The results at Betfair SP have followed a similar path to those at advised prices, with a loss of 16 points made since our last update but 67 points profit made for our trial overall.
The jumps season is in full swing now and with NH racing being specialty are hopeful of getting things moving in the right direction again soon.
The results at Betfair SP have followed a similar path to those at advised prices, with a loss of 16 points made since our last update but 83 points profit made for our trial overall.
The jumps season is their real speciality so as that gets going over the next few weeks hopefully we will see results pick up again.
The results at Betfair SP have also been outstanding, with 99 points profit made for our trial so far.
Just as a reminder, as mentioned in our review introduction below we have verified the tips going back to January, which has given us 278 bets so far.
For a service that only tips at weekends, these results really are superb. To have made over 100 points at advised prices and 99 at BSP for such a minimal workload is worthy of high praise indeed.
Just to note as well that they are running a special offer at the moment for membership for the full National Hunt season, which runs from Friday 6th October 2023 – Saturday 27th April 2024.
The package is normally £129.99 but you can get a £30 discount by using the code HBRNATHUNT2023 at checkout.
So that’s the full National Hunt season for just £99.99 when you use the code HBRNATHUNT2023.
James who runs the service says National Hunt is what he really excels at so this looks like one not to be missed!
We are starting a new trial today of a service called JPW Racing Tipster.
This is one of the longest-running and most established tipsters in the business, having been around for over 14 years now. It may well be a familiar name to you if you have been around the tipping world for a while.
The service is headed by a chap called James Walsh (hence the initials JPW), who also heads up the Tipsters Empire tipping platform.
The JPW Racing service just concentrates on quality racing these days, as they say they don’t have the passion for low grade racing anymore, so during the week for example they concentrate on spending all their time looking ahead to Weekends and Festivals, which they are very passionate about.
In terms of the results, those have been very impressive, with a profit of 344 points made since 2020 for the Weekend selections.
That has been achieved with a return on investment of 23% and a strike rate of 31%, which are excellent combined metrics over a period of three and a half years.
There are an average of 3 tips per weekend which makes it very manageable to follow.
It is worth noting that they offer a number of different services including the National Hunt Package, Flat season package, Festival Only, Saturday Only, Weekend Only or the Option to combine everything, in a joint packages.
For the purposes of this review we will be recording the weekend results. We have six months of tips already verified so will include those in our trial updates.
As always things will be updated here as we go along.
At Betfair SP it’s been a little bit of a worse start, with a loss of 9 points made to BSP for our trial to date.
Just a reminder that this is a service we originally reviewed a few years ago, but they got a new tipster in May 2022 and the results since then have been greatly improved, so in many ways this is like a new review.
In any event, a solid start so far – let’s see if they can push on from here.
Every once in a while here at Honest Betting Reviews we like to give services we have reviewed in the past a second look.
This could be because they have had a significant reversal in fortunes, a change of strategy or have revamped their service altogether.
An example of this is a service we reviewed some time ago but that has come up on our radar once again after major changes – and much improved results – and that is Cleeve Racing.
This is a horse racing tipster we originally reviewed back in 2020 and to be frank, it had a pretty horrible time during that trial.
Despite being a respected service with strong results coming into our trial, unfortunately they finished over 100 points down at the end of our review.
Now 2020, as you will no doubt remember, was a tough time for racing (and just about everything else!) as racing was cancelled due to covid and then had a revised and condensed schedule.
Whatever the difficulties faced however, sadly the service just didn’t perform.
However, in May 2022 Cleeve Racing got a new tipster and since then it has looked like a completely different service.
In many ways of course, getting a new tipster is like starting a new service, so perhaps it isn’t even accurate to call this a “re-review” at all and calling it a “new review” would be more accurate.
In any event, we don’t want to get too bogged down in semantics so let’s get down to the brass tacks instead.
Since the new tipster – a chap called Mike with many years of experience as a professional punter – took over in May 2022, he has made a superb 340 points profit.
That has been achieved with an excellent return on investment (ROI) of just over 20%.
Fifteen out of the seventeen months Mike has been tipping have been profitable, which is the kind of consistency we like to see!
[In case you missed it, Mike & Cleeve have also produced a FREE Ten to Follow Guide for the jumps season, which you can grab here].
With such solid results under their belts we are keen to see how the new revamped Cleeve Racing gets on under a live trial. Hopefully we won’t jinx it this time…
Anyway, we will kick off the trial today and will update results here as we go along as usual.
It has been a slightly less positive time for horse racing tipster Racing Rundown over the last month, with a loss of 14 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now just 1 point up to advised prices for our trial overall.
Horse racing tipster Racing Rundown has bounced back very nicely over the last month, with a profit of 63 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 15 points up to advised prices for our trial overall.
They continue to overperform at Betfair SP, with a profit of 39 points made since our last update and 56 points profit made for our trial overall at BSP.
As noted in our review introduction below, the staking is quite aggressive with this service, with 2-3 point stakes often being used, so that’s worth bearing in mind when looking at the results.
We are starting a new trial today of a service called Racing Rundown.
This is a tipster from the Betting Gods platform of tipsters and has been running since August last year, so almost exactly a year now.
In that time it has amassed an impressive total of 290 points profit, which would be £7,250 profit at £25 per point or £2900 at more modest £10/point stakes.
The return on investment has been strong at a shade under 16% whilst the strike rate has been solid at 23%.
It is worth noting that the staking with this service ranges between 1 and 3 points, with the average being 2 points.
In turn the recommended betting bank is 250 points, to account for the increased staking.
The bets are win rather than each-way and the average odds are around 6/1 so it is quite an aggressive approach.
Judging by the results achieved so far it has worked very well though so we are interested in how this one gets on in a live trial.
Results will be updated here as we go along as usual so you can see how they are getting on.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
Please note this service is now CLOSED to new members. This may have something to do with the dip in results over the last few months but either way they are not taking on any new members at the moment.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
It’s been a little more active over the last month, with 12 bets taken which is more than average for this low volume tipster.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
It’s been a little more active over the last month, with 14 bets taken which is more than average for this low volume tipster.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
It’s been a quiet month again with just three bets so far this month but that is this tipster’s modus operandi so no need to change it if it’s working.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
The volume has increased somewhat over the last couple of months which is good to see and hopefully they can keep the profit rolling in too.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
Although in general this is a very low volume service with just a few bets per week normally, yesterday they broke that pattern and issued six tips in one day!
We are not sure if that will be repeated and we’ll see more bets going forward but it certainly was an increase on the bet volume in any event.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
It continues to be a very low volume service with just 43 bets since our trial started in October. There were just two bets in March, both of which were successful lays so you could say a “100% record!” 🙂
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
It continues to be a very low volume service with just 41 bets since our trial started in October, but results have been solid and they obviously don’t want to recommend a bet just for the sake of it, which is the correct approach to take.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
It continues to be a very low volume service, with just four bets advised since our last update. It continues to move along steadily though with a profit made so far which is the main thing.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
It’s been a fairly quiet month with only a handful of bets, but the tipster is careful to only send out selections they are sure about, which is an approach we would endorse.
Just a reminder this is a tipster that lays horses on Betfair, up to a maximum price of 8.0. Results are recorded using Betfair SP, although if you take prices earlier in the day you would have slightly different results.
Has been a very encouraging start here, with 21 of the 23 bets so far having won, which is what we like to see.
Here at Honest Betting Reviews we have scoured the market far and wide over the last seven years in search of good lay betting services.
Sadly to date we have only really uncovered one good laying service that is still going and that is Little Acorns.
In theory it sounds easy to bet on horses to lose – surely anyone can find horses that aren’t going to win today, or any other day for that matter if you consider some horses we have backed over the years.
It is actually much more difficult in practice and just like any other form of betting, it relies on finding value.
One service that looks like it may have cracked the code of laying however is The Lay Bet Tipster, which we are starting a review of today.
It has been proofing to the Betting Gods platform for six months now and in that time has made a highly creditable 74 points profit to 1 point lay bets.
That’s a more than decent total to have amassed from lay betting and it has come with a high strike rate of 84%, which means a very high proportion of winning bets.
In terms of the ROI, that currently sits at just over 8% which is pretty good considering the very high strike rate.
The monthly profits have been very stable and consistent too which is something we like to see.
Tips are provided by a chap called Darren who is an accountant-turned-full-time professional bettor.
He says he “started betting on horses part-time to gain a second income. Fast forward a few years and clearly, my accountancy skills paid off as I found a lucrative way to profit from the horses and make it my full-time income.”
Making an income from betting is no easy feat so it probably helps to have the skills and attention to detail of an accountant to make it work.
In any event, the true test will be whether he can produce the goods under live trial conditions so we’ll get our review underway today and will update results here soon so you can see how he’s getting on.
Cotswold Racing is a horse racing tipster covering UK and Irish racing, from the Tipsters Empire stable of tipping experts.
The tipster himself comes from the Cotsworlds near Cheltenham (hence the name) and grew up with horse racing.
He says he uses “a selection of databases and information sources that are helping me to find even more winners and gain even better results. The key is not to get overwhelmed with it all, find the sources that work for you and be diligent.
“When punting I tend to shy away from the obvious and am always on the look out for value, often recommending a horse that will be a lot shorter than its early price.”
That strategy appears to have set him in good stead, with very substantial profits made coming into our trial and a formidable reputation.
So how did it go in the live trial?
Well we followed the tips for a period of nine months, which gave us a decent sample size of over 540 bets.
It took things quite a while to get going and we were slightly in deficit for a fair part of the trial.
However, this was one of those instances where patience was rewarded, as the service eventually came good and got the trial into profit.
In the end they finished 36 points up at advised prices, which was a solid return.
That was achieved with a return on investment (ROI) of 6% and strike rate of 32% (including placed horses).
Here you can see how things really came good towards the end of our trial after a bit of a struggle through the middle part:
The service didn’t perform quite so well at Betfair SP however, with a loss of 31 points made at BSP for our trial.
Overall then it was a solid, if unspectacular, trial.
A profit is still a profit and is not to be sniffed at so we award Cotswold Racing a narrow PASSED rating at the end of our nine month review.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out by e-mail, either in the evening before racing or at around 9am on the morning of racing. Either way there is plenty of time to get the bets on and with around 2 bets per day on average the workload is very manageable.
Availability of prices: There was a little bit of pressure on prices as this is a popular service and it is able to identify value and the beat the SP quite frequently, so it is advisable to get your bets on as soon as possible after bets are sent out. A wide spread of bookie accounts is also recommended for following the service.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was good at 32% (including placed horses) so there was a reasonably steady rate of returns throughout the trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is recommended for following the service which seems reasonable to us and was more than enough to cope with the ups and downs during our trial.
Subscription costs: The current subscription costs at the time of writing are £45 per month, £120 per quarter, £200 for 6 months or £350 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Cotswold Racing is a horse racing tipster covering UK and Irish racing and produced a solid, if unspectacular, 36 points profit during our nine month trial.
It was a decent enough profit to warrant a narrow PASSED rating from us and given the results posted prior to our trial, it is a service to keep an eye on for the long term.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag those at advised prices, with a profit of 18 points made since our last update but 26 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Although the BSP results have struggled a little in our trial so far, as noted in previous updates it is actually the case that since the service began, the BSP results have outperformed those at advised prices, so it may just be a temporary phenomenon that they have lagged so far in our trial.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag those at advised prices, with a profit of 38 points made since our last update but 44 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Although the BSP results have struggled a little in our trial so far, as noted in previous updates it is actually the case that since the service began, the BSP results have outperformed those at advised prices, so it may just be a temporary phenomenon that they have lagged so far in our trial.
Things just can’t quite get going for horse racing tipster Cotswold Racing at the moment, with a loss of 3 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 18 points down for our trial overall at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag those at advised prices, with a loss of 11 points made since our last update and 82 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Although the BSP results have struggled a little in our trial so far, as noted in previous updates it is actually the case that since the service began, the BSP results have outperformed those at advised prices, so it may just be a temporary phenomenon that they have lagged so far in our trial.
Things continue to be a bit of a struggle for horse racing tipster Cotswold Racing at the moment, with a loss of 10 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 15 points down for our trial overall at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag those at advised prices, with a loss of 19 points made since our last update and 71 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Although the BSP results have struggled a little in our trial so far, as noted in previous updates it is actually the case that since the service began, the BSP results have outperformed those at advised prices, so it may just be a temporary phenomenon that they have lagged so far in our trial.
Things are struggling to get going for horse racing tipster Cotswold Racing at the moment, with a loss of 11 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 5 points down for our trial overall at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag those at advised prices, with a loss of 15 points made since our last update and 52 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Although the BSP results have struggled a little in our trial so far, as noted in previous updates it is actually the case that since the service began, the BSP results have outperformed those at advised prices, so it may just be a temporary phenomenon that they have lagged so far in our trial.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag those at advised prices, with a loss of 24 points made since our last update and 37 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Partly that is due to an each-way double which was advised across two weekends, with one of the legs being punted down from an advised price of 7.0 to a BSP of 2.95 (please note that the BSP price of the each-way double is estimated based on the BSP win prices).
It is also down to the fact – as mentioned before with other horse racing services – that when tipping each-way bets with extra places at the bookies, quite a few of these will finish fifth and sixth etc and produce returns with the bookmakers but be losing bets on Betfair.
The third factor is simply horses being backed and their prices at BSP being lower than the advised prices.
Although the BSP results have struggled a little in our trial so far, as noted in our previous update it is actually the case that since the service began, the BSP results have outperformed those at advised prices, so it may just be a temporary phenomenon that they have lagged a little so far in our trial.
The results at Betfair SP are lagging somewhat however, with a loss of 13 points made for our trial so far.
Partly that is due to an each-way double which was advised across two weekends, with one of the legs being punted down from an advised price of 7.0 to a BSP of 2.95 (please note that the BSP price of the each-way double is estimated based on the BSP win prices).
Anyway, we will have to see more results to see how the BSP results hold up over the long term. It is worth noting that since the service began, the BSP results have actually outperformed those at advised prices, so it may just be a temporary phenomenon that they have lagged a little so far in our trial.
We are starting a new review today of a horse racing service called Cotswold Racing.
This is a very prominent tipster from the Tipsters Empire stable who has built up a very respected reputation as one of the best tipsters out there over the last couple of years.
The tipster himself comes from the Cotsworlds near Cheltenham (hence the name) and grew up with horse racing. He says he uses “a selection of databases and information sources that are helping me to find even more winners and gain even better results. The key is not to get overwhelmed with it all, find the sources that work for you and be diligent.
“When punting I tend to shy away from the obvious and am always on the look out for value, often recommending a horse that will be a lot shorter than its early price.”
That approach appears to have served him very well, with a profit of 430 points made since starting up in 2020.
That has been achieved with a solid strike rate of 31% and a good return on investment of 15%.
What is perhaps even more impressive though is the return achieved at Betfair SP, which is even better than the results at advised prices, with 555 points profit made at a return on investment of 19%.
That means it could perhaps be the “holy grail” of horse racing – a service that is profitable to follow at BSP over the long term.
Looking at the profit graph from the last couple of years is something to behold and the kind of smooth upward progress most tipsters can only dream of:
So it’s with great anticipation that we get this trial of one of the most promising tipsters we’ve come across in some time underway. As ever, results will be updated here as we go along.
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Things continue to tick along nicely for horse racing tipster The Bet Professor, with a profit of 17 points made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 217 points up at advised prices for our trial overall.
The Betfair SP results continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 2 points profit made since our last update but 87 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So as mentioned before this is not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
The Betfair SP results also had a good month but continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 11 points profit made since our last update but 89 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So as mentioned before this is not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
The Betfair SP results also had a good month but continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 17 points profit made since our last update but 100 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So as mentioned before this is definitely not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
The Betfair SP results also had a good month but continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 14 points profit made since our last update but 117 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So as mentioned before this is definitely not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
The Betfair SP results have improved but continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 58 points profit made since our last update but 131 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So as mentioned before this is definitely not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
The Betfair SP results continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 8 points profit made since our last update but 189 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So as mentioned before this is definitely not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
Not a huge deal of change in recent times for horse racing service The Bet Professor, with a loss of 3 points made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 51 points up at advised prices for our trial overall.
The Betfair SP results continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 40 points lost since our last update and 197 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So we think it’s fair to say this is definitely not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
The Betfair SP results continue to trail well behind those at advised prices, with 35 points profit made since our last update but 159 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
So we think it’s fair to say this is definitely not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service.
A bit of a step backwards for horse racing service The Bet Professor in recent times, with a loss of 22 points made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 8 points up at advised prices for our trial overall.
It’s a very different story at Betfair SP however, as they have lost 70 points since our last update and are now 194 points down for our trial to date at BSP.
So we think it’s fair to say this is definitely not a strategy to follow at Betfair SP and bookie accounts are needed if you want to use the service!
Not much change (at advised prices at least) for horse racing service The Bet Professor over the last month, with a loss of 3 points made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 30 points up at advised prices for our trial overall.
It’s a very different story at Betfair SP however, as they have lost 67 points since our last update and are now 124 points down for our trial to date at BSP.
We want to dig in a bit more on what is happening on prices here as the differential between advised prices and BSP is quite considerable (albeit over a very large sample size), so will report back on that during our next update.
It’s a different picture at Betfair SP however, as they are actually 57 points down for our trial to date at BSP.
So it’s not looking like the service is practical to follow at BSP based on what we’ve seen so far.
It’s also worth noting that there are a large number of tips with this service – we’ve already proofed over 600! So you’re looking at around 10 bets per day which is worth bearing in mind if you’re thinking of following the service.
We are starting a new trial today of a horse racing tipster called The Bet Professor.
Based at the Punt Hub stable of tipsters, they are supposedly “hard at work solving the betting equations and know exactly how to bring you a profit.”
Looking at the results achieved to date, they look pretty good at it too!
Having been tipping for just over nine months now, they have delivered an excellent 288 points profit so far according to the results on the Punt Hub website.
That has been achieved with a return on investment of 22% and a strike rate of a little over 17%.
The Betfair SP profit, whilst not quite as impressive, is still decent at 62 points made so far.
One thing to bear in mind with this service if you are thinking of following it is there quite a lot of tips – often 10-15 per day, so it is more time-consuming to follow than some other tipsters.
If they can keep producing the same kind of profit it looks like the extra effort could be worth it however.
We actually started proofing these tips on 21st June so will record results from then. As ever results will be updated here so you can see how they are getting on.
* Just a note that the Punt Hub website is still being redeveloped which is why the info is not all complete on the page.
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A small step backwards for horse racing tipster Racing Consultants over the last month, with a loss of 4 points made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 74 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 5 points lost since our last update and 17 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices.
Hopefully they can kick on again and will be back to winning ways by the time of our next update.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 43 points profit made since our last update but 12 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 15 points profit made since our last update but 55 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices.
Hopefully they can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 13 points profit made since our last update but 69 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices.
Hopefully they can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 53 points profit made since our last update but 82 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices.
Hopefully they can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 10 points lost since our last update and 135 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices. Hopefully they can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 14 points lost since our last update and 115 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices. Hopefully they can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 39 points lost since our last update and 101 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices. Hopefully they can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 17 points lost since our last update and 62 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices. Hopefully they can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
There’s been something of a downturn recently for horse racing tipster Racing Consultants unfortunately, with 28 points lost at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 12 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices, with 33 points lost since our last update and 45 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices. Hopefully can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
The results at Betfair SP continue to lag quite a way behind the advised prices however, with 10 points profit made since our last update but 8 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices. Hopefully can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
Things have rather fallen behind at Betfair SP however, with 16 points lost since our last update. That means they are now 18 points down for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices. Hopefully can kick on now and add to those substantial gains made over the last few years.
It’s also been a better month at Betfair SP, with 19 points profit made since our last update. However, they are still 2 points down for our trial overall at BSP.
As mentioned before the selections come with detailed write-ups so you can see Rory really knows his stuff – and not just in terms of being knowledgeable about racing but turning that expertise into profit.
There’s been a slight step backwards for horse racing tipster Racing Consultants over the last month, with 18 points lost at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 12 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP have fallen a little behind those at advised prices, with 33 points lost since our last update and 23 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
Just a reminder this is a re-review of a service we originally trialed way back in 2015 when it made 135 points profit and that has made over 1,000 points profit in total at advised prices.
It’s nice to go back and see one of the old favourites still going and performing well, let’s see if it can kick on now after a tricky month.
The results at Betfair SP are slightly lagging but still in the green, with 10 points profit made for our trial so far at BSP.
Tips are normally sent out late morning/early afternoon, so the markets are well formed by that stage. They also come with detailed write-ups so you can see Rory who provides the selections has really done his homework.
One of the first services we reviewed back when launching this website was a horse racing service called Racing Consultants.
In our original review back in 2015 (see below) it made an excellent 135 points profit, earning a deserved PASSED rating.
We then updated our review back in 2017, at which point it had made 255 points profit since we began following the service.
Regular followers will know one of the most important qualities we look for in a service is longevity – the ability to produce a long-term profit over the course of many years.
That proves a service is not just a flash in the pan or had a lucky run, but has a genuine edge over the bookies. It is these time-tested services that tend to prove their worth in the long run, whilst other services fall off and disappear.
In this spirit it is noteworthy that the Racing Consultants have continued to produce impressive results after our last review update and are now a massive 1,000 points up in total and have a body of work going back over eight years.
That puts them in a very exclusive club of tipsters and always makes us sit up and take notice.
So it is high time to take another look at the service and update our original review from a few years ago.
Just a note that when we did our original review there were two tipsters – Rory Delargy and David Massey, but now it is just Rory.
That hasn’t harmed the results at all – in fact since Rory took solo charge in 2017 the results have been just as impressive, if not better.
Mr Delargy is well known in racing circles, being chief British racing correspondent for the Irish Field newspaper, and also writes a daily column for the Irish Daily Star, having previously been a regular pundit on Timeform Radio and William Hill Racing Radio.
What you get with the service is detailed write-ups and analysis of the tips so you can see the level of knowledge and insight Rory has.
Anyway, without further ado we will get this re-review underway and hopefully we haven’t jinxed things with our build-up here…
It’s worth pointing out there is currently a half-price trial for the first month, which is a decent offer given the results achieved.
Here at Honest Betting Reviews, we don’t like to just review a service for three months and then forget about it.
No, we like to keep monitoring services to see if they continue meriting the original rating we gave them.
So in that spirit, today we are updating a service we have been following for close to 20 months – theRacing Consultants.
This is a horse racing tipping service with tips provided by two industry experts, Rory Delargy and David Massey.
They originally gained an approved rating from us, notching up a very impressive 135 points of profit during the three month trial back in 2015.
It has been something of a rollercoaster ride since then though, with good profits made in the remainder of 2015 following our trial, but then a tough 2016, with a loss of 17 points made on the year.
Thankfully 2017 has started off more positively, with 60 points of profit having been made to date.
Overall then since we have been following them, theRacing Consultantshave made 255 points profit, which is a decent total.
And since the service started in June 2014, they have made 545 points profit. The yearly totals are as follows:-
2014 – 197 points profit
2015 – 305 points profit
2016 – 17 point loss
2017 to date – 60 points profit
So if you had been following them right from the start, you would have done very well.
However, we can only speak of how they have done from when we started monitoring the tips, so what is our feeling now after 20 months?
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
We believe that having made profits of over 250 points since we started following them, theRacing Consultantsare still deserving of a recommended rating.
We recognise however that many people will have found the going very tough during 2016 and to have made a loss over the course of a whole year is disappointing.
The majority of punters will have deserted them during 2016, which is understandable given that you would have to pay subscription fees on top of having lost money.
So we are downgrading them from 4.5 stars to 3.5 stars to take the rocky year of 2016 into account.
We will continue monitoring things and hopefully results will continue in the positive fashion they have started in 2017.
Normally when we hear the words “industry insiders” we make sure our wallets are firmly closed and head for the exit as quickly as possible.
It is usually the fastest way to the poor house to follow so-called “experts” who claim to have some kind of inside knowledge that will make you untold riches. The vast majority of the time it is either lies – they don’t have any special insights – or the info they do have is worse than useless.
So we have been pleasantly surprised by the achievements of two well-known racing industry professionals, Rory Delargy and David Massey, during our trial of their Racing Consultants service.
Rory commentates on William Hill Radio and Timeform Radio and is also an Irish Field Naps Correspondent.
David Massey – aka “Chutney Dave” – is also a commentator on William Hill Radio and works for Bet Racing Nation.
To be fair, their “industry insiders” tag is more to do with the fact that they work in the business and so living and breathing it every day has given them a great depth of knowledge, rather than being given any mysterious “inside info” about horses supposedly due to run well.
The hard work they put in has clearly paid off as they amassed a superb 135 points profit during our trial at advised prices and 129 points profit at Betfair SP.
Here are the results in graph format:
Profit graph for Racing Consultants
As you can see, a very dramatic jump occurred around half way through the trial, when they landed an audacious 66/1 double – whilst backing the selections as singles as well.
That gave the results a boost of about 80 points in one fell swoop. Even taking that out of the equation though, they still made over 50 points profit from all their other selections, which is none too shabby.
You will note the very close totals there between advised prices and Betfair SP, which is very encouraging. So you should be able to just about match the published results just using Betfair.
You can view a full reasoning behind the tips each day via the website and it is reassuring to see the amount of work that has gone in to producing the selections.
Looking at their performance overall, they have made just under 400 points profit since the service started in June 2014. That equates to 25 points profit per month.
Now we haven’t officially proofed the previous results prior to our three month trial, but we have been subscribers to the service since late 2014 so can testify that the published results are accurate.
They have shown a decent level of consistency too, with 12 out of 16 months being winning months.
So a definite pass rating for the Racing Consultants. Let’s have a look now at how the service breaks down.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: OK – there are on average 3.4 bets per day, so a bit of time is needed each day to put the bets on.
Availability of prices: OK – tips are normally sent out in the morning, with best bookies prices quoted. Some of those prices do get pushed in initially. But with the Betfair SP results nearly equaling the advised prices, that should not be a problem.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial might be a little low for some people’s tastes at 15%. That means there are some losing runs to cope with and patience is required if you want to follow this service.
Advised Betting Bank: The advised betting bank is 100 points which we think is just about OK. There have been a couple of 40-odd point drawdowns over the lifetime of the service, so if you wanted to be on the safe side we think a 150 point bank would be advisable.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are very fair considering the quality of results they have achieved, at £39.99 per month or £199 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Overall we have been very impressed with the results achieved by the Racing Consultants. We were perhaps a little lucky to hit them at their best time, with a double that added 80 points to the bank landed during our trial.
At the same time though, they do advise quite a few of these special bets, a number of which have been close, so were maybe due one coming in for them.
Even leaving that aside however, they still made over 50 points profit during the trial. And the fact that the Betfair SP results almost matched the advised price results means you should be able to achieve close to the published results – which is not something you can say about every service we review here.
So in summary we are delighted to find some “industry insiders” who actually know what they are doing for once and put in genuine hard work to achieve great results for their subscribers.
TheRacing Consultants have been in fantastic form since our last update, producing a superb 88 points of profit at advised prices and 96 points profit at Betfair SP.
That means their totals for the trial now stand at:
Their results were helped greatly by a magnificent double a couple of weeks ago at Catterick, where they firstly landed Di’s Gift at 5/1 and then followed it up with Llewellyn at 10/1 an hour later.
They backed not only the singles but also a double at 66/1 to give 78 points profit on the day. Awesome stuff!
That now means they have more than doubled the bank since the beginning of our trial two months ago. Highly commendable work from the lads.
We have just under a month to go on this one, but barring some kind of dramatic collapse a la the Australian batting line-up, this one looks headed for the winning systems list.
Just a reminder this is a service that advises all bets to Betfair SP, so there are no separate results at advised prices.
The highlight so far has been Sharona, a horse that won at a BSP of 60, which obviously helped things along. A few more winners like that would be very welcome!
We are starting a new trial today of a horse racing service called the Ten Pound Tipster.
The name comes from the idea that even at just £10 stakes, this tipster has reportedly made very good profits.
It is also the current cost of subscription, which is set at just £10 per month (at the time of writing). “Winning tips – cheap as chips” as they say.
The tipster started out as many punters do, following all kinds of tipsters and systems in the hope of finding riches, only to be disappointed after much-hyped services failed to deliver.
Then they started to develop their own systems, with long periods of proofing and testing.
Confident in the systems they had developed, they have been running them live since January 2022 and have now made a reported 394 points profit at Betfair SP.
That is quite a total to have amassed and certainly piqued our interest. Any service that can make a profit at BSP is worthy of attention and to have made that much profit in less than two years is quite remarkable.
Tips are sent out early in the morning and there is always the option to use bookies if you wish, which the tipster says are likely to beat the Betfair SP prices.
On average there are around 2-3 tips per day, with some days having four. All tips are one point each-way bets.
Without further ado then we will get this review under way of a refreshingly cheaply-priced tipster and keep our fingers crossed they can maintain the strong results reported on their website.
Results will be updated here as we go along as usual so you can see how they are getting on.
The tough times continue for horse racing tipster Systematic Betting unfortunately, with a loss of 34 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 58 points down for our trial overall to advised prices.
The Betfair SP results continue to outperform those at advised prices, with 38 points lost since our last update, putting them 31 points down for our trial to date at BSP.
It’s a shame to see the recent drawdown as they had really turned things around after a difficult start. Looks like they’ll have to do it all again now.
The Betfair SP results continue to outperform those at advised prices, with 11 points lost since our last update, putting them 7 points up for our trial to date at BSP.
Hopefully they can get back on track and turn things around soon.
A slight step backwards for horse racing tipster Systematic Betting over the last month, with a loss of 11 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 14 points down for our trial overall to advised prices.
The Betfair SP results continue to outperform those at advised prices, with 20 points lost since our last update, putting them 18 points up for our trial to date at BSP.
A shame to see a slight drop here after some positive form in previous months but hopefully they can get back on track over the next month.
The Betfair SP results continue to outperform those at advised prices, with 22 points profit made since our last update, putting them 38 points up for our trial to date at BSP.
It’s been really good to see this service turn things around after going over 80 points down for our trial at one stage. To now be nearly break-even at advised prices and ahead at Betfair SP is an impressive effort and testament to their perseverance.
It’s been a remarkable turnaround for horse racing tipster Systematic Betting this month, with a profit of 47 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 31 points down for our trial overall to advised prices.
It’s been an even more remarkable turnaround at Betfair SP however, with 91 points profit made since our last update, putting them 16 points up for our trial to date at BSP.
That’s quite an effort to now be in profit for our trial at BSP, which is great to see.
The turnaround this month was largely down to one fantastic winner and that came at Royal Ascot in the shape of Khaadem, who won at an advised price of 80/1 and a BSP of 140!
Congrats to them on such a great winner and we know a few members were very much celebrating that one at the Royal meeting.
It’s a similar story at Betfair SP, with 33 points lost since our last update and 75 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
This has been one of those trials that looked very promising at the start as they had some excellent results coming into the review but it just hasn’t worked out so far unfortunately.
The tough times continue unfortunately for horse racing tipster Systematic Betting, with a loss of 26 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 40 points down for our trial overall to advised prices.
It’s a similar story at Betfair SP, with 24 points lost since our last update and 42 points lost for our trial to date at BSP.
We mentioned last time about the detailed write-ups that were accompanying the tips. Earlier this month they stopped providing write-ups, saying the the percentage return in terms of ROI/strike rate from all tips submitted when a preview is submitted is much lower than when no write-ups provided, simply due to less time for research.
We would have thought the write-ups would be done after all the tips had been decided upon so this wouldn’t impact the results, but if they feel it’s reducing time for research of future tips then fair enough.
In any event it doesn’t seem to have improved results since the change was introduced so we expect it doesn’t have an impact either way. More importantly they just need to see a few more winners coming in to turn around the results!
It’s been a slightly disappointing start to our trial of horse racing tipster Systematic Betting, with a loss of 14 points made so far to advised prices.
It’s a similar story at Betfair SP, with a total of 18 points lost for our trial to date.
The tips come with very detailed write-ups so you can see that a lot of work goes into the selections. Sadly that is not producing the desired results so far but it is still early days and they are taking a couple of days off to have a deep dive into their research so hopefully that will produce an improvement going forward.
We are starting a new trial today of a service called Systematic Betting.
This is a horse racing tipster from the Betting Gods tipster platform and has been proofing there for about six months.
The selections are provided by a lady called Ellie who is a qualified statistician and has produced strong results so far from her systematic approach.
A total profit of 100 points has been made since she began proofing six months ago, with every month so far having been profitable.
That represents a doubling of the betting bank and an excellent return on investment of 30%.
With a high strike rate of 44%, the numbers look to be stacking up well for this service.
Staking is generally between 0.5 pts e/w up to 2pts, so pretty reasonable.
Tips are sent out as close to 9 in the morning (GMT) as possible, so plenty of time to get the bets on.
All in all then this looks like a promising service and we are looking forward to getting our review underway.
Results will be updated here as we go along as usual, so you can see how Ellie is getting on.
