Hello again, Debbie here with the fifth and final report on my trial of Big Race Bookie Busters….
And it’s been a yoyo trial and no mistake!
Month #1 and month #3 were fantastic.
Month 2 and month #4 were anything but.
Frankly, I had no idea what to expect next… but it was obvious from the tipping frequency that we would reach our 200 bet finishing line in month #5.
So… did we finish with another leap upwards, or was there another anti-climax looming?
Sadly, we finished with a truly hopeless final period.
We did appallingly badly at the bookies. And even worse at Betfair SP.
This must be two of the worst weeks’ results in the history of Lucy’s site!
| Date | Race | Tip | Total Staked | Res. | Fractional Price | Odds | Profit | Bank Balance | |
| b/forward totals | £2,311.85 | ||||||||
| 21/08 | York 1.55 | Chancery 1 point each-way @ 7/1 | £20 | Placed | 8 | 7.5 | £2,319.35 | ||
| York 2.30 | Trip To Paris 1 point each-way @ 11/2 | £20 | 6.5 | -£20 | £2,299.35 | ||||
| York 3.40 | Goldream 1 point each-way @ 16/1 | £20 | 17 | -£20 | £2,279.35 | ||||
| 22/08 | Chester 1.50 | Kimberella 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £40 | 7 | -£40 | £2,239.35 | |||
| Chester 2.55 | Quick Jack 2 points each-way @ 7/1 | £40 | 8 | -£40 | £2,199.35 | ||||
| York 3.45 | Quick Jack 2 points each-way @ 7/1 | £40 | 8 | -£40 | £2,159.35 | ||||
| 23/08 | Deauville 3.10 | Ribbons 4 points win @ 4/1 | £40 | 5 | -£40 | £2,119.35 | |||
| 24/08 | Carlisle 6.40 | Cadeaux Pearl 1 point each-way @ 11/2 | £20 | Placed | 6.5 | £1 | £2,120.35 | ||
| 25/08 | Fontwell 5.20 | Mile House 2 points win @ 7/4 | £20 | 2.75 | -£20 | £2,100.35 | |||
| 26/08 | Catterick 5.15 | Even Stevens 3 points each-way @ 11/1 | £60 | 12 | -£60 | £2,040.35 | |||
| 28/08 | Thirsk 3.25 | Barkston Ash 1point each-way @20/1 | £20 | 21 | -£20 | £2,020.35 | |||
| 29/08 | Goodwood 2.35 | Enlace 2 points each-way @ 12/1 | £40 | 13 | -£40 | £1,980.35 | |||
| 30/08 | 4.20 Curragh | 1.5 points Bocca Baciata to beat Devonshire @ 14.96 | £15 | 14.96 | -£15 | £1,965.35 | |||
| 1.5 points Devonshire to beat Bocca Baciata @ 17.06 | £15 | 17.06 | -£15 | £1,950.35 | |||||
| 31/08 | Epsom 3.05 | Duke of Firenze 2 points each-way @ 14/1 | £40 | 15 | -£40 | £1,910.35 | |||
| 02/09 | Bath 3.50 | Silver Wings 1 point each-way @ 6/1 | £20 | 7 | -£20 | £1,890.35 | |||
| 03/09 | Haydock 4.40 | Salieris Mass 1 point each-way @ 9/2 | £20 | 5.5 | -£20 | £1,870.35 | |||
| Chelmsford 8.45 | Lady Atlas 1 point each-way @ 4/1 | £20 | 5 | -£20 | £1,850.35 | ||||
| 0.5 points each-way double Salieris Mass @ 9/2 and Lady Atlas @ 7/2 | £10 | -£10 | £1,840.35 | ||||||
| 04/09 | Haydock 3.00 | Compton Park 2 points each-way @ 10/1 | £40 | 11 | -£40 | £1,800.35 | |||
| 05/09 | Haydock 2.00 | Sovereign Debt 1 point each-way @ 13/2 | £20 | Placed | 7.5 | £6.25 | £1,806.60 | ||
| Haydock 2.35 | Blue Wave 1 point each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | 11 | -£20 | £1,786.60 | ||||
| Haydock 3.45 | Adaay 1 point each-way @ 7/1 | £20 | 8 | -£20 | £1,766.60 | ||||
| Tiggy Wiggy 1 point each-way @ 25/1 | £20 | 26 | -£20 | £1,746.60 |
I can’t over-emphasise how bad the last fortnight has been. It’s even been poor enough to take our previously profitable trial into the red at Betfair SP.
At the bookies however, we finished with a decent profit overall, as we have banked a lot of good returns previously.
| This period | Overall | |||
| Advised Prices | BSP | Advised Prices | BSP | |
| profit | -565.25 | -582.64 | 746.6 | -230.65 |
| no. of bets | 24 | 24 | 202 | 202 |
| winning bets | 2 | 1 | 56 | 51 |
| strike rate | 8.3% | 4.2% | 27.7% | 25.2% |
| bank growth | -56.5% | -58.3% | 74.7% | -23.1% |
| ROI | 13.0% | -4.0% |
You can download the complete results log for the trial by clicking here.
Summary
What are we to make of such an up and down trial?
Well, I think we can confidently say BRBB isn’t a service you should be using at Betfair SP! That way disaster lies.
But the product claims to be a bookie buster – and, given that we’ve grown our bank by over 70% at bookie prices, I think we have to conclude, in fairness, that it’s lived up to its name.
So for me, it’s a narrow Pass overall. But you have to recognise Big Race Bookie Busters is always going to be a rocky ride. So… you must take a long-term view with it.
BRBB is a punter’s product. If you like going for your bets and challenging the bookies head on, I’d say go for it. But if you’re a cautious sort, it probably is not for you.
You can read more about Big Race Bookie Busters here.
Debbie
Update: 23rd August 2015
Hello again, Debbie here with my fourth and (almost certainly) penultimate report on Big Race Bookie Busters.
It’s been a thrilling trial with some great highlights.
We’ve previously had a great first month, a disappointing month 2, and a terrific month #3.
So it was hard to predict what would happen next!
I naturally was hoping for another positive month… read on to see if I got one!
It’s been a bit of a flat month compared to last time, but we’re still miles ahead.
We did reasonably well at the bookies, but struggled at Betfair SP.
Still, we’re well in profit overall, so I’m still content with progress.
| this month | overall | |||
| advised prices | BSP | advised prices | BSP | |
| profit | 98.72 | -131.76 | 1,311.85 | 351.99 |
| no. of bets | 45 | 45 | 178 | 178 |
| winning bets | 14 | 12 | 54 | 50 |
| strike rate | 31.1% | 26.7% | 30.3% | 28.1% |
| bank growth | 9.9% | -13.2% | 131.2% | 35.2% |
| ROI | 25.6% | 6.9% |
The complete results log for the month looks like this:
| Bank | £1,000 | Betfair SP Betting | |||||||||||
| Date | Race | Tip | Total Staked | Res. | Odds | Profit | Win BSP | Win Profit | Place BSP | Place Profit | overall profit | ||
| 20/07 | Cartmel 4.25 | Solway Bay 2 points each-way @ 5/1 | £40 | 6 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 25/07 | York 2.20 | Alejandro 3 points each-way @ 5/1 | £60 | 6 | -£60 | -£30.00 | -£30.00 | -£60.00 | |||||
| 28/07 | Goodwood 2.00 | Zand 1 point each-way @ 11/1 | £20 | 12 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Sennockian Star 1 point each-way @ 11/1 | £20 | 12 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| Goodwood 2.35 | Twin Sails 1 point each-way @ 11/1 | £20 | 12 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| Goodwood 4.20 | Top Boy 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | 13 | £20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 29/07 | Goodwood 2.00 | Boite 1 point each-way @ 20/1 | £20 | 21 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Goodwood 3.10 | Forecast: 2 points Solow to beat Arod. | £20 | 1st | 5 | £80 | 5 | £76.00 | £76.00 | |||||
| Goodwood 4.20 | Silent Dreamer 1 point each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | 11 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 30/07 | Goodwood 2.00 | Awesome Power 1 point each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | 11 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Goodwood 3.10 | Trip To Paris 2 points win @ 4/1 | £20 | 5 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||
| Galway 4.45 | Quick Jack 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £40 | 1st | 7 | £150 | 7.2 | £117.80 | 2.5 | £28.50 | £146.30 | |||
| 31/07 | Goodwood 3.45 | Cotai Glory 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £40 | 7 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 01/08 | Goodwood 2.00 | Barnet Fair 1 point each-way @ 16/1 | £20 | Placed | 17 | £30 | -£10.00 | 6.03 | £47.79 | £37.79 | |||
| Goodwood 2.35 | River Dart 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | 13 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| Goodwood 3.10 | Lady of Dubai 2 points each-way @ 7/1 | £40 | 8 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| 02/08 | Chester 3.15 | Musical Comedy 1 point each-way @ 9/1 | £20 | 10 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Galway 3.20 | Baraweez 1 point each-way @ 4/1 | £20 | 1st | 5 | £50 | 2.85 | £17.58 | 1.54 | £5.13 | £22.71 | |||
| Galway 4.30 | Bally Longford 1 point each-way @ 16/1 | £20 | 1st | 17 | £200 | 9.7 | £82.65 | 2.86 | £17.67 | £100.32 | |||
| 03/08 | Cork 4.35 | Stay With It 1 point each-way @ 14/1 | £20 | Placed | 15 | £25 | -£10.00 | 2.36 | £12.92 | £2.92 | |||
| 04/08 | Ripon 7.35 | Blithe Spirit 1.5 points each-way @ 7/1 | £30 | 8 | -£30 | -£15.00 | -£15.00 | -£30.00 | |||||
| 05/08 | Pontefract 4.10 | Noodles Blue Boy 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | 13 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 06/08 | Leopardstown 8.00 | Weather Watch 1 point each-way @ 14/1 | £20 | 15 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 07/08 | Tipperary 5.35 | Dikta Del Mar 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £40 | Placed | 7 | £4 | -£20.00 | 1.88 | £16.72 | -£3.28 | |||
| 08/08 | Haydock 1.50 | Balducci 1 point each-way @ 11/1 | £20 | Placed | 12 | 17.5 | -£10.00 | 5.46 | £42.37 | £32.37 | |||
| Haydock 3.25 | Yasmeen 1 point each-way @ 7/1 | £20 | 8 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 09/08 | Deauville 3.10 | Esoterique 1 point each-way @ 11/2 | £20 | Placed | 6.5 | £1 | -£10.00 | 2.1 | £10.45 | £0.45 | |||
| 10/08 | Wolverhampton 3.45 | Berlusca 1 point each-way @ 15/2 | £20 | Placed | 8.5 | £9 | -£10.00 | 2.22 | £11.59 | £1.59 | |||
| 12/08 | Beverley 4.40 | King Of The Celts 2 points each-way @ 11/2 | £40 | 6.5 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 13/08 | Salisbury 4.25 | Mooharib 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £40 | 7 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 15/08 | Ripon 3.00 | 2 points each-way Barkston Ash @ 16/1 | £40 | 17 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| Ripon 3.30 | 2 points each-way Spinatrix @ 15/2 | £40 | 8.5 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| Newbury 3.45 | 1 point Forecast – Here Comes When to beat Breton Rock | £10 | -£10 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||||||
| 1 point Forecast – Breton Rock to beat Here Comes When | £10 | -£10 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||||
| 16/08 | Deauville 3.10 | 2 points each-way Belardo @ 11/1 | £40 | 12 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 17/08 | Thirsk 4.10 | Our Boy Jack 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £40 | 1st | 7 | £150 | 4.8 | £72.20 | 1.98 | £18.62 | £90.82 | ||
| 18/08 | Ripon 4.00 | Chancery 2 points each-way @ 4/1 | £40 | 1st | 5 | £100 | 5.9 | £93.10 | 2.1 | £20.90 | £114.00 | ||
| 19/08 | York 1.55 | Bogart 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | 13 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Tangerine Trees 1 point each-way @ 20/1 | £20 | 21 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| York 3.05 | Storm The Stars 2 points win @ 7/2 | £20 | 1st | 4.5 | £70 | 4.79 | £72.01 | £72.01 | |||||
| York 4.20 | Big Thunder 1 point each-way @ 6/1 | £20 | 7 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 20/08 | York 2.30 | Easton Angel 2 points each-way @ 9/2 | £40 | Placed | 5.5 | £2.50 | -£20.00 | 1.75 | £14.25 | -£5.75 | |||
| York 3.05 | Musaddas 2 points each-way @ 15/2 | £40 | 8.5 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| York 3.40 | Covert Love 2 points win @ 3/1 | £20 | 4 | -£20 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| York 4.20 | Bright Approach 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | 13 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
You can download the complete results log for the trial here.
Summary
It’s not been the best month of the Big Race Bookie Busters trial.
But we still made almost £100 at the bookies, which is where I think this product is designed to be used.
We’ve also banked over £350 at Betfair SP overall, so I am very satisfied.
We’ll probably reach our 200 bet target in the next month so I expect to be back with a positive trial conclusion soon.
Meanwhile you can find out more information about Big Race Bookie Busters here.
Debbie
Update: 21st July 2015
Hello again, Debbie here with my third update on Big Race Bookie Busters.
We had a spectacular start to this trial banking a whopping £901 profit, at advised prices, in month 1.
But after that, Month 2 was a bit of a letdown, returning a profit of just £89 at advised prices and a loss at BSP.
So… what happened in month #3?
Well, it’s been another extremely successful month, taking our overall profit to a huge £1,213!
That’s a jaw-dropping 121.3% bank growth, in just 3 months, at advised prices.
Even at Betfair SP, a standard measure for all betting systems, our bank has grown by 48.4%.
And this all adds up to some quite extraordinary headline statistics:
| Overall | This Time | |||
| advised prices | BSP | advised prices | BSP | |
| profit | £1,213 | £484 | £224 | £164 |
| no. of bets | 133 | 133 | 37 | 37 |
| winning bets | 40 | 38 | 13 | 12 |
| strike rate | 30.1% | 28.6% | 35.1% | 32.4% |
| bank growth | 121.3% | 48.4% | 22.4% | 16.4% |
| ROI | 31.0% | 12.4% |
We’re slightly ahead of the 29.32% strike rate stated on the sales page, and yet our profit isn’t quite the £441.92 average monthly return stated there.
But hey, I’m not complaining. 😉
The complete results log for the period is as follows.
| bank | £1,000 | Advised Price Betting | Betfair SP Betting | |||||||||||
| Date | Race | Tip | Total Staked | Res. | Odds | Profit | Win BSP | Win Profit | Place BSP | Place Profit | overall profit | |||
| 23/06 | Brighton 3.00 | 1 point win Extrasolar @ 6/1 | £10 | 7 | -£10 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | |||||||
| Newton Abbot 7.30 | 3 points win Dubai Prince @ 9/4 | £30 | 1st | 3.25 | £67.5 | 3.87 | £81.80 | £81.80 | ||||||
| 24/06 | Worcester 2.50 | 2 points Fantasy King @ 6/1 | £20 | 7 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||
| Salisbury 4.20 | Benbecula 0.5 points each-way @ 18/1 | £10 | Placed | 19 | £13 | -£5.00 | 4.48 | £16.53 | £11.53 | |||||
| 25/06 | Newmarket 4.20 | 1 point each-way Kingsgate Choice @ 33/1 | £20 | Placed | 34 | £73 | -£10.00 | 5.1 | £38.95 | £28.95 | ||||
| 26/06 | Newcastle 7.45 | 2 points win Northgate Lad @ 4/1 | £20 | 1st | 5 | £80 | 2.72 | £32.68 | £32.68 | |||||
| 27/06 | Newcastle 3.45 | 2 points each-way Seamour @ 11/1 | £40 | 12 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| 28/06 | Uttoxeter 3.35 | 1 point each-way Benbane Head @ 16/1 | £20 | 17 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| Cartmel 4.55 | 2 points each-way Court Minstrel @ 6/1 | £40 | 7 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||||
| 01/07 | Perth 3.10 | 4 points win Kilbree Kid @ 15/8 | £40 | 2.88 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| 03/07 | Doncaster 3.35 | Victoire De Lyphar 2 points each-way @ 11/2 | £40 | Placed | 6.5 | £2 | -£20.00 | 2.83 | £34.77 | £14.77 | ||||
| Haydock 8.00 | Midhmaar 1 point each-way @ 17/2 | £20 | 8.5 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| 04/07 | Sandown 2.35 | Ifwecan 2 points each-way @ 12/1 | £40 | 13 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| Haydock 2.50 | Apterix 1 point each-way @ 9/1 | £20 | 10 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| Sandown 4.20 | Havana Beat 3 points win @ 11/4 | £30 | 3.75 | -£30 | -£15.00 | -£15.00 | ||||||||
| 06/07 | Windsor 7.25 | 2 points win, Burning Thread @ 6/1 | £20 | 7 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||
| 1 point win, Elusivity @ 13/1 | £10 | 14 | -£10 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | |||||||||
| 07/07 | Pontefract 3.40 | Barkston Ash 2 points each-way @ 10/1 | £40 | 11 | -£20 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| 09/07 | Newmarket 2.40 | 3 points each-way Experto Crede @ 8/1 | £60 | 9 | -£60 | -£30.00 | -£30.00 | -£60.00 | ||||||
| Newmarket 3.15 | Gospel Choir 3 points win @ 7/2 | £30 | 4.5 | -£30 | -£15.00 | -£15.00 | ||||||||
| 10/07 | York 2.55 | Aetna 2 points each-way @ 16/1 | £40 | 17 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| Newmarket 3.15 | Amazing Maria 2 points each-way @ 9/1 | £40 | 1st | 10 | £216 | 12 | £209.00 | 2.88 | £35.72 | £244.72 | ||||
| York 4.00 | Ancient Cross 2 points each-way @ 10/1 | £40 | 11 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||||
| 11/07 | York 1.45 | Musaddas 2 points each-way @ 13/2 | £40 | Placed | 7.5 | £12.50 | -£20.00 | 1.91 | £17.29 | -£2.71 | ||||
| York 2.55 | Cotai Glory 2 points each-way @ 9/1 | £40 | Placed | 10 | £25 | -£20.00 | 4.5 | £66.50 | £46.50 | |||||
| Newmarket 3.10 | Rene Mathis 1 point each-way @ 25/1 | £20 | 1st | 26 | £312.50 | 26.39 | £241.21 | 5 | £38.00 | £279.21 | ||||
| Horsted Keynes 1 point each-way @ 20/1 | £20 | 21 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||||
| York 3.25 | Fire Fighting 2 points each-way @ 12/1 | £40 | 13 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||||
| 12/07 | Perth 2.30 | Solway Sam 1 point each-way @ 7/1 | £20 | 1st | 8 | £84 | 4.8 | £36.10 | 1.76 | £7.22 | £43.32 | |||
| 14/07 | Killarney 8.00 | 1 point each-way Liberty’s Gift @ 25/1 | £20 | 26 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 15/07 | Sandown 7.40 | Ifwecan 1 point each-way @ 15/2 | £20 | Placed | 8.5 | £5 | -£10.00 | 2.62 | £15.39 | £5.39 | ||||
| 16/07 | Doncaster 7.35 + Doncaster 8.40 | 1 point double King Torus and Nonchalant at @ 12/1 | £10 | 13 | -£10.00 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | |||||||
| 17/07 | Hamilton 7.40 | 1 point each-way Colonel Mak @ 25/1 | £20 | 26 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 18/07 | Market Rasen 2.55 | Buckwheat 2 points each-way @ 5/1 | £40 | 6 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| Market Rasen 3.30 | Baby Mix 1 point each-way @ 11/1 | £20 | Placed | 12 | £18 | -£10.00 | 2.18 | £11.21 | £1.21 | |||||
| Ripon 3.55 | Chancery 2 points each-way @ 8/1 | £40 | 9 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||||
| 19/07 | 3.15 Stratford | Buck Mulligan 2 points each-way @ 13/2 | £40 | Placed | 7.5 | £6 | -£20.00 | 2.13 | £21.47 | £1.47 | ||||
You can download the complete results log for the trial here.
Summary
It’s hard not to get excited about Big Race Bookie Busters.
As I said last month, you can’t expect an ultra-comfortable ride all the time with a high-performance product.
There are going to be bumps along the way, as the performance chart shows.
But, as long as the overall trend remains as steeply upward as it has been so far, I’ll be more than happy!
I’ll be back around the 21st August to tell you about month #4.
In the meantime, you can read more about Big Race Bookie Busters over here.
Debbie
Update: 21st June 2015
Hi there, Debbie here with my second update on Big Race Bookie Busters.
Following Lucy’s trial launch, we had a pretty spectacular first month with the product, banking serious profits at both bookie prices and Betfair SP.
Of course, inevitably, after such a start, you find yourself asking whether it was all just a flash in the pan.
So… how did we get on in month #2?
Perhaps unsurprisingly, month #2 has been quite a bit tougher.
Don’t get me wrong, it hasn’t been a disaster by any stretch.
But as you can see from the statistics, we’ve traded sideways really, rather than powering on.
| this month | overall | |||
| advised prices | BSP | advised prices | BSP | |
| profit | £89 | -£44 | £990 | £320 |
| no. of bets | 50 | 50 | 96 | 96 |
| winning bets | 14 | 13 | 27 | 26 |
| strike rate | 28.0% | 26.0% | 28.1% | 27.1% |
| bank growth | 8.9% | -4.4% | 99.0% | 32.0% |
| ROI | 34.8% | 11.3% |
I can’t say I’m too disappointed though.
At advised prices, I’ve doubled my money overall and even at Betfair SP, I’ve added about a third to my betting bank balance after just two months.
The complete results log for this period is as follows.
| Bank | £1,000 | Advised Price Betting | Betfair SP Betting | |||||||||
| Date | Race | Tip | Total Staked | Res. | Profit | Win BSP | Win Profit | Place BSP | Place Profit | Overall Profit | ||
| 19/05 | Nottingham 2.00 | 1 point Shanghai Glory @ 2/1 | £10 | 1st | £20 | 3.25 | £21.38 | £21.38 | ||||
| 21/05 | Wetherby 16.50 | Wolf Shield 1 point each-way @ 5/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 23/05 | Curragh 2.45 | Astaire 2 point each-way @ 5/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| Haydock 3.45 | Hot Streak 3 points each-way @ 5/1 | £60 | -£60 | -£30.00 | -£30.00 | -£60.00 | ||||||
| 25/05 | Cartmel 3.35 | Mason Hindmarsh 4 points win @ 11/4 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| Cartmel 4.10 | Glen Countess 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||
| 27/05 | Cartmel 2.20 | Volcanic Jack 2 points each-way @ 14/1 | £40 | Placed | £50 | -£20.00 | 2.76 | £33.44 | £13.44 | |||
| 28/05 | Sandown 8.45 | 2 points each-way Directorship @ 10/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 29/05 | Stratford 8.00 | Paint The Clouds. 1pt win @ 6/4 | £10 | -£10 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | ||||||
| 30/09 | Haydock 2.00 | Lady Tiana 1 point each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | Placed | £10 | -£10.00 | 2.95 | £18.53 | £8.53 | |||
| York 2.20 | Wakea 1 point each-way @ 7/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| Chester 3.00 | Jallota 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | Placed | £14 | -£10.00 | 5.29 | £40.76 | £30.76 | ||||
| Haydock 15.10 | Kingsgate Native 1 point each-way @ 11/1 | £20 | 1st | £132 | 15.66 | £139.27 | 3.42 | £22.99 | £162.26 | |||
| Stratford 7.55 | Dubai Prince 1 point each-way @ 8/1 | £20 | Placed | £10 | -£10.00 | 2.74 | £16.53 | £6.53 | ||||
| 01/06 | Leicester 6.00 | 1 point each-way Veeraya @ 10/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Windsor 7.25 | 2 points win Pretend @ 11/4 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||
| 03/06 | Nottingham 3.50 | 2 points each-way Homage @ 4/1 | £20 | Placed | -£14 | -£10.00 | 1.5 | £4.75 | -£5.25 | |||
| Punchestown 6.00 | 1 point each way French Opera @7/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 05/06 | Epsom 2.35 | 2 points each-way Sennockian Star @ 7/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| Epsom 3.45 | 2 points each-way Gratzie @ 8/1 | £40 | 1st | £213 | 9.2 | £155.80 | 2.52 | £28.88 | £184.68 | |||
| 2 points double Set The Trend @ 7/4 and Edeymi @ 15/8 | £20 | -£20 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||||
| 06/06 | Epsom 4.30 | Epicuris 1 point each-way @ 20/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Doncaster 5.10 | 1 point each-way Victoire De Lyphar @ 7/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 07/06 | Curragh 3.40 | 2 points win Ainippe @ 4/1 | £20 | 1st | £80 | 3.31 | £43.89 | £43.89 | ||||
| Perth 4.25 | 2 points each-way Runswick Royal @ 6/1 | £40 | Placed | £10 | -£20.00 | 2.14 | £21.66 | £1.66 | ||||
| Perth 4.55 | 2 points each-way Bowdler’s Magic @ 6/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| 08/06 | Pontefract 7.10 | Riptide 1 point each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 11/06 | Worcester 3.50 | Aalim 1 pointwin @ 9/2 | £10 | -£10 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | ||||||
| First Avenue 1 point win @ 15/2 | £10 | -£10 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | ||||||||
| 0.5 points forecast Aalim/First Avenue @ 28/1 | £5 | -£5 | £0.00 | |||||||||
| 0.5 points forecast First Avenue/Aalim @ 30/1 | £5 | -£5 | £0.00 | |||||||||
| Worcester 5.25 | 2 points Karl Marx @ 7/2 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||
| 13/06 | Sandown 2.55 | Rosies Premiere 1 point each-way @ 25/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| York 3.10 | Top Notch Tonto 2 points each-way @ 14/1 | £40 | 1st | £336 | 9.45 | £160.55 | 2.64 | £31.16 | £191.71 | |||
| Musselburgh 3.25 | Kingsgate Choice 1 point each-way @ 25/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 16/06 | Ascot 3.40 | Sole Power 2 points each-way @ 4/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| Stepper Point 1 point each-way @ 33/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| Ascot 5.00 | Broxbourne 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 17/06 | Ascot 3.40 | Rizeena 2 points each-way @ 8/1 | £40 | Placed | £20 | -£20.00 | 1.64 | £12.16 | -£7.84 | |||
| Ascot 4.20 | Cannock Chase 2 points each-way @ 8/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| Ascot 5.00 | Spark Plug 2 points each-way @ 12/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| 18/06 | Ascot 4.20 | Kingfisher 2 points each-way @ 10/1 | £40 | Placed | £30 | -£20.00 | 3.55 | £48.45 | £28.45 | |||
| Ascot 5.00 | Resonant 2 points each-way @ 25/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
| 19/06 | Ascot 2.30 | 1 point each-way Jersey Breeze @ 16/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Ascot 3.05 | 1 point win Ol Man River @ 7/2 | £10 | -£10 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | |||||||
| Ascot 3.40 | Limato 2 points each-way @ 11/2 | £40 | Placed | £8 | -£20.00 | 2.5 | £28.50 | £8.50 | ||||
| Ascot 5.35 | Aloft 3 points win @ 2/1 | £30 | 1st | £60 | 3.7 | £76.95 | £76.95 | |||||
| 20/06 | Ascot 4.20 | Mustajeeb 2 points each-way @ 11/2 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| Tropics 1 points each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | -£20 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| Ascot 5.00 | Dinkum Diamond 2 points each-way @ 28/1 | £40 | -£40 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | -£40.00 | ||||||
You can download the complete results log for the trial by clicking here.
| THIS MONTH | advised prices | Betfair SP |
| profit | £89 | -£44 |
| no. of bets | 50 | 50 |
| winning bets | 14 | 13 |
| strike rate | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| bank growth | 8.9% | -4.4% |
Summary
The Big Race Bookie Busters sales page makes some bold performance claims.
And it’s not done a bad job so far of fulfilling them.
But it’s unrealistic to expect high-performance products to give you an ultra-comfortable ride all the time. Ups and downs are pretty much guaranteed along the way.
As it is, we’ve had one good month and one flat one, so we’re still miles ahead. And we’re barely at the halfway point of my trial.
Here’s hoping we now go on another positive run!
I’ll be back in a month’s time with news of whether or not we have done so. 🙂
In the meantime, you can read more about Big Race Bookie Busters over here.
Debbie
Update: 20th May 2015
My, how time flies.
It seems about a week since Lucy launched the trial of the ultra-confident Big Race Bookie Busters product, but a month has already shot by.
This is a product that makes some astonishing claims, including an ROI of around 70%!
So… has it lived up to the hype?
Not quite – but not far off!
We’re about a quarter of the way through the trial, and it’s been very exciting so far.
How about these for performance figures?
| advised prices | Betfair SP | |
| profit | £901 | £364 |
| no. of bets | 46 | 46 |
| winning bets | 13 | 13 |
| strike rate | 28.3% | 28.3% |
| bank growth | 90.1% | 36.4% |
| ROI | 59.7% | 24.1% |
If anything, those amazing capital growth figures really undersell the story, being the product of a pretty conservative recommended 100 point bank balance.
The ROI paints a clearer picture.
And if we were to maintain a 20%+ ROI at Betfair SP over the course of the trial, I think we would be entitled to get genuinely excited.
The complete results log to date is as follows:
| bank | £1,000 | Advised Prices | Betfair SP Betting | |||||||||
| Date | Race | Tip | Total Staked | Res. | Odds | Profit | Win BSP | Win Profit | Place BSP | Place Profit | ||
| 22/04 | Epsom 2.10 | Long Awaited 2 points each-way @ 5/1 | £40 | 6th | 6 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||
| Epsom 3.55 | Sennockian Star 1 point each-way @ 12/1 | £20 | 10th | 13 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||
| 24/04 | Sandown 2.00 | Cannock Chase 3 points win @ 9/4 | £30 | 3rd | 3.25 | -£30.00 | -£30.00 | |||||
| 25/04 | Sandown 3.15 | Somersby 2 points win @ 15/2 | £40 | 5th | 8.5 | -£40.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| Sandown 3.50 | Just A Par 2 points each-way @ 18/1 | £40 | 1st | 19 | £450.00 | 15.35 | £272.65 | 4.25 | £61.75 | |||
| 27/04 | Naas 7.10 | Maarek 2 points each-way @ 5/1 | £40 | 3rd | 6 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||
| 28/04 | Punchestown 5.30 | Flemenstar 1 point each-way @ 14/1 | £20 | 7th | 15 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||
| Punchestown 7.15 | Camlann 0.5 points each-way @ 11/1 | £10 | 12th | 12 | -£10.00 | -£5.00 | -£5.00 | |||||
| 29/04 | Punchestown 5.30 | Ballynagour 2 points each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | fell | 11 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||
| Ascot 3.30 | Mizzou 1 point each-way @ 13/2 | £20 | 1st | 7.5 | £78.00 | 4.96 | £37.62 | 1.87 | £8.27 | |||
| 30/04 | Punchestown 5.30 | Lieutenant Colonel 1 point each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | 4th | 11 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||
| 01/05 | Punchestown 4.20 | Shanahan’s Turn 2 points each-way @ 12/1 | £40 | fell | 13 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||
| Punchestown 7.45 | 1 point Forecast: On The Fringe to beat Noble Prince @ 13.5/1 | £10 | 1st | 14.5 | £135.00 | 14.5 | £64.13 | |||||
| 02/05 | Newmarket 2.30 | Kingsgate Native 2 points each-way @ 6/1 | £40 | 3rd | 7 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||
| Punchestown 5.00 | First Lieutenant 2 points each-way @ 14/1 | £40 | 8th | 15 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| Thirsk 4.35 | Fort Bastion 1 point win @ 9/1 | £10 | 11th | 10 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||||
| 03/05 | 2.25 Newmarket | Fintry 4 points win @ 15/8 | £40 | 5th | 2.875 | -£40.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 3.40 Newmarket | Jellicle Ball 2 points each-way @ 9/1 | £40 | 12th | 10 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 04/05 | 3.10 Kempton | Sedgemoor Express 2 points each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | Placed | 11 | £15.00 | 9.6 | -£10.00 | 2.83 | £17.39 | ||
| 3.45 Kempton | Urcalin 2 points win @ 9/1 | £20 | 1st | 10 | £180.00 | 8.04 | £133.76 | |||||
| 4.20 Kempton | Belenos 2 point win @ 7/2 | £20 | 5th | 4.5 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||||
| 06/05 | 3.10 Chester | Trip To Paris 2 points each-way @ 12/1 | £40 | 1st | 13 | £300.00 | 14.63 | £258.97 | 3.59 | £49.21 | ||
| 3.45 Chester | Blithe Spirit 2 points each-way @ 5/1 | £40 | 9th | 6 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 07/05 | 2.40 Chester | 1 point ew Gabriel @ 16/1 | £20 | 4th | 17 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||
| 1 point forecast Cannock Chase to beat Gabriel @ 30/1 | £10 | 2nd&4th | 31 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | |||||||
| 08/05 | 2.10 Chester | 2 points each-way Arnold Hall @ 12/1 | £40 | 7th | 13 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||
| 2.50 Market Rasen | 2 points each-way Freckle Face @ 14/1 | £40 | 5th | 15 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 09/05 | 2.50 Haydock | Louis The Pious 4 points win @ 2/1 | £40 | 4th | 3 | -£40.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| 3.25 Haydock | War Sound 2 points each-way @ 10/1 | £40 | 1st | 11 | £250.00 | 7.89 | £130.91 | 2.56 | £29.64 | |||
| Lexi Boy 1 point each-way @ 20/1 | £20 | pu | 21 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||||
| 10/05 | Leopardstown 3.10 | 4 points win Stormfly @ 6/4 | £40 | 3rd | 2.5 | -£40.00 | -£40.00 | |||||
| Killarney 3.50 | 1.5 points each-way Massini’s Trap @ 16/1 | £30 | 13th | 17 | -£30.00 | -£15.00 | -£15.00 | |||||
| 1.5 points each-way Waxies Dargle @ 12/1 | £30 | 1st | 13 | £225.00 | 5.5 | £64.13 | 2.125 | £16.03 | ||||
| 11/05 | Towcester 7.00 | 2 points each-way On Trend @ 8/1 1/5 1-2-3 | £40 | Placed | 9 | £12.00 | -£20.00 | 2.78 | £33.82 | |||
| 13/05 | York 2.40 | Mass Rally 3 points each-way @ 10/1 | £60 | 5th | 11 | -£60.00 | -£30.00 | -£30.00 | ||||
| York 3.15 | Lightning Moon 3 points each-way @ 6/1 | £60 | 7th | 7 | -£60.00 | -£30.00 | -£30.00 | |||||
| 14/05 | York 3.45 | Off Art 2 points each-way @ 9/1 | £40 | 7th | 10 | -£40.00 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | ||||
| 15/05 | York 3.15 | 2 points forecast: Brown Panther/Romsdal @ 6.42/1 | £20 | 2nd&4th | 7.42 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||
| 2 points forecast: Romsdal/Brown Panther @ 6.42/1 | £20 | 4th& 2nd | 7.42 | -£20.00 | -£20.00 | |||||||
| Aintree 7.40 | 2 points each-way Samingarry @ 15/2 | £40 | Placed | 8.5 | £10.00 | -£20.00 | 2.48 | £28.12 | ||||
| Aintree 8.10 | 2 points each-way Urcalin @ 13/2 | £40 | Placed | 7.5 | £12.50 | -£20.00 | 2.38 | £26.22 | ||||
| 16/05 | Newbury 3.40 | Custom Cut 3 points each-way @ 8/1 | £60 | 9th | 9 | -£60.00 | -£30.00 | -£30.00 | ||||
| Newbury 4.55 | Spark Plug 3 points each-way @ 5/1 | £60 | 1st | 6 | £187.50 | 5.6 | £131.10 | 1.7 | £19.95 | |||
| 17/05 | Market Rasen 4.10 | 3 points win Le Bacardy @ 5/2 | £60 | 1st | 3.5 | £75.00 | 2.47 | £83.79 | ||||
| 18/05 | Redcar 3.50 | Innocently 1 point each-way @ 10/1 | £20 | 5th | 11 | -£20.00 | -£10.00 | -£10.00 | ||||
| Towcester 4.40 | Simply The West 1 point each-way @ 11/2 | £20 | Placed | 6.5 | £1.00 | -£10.00 | 1.72 | £6.84 | ||||
Summary
I’ve been running trials too long to get carried away by a single month’s results.
But equally, I would have to be completely cynical not be impressed by the start that Big Race Bookie Busters has made.
In my opinion, this is a product with a rather silly name!
But I am starting to look at it much more seriously now. This level of performance, at Betfair SP in particular, is quite remarkable.
I’ll be back in a month or so with my next update.
In the meantime, you can find out more about Big Race Bookie Busters here.
Debbie
Introduction: 19th April 2015
Tipster services do come with all sorts of unlikely names.
For instance, there is Winningmore’s barely pronounceable and deeply confusing ‘Goliath Goals Gain’ – which I keep thinking must be called Goliath Goal Gains..
Then there was the inscrutable ‘ZH Subscribe’, a short-lived football service from Zerohype, that appeared to have been named precisely to conceal the fact it had anything to do with either sports or betting.
And of course, we had the wildly inaccurate Match Day Profits – which really should’ve been called Match Day Losses, as it remains the single worst service I have ever seen.
More recently, we’ve tested the boldly alliterative Draw Day Demolition, to which one could not help mentally adding a few more d’s… Dire, dreadful and desperate came to mind.
However I have to say, none of the above exuded the apparent confidence of today’s offering.
Ladies and gentlemen I give you the wonderfully brash-sounding .. Big Race Bookie Busters!
Indeed, on the face of it, there would appear to be a lot for this service to be brash about.
It’s not often I encounter a product that claims an ROI of over 70%.
But this one does.
Specifically, it claims to have added £2609 since November 2014 at just £10 per point!
Better still, the official results table is showing a healthy profit for each of the last six months.
Similarly, the performance graph on the sales page is free of sharp drawdowns.
The service would also appear to be extremely easy to live with.
It proposes fewer than one selection per day, so clearly isn’t going to take over anyone’s life.
Tips are published with stakes varying from 1 to 6 points and can either be simple win or each way bets.
Another feature that is likely to appeal to many is the service’s tendency to concentrate on big races.
The sales page name-checks all major festivals: Cheltenham, the Grand National, York Ebor… Plus what it somewhat mysteriously calls ‘key Saturday races‘.
So if you enjoy watching televised horse racing, this might just be the service for you.
Summary
We will aim at our usual 200 bet target, so, at 20 bets a month, we are likely to be running this trial into 2016.
My triallist will be Debbie, our own in-house Blue Moon football tipster.
Debbie will be here in a month’s time with her first report.
Here’s hoping the wonderfully monikered Big Race Bookie Busters can live up to its glorious name.
Lucy
Hi Dave,
Drop me an email and I’ll sort that refund for you, not a problem
Hi Darren, email sent today.
Thanks
Dave
80 points down since I joined on 16th August. I will be asking for a refund. Shocking service, as Adam says might make a good laying service!
Well today we have broken the less than £300 mark on my bank. Since starting on the 7th August with a bank of £1000 it now stands at £297.44. Include the £45 in subs (I upgraded to the text bases service) and we are down to £252.44. It is pointless to stop now so I am going to carry on until the full £1000 is gone and I can’t see anything else happening. So it seems I have paid someone to lose me £1000 and it hasn’t even been fun. I may as well have gone to a casino and blown it on Blackjack, at least that would have been fun.
Out of 64 bets 4 have won… a strike rate of 6.4%. With average odds of 9.74 we should be seeing a better strike rate by randomly picking horses!! If you are a believer that odds reflect the actual chance of a horse winning then you will do better by simply backing at SP whatever horses name you fancy. On the other hand this would make a pretty decent laying service.
At the usual 2 pts each way I will be done in 7 bets.
This is just one in a reasonably long line of horse tipping services that have disappointed this year.
Having been involved in racehorse ownership myself over the last 6 years I would have to say that there are very few occasions during the racing year when a trainer (even the best ones) can definitely say his horse will win a particular race.
A really really good tipster might give you one or two decent winners a month but unfortunately it doesn’t really translate into a monthly subscription service.
Forgot to add to the point above, I would have stopped the service long before I did, I only kept going however as it was awarded the best tipster oscar and assumed it would turn it around.
I have to completely agree with Peter, although I believe that its a user vote who gets the oscars? I don’t believe anybody in their right mind would nominate this service after the last few weeks.
I am sorry but I think it is a disaster and so bad judgement to give Big Race Bookie Buster an Oscar for best tipster.
I have also lost most of my betting bank with this tipster.
I have a lot of respect for Lucy who is doing a great job with her site and I do not think it is her fault, but someone is to blame for the worst Oscar ever given out to Big Race Bookie Buster.
Unbelievable!
I do not believe that this horse racing tipster will turn it around. The given out selections the last 2 months smells so much desperation to find long shots winner and/or increase the stakes that I am happy that I jumped of this sinking ship and cancelled my subscription,
I apologize if I have offended anybody with this post but it is my honest opinion.
Rough patches come along when betting on horses, your stamina is going to be tested sooner or later …