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By Cindy Pierson Dulay, About.com

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© Cindy Pierson Dulay

In the last couple of years, more and more sources of free past performance data are being provided online from trainers, farms, tracks, and other sources. Here is a quick guide to all the places you can find free past performances, mostly in BRISnet format.

Daily Racing Form Race of the Week - free past performances for two top stakes races weekly.
NTRA Road to the World Thoroughbred Championships - 2 or 3 races per week with Equibase PPs available 24 hours prior to the races.
Brisnet Race of the Day - free past performances for one of the top races of the day, can be from any track.
Thoro-Graph Race of the Week - free past performances for one top stakes race weekly. Registration required.
Brisnet Pick 4 - free past performances for four races, but only on weekends.

Free Past Performances for Specific Trainers, Farms, or Owners - free BRISnet past performances for races where the trainer, owner, or farms has a horse entered, usually more than one race per day.

Bob Baffert PPs
H. James Bond PPs
Bongo PPs
Mark Casse PPs
Gary Contessa PPs
Darley Stallions PPs - for runners by their sires
Catherine Day-Phillips PPs
David Donk PPs
Godolphin PPs
Eoin Harty PPs
Kiaran McLaughlin PPs
James McMullen PPs
Ken McPeek PPs
H. Graham Motion PPs
Leo O'Brien PPs
Doug O'Neill PPs
Todd Pletcher PPs
Dale Romans PPs
Stonerside PPs
Stronach Stables/Adena Springs PPs
Barclay Tagg PPs
Vinery PPs - for runners by their sires
Winstar PPs - for runners by their sires
George Weaver PPs

Free Past Performances for Specific Tracks - free BRISnet PPs for one race daily, can be any type. Only active when the track is racing and may appear broken in their off-season.

Bay Meadows
Beulah Park
Canterbury Downs
Del Mar
Del Mar - free BRISnet or TrackMaster PPs for the daily contest race, usually their feature race. Will be races from another California track when they are closed.
Emerald Downs
Fairgrounds
Gulfstream
Hollywood Park
Hawthorne
Sam Houston
Laurel
Lone Star
Louisiana Downs
Meadowlands
Monmouth
Mountaineer Park
Oaklawn
Pimlico
Remington Park
Retama Park
River Downs
Santa Anita Oaktree - free BRISnet or TrackMaster PPs for their daily contest race. Will be races from another California track when they are closed. Usually the same as the Del Mar contest PPs.
Suffolk Downs
Tampa Bay Downs
Turfway

Paid Full Card Past Performances

BRISnet - Several choices of format for thoroughbred past performance data to fit just about any handicapping software. No Beyer figures, have their own BRIS speed figures which are actually quite good. Does offer comma delimited data for those who want to build their own database.
Daily Racing Form - Past performances available in PDF, Formulator, and other formats. PDF looks just like the print edition while their free Formulator software lets you customize the info shown.
Equibase - selling official programs with past performances, selections, lifetime PPs for an individual horse, and more.
Post Time Solutions - they took over the old Handicapper's Daily software and data files when they closed up. Sells racecards and comma delimited data.
TrackMaster - offers past performances in various formats along with other helpful reports and selections for thoroughbred, harness, and quarter horse racing.
USTA Harness Programs - past performances for all harness tracks just like you would buy at the track itself.

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