Horse racing tips from two genuine professional gamblers with a proven track record.

The core of the flat turf services operate from May 1st until around September 21st and for the Winter all weather around 21st November until around 15th March. Outside of these timescales is when I am taking a break, recharging the batteries and preparing for the next season, this is when Tim usually takes over sending any messages. There will be a significant drop in volume outside of these 'core' periods and Tim will normally email the night before if there is to be a main account message the next morning.

ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU PUT YOUR BETTING ON A MORE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL?

Whats our ‘key’ to consistent profits? The answer really is very simple, VALUE. You can only win at this game in the long term if your horses odds are greater than their true chance of winning. We wouldn’t take 10/11 about the toss of a coin being heads, the same as we wouldn’t take 7/1 about a horse we feel has a 10% chance of winning (9/1). Finding value isn’t easy mind you, it takes a lot of hard work.

If we are interested in a particular horse in a race, in most cases we would have to come up with a price of every single runner in that race and make our ‘book’ to 100% (ie no over-round or bookmakers profit built in).

Lets say that we calculate the true chances of our horse winning at 20% (4/1). Now we need to add on our profit margin of at least 25% to ensure that we are getting value, using 25% allows us some scope for error - this brings the minimum price we require to 5/1, if we can get 5/1 or better then it’s a bet, if not, we'll leave it well alone and wait for the next opportunity.

BETTING BANK

For the Main service selections we are advising stakes from £125 to £250 from a £12,000 betting bank - you will obviously need to adjust your stakes pro rata according to your bank. For the 'turnover' service we are advising stakes either £50, £70 or £90 from a £6,000 betting bank, again, a pro rata adjustment is required. Make sure that any increase in stakes is done gradually, erratic and emotional betting will cost you in the long term. It's important to bet within your 'comfort zone' and in proportion to your betting bank. We would however recommend that you follow our advised staking, it is designed to show maximum return while giving as smooth a ride as possible.

TARGETS & TURNOVER

For the main account the target is 25% return on investment from around 200 bets.The overall return on investment since 2003 is averaging out at around 29%. The new turnover service i'd hope for at least 350 bets (could be double that) and a similar target roi is attainable.

Below are a few Q & A’s that might be helpful to you. If you have any other questions, pop it in an email and we'll get straight back to you.

WHAT IS THE ANNUAL PROFIT TARGET ?
The annual profit target is a 25% return on investment from a minimum of 200 bets on the main service and a minimum of 350 bets on the turnover service.

HOW MANY BETS CAN I EXPECT ON AVERAGE ?
You can expect somewhere between 10 and 40 bets per month on the main service and between 20 and 100 on the turnover service, the busiest times are during the height of the flat season in June, July and August.

WHAT STAKING DO YOU RECOMMEND?
See betting bank above.

WHAT BOOKMAKERS ACCOUNTS SHOULD I HAVE?
Open as many accounts as you can handle. You should at least have accounts with the ‘big 3’ and most of the others on www.oddschecker.co.uk

WHAT SORT OF RETURNS CAN I MAKE FROM BETTING ON THE EXCHANGES?
You won't get anywhere near the advised bookmaker prices on the exchanges because liquidity is very thin in the morning and early afternoon markets and returns will be significantly less, it is not advisable to join if you only play on the exchanges.

HOW AND WHEN DO I RECEIVE THE SELECTIONS ?
On the Main service bets are sent out via email and/or free text message to your mobile phone. Advices are sent out within 5 minutes either side of the stated message time. The morning message is between 10:00am and 10:25am, there is usually an update in the early afternoon (time is advised in the morning email) .

On the turnover service bets are sent out anytime from 9.30am until 12.30pm - again by emails and free texts if required.

I DON'T LIVE IN THE U.K. – CAN I STILL BECOME A MEMBER?
Certainly, Equine Investments have members all over the World. PAYPAL will convert most currencies.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HIT A LOSING RUN?
Don’t panic ! losing runs are part and parcel of gambling and happen to everyone. You just need to learn to deal with them by not chasing your losses and becoming impatient. We try our best to keep losing runs to a minimum but they never affect our judgement on deciding the next betting proposition.

HOW CAN I JOIN?
Simply email us to see if we have any vacancies as sometimes we have to shut up shop to protect prices for existing members.