Racing Post Membership going up from £8.67 to £13 a month from 4th March 2012

Cop 'em for Chelters !   

it always goes up chelthenham week, - why not,they could do a bulky form version ,i.e last 6 runs,no articles news/just cards and form,given a choice a chelthenham goer would buy the form one,but if they were clever they could have a version out for end of racing - for next day -all runners/form etc,they would sell 20,000 in cheltheham,thats 80k for the week.

punters are treeted to a free racecard from gloucester herald - thats what you ve got to look at the next days runners.

this is the website going up - that's £166 per year - way too much ... I will be unsubscribing

what is the value of 50 Racing UK replays?

You can get them free on Sporting Life website!!

And free on bet365

So they are putting it up because they are giving you something(extra) you can easily get for FREE...Aaaaahhh.

So for the money you get?

spotlight - wow
topspeed - please
replays -totally free on a few websites
sp guesses the night before

So they are putting it up because they are giving you something(extra) you can easily get for FREE...Aaaaahhh.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Jokers.

w@nkers.do they think we are all idiots

Clearly.

PN - that's EXACTLY what they think

You can subscribe and it's still impossible to track down a particular article

You used to be able to read back issues by a particular date (FOR FREE) but that's been withdrawn as well!

Even the polls they've done over the years are nowhere to be seen

I'd love to see the bastards have some competition, as they provided to The Sporting Life, and then see them trumpet how technological advances have miraculously enabled them to lower the costs!

I will NOT give them a bean any more, and out of spite, someone should copy & paste each issue and put it all online for everyone

the post should price web site in accordance with other daily newspapers,not like some raceform interactive option.

the bha need to get at least joint control of all the back dated form,as they can effectively hold racing to ransome and charge what it wants which may drive customers away,what if they went bust or got shut down like the NOW ,racing needs the database of past results,or at least control of it.

thats why i cancel my subs, and told them to fook off..........what exactly are they offering........sfa

Dem Arab boys gotta to pay for de 'osse's some how !

That,s me out then too! I am not paying that amount.

look - we d be worse off without it,have you tried looking at the form on sporting life,its too difficuit starting over again - i enjoy all the articles etc,most are a good read.

http://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/video/

Haven't bought one for 9 months now.is it £2 yet won't ever buy one again,all a waste of time.Racing is not what it once used to be,all a pointless exercise.

You can watch replays for free on RUK,without a sub can you not?

Fraudboy will be their only subscriber soon,he loves pretending his subs provide him with winners and an affinity with the peerage.

In France and the US you can purchase the next day's form ('Paris Turf'/'Daily Racing Form') the morning of the previous day. They contain complete form,in the case of the 'DRF' the last 12 starts of every runner.
I don't bother with the paper version of the Racing Post.It's totally inadequate for any serious player.
It hasn't altered it's format to suit the times. It should also be instramental in bringing in sectional timing but hasn't done anything to bring that about.
A subscription to it is a waste of money imo.

halcyon days     19 Feb 12 19:48 
Dem Arab boys gotta to pay for de 'osse's some how !
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C'mon, halcyon day(dreamer)

Surely you are 'up to speed' .... and know that some Oirish Boys bought it.

racing post website invaluable and free

and?

I'd love to see the bastards have some competition, as they provided to The Sporting Life, and then see them trumpet how technological advances have miraculously enabled them to lower the costs!

Too right.

No doubt the cost they put up for RUK replays which is unprofitable, because no-one was going to pay for something they can get free elsewhere. So they just throw it in the package for everyone else and give them no choice whether they want it or not, knowing they can get away with it.

i think its good value,youve got to get form from somewhere,raceform interactive,form book etc,everthings on the rp site if you search for it,i know you can grt replays for free elsewhere but its still great value

morning Bruce

Actually it seems to only make sense to get the annual subscription at £130 or the Ultimate @ £208.  I think the Ultimate would be more interesting if they included some of the editorial and normal pricewise.

SA - I think £208 for the year is a steal - I certainly would find life difficult without it - it may not be everyone's cup of tea but I use it to store all my own ratings and comments - all the replays are there on the same site - it is invaluable to me and for £4 a week .......

Just where do these plants come from..Oh I know the Canary Wharf windowsill...Come back when you can employ writers that are not guessers....

homefortea - why do you need to be so unpleasant?

I have stated my position clearly and honestly - to insinuate that that is not the case is ridiculous .....

when they first started payment for online someone said how much they really wanted to charge

surprised it's taken this long to hike it up, don't doubt they will go higher with the paper sales in decline otehrwise they will go under

homefortea, i've seen crepello post over the years, i don't think he has an agenda he's just stating his own facts

Get all the form & analysis I need from The Sun.  Tom Segal a good tipster, no doubt but there's one better imo.  Don't like to give too many tips away on here about my successful punting but suffice to say you lads could do a lot worse than following Templegates tips

Crepello...It is after 10 pm and I am always a tad unpleasant.Thehonestscouser is on.I am off to watch TV but you will be well entertained.He can wind you up tonight.If Glasgow Brian makes an appearance then look out.....

Top of the evening to you hft

it could be improved by having the reasons for non-runners on the site the way they have in the paper & on the BHA site.

Some good points here about BHA intervention.  In the U.S. the form is provided online for free.
The BHA talk about selling our racing product for free but when you have the likes of RP site & RUK bleeding the industry dry then it can only drive people away from the sport

If the BHA had any clue whatsoever of how to market & promote increased racing interest & add additional betting turnover, then they should take control of form & provide it for free, along with pictures & those courses looking to charge for pictures should have their meetings withdrawn.

More people reading form & watching racing increases turnover.  It is so phkn obvious it drives me crazy thinking how stupid these people that run the sport must be to overlook it

ben hutton doing the spotlights

heres a radical idea. how about forming out own opinions, they are as clueless as the rest of us, only a lunitic would pay for it!

thehonestscouser is 100% correct, i myself have never been a subscriber to the rp members club and never will, i don't follow tips and never have done, i can watch replays on sporting life and atr and the only members club thing that interests me is topspeed, but why should i join to get that, i already buy the weekender which has topspeed anyway.

thehonestscouser is 100% WRONG.

As far as I am aware - there is NOWHERE on the Internet where USA FORM is FREE.

DRF - Daily Racing Form, Brisnet, Equibase - ALL charge by the Meeting, or Race even - at a far greater  overall cost than RacingPost do, by the Week or Month.

ALL THE FORM IS FREE on RACINGPOST- WITHOUT SUBSCRIBING to MEMBER'S CLUB.

Heaven help us if the BHA got exclusive rights to Racinng FORM -

They WOULD then be charging 'an arm and a leg' ..... Just as Peter Savil WANTED to do for RACECARDS.

It is abundantly clear  that - The vast majority of respondents on this thread have NO Comprehension whatsoever of what FORM actually means, and is.

As for Video Replays ....

Well they are of NO USE whatsoever, too - If you can convert what you have watched into compatible relative FORM.

i have no interest in american horse racing

yes the form is free on the rp website but for how much longer, the members club price hike tells me they must be in the 5hit

why would the bha charge and arm and a leg, that would be like argos charging for their catalogues

i understand form as do many others on here

as for video replays, if they are no use whatsoever then why only allow access via members club when they are freely avaialble elsewhere.

spion-kop      Feb 12 02:53

'why would the bha charge and arm and a leg, that would be like argos charging for their catalogues'
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Have you seen how much the 'Racing Industry'  CHARGES for Bloodstock SALES Catalogues?
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Re: the Video Replays reference -

I did not - as you selectively type - say that they are of No Use (absolute} ...

The REST of my sentence read ...

"If you can* convert what you have watched into compatible relative FORM."

* There is my inadvertent 'typo' in there - as it obviously should have read .....

"If you *canNOT convert what you have watched into compatible relative FORM.

I cancelled my membership some months ago.  Can't believe they are putting the price up again when a lot of the info can be found elsewhere.  I expect the price increase won't last for long as masses of people will be leaving surely.