Question 1

How do I integrate the horse racing API into my application?

Accepted Answer

Integration is simple with just 3 steps: 1) Sign up to get your free API key, 2) Make a GET request to our RESTful endpoint with date, track, and race parameters, 3) Parse the JSON response to display race form data. We provide code examples in JavaScript, Python, and cURL to get you started quickly.

Question 2

What horse racing data does the API provide?

Accepted Answer

Our racing data API provides comprehensive race form information including runner details, horse statistics, jockey performance records, trainer data, race distance, surface type, purse amounts, and historical form. All data is returned in easy-to-parse JSON format.

Question 3

Is the horse racing API free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes! FormFav offers a free forever tier perfect for developers building betting platforms, sports apps, or racing analytics tools. Simply sign up to receive your API key instantly - no credit card required.

Question 4

Which racing tracks and countries are supported?

Accepted Answer

Our horse racing data feed covers 24+ countries including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, Ireland, USA, Japan, Singapore, France, and more.

Question 5

Does FormFav provide a racing data feed?

Accepted Answer

Yes. FormFav delivers a racing data feed as a RESTful JSON API — runner form, career statistics, jockey and trainer records, and ML predictions, updated daily across 24+ countries. FormFav provides independent form analysis and derived statistics; it is not an official race fields feed. Unlike traditional fixed-format data feeds with FTP drops and contracts, you request exactly the races you need with a simple 3-parameter call and a free API key.

Question 6

Does FormFav provide horse and greyhound racing results?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The results endpoint returns finishing positions and margins for completed races — thoroughbred (gallops), harness, and greyhound racing in Australia, plus gallops and harness in New Zealand and gallops in Hong Kong. Fetch a single race with GET /v1/results, or every race at a meeting in one call with GET /v1/results/meeting. A runner with a finishing position completed the race, a scratched runner was withdrawn before it, and dead heats are represented as two runners sharing a position. Results are a Pro tier feature and Pro includes a 30-day free trial. FormFav publishes independent racing data and derived statistics; it is not an official results service.

Question 7

Are FormFav's racing results live?

Accepted Answer

No. Results are ingested by a batch pipeline that runs every 2-3 hours rather than streamed in real time, so expect a lag between a race finishing and its result appearing. Every race carries a resultStatus field — final, interim, pending or abandoned — so you can tell a race that has not been run from one that has run but is not ingested yet; a race with no result yet returns 200 with resultStatus pending rather than a 404. Results cover a rolling window from 7 days in the past to 7 days ahead, so FormFav is not a historical results archive.

Question 8

Can I use this for a commercial betting platform?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! FormFav is designed specifically for betting platforms, sportsbook integrations, fantasy racing applications, and commercial racing analytics tools. Our RESTful API scales with your needs.

Question 9

Can I use FormFav with Claude, ChatGPT, or other AI assistants?

Accepted Answer

Yes. FormFav provides a hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) server at api.formfav.com/mcp/ that works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and any MCP-compatible client. Add your API key to the config and your AI assistant can query race form, predictions, jockey stats, and more in natural language — no code required. For code-based agents, the OpenAPI spec at api.formfav.com/v1/openapi.json lets any LLM framework auto-generate tool definitions for every endpoint.