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A recommendation for anyone needing web scraping or racing data collection

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tony spencer

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A recommendation for anyone needing web scraping or racing data collection


I've noticed quite a few people asking about collecting data from racing websites, bookmakers and other sports sites, so I thought I'd recommend someone I've used on numerous occasions over the years.


She has been absolutely brilliant to work with—very competitive on price, reliable and, most importantly, she delivers exactly what she promises. She's helped me with a number of projects covering horse racing, football, golf and greyhound racing, including bespoke data scraping, database development and automation.


What I particularly like is that once she's written the software, it can be run repeatedly at the click of a button. Whether it's collecting thousands of records from websites, updating existing databases, or extracting information from Excel, Access or text files, everything is automated. It saves countless hours and eliminates the errors that often come with manual copy-and-paste.


She has over 30 years of programming experience and has been running her own software company since 2003. That experience really shows when you need something tailored to your exact requirements.


Over the years she's built several bespoke applications for me, including racing data collection, bookmaker price monitoring, database automation and reporting tools. Every project has been delivered professionally, and her after-sales support has always been first class.


If you're looking for someone to build custom scraping tools, automate repetitive tasks or create bespoke sports databases, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her. She's been a huge help with my own projects, and I'm very happy to recommend her to anyone in the group.


If anyone would like her contact details, just send me a private message.


 
Has she got a web page with an indication of what she can do. An indication of prices wouldn’t go amiss.
 
T tony spencer ..... Wet behind the ears Tony , would she be able to collect Race IQ Data from Racing UK for example . There is so much Data on Race IQ but it takes time to flip from page to page . This is on her website......" Once I write the code the only thing I have to do is press a button and wait for the data to be collected or modified. This is much faster that manually entering data and it prevents errors done from copy-paste". Sounds great but cant really get a picture in my minds eye !!?? How would you frame the Question to her ?
 
S simon boardman yes it's absolutely possible, I do the exact thing myself on a daily basis, you can get all the data (Sectionals, Stride, Top Speed all the Race IQ data) you just need to decide which format you would like the data to be put into, do you prefer Excel (plenty do) or a database you can then search and pull data from to make reports etc. What is it you want from the data, and how you want to use it is probably a better question to ask yourself.

I like to produce mine on a report, this one is lust the last 60days, but I have data all the way back to 2023. I'll screenshot a few images. (If I click the Sectors button) far right of the report. It will open the sector by sector stats/sectionals for each horse. All this is pulled from the RACE IQ data.

Hope that helps. (y)

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simon boardman said:
T tony spencer ..... Wet behind the ears Tony , would she be able to collect Race IQ Data from Racing UK for example . There is so much Data on Race IQ but it takes time to flip from page to page . This is on her website......" Once I write the code the only thing I have to do is press a button and wait for the data to be collected or modified. This is much faster that manually entering data and it prevents errors done from copy-paste". Sounds great but cant really get a picture in my minds eye !!?? How would you frame the Question to her ?
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