justmyluck1 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) Has anyone used Raceform Interactive or Dataform and which is better value for money ? Edited March 25, 2019 by justmyluck1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Hi @justmyluck1 I have used Raceform in the past and can highly recommend it although whether you think its value for money is a personal thing. I think if you used all of the many features then yes, its pretty good value. If you take them up on the regular offer of 3 moths for the price of 2 then it works out at about £1 a day (well it did when i last used it) For me it was pretty expensive as I only ended up using it to compile my own handicap ratings, I just didnt have time to use the other features. I have no experience of Dataform or Proform although many experts do prefer Proform to the others, so i am led to believe (maybe they just get free subs for saying so????) PS: one thing to note with Raceform; You have either the Flat version or the NH version, so if you want both you have to pay twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmyluck1 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Thank you for your reply. I currently subscribe to the post site and was contemplating whether the added cost is worth it, can you also tell me if the ratings used in raceform are different to those displayed in the post as I have read that some say they are the same but then some say they completely different! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossa6133 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 I miss Superform, they has a great online formbook but it closed about 10 years ago! Never seen anything remotely as good unfortunately. Snert and BillyHills 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The raceform ratings used to be different from RP but since they merged i'm not totally sure to be honest. I never used to look at them as i only did my own ratings. They are a really good company to speak to when you have any problems. You were always encouraged to email or ring them if you ever had problems so it wouldnt do any harm to give them a ring and ask the question. A guy called Rodney used to control things and was brilliant at sorting stuff out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, yossa6133 said: I miss Superform, they has a great online formbook but it closed about 10 years ago! Never seen anything remotely as good unfortunately. Didn't Superform have a big chunky book as well, used to buy it in WH Smiths! I used to keep the Raceform loose leaf form book and put in the folder each week. I used to look forward to getting it delivered and now its all online in an instant!! yossa6133 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yossa6133 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Yeah their formbooks were proper doorstops! I grew up on them, only had a casual interest in racing since they stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmyluck1 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 I used to subscribe to Superform and i completely agree it`s demise was a very sad day,there was a friendly and very knowledgeable side to all aspects of Superform that i have yet to find with any other form service. yossa6133 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Thor Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) IMO ratings are ratings whoever you get them off, If you don't know exactly how they have been compiled free ones are in effect exactly the same as paid ones as all you can do with either is rank them highest to lowest (whoopy doo). Again IMO you would be better off getting a database and creating your own algorithm from that . Simply purchasing ratings that thousands of others have you are all just following the same path and if you all follow the same path you all end up in the same place. Edited March 25, 2019 by Valiant Thor spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Systemight Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 am i the only one who can remember Juniorator Ratings?..they were out about the same time as the old Sporting Chronicle.Aahh the memories... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trotter Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I used to subscribe to Superform as well …….. back in the 80s you'd receive an update weekly which you put in a loose leaf fake leather folder And the you could buy an Annual for Flat or Jumps at the end of the season and chuck your loose leaf folder away When I came back to racing around 2008 after a 10 year gap I was really pleased to find Superform available free online …….. I used it all the time until it closed down The only thing I subscribed to online was the Racing Post but I cancelled my subscription some time ago and now just use the free version …… seems to have everything I need which is just the basic form. yossa6133 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Thor Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 18 hours ago, Systemight said: am i the only one who can remember Juniorator Ratings?..they were out about the same time as the old Sporting Chronicle.Aahh the memories... Never heard of Juniorater Ratings, but I have read a lot of stuff by Promath and R.W Woods who used to write a lot of articles in the Sporting Chronicle Systemight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Online for £4 Brings back memories, ive never heard of Juniorater either?? Systemight and yossa6133 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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