Right then, lets move on...........
Now, unless you work night shifts, I can guarantee that no matter how early you start work, by the time you are sitting down to your cornflakes, I will have already made anything up to 40 calls on my mobile phone to stables and contacts all over the country.
By the time I have finished making those calls, I will have the names of, perhaps, five, sometimes as many as ten horses that I am 99.9% certain will lose. Basically, at that point, I could select any one of those horses as the `laying` horse for the day, however, a few further calls and a little more research will then narrow this down to just one horse which I will, by then, be 100% confident of losing, and THAT is the horse I will select.
I put a great deal of work and research into selecting these horses (and thank goodness my phone contract clears me for 3000 minutes per month), and THAT is why I am able to achieve success rates, year in, year out, of between 92% to 93%...........
Obviously it can`t be 100% because in any form of racing, mechanical, human, or equine, there is always a slim chance that something could go wrong. In horse racing, there is always that possibilty that the horse I am expecting to beat mine could pull up lame, fall, or suffer some other misfortune. It doesn`t happen very often at all, but, that is why, and it is tried and tested now into its 7th year, that there is a 7% to 8% failure rate.......well, if that is what you can REALLY call it, lets be honest, 92% to 93% is phenomenal and is fully down to the contacts I have and the preparation I put in.
Also, please let me put your mind at rest. You will see stories from time to time in some of the more `dubious` tabloids about how racing is `fixed`. I have been involved in racing for so long now, I hardly like to think back that far, but, in ALL the time I have been involved, I can probably recall on the fingers of both hands where I have realised that something wasn`t right, and believe me, I can smell a rat a mile away. I will state here and now that, in my opinion, horseracing in the U.K. is 99% totally honest and completely above board. There are so many measures in place that it can not be anything else, the stories you will see are usually from the odd ex jockey who HAS been banned for something untoward and is seeking payment from selling his `story`. Generally speaking, the authorities do not even bother to make a reply to such stories and they cause me some amusement whenever I see them.
Even the betting exchanges were blamed at one stage for the `corruption` of horse racing and calls were made for them to be closed. Again this was pure sensationalism........ I can spot betting patterns quickly and easily, and so can the exchanges. Believe me, if they felt things were not right they would quickly suspend betting activities on certain races.
You can use my selections in the full knowledge that you are subscribing purely to my knowledge of the horses that I lay, and that of my contacts and connections.
I`m not sure really what else I can do to convince you that this is THE most amazing, and unique thing you will probably ever do in your life, but, I will show you the figures from where I began, up to the end of 2006..........at which point you will get some idea of just WHERE I am coming from.....
Betfair went live on 9th June 2000. For the first few weeks I did not get involved and just observed. I recall very well the date I became involved, because it was on my birthday, 7th July 2000.
The rest, as they say, is history...........here are the full results up to date :-
Bets Lost Won %
Period - July to December 2000 169 160 9 94.6
Year ended 31st December 2001 353 330 23 93.4
Year ended 31st December 2002 351 326 25 92.8
Year ended 31st December 2003 348 326 22 93.6
Year ended 31st December 2004 354 328 26 92.7
Year ended 31st December 2005 350 323 27 92.3
Year ended 31st December 2006 352 327 25 92.8
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Total to 31st December 2006 2277 2120 157 93.1
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I have not shown the figures staked by myself, or the amounts won over this period of time. My stakes are substantial, and have been increased reguarly each year, BUT, you can see from the figures above, how easy it is to accumulate substantial funds from my selections on a daily basis.
What you choose to place, or lay, on these selections is entirely up to you, whether you wish to make £10, or £500 per day is your decision. I began staking £50 per selection and I very quickly built up substantial funds allowing me to increase my stake and now, in my seventh year, I still increase my stake, usually at six monthly intervals, but, what you wish to stake, and win, each day is up to you.
A very important point to note is that my selections will never be at odds of above 4.0.
The exchanges, as you may be aware, use decimal odds rather than the fraction odds still favoured by bookmakers. This, of course makes no difference whatsoever, although it may seem slightly odd at first, but you will soon get accustomed to betting in decimals.
As I was saying, my selections will never be at odds of above 4.0 (3/1) and are very often less, so, if for example you were laying at £30, the most you would ever be liable to payout in the case of an odd winner would be £90.............ie 3x your stake, although, as you can see from the tables above, this is a very rare occurance indeed.
You may ask, "Why not simply take a horse at 28/1?, that is not going to win"........
Well, for one, you would be leaving yourself open to a liabilty of £560 on a simple £20 lay, which is not particuarly good business anyway and, secondly, you would come unstuck............how often do outsiders surprise everyone? The answer to that is, far more often than you would believe.
This is where the specialist knowledge comes into play, and as I say, my selections will never be above 4.0 on the exchanges, at the time I mail the selection.
Remember when you are looking at odds on an exchange you mentally need to deduct one point to arrive at the `real` odds, as I said, 4.0 is 3/1, 2.0 would be even money, etc.
The exchanges are very sophisticated, and once you have entered how much you wish to lay, the exchange will show you the liability and ask if you wish to continue, once you have confirmed, the bet will usually then be matched, and that is it........when the horse loses, your `lay` will be credited to your account within a few minutes, and there you are, thats your work done for the day, and your profit made.
I have produced a comprehensive guide to `laying`, the betting exchanges and how to use them and, literally everything you could possibly need to know as an absolute beginner on how to go about `laying` a bet, don`t worry if you feel a little confused, or indeed overwhelmed by the exchanges at first. My guide will show you EXACTLY what to do and where to go, and, in no time at all you will be surfing around the exchanges like a seasoned pro.
Also, remember that the exchanges make their money by deducting a small commission from your winnings, again there is a section in my guide covering this. I actually get around it by inbuilding the exchange commission into the sum I lay, so that my payout is the round sum figure that I want, rather than, say £30 less commission.
This guide is in the form of a word document, and it will be sent to you once you have joined the syndicate.
You surely MUST be convinced by now that this is going to change your life and the way you live, so now, flick over to the next section, and I will tell you exactly what I will be sending you when you join and, indeed, HOW to join...............
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