Bet Selector Form Download News

PLEASE NOTE: Form download fees will increase from $65 to $75 a month from January 2025 (due 28.1.25).

By far our biggest cost in providing form downloads is the price we pay for the data. This price increases with inflation every year and is now 15.6% higher than when form download fees were last increased in April 2021. This cost increase has been absorbed while everyone was facing high cost of living costs over recent years but now it is time to adjust the monthly fees.

Please note that form downloads started out at $55 a month back in October 2007. Due to CPI increases alone the monthly price should now be over $85 and that's ignoring the fact that the price was never increased when costs increased due to the inclusion of new data like in 2013 when AAP 100 point ratings and pre-post market prices were added (taking these increases into account the price should now be around $100 a month). Also not factored in is the creation and maintenance of the jockey rating database that is used to inject jockey ratings into the form downloads every day.

$75 a month still represents great value for money but to make it even more so, all future improvements and additions to the program will be covered by the monthly fees (ie separate upgrade fees will no longer be charged for new and improved program features with the only exception being third party add-ons).

Form Download News

• 7 November 2024: This page and our Payment Page were updated with the advice that on 1 January 2025 the form download price will increase to $75 a month (plus clients advised of same via email).
• 12 January 2021: This page and our Payment Page were updated with the advice that on 1 April 2021 the form download price will increase to $65 a month.
• July 2020: Form downloads now include class ratings for past races and jockey ratings for all fields. Plus a new 11.30am jockey update download is now available (also includes scratchings and track condition updates).
• January 2013: Form downloads updated to include AAP 100 point ratings and early market prices.
• October 2007: New database structured download service introduced to replace old HTML service. Includes not just Australian meetings but also New Zealand and Hong Kong. Also has barrier trial results and steward report comments integrated into past form.

Form Download Payments

Form downloads for Bet Selector are due by the 28th of each month. Some points on how this works can be found below:

• Payments are initialised by the user on our Payment Page which has a special form download option for the month in question. Payments are not automated to repeat thus ensuring there is no chance you pay for something you do not use.
• To assist in payment management, warnings occur on the form download dialogue in Bet Selector once there are 10 days or less to go to the due date. Plus a Pay Now button becomes available in the program that opens the payment page in your web browser with your customer reference number already filled in.
• Payments must be made on or before the 28th of each month to ensure continuity of access as payments made after the due date need to be manually processed which could cause delays (note payments are no longer due at the beginning of the month as was the case before 2020 but you can pay any time you like between the 1st and 28th of the month).
• If you are paying for the first time, paying late or paying after more than a months absence from using the service then you need to email us when you pay as your access has to be set up manually in these circumstances.
• If you stop using the service then you will not need to pay for future months in which you do not download any form.

Form Download Features

The real advantage of using form downloads is that Bet Selector can then access both past and upcoming horse racing meetings for analysis and system testing. We provide horse racing data for Australian, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore gallops.

Just like a car needs petrol to run, the system testing features in our program needs form to run but unlike petrol, the form downloads can be used more than once and have many other benefits:

• Downloads are Inexpensive: Form downloads cost less than $2.50 a day ($75 a month) and there is no extra charge for downloading form to a second computer (so running Bet Selector on a desktop and laptop is fine).
• Downloads are Reusable: As form builds up from month to month you can use Bet Selector to test and research systems over past months (and you can keep doing this even if you stop paying for horse racing data). You can even use it to test our 189 free systems for both upcoming and past meetings.
• Downloads are Comprehensive: Our form downloads have official 10 start form just like you'd expect to see in a detailed newspaper form guide but with the added bonus that it is available for all Australian meetings (plus NZ, HK and Singapore) every day of the week.
• Exclusive Data: Our form downloads include exclusive content for Bet Selector users like early market (newspaper) prices, jockey ratings, 100 point ratings, foaling dates, steward report comments and barrier trial results.
• Free Trial: If you are a first time user and would like to access form downloads free of charge for a short period please email us.

Note form is sourced from Mediality Racing (formerly AAP) who are the major supplier to newspapers and online web sites. More news on Mediality Racing can be found on our Form Analyser page.