Welcome to the Premium Horseracing Service.  On this page are details of what the Premium service is, proofed results to date, how it works and how to join.

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 What the Premium Horseracing service is.

The service consists of tips in UK horseracing.  Both back and lay tips are generated.  These are all generated by myself using extensive analysis of form.   

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How Successful are the Tips ??

My tips are proofed in advance of the race to Racing Index.  Previous results can be seen by clicking on the links below, and looking for Sports Winning in both the back and lay sections

I am the top ranked in the one month back ranking (out of dozens of tipsters on the list), and well ranked in the lay rankings

Current summary of recent results (to 20-11-09) 

                                        Selections          Strike Rate (%)         BSP Profit          POT (%)      ESP

Laying  (1 month)            29                          89.7                        5.17                     17.8             310

Laying (3 months)           57                          82.5                        5.43                       9.5             360

Laying (6 months)         107                          79.4                        9.23                       8.6             688    

Laying (12 months)       235                          77.9                      13.78                       5.9             738

Backing (1 month)         45                           37.8                        43.0                   95.64             224

Backing (3 months)     124                           21.8                        32.4                     26.2             215

 In this table the following definitions apply

Strike Rate - % of successful selections

BSP - Profit to one point at Betfair starting price

POT - Profit on turnover as a % of stakes (based on Betfair SP)

ESP - Profit to advised stakes in £.  In other words consistent profits over 12 months, not bad for a service costing £25/month .

All profit figures assume 5% commission paid on Betfair

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How it Works and How to Join

 All tips are sent out by e-mail, well in advance of the days racing, normally this will be before 0700 (UK time) on a weekday, and before 1100 (UK time) at weekends.  The e-mail will contain direct, unequivocal advice, with the time of the race, name of the horse, advised stake, and whether to back or lay the horse.  Sometimes a recommended bookmaker will be included.  There is usually at least one tip per day, but on rare occasions when there is no tip this will also be advised by the stated times.

A free 5 day trial is available for new subscribers, after which you may cancel at no cost to yourself

To join simply click the one of the Subscribe buttons below, this will set up a subscription for you via PayPal, in whatever currency you wish to use, at an equivalent of £25 per month for all selections or £15 per month for just back or lay selections..  The subscription will renew after 30/31 days, although you can cancel at any time if you wish to.

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Premium Bets

1          How does the 5 day free trial work?

When you sign up for the free trial a PayPal subscription is created but no money is charged to your account.  You will start receiving all the selections as sent to all subscribers and proofed to Racing Index.   After 5 days you will  be contacted by PayPal and have the option to either cancel the subscription (at no cost to yourself), or pay £25 to continue the subscription. 

After that you will be presented with the same options every month, either continue or cancel the subscription. 

2          How are the Stakes Determined?

The advised stakes are what I actually place as bets myself.  I operate a number of different selection methods, and each one has its own staking plan.  In general, on each day a method is successful the stakes are increased the following day, and each day a method loses money the stakes are reduced the following day.  For most of my methods I am aiming for a fixed profit per bet each day, so for a backing system the shorter the price the bigger the stake, which I calculate with a spreadsheet.

3          What are the BoG bookies that are mentioned in the e-mails?

BoG means Best Odds Guaranteed, and what this means is that if you take an early price, and the starting price is higher you get paid at the starting price.  I place all my back bets with one of these bookies.  I cannot emphasise strongly enough how important this is.  One recent genuine example tells you why.  I advised a bet of approx £12 to win on Con Artist at decimal odds of 3.5 at 1030am.  The horse won at an SP of 7/1 (8.0 in decimals), so if I had not used a BoG bookie I would have been £54 worse off.  This sort of thing happens nearly every day.   

Of course often you take an early price and the SP is lower, but you still get paid out at your early price.  So by using a BoG bookie you have the best of both worlds.  What this means overall is that my actual profit is better than that quoted at Racing Index as I always either get SP or more, and Racing Index quotes all returns at SP. 

I have accounts with about 6 of the BoG bookies, and use OddsChecker to find the one with the best price to place my bet.  Unfortunately they don’t start pricing up a days’ racing until about 1030, so when my e-mails are sent out I can only use Betfair prices to calculate stakes.  I know some subscribers need to have their e-mails before they go to work so that’s why it’s sent before 0700 on week-days.  I personally put my bets on at about 1100 using best prices at that time.  On Saturday’s and Sunday’s when I send the e-mails out later you can see how this works.

 All the BoG bookies give free bets when you open an account so you really cannot lose out by having accounts with all of them.   

More information on different bookmakers 

4          Is it possible to receive just the Back Bets? 

A number of customers are not comfortable with Lay Bets, and would prefer to just place Back Bets.   As a result I am going to set up the option to receive either back or lay bets only, or both for a reduced subscription. 

One thing I would add is that I suspect quite a lot of Betfair customers never place a lay bet, but it really is quite easy to do, and is not really any different to having a back bet.  In fact in a two horse race (or a tennis match) there is no difference at all between a back bet and a lay bet other than the mechanics of placing the bet. 

5          Why does the number of bets each day vary so much? 

There are a few reasons for this.  Firstly, the total number of race meetings varies quite a lot, there can be as few as 2 or as many as 10 or so on Bank Holidays.  Secondly some of my selection methods are specific to certain forms of racing, ie flat, jumps or AW, and the number of these varies during the year.  Thirdly, some of my methods depend on certain features of specific types of race, and there may be no suitable races on a particular day.  

There will be very few days with no bets (probably less than 1 a month).  If I can get onto the Betfair website I even continue sending selections out when I’m on holiday, and I do actually try to go somewhere where I can do this, but there may be times when I cannot and this will be advised at the time.