Horse Races Now: An App for Horse Racing Fans

A contributor for The Atlantic shared with readers that a triple crown winner won’t boost the popularity of the sport. Although horse racing has diminished as a mainstream interest, many still enjoy the spectator sport, attending live events and reading up on the statistics of horses and jockeys. The majority of fans are located in Britain, with horse racing being the country’s second most popular sport and over 6 million race goers each year attend events. In the UK, people prefer horse riding over sports such as rugby, fishing, and cricket.

But with decreasing worldwide interest in horse racing, access to information about trainers, races, and everything else in the industry might be difficult to come across. Thankfully, smartphones can now connect us to an abundance of info about the equine industry. Operators of mobile gaming brand PocketFruity have identified mobile internet as the most powerful trend on the internet landscape, and with good reason since we use our smartphones for virtually everything, including watching live feeds of horse races and keeping up with racing stats.

For everyone that’s actively involved in the equine industry, or generally just a fan of the spectator sport, Horse Races Now is an excellent app to have on your smartphone or tablet. Compatible on both Android and iOS devices, this app allows you to stream current races, and watch race replays wherever you are. Some of the features include multiple links for racing schedules, overnight entries for upcoming races, immediate updates of results and payoffs, race replays from up to two years back, live audio and video streaming, as well as a useful search engine. All races in the database are on North American racetracks.

You also have the option to push notifications for your favorite trainers, tracks, horses, and jockeys. Follow all your favorites so that you can be alerted for entry, call to post, at the gate, results, chart and replay, and finally workout.

With Horse Races Now, creators of the app hope to proliferate fan participation and viewership across the globe.