Timeform V Racing Post

[mowgli77]

I've been at York races all week and got a Racing Post every day but decided to also get a timeform racecard on the Thursday. They charge £6 for their racecards and to be honest it has less information in it than the racecards you can buy on course for £2.50. Only 1 of the timform top rated horses actually won but it was a short price favourite (Wootton Bassett) and I felt the actual write ups for each horse were lacking in information. How can they justify £6 for their racecard? Do they actually think that their opinion is that superior to all the information available on the internet such as Sporting Life, Racing Post or Attheraces? I would rather pay £7.50 a month to access the Racing Post data where I can check back through a horses breeding and pedigree, see previous quotes, sales data, lifetime form, than pay through the nose for Timeforms opinions. I know Ginge uses Timeform as his bible so would definitely welcome his input here. Is there anything you are paying for with Timeform that you can not access elsewhere? The RP site has an analysis after every race from their own form judges/analysts etc and I don't mind paying for that and access to a lifetime database. I always thought I was doing well to get it for free when they did not charge. I don't really know how Timeform can justify what they charge and feel their racecards are not value for money. Can not comment on their form books as I would never pay that much for one. Anyone else used Timeform, what did you think?

[Blair Boy]

Re: Timeform V Racing Post Bought the Black Book last year once during the jumps season, Had a read through several times and found the information to be nothing different from what is widely available, mainly paying for their comments and of course ratings.