As a backbone to the company, Paddy Power have invested a lot of time and money into providing a series of comprehensive betting markets, none more so than their horse racing section. This is a follow up to their Irish roots where the sport is massively popular. Their betting app is largely based around their horse racing section and is easily one of the leading apps within the sport.
Features

Once into the app itself you will be greeted with a host of sports to choose from. But straight away you will see that the majority of the app is geared around their horse racing section. It includes races from around the world to accompany a host of features throughout the app.
The first thing you will come across is the racing ‘Today’ section where a list of races for that given day is on offer. These will be listed within the place where the meeting is taking place and you can expand or collapse each meeting. The races are listed with the time of each race along with the name, length of the race and often the horse criteria (usually weight or rating). Another interesting addition to this is the ‘Watch’ button where you can stream the races live, but we will discuss this later in the review.
From the racing home section you can choose to view race cards for the following days meetings, the next five races that are upcoming for that day, future races (which is similar to Ante Post betting including some of the larger meetings) and also the My Live Races section which shows you which races you can view live from your mobile device. Additionally there is a ‘More’ button that allows you to flick between American racing markets, special bets, daily specials and even Paddy Power’s virtual horse racing section.
The app really comes alive once you get into the race you want to bet on and start to take advantage of the extensive race cards that are on offer. Paddy Power has managed to team with the Racing Post –one of the UK’s leading horse racing magazines – to bring you a free overview of each race. This often takes into account the form of horses, jockeys and trainers in the race, whilst also looking at the ground in question. Whilst these are normally just about a couple of sentences or so, they are written by real tippers from the Racing Post so they do carry a fair amount of weight with them.
The card itself allows you to also view information on each horse. This includes colours of the jockey’s silks, name of the horse, jockey, form, race number and latest odds. But, by clicking on your horse – or simply by selecting the ‘Expand’ button – you can see a lot more detailed information on that horse. This includes a short write up on how they might perform on the race and more detailed overview of their previous races.
The bottom of each race card will include a list of other markets in which you can bet on for that race. Typically these will include Place Only 2 Places, Insurebet 2 Place, Betting W/O (often without the favourite) and Match Betting (allowing you to go head to head with other horses).
We briefly mentioned about the live streaming service that’s available on the Paddy Power app, and this is on offer for all Paddy Power users. The only criteria that you need to make is to place a minimum of £1/€1 bet on that race and you can then stream it directly from the app. The races that are available will include a blue ‘Watch’ button next to the race card and providing you have made a wager on that race, before being taken to the live stream. It’s worth noting that the stream can be up to 10 seconds behind the live broadcast, so betting in play is probably not going to be best suited for use alongside this feature.