Racing Post Price Increase

Failed the affordability check when I tried to buy mine

Lol.

They should sell it in segments,
Racing
Dogs ,Sport i don't want all 3, so i don't buy it

It makes you laugh when you hear talk of not enough money in racing when people can afford to pay that sort of price for a daily paper.

It hasn't been worth close to the asking price for years. For that price they should be producing a glossy magazine.

I think for the last few years that they would prefer it if everyone dropped the paper and went online instead.The annual price increase will push a few online every year and that is the intention.

second again 04 Mar 23 10:42 
I think for the last few years that they would prefer it if everyone dropped the paper and went online instead.The annual price increase will push a few online every year and that is the intention







Agreed.  The only time I would buy the paper is when I was attending the course.

The most expensive toilet paper in history

Twice!

I thought that 'petrol station hostage' story, from last week, was Simon Nott's bookie, who got sold the previous day's copy, not taking no refund as an answer.

Thought it was more tbh, was in a Billies last week and sure I saw £6.05. Shop copy price?

lol how much ffs the sun colour pull out a quid and everything on line irish racing .com its a gonner post the best thing was the tipster adverts and they have now got rid of them and put in a 3rd division tipsters so they can charge punters themselves lol

JayRogers

The 605 price includes the wall sheets and lots not forget the cartoons.

have a good day.

Ronnie.

second again 04 Mar 23 10:42 
I think for the last few years that they would prefer it if everyone dropped the paper and went online instead.The annual price increase will push a few online every year and that is the intention.

'Justifying' the price increase today comes with an 'advert' for the online digital service

https://twitter.com/OBMRacing/status/1632627692536299521

They might want to get more online subscribers, but chances are they will just lose people to either format.

I stopped buying newspapers when The Sun went from 10p to 12p, wasn't worth the extra even with Sam Fox's massive **** in it!

£400 a year online is fabulous value.

It is getting to cost a bit more than a pint which was my guiding price.

Add on 25p delivery to the house and it is starting to like a glass of wine now.

Speaking of trying to push people online, I noticed yesterday when reading one of their articles, that the reporter was described as a "digital journalist".

A quick google of this job title reveals:

Digital Journalists are specialist journalists who are specifically tasked with creating enhanced news content for online and social media.

You cannot pay that well I can't as a matter of principle. I'm down to Saturdays and big meets was daily cannot justify that don't want on - line tried it so no more RP including next week. I'm afraid price is getting outrageous to be fair soon be a tenner at this rate.

I Wouldn't pay £1 for the Racing post, their news stories are clickbait and factually incorrect and bias, as they are supported by the Casinos. Gone downhill for years.

Don't give them your valuable money, or watch their YouTube nonsense. They will soon go away If we refuse to pay extortionate prices

Time for a new Racing paper to have a try.
Just Horseracing, no other sports. as i said earlier,
The RP should be sold in segments, £1.50 for Racing, £1.50 for Sport and £1.50 for Dogs.

^  Absolutely NO chance, whatsoever - The Economics and Logistics are by far too great - and -

If people like me (who adore(d) newspapers - and still have hundreds of copies of old Racing Papers in my loft)  do not, and have not, bought a newspaper in well over a decade ... then what chance?

Mar 8, 2023 -- 6:10PM, onlooker wrote:

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liberator of the oppressed 08 Mar 23 12:31

You cannot pay that well I can't as a matter of principle. I'm down to Saturdays and big meets was daily cannot justify that  -  don't want on-line tried it - so no more RP including next week. I'm afraid price is getting outrageous to be fair soon be a tenner at this rate
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liberator - Curious - But SERIOUS Question

If you are no longer getting the RacingPost Newspaper - and you 'cannot be doing with'/or handle On-Line Racing Sites  - Then ...

How are you making your Horse Racing Selections, for a bet?

Mar 8, 2023 -- 6:10PM, onlooker wrote:

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ive almost enjoyed hearing of the price increase . it has taken the sting out of what i pay for virgin broadband which i hammer and racing tv which is still about a fiver a week , not a day, and about covers itself anyway by using / giving away free tickets for meetings . post as a paper for me is when i want to read in the pub or sit on a train, twice a month  . the form available on line on a daily basis is far superior anyway . and as for the writers , can you imagine paul haigh getting on there now ??!!!!

We can see what onlooker wrote, devils

"£400 a year online is fabulous value.".....I agree. I need to read the form, write ups and RPR's before having a bet and it works fine on my laptop as you can enlarge the text to suit.
When I go racing though I always buy the paper, as just prefer having it in my hands to read instead of faffing about on my mobile.
What I have noticed at the races though over the last couple of years is far fewer racegoers walking around with the RP tucked under their arm.....and that could be partly to do with the price.

This is true from c 10 years ago:

Betfair asked if their brand could get fair coverage in the Racing Post(other than the one page they advertised every day) and Bruce Millington told them it would cost them £1 million a year. Betfair said no and the Racing Post basically kept on ignoring it.

You have to wonder where would Racing Post be if 10,000 betting shops weren't buying it and their wallsheets every day. I mean, no form-reader in their right mind is going to rely on the last three runs printed in the paper, especially in winter.

10,000 Betting shops?  i've known 7 out of the 12 that have closed within my 5 mile radius alone. i'd be amazed if there were still 10,000.
There will be 5,000 very soon.

Mar 8, 2023 -- 6:24PM, sparrow wrote:

We can see what onlooker wrote, devils

TY My old mate Sparrows ! Forum not posting what I wrote. Maybe Im subject to the bf forum polizia ?

Obviously not !!

Think that onlooker fella might be the problem

It usually happens with people using the New Community forum rather than the classic, devils.

rico £1600 per annum racing post and gallon of diesel ev day to office = £5000 a yr before i log on..

Layemall, out of curiosity  what do you get from the r/p for £400 that a non subscriber can't.?

Mar 8, 2023 -- 6:57PM, unitedbiscuits wrote:

This is true from c 10 years ago:Betfair asked if their brand could get fair coverage in the Racing Post(other than the one page they advertised every day) and Bruce Millington told them it would cost them £1 million a year. Betfair said no and the Racing Post basically kept on ignoring it.You have to wonder where would Racing Post be if 10,000 betting shops weren't buying it and their wallsheets every day. I mean, no form-reader in their right mind is going to rely on the last three runs printed in the paper, especially in winter.

This is what I don't get...how on Earth can anyone tell if they fancy something without watching it run from 3 form lines in a paper???

The technology is there to watch it yourself.

The Form tells you much More than watching Videos, though.

Watching Videos - is of NO use whatsoever - Without knowing ...

What Weights the horses were carrying
What the Going was
What level of ability the horses in the race are/were - relative to each other

- and an absolute myriad of other factors than just watching horses running against each other, as (without knowing such Facts) is merely made meaningless.

But - I agree - Just 3 lines of outings in a newspaper will not give you a full horse Profile -

That is why many of us, along with Trainers and the like, of course, Subscribed to the (twice) weekly updated Loose-Leaf Raceform Form Book binder .... well before the Internet appeared.... and Video Replays, too.

We didn't do too bad.

You need all the info you can get whether its black and white print or videos and online info but you can have all that and if you're not doing 8 hours homework a day then you will still struggle, why most punters fail and it ends up a pastime

As the RP free online service stands at present I personally find enough info that I need. I don't buy the paper anymore but if I had to pay for what I get for free at present I would go to £20 per month. That said I have no interest in subscribing but would just for the basics I get.



Each to there own but I can read the form of each horse race for free as it stands.

"Layemall, out of curiosity  what do you get from the r/p for £400 that a non subscriber can't.?"....am glad you asked that question Glasgow because in addition to getting the paper for about £1.10 a day throughout the year instead of the £4.50 plus, I discovered I get more that I didn't know about!
This includes the Racing &Football Outlook, The Weekender and RP supplements such as Point to Point Weekly and a Grand National ante post special etc.
I knew that I can get previous paid for editions of the RP, and if I wanted to see the form of a horse for more than it's last 3 runs I could (but I don't), as last 3 runs plus races won, trip, ground and when, is enough for me.....each to their own though.
Thanks Glasgow :)

... No need to be flippant as it was a genuine question, so back to the original question not a lot then. !

Funny how things can get misinterpreted on here....it was a genuine reply and a genuine thanks. Up to you if you don't think it's value.

No offence. I just misinterpreted your Tone.

@dambuster

"Time for a new Racing paper to have a try.
Just Horseracing, no other sports. as i said earlier"

Not a chance.  At least not in print. Imagine launching that new paper, while the RP has all the advertising income and you have none, and you are trying to steal market share in a declining market that the monopoly current provider can clearly barely break even on.

"The RP should be sold in segments, £1.50 for Racing, £1.50 for Sport and £1.50 for Dogs."

That is not how the economics of the newspaper industry work.

Most of their income is advertising, not cover price.  If you chop the RP into 3 bits, each with a third of the advertising income, the bits will end up being more expensive than the whole.

Yoiu might as well imagine that your Sunday paper might be cheaper if you didn't have to pay for a "Homes and Property" colour supplement you do not read, whereas in fact the estate agents' advertising in that supplement subsidises your newspaper.

It was a much better read when the sporting life was still around, but when the competition went so did the quality of the articles in the RP.

I wouldn't know - when the Sporting Life was around, I read the Sporting Life!

likewise, the grauniad is massively subsidised by ads for public sector jobs that go only there and the voice(a paper aimed at black people). they are incredible numbers of them, some with risible titles and job descriptions.

nobody bats an eyelid but they sure would if eg. the civil service only advertised in the telegraph. what about diversity pluralism alternative points of view or working class opportunity they would scream.

but they only come out with this tripe when its people they dont like involved. they are the opposite of everything they purport to represent

shame for me when the rp goes, particularly as my expertise in stealing it has enhanced my shoplifting in other areas, such as vino

advertising in the rp is surprisingly inexpensive. but it is a truly rubbish paper and deserves to go. i know several who used to work there and they are less than favourably inclined toward it. mind you, they are also amazingly thick, and semi-literate

no Racing Post here today, like a lot of other newspapers in the North today, told they are stuck in Manchester.

Don't buy it anymore. Disgusting price. Too many crookie ads. Attention to detail getting worse by the day. Naive gullible bluffers like birch allowed to give "tips". No thanks

Ashleigh, the main tips are Gladiateur Allen 3.00 Ex a NR and an ante post for the Coral Cup Beacon Edge,all these are from G Rodway.Pricewise extra from the seagull is Without Conviction 3.10 Ayr.I hope you get your paper tomorrow.

I need to read the form,

That is the only thing anyone really needs and I can read all of it and have never paid a penny, as can everyone else. All newspapers have become too opinion orientated.

thanks second again, don't buy the paper for tips, not since bookmakers stopped holding prices in the morning, many moons go.
like to read the form in the paper, find it better for studying than online versions.

No problem Ashleigh,a small stakes day for me I don't fancy much.

Mar 9, 2023 -- 12:21AM, onlooker wrote:

The Form tells you much More than watching Videos, though. Watching Videos - is of NO use whatsoever - Without knowing ... What Weights the horses were carrying What the Going was What level of ability the horses in the race are/were - relative to each other - and an absolute myriad of other factors than just watching horses running against each other, as (without knowing such Facts) is merely made meaningless. But - I agree - Just 3 lines of outings in a newspaper will not give you a full horse Profile - That is why many of us, along with Trainers and the like, of course, Subscribed to the (twice) weekly updated Loose-Leaf Raceform Form Book binder .... well before the Internet appeared.... and Video Replays, too.We didn't do too bad.

Bizzare, how do you see what it ran against with ease last race?

no rp's on tyneside today

Mar 10, 2023 -- 2:52PM, Rico-Dangleflaps wrote:

no rp's on tyneside today

All been sent North, is a few shocking punters up there.

stewybee ordered 10 sew he khan overload on form.