Everybody knows the Racing Post. It has been going since 1986, it is in 6,400 betting shops, and for a lot of punters it is just what racing looks like. So the question is not whether it is any good, it is whether you need to pay for it.

First, know that the free site is enormous. Racecards, results, basic form, news, all there without a penny. Plenty of punters never need more than that, and if you are a Saturday afternoon sort you probably don’t either.

What you are paying for sits in three tiers, and they changed the name in January 2025 from Members’ Club to Racing Post+, so if you remember it as the former you are not going mad. Ultimate is everything. Tipping gets you the named tipsters, Pricewise and the rest, and nothing else. Insights is the data, the full racecards, the stats and the replays, without the tipping.

That split is actually the useful bit. Work out which sort of punter you are. If you want somebody to tell you what to back, Tipping. If you want to do your own digging, Insights, and it will sit alongside something like Timeform or Geegeez rather than replacing them. Paying for Ultimate and then only ever reading the tips is money thrown away.

Two grumbles. They do not publish their prices anywhere obvious, which in 2026 is daft, and the offer articles tell you it is a tenner for three months without ever saying what happens on month four. And the annual option takes the whole lot upfront.

My advice is simple. Never pay the standard rate. There is always an offer running, and if there is not, wait a fortnight.

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