Advice

Will Tips Work For You

Today I want to write about something that I hope will make the difference to your profits if you have ever considered using a tipster. If you are a regular visitor to my blog then you will know that if you are going to try a tipster you need to research them carefully and then give them at least three…

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All About Jockey Series – Paul Hannagan

Guest post written by The Jag Note From The Editor I am delighted to annouce a new guest blogger today – the Jag who runs the horse racing tips site www.the-jag.com. This guy is an ex-bookie and knows his horses. Enjoy! [divider_bar][/divider_bar] I want to say a big thanks to Michael for allowing me to guest write on his blog. My…

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Stop Looking At Profits

Focusing on how much profit is made by a service, system or your own selections is a mistake that a lot of new punters make. Luckily it is one that is easily rectified! This may sound a bit contrary but bear with me. I haven’t gone insane, of course we all want to know how much profit we can make…

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Stop Looking For The Golden Goose

If there is one thing that prevents the majority of punters from making a profit from their betting it is the belief that there must be something that they are not being told. Somebody has found the golden goose and doesn’t want to share it. This myth is further perpetuated by the sales pages of scammers who show big pictures…

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Grand National Preview

It is that day of the year where we tackle with the form books to try and work out who is going to win this race with 44 runners! There are plenty of people using trends for the Grand National and so I thought I would do it slightly differently. First of all we are going to remove the non-runners…

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Stop Looking For Winners If You Want To Make Profits

If you have looked at the title and thought that I am going mad then bear with me. I promise that if you read through this post then the way you analyse races is going to completely change. Not only that but if you implement what you learn then your profits are going to soar. One of the most difficult…

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How Much Can You Make From Betting

Whenever you tell someone that you bet on horse racing for a living, the first thing they say is “Really?” followed by “How much can you make from betting?”. This is a question that also haunts those who are working towards making profits from their betting but haven’t got there yet. Tipsters are also often asked this question by their…

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Side Market Bets – Why You Should Consider Them

When you are looking at betting, most people consider finding the winner to be the most important bet. Of course, in some ways it is, but actually there is a lot more profit to be made in the side markets. Side market bets are the smaller markets that allow you to bet in slightly different ways. The biggest example is…

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The Kelly Criterion Explained

The Kelly Criterion is a method of staking that is used by some of the biggest betting teams in the world. It is designed to grow your bankroll at the optimum rate. In other words, using this staking you should not be possible to grow your bankroll any faster! In reality it is not quite this simple and there are…

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Cheltenham Gold Cup 2012

It is the last day of the Cheltenham Festival. On the blog we have been analysing the major race each day and it has been a good year for the Race Advisor. I hope that we can finish the festival with some good profits in the biggest race of the festival, the Gold Cup! There are 15 runners taking part…

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Can Big Bucks Do It

The big discussion today is whether Big Bucks can win this race! So far we have managed to find a profit every single day of the festival, let’s hope that we can do it again today. As always we want to narrow down the field to begin with and I am going to be using all the features available to…

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Queen Mother Champion Chase 2012 Review

With the major race today having eight runners we are in a position to be able to take a bit longer looking at all the potential contenders for our bet. Yesterday we managed to find the winner of the major race and made a nice profit, hopefully we can do the same today! I am going to start the analysis…

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Cheltenham Festival – Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy

Every day during Cheltenham I am going to be doing an analysis of the biggest race of the day. As we all know, picking the winner in these high class events is very difficult due to the overall standard of runners, but we are going to do our best to make you a profit during the festival. The first step…

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Using Different Ratings Is Good!

Following on from last weeks article, I thought we could continue down the path of ratings. Specifically why we shouldn’t use the same rating in all races! It is very easy to get used to using just a single rating for all the races that you look at. In fact, the way the major online racing sites such as the…

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Sandown Reviewed

Today there is a lot of poor racing but I thought, since there were so many races taking place, that I would do a review of all the races at Sandown. That being said, I am going to be using the RA members features to do the analysis and will jump straight in with the 2.20! 2.20 – Annington Amateur…

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Why Top Rated Is Not Necessarily Best

It is human nature to think that the top rated is the best. Usually the top rated is the largest numerical figure. In horse racing different horses may be top rated in different factors. This would indicate that different horses have strengths in different areas, a logical assumption. However as soon as you begin to look at ratings from a…

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Using Recent Form To Select Bets

Guest post written by Ricky Dowling Using the long term stats and history of a team is a great way of selecting bets, it provides insight into a teams abilities, strengths and weaknesses over time within a given tournament.  This approach can however be a time consuming task and many people like to go with their gut instinct, using their…

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Winning Races Or Winning Bets, Which Is Important?

More often than not you will find punters discussing how many winning bets they have found. Sales pages for betting systems state how many winning bets their systems or selections have found. But if you talk to professionals they almost never talk about winning bets! Could this be coincidence? Or because pro bettors are no longer in how many winning…

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Betting Less Than £2 On Betfair

Sometimes when you are testing selections either from a tipster or from your own system you may want to test them on very low stakes before increasing your bankroll and betting bigger. The minimum bet on Betfair is £2 which is not always low enough. However it is possible to bet below £2 on Betfair and I am going to…

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