The Racing API vs PuntersEdge · Australia

An Australian racing API, for when The Racing API's AU add-on isn't available.

The Racing API is a well-built, developer-friendly horse racing API with deep coverage of UK, Irish and Hong Kong racing and a large historical results archive. Its Australian and North American coverage is sold as a separate regional add-on, and at the time of writing that add-on is not open to new subscribers — existing customers keep it, new ones can't buy it. If Australia is the market you actually need, PuntersEdge is Australian racing natively, with live bookmaker prices rather than form data.

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Free tier · 1,500 credits/mo · no credit card. 14 Australian bookmakers on racing — BetDeluxe, Betr, TAB, Neds, Ladbrokes, BetRight, PointsBet, NextBet (formerly PlayUp), TABtouch, Palmerbet, Unibet, Sportsbet, BetGold and BoostBet — and 6 on sports.

The Racing API vs PuntersEdge at a glance

Feature	The Racing API	PuntersEdge
Core coverage	UK, Ireland, Hong Kong + global group races	Australian horse and greyhound racing
Australian racing	Regional add-on, closed to new subscribers	The core product
Greyhounds	Not the focus	First-class, same endpoint as horses
What the data is	Racecards, form, results archive (500k+)	Live multi-bookmaker prices per runner
Bookmaker prices	Odds included, UK/IRE market	14 Australian books side by side
Next-to-go endpoint	Racecards by day	Dedicated next-to-go, ordered by jump time
Free tier	No free tier	1,500 credits/month, no credit card

Which should you choose?

Choose The Racing API if…

Your product is UK, Irish or Hong Kong racing, or you need a deep historical form and results archive to model off. That is genuinely their strength and PuntersEdge does not try to match it.

Choose PuntersEdge if…

You need Australian racing — meetings, runners and what each Australian bookmaker is actually paying right now — and you'd rather not wait for a regional add-on to reopen.

See the actual data, before you decide

Live Australian odds from the public sandbox — no key, no signup, nothing to install.

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Try it in one request

Free key, REST/JSON, Australian bookmaker odds. No SDK required.

curl 'https://api.puntersedge.online/v1/racing/next-to-go?num_races=1' \
  -H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_FREE_KEY'

# → JSON: the next races, with every book's price per runner
[{
  "venue": "Hobart", "race_number": 2, "category": "greyhound",
  "start_time": "2026-08-10T09:40:00Z", "country": "AU",
  "runners": [{
    "name": "Indy Gia", "number": 1,
    "bookmakers": [
      {"key": "sportsbet",     "win_price": 5.5},
      {"key": "tab",           "win_price": 5.5, "place_price": 1.9},
      {"key": "ladbrokes",     "win_price": 7.0, "place_price": 2.1}
    ]
  }]
}]

FAQ

Does The Racing API cover Australian racing?

It offers Australia through a separate regional add-on, but that add-on has been unavailable to new subscribers — existing customers retain access. Check with them directly, as this can change.

Is PuntersEdge a form and ratings API?

No, and that's the honest difference. PuntersEdge is a live price feed: which runners are in the next races and what each Australian bookmaker is paying. For form, ratings and sectionals, a form provider is the right tool — plenty of people use both.

Does it include greyhounds?

Yes. Horse and greyhound racing come through the same next-to-go endpoint, distinguished by a `category` field.

How current are the prices?

The racing feed is polled continuously and responses carry timestamps, so you can see the age of any price rather than having to trust it.

Start with a free Australian odds API key

1,500 credits/month, no credit card, email delivery. Test The Racing API-style workflows against real Australian bookmaker data in minutes.

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18+ only. The API provides odds data for lawful informational and analytical use. Not financial advice.