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929289#563929289Chronicle & the Life were the best reads by far…..Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:30:04 -0500Have to agree with almost all of what Ramruma says. The tipster pages are just not necessary for punters who are quite capable of interpreting form for themselves.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929253#563929253Have to agree with almost all of what Ramruma says. The tipster pages are just not necessary for punters who are quite capable of interpreting form for themselves.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 03:42:08 -0500I've got no issues with the paper selling advertising space to betting companies, I do have serious issues with with a very poor quality of journalism generally and a serious lack of calling out what needs calling out in the sport.To say we couldn'thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929251#563929251I've got no issues with the paper selling advertising space to betting companies, I do have serious issues with with a very poor quality of journalism generally and a serious lack of calling out what needs calling out in the sport.To say we couldn'tMon, 08 Apr 2024 03:40:44 -0500I now only bet when I go racing (maybe 20 times a year) so the free form and RPR ratings on-line + free access to Sporting Life replays are brilliant.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929241#563929241I now only bet when I go racing (maybe 20 times a year) so the free form and RPR ratings on-line + free access to Sporting Life replays are brilliant.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 03:30:55 -0500As an aside, regarding private handicap ratings, almost everyone now quotes RPRs rather than Timeform ratings. Is that the rise of the Post or the fall of Timeform since Betfair took over?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929191#563929191As an aside, regarding private handicap ratings, almost everyone now quotes RPRs rather than Timeform ratings. Is that the rise of the Post or the fall of Timeform since Betfair took over?Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:19:28 -0500The bookmakers vs punters point is often made, although I'm not sure the paper would prosper if it turned down all bookmakers' advertising.But ironically, many in the industry complain the Racing Post is too focussed on punters, with endless pages ofhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929187#563929187The bookmakers vs punters point is often made, although I'm not sure the paper would prosper if it turned down all bookmakers' advertising.But ironically, many in the industry complain the Racing Post is too focussed on punters, with endless pages ofMon, 08 Apr 2024 02:17:05 -0500The newspaper of the industry repeatedly rolls over and gets its tummy tickled by the betting companies. Over time the influence of the betting companies on its editorial decisions has grown and therefore by definition its lack of stomach to properlyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563929163#563929163The newspaper of the industry repeatedly rolls over and gets its tummy tickled by the betting companies. Over time the influence of the betting companies on its editorial decisions has grown and therefore by definition its lack of stomach to properlyMon, 08 Apr 2024 01:45:14 -0500Thaks ImpossibleI do agree that it is very expensivehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563928673#563928673Thaks ImpossibleI do agree that it is very expensiveSun, 07 Apr 2024 13:13:00 -0500'mrcombustible', I get it from several sources, if necessary. But, you're a more serious horseracing fan than me or most here. Nevertheless, it's expensive just for that info esp for a paper not conducive to horseracing, and horseracing fans.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31837979/racing-post-is-so-unnecessary?post_id=563928575#563928575'mrcombustible', I get it from several sources, if necessary. But, you're a more serious horseracing fan than me or most here. Nevertheless, it's expensive just for that info esp for a paper not conducive to horseracing, and horseracing fans.Sun, 07 Apr 2024 12:37:04 -0500