Centaur Planet is a horse racing tipster from the BetInfo24 stable of tipsters and the service had won their tipping competition a number of times.
Coming into our trial their results looked promising, with 75 points profit made at a return on investment of 19% and a strike rate of 17%.
However, sadly this was one of those trials where everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
They ended our three month trial 57 points down, which actually meant losing the entire advised 50 point betting bank.
In these circumstances we have no choice but to award the service a FAILED rating unfortunately.
It is another example of how difficult this tipping game is and that things can go badly wrong at times despite the best of intentions.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A pretty simple service to follow with an average of around two bets per day, normally sent out late at night for the next day’s racing.
Availability of prices: There was not much of a problem in getting the advised prices and the Betfair SP results ended up pretty similar to the advised price results, with just 3 points difference between them.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 15%, which was actually only slightly below the long term average of 17%, but even so the service still struggled badly during our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 50 point betting bank is advised for following the service, which clearly was not enough and was more than wiped out. It is another example of an insufficient betting bank being advised, which we see quite often unfortunately. A 100 point bank should be advised as a minimum.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £1 for the first 7 days then £28.99/month, £69.99/quarter or £189.99/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: FAILED
For horse racing tipster Centaur Planet it was something of a nightmare trial, with 57 points lost and a complete bank wipeout.
Unsurprisingly it is therefore a FAILED rating for them on this occasion and one we will be giving a miss.
Just shows once again how hard the tipping game is and that only a select few can make it work long-term.
It’s been a tough start to our trial of Centaur Planet Racing Tips from the Bet Info 24 tipster stable, with 18 points lost so far at advised prices after one month of our trial.
After having recently started a trial of a new horse racing tipster called the VIP Service from the BetInfo24 tipster stable, we are going to take a look at another promising tipster from that stable.
This one is called Centaur Planet Racing and has been providing tips since December 2017.
The service is run by one of the leading players from their Tipping competition. They continually churn out profits month after month by backing value selections with a high level of consistency
This tipster has won BetInfo24’s tipping competition a number of times and continues to prove himself as a professional horse racing tipster and leading expert in the industry.
To date they have managed over 75 points profit at a return on investment of 19% and a strike rate of 17%. That has equated to an average payout of £354 per month, which is not a bad little extra income.
There are around 3 tips per day on average, so a pretty manageable workload.
This looks like a promising tipster and we are looking forward to see how it gets on during our trial.
So on that note, we will kick things off on a three month trial. We have actually been receiving tips for over a week so will record results from when we started receiving tips.
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The VIP Serviceis a high strike rate horse racing service focusing on backing favourites, many of them at odds-on.
It is an unusual approach to betting to back odds-on shots, but statistically it makes sense in that the favourite-longshot bias means you get better value backing at shorter odds and the value gets worse the higher the odds are.
Coming into our trial the performance of the VIP Service seemed to back that up, with a strong return on investment of over 25%.
However, unfortunately during our trial they weren’t able to achieve the same high strike-rate as previously, with the hit rate for our trial coming in at 56% versus 77% previously.
That meant they finished with a loss of 4 points at advised prices at the end of our three month trial, which isn’t the end of the world but was a little disappointing not to have made a profit.
So we feel the only fair verdict here is a NEUTRAL rating, as although they finished in deficit it was only a small one in the end.
We will keep an eye on things to see if results improve over the long term and they can back to that higher strike rate of over 75%.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A pretty simple service to follow with a low bet volume of only a few bets per week, normally sent out late at night for the next day’s racing.
Availability of prices: There was not much of a problem in getting the advised prices and the Betfair SP results ended up pretty similar to the advised price results, with just 2 points difference between them.
Strike rate: As we mentioned above, the strike rate for the trial was 56%, which is below where it needed to be to generate a profit.
Advised Betting Bank: A 10 betting bank is advised for following the service, which seemed too low to us and could be in jeopardy if they hit a losing run, so we used a 25 point bank instead.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £39.99/month, £99.99/quarter or £249.99/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
The VIP Serviceis a high strike-rate horse racing tipping service that focuses on backing favourites.
It takes a selective approach to betting but unfortunately wasn’t able to generate a profit during our trial, finishing 4 points down in the end.
Given it wasn’t far off finishing level for the trial, we are awarding this a NEUTRAL rating and it is one to keep a watching brief on for the time being.
At Betfair SP it is a similar picture, with 3 points lost since our last update and 4 points lost for the trial overall.
This is a high strike-rate service that tends to tip hot favourites (often at odds-on), which is traditionally quite a tough way to make long-term profit but it can be done so we are hopeful they will get moving in the right direction over the remainder of the trial.
It’s been a quiet start to our trial of horse racing tipster The VIP Service, as we are currently level at advised prices after one month of following the tips.
At Betfair SP it’s a very similar story, with just one point lost so far in the trial.
This is a service that focuses on strong favourites, many of which are odds-on. That is often a tough approach to generate a profit from but they seem to have managed it well based on the results published on the website.
At the end of the day it’s all about finding value, even that is at short odds. Let’s see whether we have some positive news to report on them having done that by the time of our next update.
Today we are going to take a look at the first in a series of tipsters from the BetInfo 24 tipster stable.
This is a new tipster platform we haven’t looked at yet, but it seems like they have some promising tipsters on their books.
At the moment there are six tipsters – all of them horse racing – with more on the way apparently.
The first one we are going to take a look at it is called The VIP Service and is a high strike-rate approach primarily backing favourites.
They have achieved a 77% strike rate so far, with an impressive return on investment of 25%.
When taking a look at the results you can see that most of the selections are odds-on, with the highest tending to be at the 15/8 level.
So to have achieved such a high return on investment by backing primarily odds-on shots is quite an achievement.
According to the BetInfo24 website, the service originated back in 2016 by a chap called Matt who runs the very popular TPS Ratings service. He found that his unique ratings were throwing up some very highly rated, short priced favourites that were producing an exceptional strike rate. BetInfo24 found that these VIP selections were making a good return on investment, in fact it far outweighed any bank, savings or stocks and shares accounts.
It is billed as a high staking service, with the results using £500 per bet having made over £16,000 profit to date. Although as with any service, you can use whatever stakes you please and the main thing is how main points profit they make.
And from that perspective they look to be performing very well so far.
So we are looking forward to testing this one out and have in fact been receiving selections for a week or so now so will record results from when we started receiving the tips.
Anyway, without further ado we will kick off the trial and will report back soon on how things are going.
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Back in January we completed a review of Rod’s Runners (which you can view below), a horse racing tipster who goes for big priced winners
Here at Honest Betting Reviews we like to continue following services to check that they carry on warranting passed ratings.
So having continued to monitor Rod’s Runners, we can report that it has performed excellently since our review ended too, racking up another 520 points profit.
All in all since we have been proofing the tips, Rod’s Runners has made over 740 points profit, which would be over £7,400 profit to just £10 stakes.
That includes hitting a 110/1 winner at Betfair SP just the other day, and comes on the back of a number of massive-priced winners including at 60/1 and 33/1.
As we said in our original review, this is a service you need a big bank and good nerves to follow, as they target long-odds shots so the strike rate is lower than with some other services.
But if you are comfortable with that then you could be enjoying some fantastic returns with this one.
It is looking like this could become one of the very best tipsters out there if it can continue producing these kind of results over the long term and we will be following it with interest.
Rod’s Runners is a horse racing tipster from the reputable Betting Gods platform.
We have completed a three month trial of the service and it has been a roller-coaster ride to say the least!
At one point we were 172 points down at advised prices, only for things to turn around and finish with a profit of 221 points.
You can see how topsy-turvy the trial was in the graph below:-
At Betfair SP we were actually 260 points down at one point, which would have been the entire advised bank gone!
For some people, a wild ride like that would be too much and they would not have stayed with the service, but it does show you the importance of a long-term approach to betting.
The service is very high volume, with an average of 20 bets per day, so you need to dedicate the time to placing those bets.
Overall we have awarded Rod’s Runners a PASSED rating as it did finish with a profit of 221 points which is very good, but this is a service that will not be to everyone’s tastes.
Firstly you need to have a large betting bank and a tolerance for long losing runs, as the strike rate is low at just 10%. Then as we say, you need to have time to place an average of 20 bets per day.
If you are willing to accept both of those things, then the rewards for following Rod’s Runners have been high so far and clearly he does seem to have an edge on the market in identifying value horses.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As we say it is quite a time-consuming service to follow with around 20 bets per day. Usually there is an evening e-mail with the selections for the next day, plus a morning one with further selections for that day.
Availability of prices: There is generally not too much stress on prices early on, but over the course of the day they do tend to get pushed in, so it is advisable to get your bets on as early as possible. There was a big difference between the advised prices and Betfair SP results, with the latter returning 79 points versus 221 with the former.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 10%, which is quite low and there were some long losing streaks to contend with – some 30 and 40 bet losing streaks for example.
Advised Betting Bank: A 250 point bank is advised for following the service, but we felt that was quite a bit too low given that we went 172 points down at advised prices and 260 points down at Betfair SP. We think a 400 point bank should be used when following the service.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £1 for the first 30 days then £39.95 per month, £99.95 per quarter or £479.95 for a lifetime subscription.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Rod’s Runners is one of those services that won’t be to everyone’s tastes.
You need to have a high tolerance for risk and be able to endure long losing runs and drawdowns in your bank if you want to follow the service.
At the same time, you will need the time to be able to place around 20 bets per day, which can take upwards of half an hour.
If you have these things, then the rewards can be very high, as we saw during our trial with a final total of over 220 points profit.
So ultimately it is a decision for you as to whether this is the sort of service that will suit your betting tastes, but based on the results of the trial overall we are happy to award Rod’s Runners a PASSED rating.
There are two main things to note from the progress of Rod’s Runners so far.
The first is that given the fairly horrendous results experienced by the service from the start of our trial in mid-September until the end of October, most punters would have abandoned the service at that point.
At the end of October we were over 170 points down to advised prices and over 250 points down at Betfair SP.
With a bank of 250 points advised for the service, that would actually be the entire bank gone if you were backing at Betfair SP.
So as we say, the vast majority of punters would have long left the service by that point.
However, in a remarkable turnaround, Rod has managed to recover all the losses at advised prices and is now level at advised prices.
At Betfair SP he has recovered to 106 points down.
So the second point is that any punters who did stick with Rod would have been rewarded by winning back most, if not all, of their losses.
It shows you therefore the importance of taking a long-term approach and having a big enough betting bank.
For most gamblers it would be simply too much to stomach a 150-250 point loss and that is understandable. But the more hardy ones can be rewarded sometimes as we have seen here.
In any event, it seems clear that the service is not practical to follow at Betfair SP so only those with access to multiple bookie accounts should consider this service.
Hopefully the positive run will have continued by the time of our next update.
The only small piece of good news so far is that we are doing a little better at Betfair SP than at advised prices, with 51 points lost so far.
This is a very high volume service, with over 300 bets placed so far after just three weeks, so it is easy to see how losses (and conversely profits) can stack up very quickly.
Hopefully by the time of our next update we will be able to report that it is profits rather than losses that are stacking up.
Today we are commencing a new trial of a horse racing tipster here at Honest Betting Reviews.
The service in question is called Rod’s Runners and comes from the reputable Betting Gods stable of tipsters.
Having followed horse racing since his days at university, Rod has apparently gone from amateur punter to professional gambler after spending years perfecting his craft and spends many hours each day studying the form.
We are particularly excited by this trial as the results achieved to date look pretty outstanding.
Since launching at the beginning of May, Rod’s tips have made a whopping £950 per month profit to just £10 stakes!
That is pretty incredible and although over a short period of time, is one of the highest points totals we have ever seen.
The return on investment of the tips so far is over 25% which is excellent going. The strike rate is quite low at a tad over 15%, which indicates this is a service that looks for long-odds winners.
And so the results confirm this, with plenty of winners at 20/1+
What is interesting to us about that is the possibility of good results being achievable at Betfair SP, since at long odds you tend to get better value at BSP.
Of course if the tips become really popular then this may become negated somewhat.
In any event, it is worth investigating under a live trial and to see how prices hold up, so we will kick off a three month trial of this asap.
Just a warning that it is quite a high volume service, with 5-10 bets per day, so be ready for that if you do sign up.
Anyway, should be an interesting trial either way and we are keen to get going on this. Results will be posted here periodically.
Well this is something we seem to say quite often these days, but unfortunately another tipster has given up the ghost before our review of them has even been completed.
Yes this time it is JB Racing Tips, who sent out an e-mail recently informing members that:
“I’m going to fall on my sword and surrender this service. Despite a great few months early 2018 it’s been up and down, mostly downs during summer.”
At the time they were 75 points down for September and nearly 100 points down for our trial before that, so it wasn’t that much of a surprise to be honest.
In some ways though we think it’s a shame that some tipsters don’t stick at it longer and see if they can turn things around – after all it’s the long term that matters and in the case of JB Racing Tips he may well have still finished the year well in profit.
But that is the nature of the tipping game sadly. There are so many out there willing to have a go that if you don’t succeed almost immediately out the gate then you won’t survive.
So it’s another FAILED rating unfortunately and another service to add to the defunct/no longer in operation pile…a pile that is getting quite big now!
At Betfair SP there has been something of an improvement, with a profit of 34 points made since our last update. Sadly though that still leaves them 109 points down for the trial overall at Betfair SP.
As we have mentioned before, staking is high here with an average of 5 points per bet, so that tends to inflate the results and should be borne in mind when looking at the figures.
At Betfair SP it has been even worse, with 96 points lost since our last update and 143 points lost for our trial overall.
As we mentioned during our last update, the results are exaggerated by the fact that the average stake is 5 points per bet. We don’t really know why services use staking like this (other than to inflate results) and really if your staking is generally level then why not just use 1 point each-way?
Anyway, whichever way you spin it this has been a disappointing trial so far and is in need of a turnaround in form quickly.
It’s a different story at Betfair SP however, with a loss of 47 points having been made so far.
One of the things to note about this service is that the average stake per bet is 5 points (usually 2.5pts e/w), so that exaggerates everything. At 1 point level stakes they would approximately 4 points up at advised prices and 10 points down at BSP.
Whilst obviously a much smaller gap, that is still quite a difference between the advised prices and BSP and is something we will keep an eye on going forward.
How would you fancy making £800 per month profit from following a tipster with just £10 per point stakes?
Well that is the strapline of the latest horse racing tipster we are going to take a look at here at Honest Betting Reviews.
The tipster in question is called JB Racing and they hail from the renowned Betting Godsstable of tipsters.
So just how have they managed to achieve such spectacular results?
Well, not much is given away about ole’ JB, but apparently he is an experienced pro horse racing better who has been finding winners at high odds for a number of years.
Certainly the results so far look very impressive, with over 500 points profit made in just seven months of tipping.
The return on investment looks strong too at over 25% and the strike rate isn’t too shabby either considering the service targets higher-odds selections, registering at 26%.
Even with a 200 point bank, the tips would have made your bank grow by 280% since the service started, so nearly a quadrupling.
All in all it looks like a fairly awesome service, although it must be stressed it’s still relatively early days with tips having only been provided to Betting Gods since November 2017.
As ever the proof of the pudding will be in the eating, but it’s good to see Betting Gods have uncovered another promising tipster and let’s hope they turn out to be as impressive as the likes of Master Racing Tipster and Rod’s Runners.
So will commence a trial of JB’s tips and will report back soon on how things are going.
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Trackside is a horse racing tipster from the Punthub stable of tipsters and it provides “Information straight from the side of the course.”
Whilst we are normally sceptical of such claims about people able to supposedly receive “inside info” from stables and trainers, the results coming into our trial looked promising and Punthub are a reputable platform so we were willing to give it a try and conduct a live trial.
There isn’t much detail given about how they receive information, who it’s from etc, but judging by the results of our trial it does seem to work.
After an extended six month trial to give us enough bets to judge the service properly, it amassed a very nice 59 points profit at advised prices.
That was achieved with a very healthy return on investment of 26% and a solid strike rate of 40% (including placed horses).
The profit during the trial was very smooth and steady, as you can see from the graph below:
Indeed. six of the seven months we followed the service were profitable, which is an excellent level of consistency.
It’s also a really easy service to follow with just one bet per day so will suit those who don’t have time to place numerous bets all in one go.
The results at Betfair SP were also good, with a profit of 48 points being made over the trial.
All in all then there is a lot to like about Trackside and this is a clear PASSED rating from us.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As mentioned above it is a very simple service to use with just one bet per day on average. Tips are normally sent out the morning of racing, with times varying from 9am to around noon most days. Although this doesn’t give you as much time to put the bets on compared to some other services, it does mean prices are more stable by that time so should be more achievable.
Availability of prices: As we say, with bets sent out in the morning prices are stable and generally achievable. The Betfair SP results stacked up well against the advised price results.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 40% (including placed horses), which is good for a horse racing service and meant there are a good proportion of bets giving some kind of return.
Advised Betting Bank: No betting bank is advised for following the service but we used a 100 point bank, which seemed reasonable to us given the historical performance of the service and was never in jeopardy at all during our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are reasonable at £17.50 for the first month then £35 per month or £85 per quarter.
OVERALL VERDICT:
Trackside is a horse racing service that ticks just about all the boxes you could ask for: profitable, a good strike rate and return on investment, a very high proportion of winning months, easy to follow and at an affordable cost.
We have no hesitation then in awarding it a PASSED rating after it landed 59 points profit during our trial and achieved a high level of consistency.
Maybe there is finally a service that has genuinely found useful information from the track. Either way this one looks top quality to us.
More good news is that they are also going very well at Betfair SP, with another 10 points profit made since our last update and 40 points profit made for the trial overall.
So the approach of getting inside info from contacts at the track appears to be paying dividends for this horse racing tipster.
At Betfair SP they have lost 4 points since our last update and are 30 points up overall, so pretty close to the results at advised prices which is good to see.
Although we have been following the tips for three months, we have only had 45 bets in that time and normally look for a minimum of 100 before concluding our reviews, so will continue monitoring the tips until we reach the 100 mark. That will allow us to give a fairer opinion of the service based on a larger sample size.
Horse racing tipster Trackside has been on excellent form lately, with 20 points profit added at advised prices since our last update a couple of weeks ago.
That means they are now 35 points up for the trial overall.
Well Trackside couldn’t keep up its record of winning every bet, but of course that was never going to happen anyway.
More relevantly, they have continued to generate a profit, with another 5 points profit added at advised prices since our last update, putting them on 13 points profit for the trial overall.
At Betfair SP more profits have also been added, with another 2 points profit made since our last update and 10 points profit amassed overall.
This is very selective betting, with only 12 bets placed so far after more than a month of following the tips. A selective approach like this will be to some people’s tastes, although others may prefer more betting action, it is really just a question of your own preferences.
However what really matters is always how much profit is being made and on that front it is so far so good from Trackside.
It’s been a good start to our trial of horse racing tipster Trackside, with all of the bets so far having won!
Granted it has only been just over a week, but still it is good to see a trial start off in such positive fashion. We are 8 points up so far to advised prices.
It’s been a little while since we reviewed any services from the Punt Hub tipster stable, with Classic Racing Goldbeing the last tipster of theirs we reviewed back in 2016.
Since then Punt Hub have added a number of impressive-looking services to their roster, so we thought it was about time we took a look at some of them.
First up is a service called Trackside, which gets info “straight from the horse’s mouth” as it were. In other words, it seems like they get inside information from key contacts in the horse racing industry, although there aren’t many details on the website about where this may come from.
What is more instructive is their record, which looks very good indeed.
In just over a year of tipping they have amassed over 195 points profit, at an impressive return on investment of 22%.
Staking is pretty sensible too, with a max of 4 points per bet, but an average of 2 points and a fair number of each-way bets which should help up the strike rate.
Bets are apparently sent out on the day of racing, no later than 12.30pm, probably when they have obtained info from their contacts.
We have always felt that one of surest ways to profit from horse racing would be if you could obtain reliable information from insiders. Certainly it seemed to work for professional gamblers like Patrick Veitch.
Sadly though we are yet to come across a successful service that uses inside info, but hopefully Trackside will break the mould.
As we always say, only time will tell. So we will kick off a three month trial today and will report back soon on how things are going.
In the meantime you can check out Trackside here.
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FA Racing Lays is a service which provides daily horse racing lay bets to be placed on the exchanges such as Betfair.
It comes from the reputable Football Advisor stable and came into our trial with very impressive-looking results of having made over 200 points profit since launching in 2016.
We have come across very few successful laying services over the years and in fact there is only one that has passed a trial with us and is still in existence and that is Little Acorns.
Making money from betting on horses to lose sounds like it should be easy – but in reality it’s actually much harder than most people think.
What seem like no-hopers actually end up wining all the time – thanks to luck, the opposition having off days and trainer tactics to set horses up for certain races.
Given that there are so few good laying services out there, we were hopeful that FA Racing Lays would break the mould and prove to be successful under a live trial.
Sadly though that hasn’t turned out to be the case here, with a loss of 4 points having been made over our three month trial.
There are two systems as part of the service, Lays 1 – which are lays between 4.0 and 8.0 on Betfair and Lays 2 – which are lays up to 10.0 on Betfair.
Interestingly Lays 2 performed better during our trial, making 9 points profit compared to a 13 point loss for Lays 1.
Lays 2 has been introduced more recently so perhaps is a more refined system, but it is too early to make any definitive statements on that.
Overall then with a small loss of 4 points, which represented just a 4% decline of the bank, we will award FA Racing Lays a NEUTRAL rating.
Although disappointing to have not finished with a profit, the loss was only minor and the bank is still largely intact at the end of the trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are an average of four bets per day, so the workload is a little higher here than with some other services. Tips are normally sent out the morning of racing with plenty of time to get the bets on. Selections only become bets if the odds are within specified ranges however, so you either need to monitor the prices just before the races or set up a bot to place the bets.
Availability of prices: All bets are to be placed with Betfair so there is no problem in terms of availability of prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 76%, which is a solid win rate but would need to be a little higher to generate a profit based on the results of our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100 point bank is advised for following the service, which seems reasonable to us given the historical performance of the service and during our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are quite high at £50 per month, £125 per quarter or £400 per year and results would need to be quite a bit better to justify those prices.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Making consistent profits from laying horses is a tough task and although we had hoped that FA Racing Layswould manage to crack it, in the end they finished our trial with a loss of 4 points.
Whilst that was no disaster and only represented a very small decline in the betting bank, it means a NEUTRAL rating for the service and a watching brief for now on this one.
Please note on the results spreadsheet there are two tabs, which you can access at the bottom of the sheet for the two different laying systems – Lays 1 and Lays 2.
Interestingly it is now the Lays 2 which are now doing well, with 4 points of profit made and the Lays 1 which are struggling, with a loss of 18 points for our trial – which is the opposite of how they started.
Just a note that the results are all recorded at Betfair SP anyway so no need for a separate comparison of BSP results.
Anyway, disappointing to see the recent dip in form here and let’s hope they can turn things around quickly.
Please note on the results spreadsheet there are two tabs, which you can access at the bottom of the sheet for the two different laying systems – Lays 1 and Lays 2.
To be fair to them, results are recorded at Betfair SP so it is possible you could beat the published results by taking early prices.
However, it seems fair to record results at BSP as everyone knows they can achieve that.
Anyway, hopefully the recent results are just a blip and they will be back to winning ways soon.
It’s been a good start to our trial of FA Racing Lays from Football Advisor, which is a service that provides horse racing lays to be placed on Betfair.
So far after three weeks of our trial they are 11 points up, which is good going.
Please note on the results spreadsheet there are two tabs, which you can access at the bottom of the sheet for the two different laying systems – Lays 1 and Lays 2.
So far Lays 1 are doing better, at 11 points up whilst Lays 2 are level for the trial to date.
Selections can either be laid when receive tips are received or you can wait until closer to the off when there is more liquidity in the market. But minimum and maximum odds are given for laying the selections so you are looking at odds up to 10.0 (9/1) at the max for laying.
Anyway, a good start here and we are liking the look of this one so far.
Today we are taking a look at a long standing service with a very successful record that has recently relaunched its services with a new website and new suite of betting packages.
The service in question is called Football Advisor(or FA for short) and they have been providing tips since 2014.
Originally they just provided win bets for football, but over time they have added lay bets and horse racing tips as well.
So now there are a number of different tipping services operated by Football Advisor. In summary these are:
– Football Advisor Prime (the original main football win bets)
– Football Advisor Lays (football lay bets)
– FA Racing (racing win bets)
– FA Racing Lays (racing lay bets)
– Acca Club (accumulator bets)
However, you can sign up to receive tips in a variety of different ways.
– Full Portfolio – all the services mentioned above plus some extras
– Football – all the football services
– Racing – all the racing services
– Lays – all the lay services
– Bets – all the win bets services
Since August 2017 when the complete set of services were up and running they have made over 150 points profit with a strike rate of 49%, which is strong stuff.
The results in April were particularly impressive, with the Full Portfolio making 67.1 units profit across all services, delivering 6.1% ROI and 17.9% ROC.
Our plan is to trial all the services under the FA umbrella, but doing that all at once would involve a pretty intense work load so we will be aiming to review one or two services at a time. A couple of them we have trialled before so it will be more a case of re-reviews rather than new reviews.
We will start off with have FA Racing Lays, a service which has made over 200 points profit since launching at the beginning of 2016.
It has an excellent strike rate of over 85%, which means a very high proportion of successful lays. The return on investment has averaged 5%, which is pretty good for a laying service.
Selections are laid at Betfair SP (if certain odds criteria are met), so that means it should be possible to match their results.
There are somewhat of a dearth of good laying services so we are looking forward to seeing if this one can continue to deliver the kind of results it has achieved to date.
We will launch our three month trial today then and will update results here regularly so you can check on how things are progressing.
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We had been due to do our final review of Andy Bell Racing around now but unfortunately it looks like the service has been discontinued.
It’s a shame because it had actually been doing quite well, with a profit of 69 points made for our trial.
But there you are, it joins the long list of services that are no longer active, just showing how few successful long-term systems there are out there.
So that concludes our review of Andy Bell Racing and this one can be put in the “defunct” pile sadly.
Andy has also made a further 12 points profit at Betfair SP since our last update, meaning he has made 46 points profit for the trial overall at Betfair SP.
We had been due to conclude the review now after three months but having not reached the minimum 100 bets, we will continue it until for another month or so until we reach that number.
The Betfair SP profits are currently running at about half of those at advised prices, with a further 3 points profit made since our last update and 34 points profit made for the trial overall.
So still moving along nicely this one with a solid profit made so far.
At Betfair SP it is a similar story, with 4 points lost since our last update and 31 points made overall.
Hopefully we’ll have some more positive movement to report by the time of our next update, but for the time being things still going well for this one overall.
It’s been a good start to our trial of Andy Bell Racing from the Betfan tipster stable, with 59 points profit made so far to advised prices after one month of following his tips.
Things have gone pretty well at Betfair SP too, with 35 points profit made so far.
As is often the case with Betfan services, the staking is generally 5 points per bet, so it is the equivalent of being around 12 points up to 1 point stakes at advised prices (or 7 points at Betfair SP).
Anyway, a nice start then by Andy Bell, let’s see if it continues in the same vein.
Today we are starting a new trial of a long-running horse racing service called Andy Bell Racing.
Andy is a tipster from the popular Betfan tipster stable and has been providing his tips on the platform since 2013.
In that time he has made a very commendable 800 points profit to advised prices, which works out at over 150 points profit per year on average.
Andy says that over the years he’s painstakingly built up an “A Team” of top horse racing contacts that make his success possible.
Whilst we are normally a bit sceptical of people who say they have “inside information,” Andy’s record is strong enough to suggest it may actually be valid in his case. And certainly his form lately has been good, with close to 200 points profit made over the last six months or so.
The long-term strike rate is around 33%, which is pretty decent for a horse racing service and means the losing streaks shouldn’t be overly long.
It is a good time to be starting a trial of a horse racing service with Cheltenham about to start and then the Aintree festival not too far away.
Hopefully Andy can land us some decent winners over the next few months.
Anyway, without further ado we will get the trial underway and will report back soon on how things are going.
In the meantime you can check out Andy Bell Racing here.
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The Architect is a renowned horse racing tipster from the Tipsters Empire stable and came into our trial with an impressive record of having made close to 350 points profit since starting up a couple of years ago.
The service is run by a horse racing expert called Steven Dowler and he provides detailed write-ups with all the selections which is good to see and you can tell he not only really knows his stuff but also just loves racing generally.
The trial was going very well early on as we went over 40 points up at one stage and it looked like we were heading for a big profit haul.
However, sadly things tailed off towards the end of the trial and we ended up pretty much level at advised prices, finishing just one point up in the end. You can see the progress of the trial represented in the graph below:
At Betfair SP the results were a little worse, with a loss of 21 points being made.
The strike rate was solid at 30% and the ROI was obviously level given the profit of just one point made.
So overall then with the trial finishing level it is not surprising that we are awarding Architect Tips a NEUTRAL rating.
To be fair to them, since our trial ended they have been on a good run, adding 18 points of profit over the last week.
Whilst that is positive to see, it probably wouldn’t have been enough to push this into the passed category anyway in terms of the resulting ROI and bank growth, so it’s still a watching brief for us on this one for the time being to see if results can turn consistently profitable.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are an average of four bets per day, so the workload is a little higher here than with some other services. Tips are normally sent out the evening before racing so plenty of time to get the bets on.
Availability of prices: The prices do tend to contract between the release time and the race, so it is advisable to get the bets on quickly. Based on our findings during the trial, we suspect that at Betfair SP you would make around half the profits of the advised prices, so that would be 175 points versus 350 points over the last two years for example.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 30% including placed horses, which is a solid hit rate for a horse racing service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100 point bank is advised for following the service, which seems reasonable to us given the 30% strike rate and average stake of around one point per bet. From the results history it looks like the worst drawdown the service has suffered has been around 35 points, so a 100 point bank would have been comfortable to cover those losses.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are fairly reasonable at £2.99 for the first 28 days then £34.99 per month, £87.50 per quarter, £157.50 for six months or £279.99 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
You can tell from reading the write-ups that accompany his tips that The Architect is a serious gambler and not just a hobbyist chancing his arm at tipping. He clearly knows his stuff and studies the races in great detail.
Although that approach appears to have worked well over the long run, unfortunately the service hit a bit of a quiet run during our three month trial and finished pretty much level in the end, making just one point of profit.
Unsurprisingly then it’s a NEUTRAL rating from us and a watching brief for now to see how things progress going forward to see if he can recapture his pre-trial form.
The story is a little different at Betfair SP, with just 2 points profit made since our last update and 1 point profit made for the trial overall.
So it is questionable whether the service is practical to follow at Betfair SP based on our results so far, but at advised prices things have been going very well.
We will keep an eye on how the BSP results compare over the remainder of the trial to see if that gap is maintained.
It’s been a positive start to our trial of horse racing tipster Architect Tips from the Tipsters Empire, with 5 points profit made so far at advised prices.
It’s been a while since we reviewed any tipsters from the Tipsters Empire stable of tipsters so today we are pleased to be able to start a new trial of one of their leading services, The Architect.
This is a horse racing tipster and they have been very consistent since starting up in March 2016, so just over two years ago.
In that time they have made an impressive 345 points profit, which equates to £3,450 at £10 per point stakes or £17,280 profit to £50 stakes.
On an average monthly basis, that also works out at over £140 profit per month to just £10 stakes, so we are talking about the real deal here.
Those results have been achieved with a very healthy strike rate of 33% and a solid return on investment of 11%, very respectable figures in the tipping business.
The service is provided by a chap called Steven Dowler, who has apparently had a passion for the horses since the age of just 11. He says he puts in many hours work, studying each horse with great depth, watching races back to deliver the best profitable tips around, which also includes a review on how each selection has run and fully packed write-ups on how each tip is expected to perform.
He covers both flat and national hunt racing and odds can be anything from odds-on to 40/1. Steven has managed to land some fantastic multiple bets, including a brilliant 150/1 treble back in August 2016 and a 303/1 four timer, including horses at 5/2, 6/5, 13/8 and 14/1.
The costs are £2.99 for a 28 day trial (new customers only) then £34.99/month, £87.50/quarter or £279.99/year.
So all in all this looks like a very solid service, but as ever let’s see how it gets on under the spotlight of live trial.
Without further ado then we will kick off the trial today and will report back soon on how results are coming along.
Each Way Leader is a horse racing tipster that places one point each-way bets on all their selections and came into our trial with impressive results of making £370 per month profit to £10 stakes.
We decided to follow it for an extended six month period to give a fuller picture of its long-term performance as we felt it had the potential to be a really top service.
And having followed the tips for six months, we are pleased to say that the service has lived up to our lofty expectations and delivered a very healthy 73 points of profit.
All of that, as we say, is to 1 point each-way level stakes and works out at an excellent return on investment (ROI) of 24%.
Of particular note is the high strike rate of 48% (which includes placed horses), so nearly half the bets during our trial produced a return. That tends to mean shorter losing streaks and a more comfortable service to follow than those with lower strike rates.
Plus it is super-easy to follow, with an average of just one bet per day.
As you can see from the graph below, it was pretty steady bank growth throughout the trial:
The only slight negative was the final total at Betfair SP, which came in at just 13 points profit, so quite a lot lower than the advised prices. This is perhaps not surprising because as a general rule you don’t get great value from the place part of bets on Betfair compared to the bookies. But the bottom line is you will probably need access to bookie accounts to make the most of Each Way Leader.
As long as you do have bookie accounts though there is a lot to like about this service and it looks like it could become another Betting Gods superstar alongside the likes of Master Racing Tipster and Quentin Franks Racing.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There is an average of just one bet per day, making the workload in following the tips very low indeed.
Availability of prices: The prices do tend to contract between the release time and the race, so it is advisable to get the bets on quickly. Tips are normally sent out the evening before racing, at around 5-8pm (UK time).
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 48% including placed horses, which is a very decent hit rate for a horse racing service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is advised for following the service, which is very reasonable and is one of the few occasions when we think it may actually be a little on the conservative side given the strike rate and staking and you could even go with a 100 point bank. However, a 150 point bank is certainly sensible and we are glad to see this given how often tipsters seem to recommend banks that are too small and overly risky.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are very reasonable at £1 for the first 10 days then £30 per month, £60 per quarter of £180 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
There is a great deal to admire about horse racing tipster Each Way Leader– an impressive profit level of 73 points made during our trial, a high strike rate, very good return on investment and simple level staking of one point each-way on every selection.
Add that to the fact it is extremely easy to follow with just one bet per day and you have the makings of a really top quality service.
We believe this could go on to become one of the best tipsters out there if it can continue producing the kind of results achieved during our six month trial.
So its a firm thumbs up from us and well worth adding to the portfolio based on its performance to date.
At Betfair SP they have also made a profit since our last update, with 8 points profit being made.
However, for our trial overall at Betfair SP they are 1 point down, so over 50 points behind the results at advised prices, which is obviously quite a big difference.
On the whole though this is a very promising service if you have access to bookmaker accounts and is super-easy to follow.
At Betfair SP the story isn’t quite as positive, with 14 points lost since our last update, putting the BSP total for the trial so far at minus 9 points.
This trial started off very strongly so we are hoping they can turn things around and get back to winning ways very shortly.
There has been a small retraction for horse racing tipster Each Way Leader since our last update a month ago, with 12 points lost in that time at advised prices.
That means they are now 37 points up for the trial overall at advised prices.
At Betfair SP they have also experienced a decline, with 15 points lost since our last update, putting them 5 points up at BSP for the trial overall.
We have decided to extend this to a six month trial from the original 3 months we planned. We do think it has a lot of promise, with 37 points profit being made at advised prices but want to see whether the profitability can be maintained over the longer term. We also want to see how the Betfair SP holds up in the long run and if it’s practical to follow at BSP.
So will continue to update results here regularly for the next 3 months before wrapping up our review.
At Betfair SP things are lagging somewhat, with another 8 points profit made since our last update and 20 points profit made overall. Although that is less than half the profits made at advised prices, it is still a good return to have made to 1 point each way stakes.
Anyway, let’s hope they can continue delivering the steady profits going forward.
At Betfair SP we are also in profit but not quite as much, with 8 points profit made since our last update and 12 points profit made overall.
There haven’t been too many bets lately with the snow here in the UK, but with the weather looking better and Cheltenham next week there should be plenty of action to look forward to.
At Betfair SP they are also in profit but not quite as much, with 14 points profit made so far.
As we said in our introduction, this is a very simple service to follow, with just 1-2 bets per day, all stakes one point each-way and a good strike rate.
All looking good so far then for the Each Way Leader, long may it continue.
Just a few days after starting a trial of a promising each-way horse racing tipster in the form of Each Way Value Tips, we are now commencing another trial of an each-way specialist with excellent published results.
Today’s trialist is called the Each Way Leader and comes from the Betting Gods tipster platform.
Its results to date look very impressive, with an average of £370 profit per month to just £10 stakes.
The return on investment is a superb 43% and the strike rate is solid too at over 35%.
The service is run by a guy called Jim who has apparently found an edge by picking often-overlooked underdogs at big odds.
One of the positive aspects to backing each-way is that it lifts the number of bets you get a return on, reducing losing streaks and meaning you don’t need as big a bank compared to if you were just backing to win on the same horses.
It is also easier psychologically because you are getting a return on your bets more regularly. There is nothing more soul-destroying in betting than long losing streaks that last weeks.
Some say the bookies are also more amenable to each-way bets (unless you are exploiting them in races with a very strong favourite), although we find it is very difficult to really know what goes on inside the bookies’ heads.
Whatever the truth though, Each Way Leader looks like a very strong service based on the results achieved to date and could be a real find if it can carry on in the same vein.
As with all Betting Gods services, you can get a trial to test out the service for just £1.
Staking is very sensible with simple 1 point each-way stakes on each selection, so this is ticking pretty much all of our boxes.
Anyway, we mustn’t get into the trap of building something up too much and risk setting it up for a huge fall.
Let’s just kick off the trial and see how it gets on.
Results will be updated here as usual and hopefully we’ll have good news to report by the time of our first update.
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Top Rated Runners is a horse racing service run by a guy called Mike who apparently has 12 years experience as a horse racing punter and uses his expertise and knowledge gained over the years to make his own ratings for the horses.
He then sends out selections in the evening before racing identifying those runners he believes represent the best value based on his ratings.
Those ratings seemed to work pretty nicely during our six-month trial, with a tidy of profit of 49 points being made.
That came with a solid strike rate of 27% and a decent return on investment of 12%, so all in all it was a very respectable trial.
It was pretty steady profit growth during the trial, as you can see from the graph below:
Five of the six months of our trial were profitable, so a commendable level of consistency and there was also a good profit made at Betfair SP, with 32 points being made.
Overall then there is a lot to like about Top Rated Runnersand it is well worthy of a PASSED rating from us.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are an average of just two bets per day, usually sent out the evening before racing so a very easy service to follow.
Availability of prices: We didn’t experience too many problems achieving the advised prices and the BSP results held up well against the results at advised prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 27%, which was very close to the long-term average of 28%.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100 point bank is advised for following the service, which seems reasonable to us given the strike rate and most bets being to 1 point stakes.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are very reasonable at £1 for the first 10 days then £25 per month, £50 per quarter or £150 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
It’s been a very good trial for Top Rated Runners and their ratings certainly seem to work very well, with just under 50 points profit being made.
With five profitable months out of six and just two bets per day, there is a lot to like about the service and it is well worth considering adding this to your portfolio.
Sadly the period of the Betfair SP results being ahead of the advised prices didn’t last, with the BSP results losing 11 points since our last update, meaning they are now 43 points up for the trial overall.
That’s still very good though for the BSP results to be just 8 points less than the advised prices and the trial overall is going very well.
Unusually they are actually doing better at Betfair SP, with another 15 points profit added since our last update and 54 points made for the trial overall.
We are liking what we are seeing with this service, good steady profits so far.
At Betfair SP the results have held up very well too, with another 13 points profit added since our last update and 39 points profit made for the trial overall.
We have decided to turn this into a six month trial as it is looking very promising indeed on all fronts – profit, return on investment and strike rate – so we want to test it over a longer period to be sure this is the real deal.
But certainly so far after just under three months it is looking like it is.
The Betfair SP results have been holding up pretty well too, with two points profit also made since our last update and 26 points profit made for the trial overall.
With the staking virtually all to 1 point per bet and a good strike rate, there is a lot to like about this service.
Hopefully the good form will continue through Cheltenham next week and beyond.
The good start to our trial of horse racing tipster Top Rated Runnershas continued, with another 8 points profit added at advised prices since our last update .
That means we are now 32 points in profit for the trial overall at advised prices.
For our first horse racing trial of 2018 we are going to turn to Betting Gods and their new kid on the block, Top Rated Runners.
The service is run by a guy called Mike who apparently has 12 years experience as a horse racing punter and uses his experience and knowledge gained over the years to make his own ratings for the horses.
He then sends out selections in the evening before racing identifying those runners he believes represent the best value based on his ratings.
Sounds straightforward enough, but will it work in practice?
Well the evidence is that it is working very nicely so far, with over 150 points profit made since the service launched in July 2017.
The return on investment to date is over 30%, which is very strong indeed and ranks Top Rated Runners up there with the best of the Betting Gods tipsters.
The strike rate is also up close to 30%, so a reasonably high level and should be enough to mean we can comfortably work with a 100pt bank when following the service.
Staking seems manageable too, with stakes between 0.5 and 3 points and the average stake of 1.5pts.
All those stats have added up to a very handy £260 profit per month to £10 stakes so far in just over six months, which is no mean going.
As we always say though, it will be a question of whether this can be maintained under the spotlight of a live trial and in the long term.
There is only one way to find out of course, so today we will start a three month trial of Top Rated Runners and will report back soon on how things are progressing.
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