Racing Post Commentary

The Racing Post radio player streamed live audio race calls from British and Irish meetings straight in your browser.

⛔ Racing Post Radio is no longer available. However, bet365 offer free access to the same quality and range of audio streams.

How to access bet365 Radio

1. Visit bet365
2. Scroll down to the website’s footer
3. Click your preferred sports channel audio link

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About Racing Post commentary

Racing Post commentary is live audio coverage of the day’s racing, delivered by professional race callers who take you through each contest from the off to the line, with the result and starting prices read out afterwards. It is the quickest way to follow a race when you can’t get to a screen — the audio call typically runs a fraction ahead of a delayed video stream, and it uses a tiny fraction of the mobile data.

On the Racing Post’s own site and app, the audio commentary is supplied through a bookmaker partnership with William Hill and covers British fixtures. There is a catch that trips a lot of people up: on racingpost.com the play button only appears once you have William Hill prices selected as your displayed odds, which is a setting buried in the Accounts tab. If you have never changed it, the commentary can look as though it simply isn’t there.

The player at the top of this page is the same style of branded racing radio feed, running through your browser with no settings to change, no account to create and no odds preferences to set. Several bookmakers licence near-identical players — you’ll find bet365, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes, Coral and William Hill versions in our full list of betting radio stations.

How to listen to Racing Post live commentary today

1. Load this page on desktop, tablet or mobile — any modern browser will do.
2. Press play on the radio player above. There is no login screen and no paywall.
3. Allow audio if your browser asks. Some browsers block sound until you interact with the page.
4. Leave it running. The feed rolls continuously through the card, so you don’t need to restart it between races.
5. Check the timings on our racecards for today’s racing so you know when your race is due off.

Commentary is available every day British and Irish racing is on — which is virtually every day of the year. Expect afternoon cards year-round, twilight and evening fixtures through the summer, and all-weather meetings filling the winter calendar.

Is Racing Post commentary free?

Yes. Live audio commentary is a free service — it isn’t part of a paid subscription, and you don’t need to fund a betting account or place a wager to listen.

What varies is what you have to do to unlock it. On racingpost.com you need to be displaying William Hill prices before the play button becomes available. In the Racing Post app, the radio player sits inside the raceday screens and has historically depended on the bookmaker feed being live. On this page, none of that applies: press play and the commentary starts.

So if you’ve searched “racing post live commentary today free” and found yourself staring at a settings menu, the player above is the shortcut.

Racing Post radio not working? Here’s why — and what to do

There are three separate reasons Racing Post radio might not be playing for you, and they need different fixes.

1. The play button isn’t showing at all This is almost always the odds-display setting rather than a fault. On racingpost.com the commentary is tied to William Hill, and you need their prices selected in your Accounts tab before the audio option appears. Switch your displayed bookmaker and the play button should return.

2. The feed itself is down Because the commentary is licensed from a bookmaker, an outage at that end takes the whole service with it. This has happened before: the Racing Post confirmed in a help centre notice that William Hill had decommissioned the radio feed the app was using, leaving the radio service unavailable while a replacement was integrated. If the feed is the problem, no amount of troubleshooting your own device will help — you need an alternative source, which is what the player above provides.

3. Your browser or device is blocking the audio Work through these in order:

• Check the obvious. Confirm your device isn’t muted, your volume is up, and audio isn’t being routed to a Bluetooth speaker or headphones in another room.
• Interact with the page first. Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox all block autoplay audio until you click something on the page. Press play manually rather than expecting sound on load.
• Disable ad blockers and script blockers. These are the single most common cause of a silent player. Turn them off for this page, refresh, and try again.
• Clear your cache. A stale or corrupted cached file can break playback. Clear browsing data, restart the browser and reload.
• Update your browser. Older versions can struggle with modern audio streams.
• Try a different browser. If it works in one and not another, the problem is a setting or extension in the first browser, not the feed.
• Check site permissions. Click the padlock in the address bar and confirm sound isn’t blocked for this site.
• Restart the stream if it drifts. Live audio streams can fall behind after a long session. If the commentary sounds out of sync with the race, stop and restart the player to jump back to live.

If none of that works, it’s worth checking whether audio plays on any other site. If it doesn’t, the issue is your device’s audio drivers or output settings rather than anything to do with racing radio.

Racing Post app radio and app commentary

A lot of people searching for Racing Post app radio or app commentary are really just looking for the audio — the app is the route they happen to know. If you’re on a desktop, or the app radio isn’t cooperating, you don’t need it: the player on this page delivers live race commentary in a browser on any device, including your phone.

Worth knowing about the app either way:

• The Racing Post app carries live video streams of British and Irish racing, accessible by logging in through a partner bookmaker account.
• Those streams can be watched without placing a bet.
• The app’s radio player has been through several rounds of updates, including changes to how it behaves when your screen locks.

If you want video rather than audio, our guides to free live horse racing streams and watching UK and Irish racing live cover the options.

Racing Post text commentary vs live audio commentary

These are two different products and it’s worth being clear about which one you want.

Text commentary is written in-running description — short updates published as a race unfolds, found in the Racing Post’s Raceday Live section and app. It’s silent, discreet and light on data, which makes it popular with anyone following racing somewhere they can’t have sound on.

Audio commentary is the spoken race call: a commentator naming horses, positions and moves in real time. It’s faster to absorb, far more atmospheric, and better if you want to follow a finish properly.

This page provides audio. If you specifically need text, the Racing Post’s own Raceday Live feature is where to go — though our live results pages will give you the outcome and starting prices within moments of each race finishing.

Racing Post betting commentary

“Betting commentary” usually means audio that goes beyond the race call itself — market moves, price updates, fancied runners and the odd tip between races. Because these racing radio feeds are bookmaker-licensed, that betting context is generally baked in: you’ll hear build-up and market chat in the gaps between races alongside the calls themselves.

Two things to keep in mind. The commentary is a broadcast service, not betting advice — treat any market chat as colour rather than instruction. And if you are betting, compare prices before you commit rather than taking the first number you hear; our free racing tips and bookmaker reviews are a better starting point than a passing mention on air.

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