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The Racing API

REST API for UK, Irish and Hong Kong horse racing plus group races globally: racecards, results, odds and analysis endpoints over 500,000 tracked results. Barred for use by betting operators.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: Not allowedToo little discussion
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26

SportDex Score

#157 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
24

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
30

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
24

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works

Starting price
Not public
Free access
Not disclosed
Sports
1 (Horse racing)
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
26 repos

Best for

Horse racing apps and analysis projects that need racecards, results and odds for UK, Irish and Hong Kong racing plus group races worldwide.

Racecard appsRacing form analysisJockey and trainer statistics

Not ideal for

Betting operators and sportsbooks; terms bar them from commercial or operational use. Also not an official racing data source.

Limitations to check

  • − Betting use and redistribution not allowed by the terms
  • − Core coverage is UK, Ireland, Hong Kong and global group races
  • − Australia and North America add-ons closed to new subscribers
  • − Plan prices were not retrievable from the saved pages

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

The Racing API at a glance

What is The Racing API best for?
Horse racing apps and analysis projects that need racecards, results and odds for UK, Irish and Hong Kong racing plus group races worldwide. Not ideal for: Betting operators and sportsbooks; terms bar them from commercial or operational use. Also not an official racing data source.
How much does The Racing API cost?
The Racing API does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does The Racing API have a free tier?
The Racing API does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://www.theracingapi.com/.
What does The Racing API cover?
The Racing API is a sports data api. Its sports: Horse racing; data: Fixtures, Historical data, Odds, Results, Team stats.
Does The Racing API have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. The Racing API delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
Can I use The Racing API data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of The Racing API — betting products: not allowed; redistribution: not allowed.
What do developers say about The Racing API?
REST API for UK, Irish and Hong Kong horse racing with racecards, results and odds. Only small hobby repos use it, such as racecard viewers and prediction projects. No forum or video discussion exists about pricing, accuracy or support, so little is known beyond adoption by hobbyists.
What are the alternatives to The Racing API?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: iSports API, TheStatsAPI, Goalserve, AcesAPI, Cito API.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

No public price list. Check the provider site.

Plan prices render via JavaScript and were not retrievable; a directory snippet suggested free/$19/$59 tiers and Slashdot cites GBP 24.99 start (unverified, not used). Rate limit 5 req/s on site (FAQ snippet said 2). Australia/North America add-ons closed to new subscribers.

Before choosing a paid plan, confirm

• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)

• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed

• Whether live and historical data are on your plan

• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed

The critical question

Data coverage

Sports
Horse racing
Data types
FixturesHistorical dataOddsResultsTeam stats
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Not disclosed
Update frequency
Not disclosed
Name languages
Not disclosed
ID mapping
Not disclosed

Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.

Before you build

Usage rights & access

Commercial use
Not disclosed
Betting products
Not allowed
Redistribution
Not allowed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individuals, Companiessource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Accounts are individual and cannot be shared between developers.

Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
api key
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
email
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: The Racing API

Goal: build a feature on The Racing API data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://www.theracingapi.com
- Docs: https://api.theracingapi.com/documentation
- Sports: Horse racing
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Odds, Results, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: none listed
- Note: Plan prices render via JavaScript and were not retrievable; a directory snippet suggested free/$19/$59 tiers and Slashdot cites GBP 24.99 start (unverified, not used). Rate limit 5 req/s on site (FAQ snippet said 2). Australia/North America add-ons closed to new subscribers.

## Verify before writing code
- pricing and request limits
- live update frequency
- whether commercial use is allowed on the plan you pick
- exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess)

## Implementation rules
- Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser.
- Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers.
- Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts.
- Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.

Data quality signals

Data source & company

Official partners
Not disclosed
How data is collected
aggregated, scraped
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussioncoverage

REST API for UK, Irish and Hong Kong horse racing with racecards, results and odds. Only small hobby repos use it, such as racecard viewers and prediction projects. No forum or video discussion exists about pricing, accuracy or support, so little is known beyond adoption by hobbyists.

Praised for

  • Used for racecard and prediction hobby projects

Complaints

    Nothing specific.

    Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

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    Evidence & transparency

    Official sources

    Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know