The paper publishes the past performances of racehorses as a statistical service for bettors covering horse racing in North America.

[3] In cooperation with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association, the Daily Racing Form selects the winners of the annual Eclipse Awards.

In 2007, the Wicks Group sold DRF to Arlington Capital Partners for nearly $200 million.

[4][5] Arlington sold the DRF's parent company, Sports Information Group (SIG), to Z Capital Partners in 2017 for less than $100 million.

Together with Affinity Interactive, DRF released its first online sports book.