Thought I would create a thread where a list of all data sources that are available for racing as this question seems to be asked a lot.
Betfair:
http://data.betfair.com/ (contains time-stamped data, only useful to get volume/min&max prices traded)
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9402
They have added an example with detailed time-stamped data, good luck using it though, 'Cheltenham - 11 March 2015 - 11 March 2015' on the data.betfair page.
https://promo.betfair.com/betfairsp/SP_history.html (SP data for racing, useful as it has ipmax/ipmin)
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13157
Betdaq:
None
Charts:
http://www.betangel.com/betfair-charts/ (contains some old charts)
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11034
Racing:
Timeform
https://www.timeform.com/horse-racing/form-and-results (easy to scrape)
API url that the bet fair website uses is https://www.betfair.com/rest/v2/raceCard
See https://github.com/liampauling/betfairlightweight for my python wrapper which includes racecard
BHA
http://www.britishhorseracing.com/ (going / non runners / results)
API is tricky to scrape as they block after 100 requests, takes time but it is possible.
Average Times
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11280
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13977
Data Collection
You need a license to provide/sell data, however you can collect it through Betangel relatively easily
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=8896
Provided by switesh
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic ... 31&t=11521
Provided by nigelk
http://www.betangel.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2385
Provided by i-XL (I used for years with no problem)
The issue with using excel to collect data is that it can affect your computers performance, using the API it is possible to create a bot that can collect data with a very low CPU footprint.
http://www.fracsoft.com/
Third party betfair data provider
http://adrianmassey.no-ip.org/web1/index.php
Provider of Favourite stats / jockey info / trainer info
Looks as though it is up to date (04/2016)
http://www.horseracebase.com/
Ratings / results / statistics
Not all open source but free trial available
I will update the first post to include everything but please suggest more below.
Open Source Racing Data
Adrian Massey was one for horse racing stats but it stopped some years ago - BUT ...
Just had a look and it looks like it has been updated right up to date and is being updated daily. Did a custom query and had yesterday's results included
Will investigate when I have more time but for anyone interested see http://adrianmassey.no-ip.org/web1/index.php
Beware - the PL returns are based on official SP - exchange prices tend to be different.
EDIT: Features have been updated as well. Just looked at the custom query in more detail (masses of options) and right at the end you can calculate PL using either ISP or BFSP and back or lay
Just had a look and it looks like it has been updated right up to date and is being updated daily. Did a custom query and had yesterday's results included
Will investigate when I have more time but for anyone interested see http://adrianmassey.no-ip.org/web1/index.php
Beware - the PL returns are based on official SP - exchange prices tend to be different.
EDIT: Features have been updated as well. Just looked at the custom query in more detail (masses of options) and right at the end you can calculate PL using either ISP or BFSP and back or lay
Last edited by foxwood on Sat May 07, 2016 1:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
