In his blog at the Daily Racing Form, Dan Illman mentioned the following:

“One of the perks of working for DRF, along with the complimentary papers and free soda, is getting the opportunity to pore over the vast database. I’m no computer whiz so it takes me longer than it probably should to narrow down parameters, etc. I believe that the data comes from a combination of The Jockey Club, Equibase, and the Daily Racing Form. It’s pretty cool.”

This prompted me to ask if there any plans to allow access to those very coveted databases to folks (like myself, racing crazy + data obsessed) could run our own queries.

He posted the following response:

“…Do you know if there is any plans at DRF to allow access to these databases to your subscribers? Having the ability to run these type of queries against multiple databases would be fantastic!”

– superterrific

“It wouldn’t surprise me if we start offering products like this in the future. Right now, we have daily products that are helpful such as “Sibling Summary,” “Key Race Report,” and “ROI Report.” Don’t be surprised if we broaden the spectrum a bit down the road, and allow more access to the computerized “brain”.”