Horse racing betting apps

There are plenty of different factors that we consider when we rank the best betting apps for horse racing punters.

We leave no stone unturned to make sure you lot get the best advice possible - the following areas are the ones we think are most important:

Being able to watch a live stream of the race you’ve bet on is a must-have feature for me. I reckon it's probably the case with a decent chunk of other racing punters, too.

It’s not good enough to have any old races available though: Having UK & Irish races available to watch is key.

The buzz around the Grand National each year is pretty unique. It’s one of the only UK sporting events that attracts seasoned punters and total betting beginners in equal measure.

The best betting app for betting on the Grand National should cater to both of these types of users with great offers, competitive odds and a user-friendly UX.

Tote betting used to be the exclusive preserve of the UK Government which owned the only bookie allowed to offer pools (parimutuel) horse racing betting (The Tote).

The Tote was sold in 2011 and many top bookies now offer some or all of The Tote’s racing pools bets (explained below):

🏇 Win
Select one horse from the field to win the race.

🏇 Place
Select on horse from the field to place.

🏇 Exacta
Pick the horses that you think will finish first and second

🏇 Trifecta
Pick the horses that you think will finish first, second & third (in that order)

🏇 Quadpot
Pick a horse to place in each of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth race on the racecard.

🏇 Placepot
Pick a horse to place in each of the first six races on the racecard.

🏇 Jackpot
Pick the first six winners in a meeting selected by The Tote.

🏇 Scoop6
Pick the winner in each of the six races selected across various meetings by The Tote.

🏇 Swinger
Single-race pool where players must select two horses to finish in first, second or third.

Don’t put the cart before the horse by signing up to a betting site and downloading their app before you’ve checked out the betting offers they promote!

There are loads of different horse racing betting offers, with some offering enhanced winning chances or better payouts and others offering insurance against near misses.

We round up the most popular offer types and the best betting apps to find them on below:

Horse racing free bets

Definitely the front runner in terms of popularity is the good old fashioned free bet.

Free bets packages are commonly offered as part of a sign up bonus to encourage new punters to join a betting app, and it's here where you’ll find the highest value free bet offers.

Existing customers also have plenty of opportunities to bag themselves a horse racing free bet or two at most of the best betting apps:

Betfred, for example, gives punters a free bet if their horse comes second to the SP favourite and all the big bookies offer free bet incentives during major events like the Grand National, Royal Ascot, and Cheltenham Festival.

Best odds guaranteed

It’s not really worth considering a betting app for horse racing betting if best odds guaranteed is not on offer.

The vast majority of the bookies we think are worth your time do offer BOG on UK & Irish racing, with some promising to lock in the best price as early as the day before the race.

Best odds guaranteed times

⏰ Day Before:

• Bet 365
• BoyleSports

⏰ 'Day of the race':

• Ladbrokes
• Coral

⏰ From 08:00:

• Betfair
• Betfred
• Bwin
• Paddy Power
• Unibet

⏰ From 09:00:

• Betway
• BetVictor
• Parimatch
• 888Sport
• Grosvenor Sports

⏰ From 10:00 onwards:

• William Hill
• LiveScore Bet
• The Pools

Extra places

Extra places is another common offer amongst the best betting apps.

Where normal terms state that you’ll get paid on an each way bet if your horse places in, say, the top three, extra places will extend that to the top four, five or sometimes even more places.

Lots of sites offer daily extra places but, as with many horse racing offers, extra places offers go into overdrive for the big races so it’s worth doing some scouting around on Gold Cup and Grand National days.

Best horse betting app for extra places:

First past the post

First past the post is a type of insurance offer that covers you if there is a change in the official race result following a Stewards Enquiry.

If your horse wins the race, betting apps that offer first past the post will pay out even if your selection is subsequently demoted.

A variation of this offer is double result - where bookies promise to pay out your selection as winner if it finishes first past the post or if it is promoted to first place after an enquiry.

Specials

The term ‘specials’ covers a broad range of bet types, with different bookies offering their own unique bets on the upcoming action.

Common specials bets include backing all horses ridden by a certain jockey to place or win or backing a certain amount of races at a specific meet to be won by SP favourites.

Free to play racing offers

You don’t always have to pump more money into your favourite horse racing betting app in order to get involved.

That’s because plenty of the leading online bookies offer free to play games such as prediction competitions or spin-the-wheel type games.

Usually, the only requirement to enter these games is that you are registered and logged in to the betting app. There’s potential to win big on these!

It’s a lot easier and safer to download horse racing betting apps for Android devices now that many are available on the Google Play Store.

A good Android app is something of a must have for any horse racing bookie that wants to be considered one of the best in the UK market.

There are a host of top horse racing betting apps available for download on Apple’s App Store.

A well designed iOS app really sets the best online operators apart from the rest.

Download horse racing apps for Android

• Check the list of offers available and sign up via bettingapps.com
• Head to the Play Store
• Search for the name of the bookie
• Select the app (check the review on bettingapps.com to make sure you’re downloading the right one)
• Click the green ‘Install’ button to download the app.

Download horse racing betting apps for iPhone

• Check the list of offers available and sign up via bettingapps.com
• Head to the App Store
• Search for the name of the bookie
• Select the app (check the review on bettingapps.com to make sure you’re downloading the right one)
• Click the ‘Get’ button to download the app.

We hope the info above will make it easy for you to pick a horse racing app that best suits your needs.

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