The 1000
Points a Year System- A Review
In my
position I get literally hundreds of horse racing systems across my desk every
year. Many after a quick read get put straight into file 13 (the waste bin)
some get sent out to a colleague who runs paper tests for me and a few I think
have real potential I keep to test myself.
Such a one of these has been Mark Layton's "1000 Point a Year System. ".
Mark was the
creator of The Gamekeeper Turned Poacher System that was released a few months
ago. Mark's history in racing is along one, starting off at the age of 8
helping his father, a bookies runner and going on to an odds compiler and
systems analyst for offshore bookmakers such as Ladbrooks. So in simple terms
the guy knows what he is talking about.
The 1000
Points a Year is a backing system which is based on trainers and jockeys past performances
at various courses. This seems to be a sensible and logical approach to find
winners and if past results are to be judged a profitable one.
Based on past
results, which is not always a reliable guide to future profitability this
system has shown a £10,000 a year profit to £10 stakes over the last 3 years.
The past 3 years
results are as follows:
2007 1277.67 points
2008 1224.41 points
2009 1277.67 points
Which would
make a total profit over £357,000 to a £100 stake and around 100 points per
month.
These are
the kind of figures that you cannot ignore and as the system is being marketed
by Sportsworld Publishers I have no reason to doubt their accuracy.
This year to
date there have been 25 selections, the low number being mainly due to the poor
weather and cancelled meetings. There have been 8 winners which has produced a
profit of 24.54 points, not the greatest but given the conditions and how
difficult January was for all punters quite acceptable.
Until the
weather settles down it is difficult to do a meaningful paper test on any horse
racing system but I shall be keeping a close eye on the 1000 Points a Year
System.
At present I
cannot give it an unconditional stamp of approval because it has not yet been
possible to test it fully. But if the results live up to the claims then it
could well be worth adding to any horse race punters portfolio of systems.
To find out
more about 1000 Points a Year System visit :
http://bit.ly/dz90M2
Phil Bull
Phil Bull made a massive amount of money from betting, but not only was he a successful gambler he was also a breeder, owner, writer and publisher. It is estimated he made millions during his career.
In 1948 he launched the now internationally renowned organisation Timeform.
Phil had a shrewd attitude towards betting. He looked at the season as a whole and his form study was the same for every race.
How To Make A Book by Phil Bull
Phil Bull: The Biography by Howard Wright
JP McManus
Multi millionaire JP McManus is a renowned gambler and race horse owner.
Originally from Limerick in Ireland, McManus started betting as a schoolboy before working in his family's plant hire business. He had his own betting stand for a while at Limerick's greyhound track and it wasn't long before he moved into owning horses as well as betting and laying. These days JP owns the largest number of National Hunt's horses.
His first 'big' win (rumoured to be around £250,000) was at Cheltenham with a horse called Mister Donovan who was 2nd favourite but ended up winning the race. He also won over £1 million from famous Scottish bookie Freddie Williams in 2006 at Cheltenham.
Although McManus is a high level gambler a large part of his wealth is said to have come from international financing and money dealing which he overseas from his base in Geneva.
Unfortunately in 2008 McManus was diagnosed with cancer although he is now said to be doing well.
Alex Bird
The late Alex Bird made a considerable amount of money from betting after the war. It is estimated he had an annual turnover of £2 million from gambling.
His interest in gambling began when he was a child. He learned a lot from his father who was a bookmaker. However, he decided there was more money to be made from the other side and he become one of Britain's most well known professional punters of all time.
Bird had several methods for getting one over on the bookies but his most famous was probably his success on betting on photo finishes which in those days took about 5 minutes to develop. This process earned him a fortune over a period of around 20 years and only stopped when the modernisation of technology meant there was no longer the delay in photo developing.
Alex Bird made his own mind up when it come to betting and rarely listened to anyone - he stuck to his rules and systems. Even now, almost 20 years after his death, there are current systems available that are based on the practices he used.
His biggest bet was on the well known horse Mill Reef at Gimcrack. The season after this Mill Reef won the Derby, again backed by Bird who had by then backed 7 Derby winners in 8 years.
One of his last bets was on a horse called Final Shot in 1990 when it won the Ayr Gold Cup.
Life and Secrets of a Professional Punter by Alex Bird.
Patrick Veitch
Patrick Veitch is one of Britain's most successful gamblers who has won over £10 million from betting.
At just 15 years of age this mathematical genius got a place at
Cambridge although he never completed his degree, instead he turned to
gambling and started his own tipping line.
By his mid 20s Patrick Veitch was already making a lot of money but
then came a turning point in his life. He become the target of a
criminal and was forced to live in hiding for many months putting his
career on hold and leaving him broke. However, following this episode
he become more successful than ever and was soon making £1 million a
year from his strategic betting methods.
Veitch is a strong believer that there is no short cut when it comes to betting - the only way to win is by working hard at it to get it right.
It is very rare to see Patrick at the races. He uses agents to place his bets and spends most of his time watching and analysing events from his computer.
Enemy Number One by Patrick Veitch (Autobiography)
Harry Findlay
Harry Findlay is a larger than life gambler who has not only made a fortune but also lost a fortune from gambling over the years.
He has always had a love for greyhounds and worked with them for a while after leaving school. Then aged just 20 Findlay spent 11 months in prison convicted of credit card fraud.
These days bets from his home office which is fully equipped with a number of TV screens and monitors often with different sporting events on at the same time.
As well as being a professional gambler Harry is also an owner. He jointly owns the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Denman who has more recently won his 2nd Hennessy Gold Cup. Big Fella Thanks is another of his co-owned horses who he named after his beloved greyhound 1999 Coursing Derby winning Big Fella.
Barney Curley
Barney Curley is a professional gambler and trainer from Northern
Ireland who has a reputation for being one of racing's most colourful
characters.
During his childhood he watched his Father run up huge gambling debts but still took up betting himself.
In 1975 he famously organised one of the biggest betting scams of all time - Yellow Sam which made him over £300,000. He has also appeared in court for illegal lottery after raffling his mansion for £1.5 million.
Giving a Little Back by Barney Curley (Autobiography)
Terry Ramsden
Terry Ramsden originally made his fortune from investment company Glen International in the 80s. He was worth millions and, amongst other things, owned a string of race horses.
He was also well known for his betting and in 1985 won £2 million on one horse. The following year he had another big win on Motivator in the 1986 Coral Golden Hurdle Final.
Towards the end of the 80s however, Ramsden's company collapsed and he started losing massive amounts on bets - he reportedly lost £1 million on one bet alone. This lead to him going bust at which time he fled to America. He had won but also lost millions of pounds.
In the late 1990s he was jailed for concealing assets during his bankruptcy - one of which was rumoured to be a £70,000 plus win on the horses.
Despite returning to public life a few years later Ramsden has
failed to recreate his earlier success and has since been involved in a
number of arguments over money.
Dave Nevison
Dave Nevison became a professional gambler in 1993 after he lost his job working as a currency trader in the City.
He now has an estimated six figure income made up largely from gambling but also from journalism columns he writes. Dave has also written 2 books and has his own horse racing tipping service.
A Bloody Good Winner: Life As A Professional Gambler by Dave Nevison
No Easy Money: A Gambler's Diary by Dave Nevison
Alan Potts
At the age of just 14 Alan Potts started betting on horse racing and become a full time professional gambler after being made redundant from his office job in 1991.
He has admitted it took him many years to become a regular winner and despite making an estimated £50,000 a year from betting in the past, he has also suffered losing runs. Although he is also an owner, author and pundit Potts' main source of income is from gambling.
In 1999 he jointly formed The Golden Anorak Partnership and this is the banner under which his horses now run.
Alan has written 2 books and also writes articles for the betting exchange - WBX.
Against The Crowd by Alan Potts
The Inside Track by Alan Potts
Clive Holt
Legendary punter Clive Holt was first shown that money could be made from betting by his father who kept a couple of greyhounds during the 1960s.
In the early part of 1975 Clive decided he was ready to quit his job working for the Electricity Board and take up gambling on a full time basis.
He started out using a fairly random approach dictated by his finances and he kept no proper records of bets he had placed. He soon made the decision to start recording his bets and this was the first of two business methods he implemented in order to make a better profit. The second was to setup a betting bank.
His first bet was £67 to £30 on Western Jewel who won comfortably and within 6 weeks he had made more money than he was earning in a year working in electricity. Over the years, although rarely winning more than £1,000 at a time, Holt's profits from betting provided a lifestyle of luxury cars, exotic holidays and a listed country house with acres of land.
A number of books have been written by Clive Holt who was also the man behind Fineform.
Profitable Winners Always Back Winners
Be A Successful Punter
Fineform Winners Guide
Profitable Betting Strategies
You have probably seen adverts on the Internet or received emails offering free horse racing systems. This really does seem like a win win opportunity for the punter. Instead of having to pay out a pile of money someone is prepared to give you their system or tips for gratis, zilch or in other words nothing.
Does it sound almost too good to be true? Then it almost certainly is. So you have to ask yourself why the person is doing this. One of the biggest comments that you will read on racing and betting forums is "if a system is so good, and makes so much money why sell it on to other people? When you are giving the information away the information for nothing it becomes an even bigger question.
Each and every one of us has a very valuable property that all online marketers would like to get hold of. That is your email address which by requesting a free product will be giving the marketer both access to the address and the right to send you further emails.
You can be certain that once you have requested your free item you will receive many further emails offering you paid systems and tipping services. To be honest there is nothing wrong or unethical about this marketing method. Incentives and free gifts have been the back bone of marketing for many years.
What you have to question is the quality of the free system or tips that you receive. Recently I have seen comments from a couple of sources that claim that around 90% of racing systems currently on the market are a complete waste of money. So if that is true what chance do you stand with the free stuff?
Some of the free reports and systems are little more than up rated sales letters aimed at getting you to buy products. However, surprisingly some of the free material that is offered is at least as good as some that is offered for sale. The secret, whether it is free or paid for, is to evaluate and test the system or tips before putting any money on the selections. Even if the system is not perfect it may well give you ideas of how to improve and profit from it.
The key to using any racing system whether paid for or free is to remain skeptical until you have proved it to your own satisfaction. Do not believe any of the claims or forecasts and after "paper testing" if you are satisfied start off with small stakes at first.
You will continue to see offers of free reports and systems because in marketing terms they do work. My own company offer a no cost 29 page report everyone who requests it will also receive emails about our web site.
The quality of the free material sent out by various marketers could give you an idea of how good their paid for products will be. If they send out rubbish for free you can bet that whatever they are selling will be the same quality.
The final tip is that there is nothing to stop you from unsubscribing to marketers emails if they become a pain.
To learn more get your FREE Copy of our latest 29 page report How to be a Profitable Punter and for details of the Premier Lay System Click Here
]]>I think it is fair to say that for most systems August has been a difficult month. One of my favourites had a real nose dive and ended up very much in the red. However, you cannot judge any system on one months results alone and you have to take the long term view and even after a poor August that system is showing a annual profit.
This month my portfolio of systems consisted of Prize Lay, Dodgy Favourites and a newcomer to the fold Premier Betting Club. In addition I paper tested Easy Lay (thanks to the Betting School) Safe Lay and Betfair Bandit. I have also at the end of the month enrolled into Puntology the year long course on punting.
Good old Eddie McClugg's Prize Lay held up well this month with an 83.46% success rate. This represented a £883 profit over the month to a £100 level stake. At one point during the month the profit was running at well over £2000 but a poor third week saw a big drop. However, overall it has been a good month.
Paul Fowlie took a long weekend break during the month but I suspect he now rather wishes he had gone away for the whole month. A high percentage of Paul's lay selections actually won this month and this has put a big dent into his annual profit figures. Fortunately Paul horses tend to be favourites or second favourites so the liabilities have not been too high.
The new kid on the block as far as a system is concerned is Premier Betting Club. The system passed my paper tests and I have started using real money on it. The selections are e-mailed every day and arrive between 9 and 10 am most days. The young man responsible for the system Rick Ford runs Premier Betting Club as a member's site and each member automatically receives the selections. AS there is a special "Charter Member" locked in offer of membership for £14.97 per month this seems good value.
Hi success rate for August was very similar to Eddies Prize Lay at 83% which gave a monthly profit of just over £300 which was due in part to several higher priced losing lays
I have been testing Betfair Bandit and Easy Lay. I began my test on the 11th of August and to date there have been 34 lay selections of which 30 have proved successful. The losing bets were priced at 3/1, 4/1, 7/1 and 11/4 which had I been laying for real would have shown a profit of around 12 points.
The Betting School have been publishing the Easy Lay selections for the last month. This is a lay system that has been independently proofed or the last 3 years and shown consistent profits. However during the test period there were 132 selections with 91 successes and 41 unsuccessful which is an overall success rate for the month of around 69% which would have shown a loss on the month.
Finally I just want to mention Puntology a course for punters. When I first read about it I was a little sceptical. How can you teach someone to be a punter? Th ecoyrse has been developed by Michael Wilding My sceptic ism disappeared as soon as I read the first lesson. Entitled "How to Get Started Making Money From Value Races in 90 Minutes or Less" the first lesson is well presented And full of good advise. I am looking forward to Lesson 2.
Hopefully we shall do even better in September a month in w2hich I usually do fairly well.
Good punting.
How to get more information on items mentioned this month.
Prize Lay email emac@talktalk.net if you give the code DJB7654 you will receive a 10% discount on the email selection service.
Dodgy Favourites http://tinyurl.com/myy2lo
Premier Betting Club www.premierbettingclub.com
Betting School http://tinyurl.com/2kawnk
Puntology http://tinyurl.com/l8mv4h
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Horse racing involves some wonderful animals and marvellous people but whenever you place a bet as a serious gambler who is trying to win money you have to forget that. If you had a big win on a horse the last time it ran that is no reason to think it will win again. If there are genuine reasons why you think it is good enough to repeat the feat great but most horses do not win two races on the trot.
So if you want to make money on horse racing in the long term you are going to have to learn how to develop a detached approach. If you are a student of form or a follower of statistics you need to stay focuses and unemotional.