Read Before You Place Your First Bet 📖

This guide gives you everything you need to start off right and become a smarter, more profitable punter. The key ingredients? Mindset and strategy. Let’s break it down 👇

Staking

Bankroll Management is Everything 💰

How much should you bet? It’s simple:

• Our maximum bet size is 10 units.

• We recommend setting 1 unit = 0.5% of your total betting bankroll (your punting stack).

For example, if you have a $1,000 bankroll, a 5-unit bet would be $25.

• Adjust your unit size each month to match your current bankroll.

Smart bankroll management is the foundation of long-term success. Stick to the plan 🎯

Our Pro Tips 📊

Pro Tips are our premium product. They’re crafted by Blake Johnston , after acceptances (when race fields are finalized). Blake analyses factors like class, weight, and race shape to find value bets.

• Price matters: Always try to take a fixed price when you bet (lock in the odds early).

• Each tip is carefully researched and designed for profitability over the long run.

Results

Tracking Performance 📈

We keep a transparent record of our performance:

• Our published results show how our Pro Tips have been performing.

• You can check the latest results anytime click here

• If you want a full breakdown of all tips we’ve sent this year then please reach out here

TLU Ratings

For the Action Junkies 🎭

If you love betting in to a few race on a Saturday, our TLU Ratings/Pub Tips are for you. These tips let you have a flutter in more races across the country whether you’re at the track or watching from the pub.

• Not included in results: Pub Tips are not included in our published results.

• Lower long-term profit: They’re fun for action, but likely less profitable over time than our Pro Tips.

• Beware of over-betting: The more bets you place, the more it tends to favour the bookies.

Multiples

The Temptation Trap 🎲

Multiples & Exotics (“multis”, quinellas, trifectas, quaddies, etc.) might seem exciting, but we don’t recommend them.

• They carry a high house edge, meaning the odds are stacked against you.

• We also exclude multiples from our published performance results.

Variance

Winning & Losing Streaks Explained 🎢

So you’ve just signed up and hit a losing streak? Let’s talk about variance.

Variance is the natural ups and downs of betting—winning and losing runs happen to everyone, even with a solid strategy.

Think of a coin flip 🪙

• Imagine a fair coin with a 50/50 chance of landing on heads or tails.

• If someone offers you $2.50 odds for heads every time, in theory you’d make about a 25% profit on turnover over many flips (because the odds are in your favor).

• However, in a short run (say 20 flips), you might get heads only 4 times instead of the expected 10. You’d lose money in that small sample, even though the odds were good. That’s variance in action.

How does this apply to betting?

• Most of our bets have well below a 50% chance of winning (since we often target higher odds).

• This means the swings—both hot streaks and cold streaks—can be even more extreme than the coin flip example.

‍Stick to the staking plan: It’s key to managing variance and riding out the losing runs until the wins come.

Final Thoughts 🏆

Success in punting isn’t about winning every bet. It’s about sticking to a smart strategy, managing your bankroll, and understanding variance. Stay disciplined, follow the staking plan, and trust the process.

Everything else you need to know should be able to be found below - we’ve put all our Frequently Asked Questions below 👇