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David Aston

April 4, 2011

UK Horse Racing.tv

This is a one off review for UK Horse racing.tv. In February, Arthur started a review, but was requested, by Sid, the proprietor, to trade the selections manually, rather than using the automated facility provided to members, with the guidelines advised on the members’ website. Arthur stopped the review at this point, as he was unable to allocate the time needed on a daily basis.

I asked Graham if I could have a look at what was required, as I am in a position to do things live.

I have spent a fair amount of time looking over the members’ website at UK Horse Racing.tv over the couple of days or so, together with the instructions that are shown.

On Thursday of last week, there was a total of 51 selections from four meetings, and 27 races. Thanks to only two meetings in the afternoon, races in the main were fifteen minutes apart. For the vast majority of the time, there were two selections in each race.

When I looked at Saturday’s cards, there were five meetings in total, with a total of some 35 races, with the potential for sixty-five to seventy selections, and on occasions races were running five minutes apart.

I personally think this makes trading manually in the manner described on the website to be very difficult if not impossible. It could be that you trade for a few races to attain the three points of profit recommended, but one could be trading in this manner all day, and potentially not achieve the target all day.

Sid wants to have these selections traded manually, which I totally respect his wishes to do so, but at this stage, the service will have be given a neutral rating as I am unable to determine its profitability due the way that the selections are traded.

You can join UK Horse Racing . tv here:

http://www.cash-master.com/ukhorseracingtv.php

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March 26, 2011

Longshot King

This is my final review for my test of the Longshot King service.

Longshot King is a horse racing backing membership service, with selections available via a member’s website, and by e-mail. The cost of the service is in US Dollars, at $47 for each thirty-day period.

The service provides both each way and win selections, according to the website concentrating on “higher class and competitive racing”. I took this to mean that there may not be bets every day (and I was correct with that particular thought), and that there would be more selections for the festival meetings and weekends.

During the test, I showed results to Betfair SP. Of course, different results may have been obtained with bookmakers, and by placing bets earlier in the day, including those offering the Best Odds Guarantee.

The advice was to back win selections to a one-point stake, and for each way selections for a stake of one point each way.

Until the latter part of the test I did not receive the selections by e-mail, but as when selections were made, they were shown on the members’ website fairly early in the morning. The only issue I really had with this is that if the day was without any selections, I found myself checking the site, only to find no mention of the fact that there would be no bets for that particular day.

The test ran for fifty-nine days (19th January to 18th March). There were fifteen days where no selections were issued.

The results were as follows:

Selections: 153
Withdrawn or abandoned meetings: 12 (3 Non runners, 9 due to abandonments)
Total: 141

Selections to win: 45
Wins: 6 (Strike Rate: 13.33%).
Stakes: 45 points.

Each way selections: 96
Wins: 10 (Strike Rate: 10.42%)
Placed: 27 (Strike Rate: 28.13%)
Stakes: 192 points.

Total profit was 51.91 points.

At £10 per point, that makes a profit of £519.10. The cost of the service at $47 per thirty days, with the current exchange rate of around 1.60, makes a payment due of around £29.38, which achieves a net profit of £460.34, which is a pretty reasonable return in my view.

Apart from the “teething” troubles I had, the only note of caution I would have is that a service of this nature will have some losing runs. During the course of the test, the win selections had a losing run of 14, and also of 16, the each way selections had one losing run of 18, one of 9 and another of 6. So apart from the staking plan advised, I am struggling to think of a staking plan that would not have a bank wheezing for breath.

Bearing in mind the performance of the selections during the test, and the word of caution regarding losing runs, I am happy to place this service in the approved category.

You can join The Longshot King here:

http://www.cash-master.com/longshotking.php

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March 18, 2011

Longshot King

The final day of the festival, with the highlight of the day, the Gold Cup being eagerly awaited, and we were far from disappointed. On top of that, no less than eight selections to hopefully increase the profits.

13:30 Cheltenham
Houblon Des Obeaux
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 16th of 23.

14:05 Cheltenham
Notus De La Tour
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 14th of 26.

14:05 Cheltenham
Inventor
Stake: 1 point EW.
Stake: 16th of 26.

14:40 Cheltenham
Our Island
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 7th of 18.

16:00 Cheltenham
Gone To Lunch
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 6th of 24.

16:40 Cheltenham
Hollins
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 6th of 23.

16:40 Cheltenham
First Point
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 3rd of 23.
BFSP: 27.00 (5.80).

17:15 Cheltenham
Grand Lahou
Stake: 1 point EW.
Fell, 23 ran.

Loss for today: -8.39 points.
Profit to date: 51.91 points.

Had any of these won, then we would have added to the profits today, but was not to be.

That completes the active part of the test. I will be back in the next couple of days with a round up and my final thoughts as to the Longshot King service.

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March 17, 2011

Longshot King

The penultimate day of the festival, and six selections for today.

13:30 Cheltenham
Wishfull Thinking
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 2nd of 11.

14:05 Cheltenham
Rivage D’Or
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 11th of 23.

14:05 Cheltenham
Viking Blond
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 7th of 23.

15:20 Cheltenham
Mourad
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 3rd of 13.

16:00 Cheltenham
Holmwood Legend
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 1st of 20.
BFSP: 39.81 (7.00).

16:40 Cheltenham
Sheriff Hutton
Stake: 1 point EW.
Pulled up, 24 ran.

Profit for today: 34.57 points.
Profit to date: 60.30 points.

All we needed during the festival was for one result to come in, and it did today, for a very good payday indeed.

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March 16, 2011

Longshot King

For the second day of the festival, seven selections were sent out.

13:30 Cheltenham
Chamirey
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 11th of 16.

14:05 Cheltenham
Aikman
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 7th of 12.

15:20 Cheltenham
French Opera
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 6th of 11.

16:00 Cheltenham
Ballyhaunis
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 17th of 22.

16:00 Cheltenham
Trenchant
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 13th of 22.

16:40 Cheltenham
The Starboard Bow
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 10th of 23.

17:15 Cheltenham
Dark Glacier
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 14th of 24.

Loss for today: -14.00 points.
Profit to date: 25.73 points.

Not really close to getting anything today, but with the prices of these horses, would not take many results to see the profits roll in.

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March 15, 2011

Longshot King

The highlight of the National Hunt racing season started today, the Cheltenham Festival, and six selections provided for today.

13:30 Cheltenham
Marsh Warbler
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished 11th of 15.

14:05 Cheltenham
Captain Chris
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 1st of 10.
BFSP: 7.70.

14:40 Cheltenham
King Fontaine
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 5th of 19.

15:20 Cheltenham
Thousand Stars
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 4th of 11.

16:00 Cheltenham
A New Story
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 3rd of 15.

16:40 Cheltenham
Silver Gypsy
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 14th of 14.

Loss for today: -2.63 points.
Profit to date: 39.73 points.

A small loss on the day, but with a couple of decent results will send the profits going forward in the next few days.

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March 14, 2011

Longshot King

There are no selections for today.

Profit to date: 42.36 points.

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March 13, 2011

Longshot King

There are no selections for today.

Profit to date: 42.36 points.

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March 12, 2011

Longshot King

With Betfair playing up to say the least for bettors today, Longshot King provided four selections.

13:55 Sandown
Captain Kirkton
Stake: 1 point EW.
Pulled Up, 17 ran.

15:00 Sandown
Cheshire Prince
Stake: 1 point EW.
Pulled Up, 24 ran.

15:35 Sandown
Kentford Grey Lady
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 11th of 20.

15:35 Sandown
Ballyquin Queen
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 6th of 20.

Loss for today: -7.00 points.
Profit to date: 42.36 points.

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March 11, 2011

Longshot King

Four selections for members today.

15:30 Sandown
Cois Farraig
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 6th of 8.

16:05 Sandown
Educated Evans
Stake: 1 point EW.
Finished: 5th of 12.

20:20 Wolverhampton
Dubara Reef
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 11th of 11.

20:20 Wolverhampton
Rosewood Lads
Stake: 1 point win.
Finished: 1st of 11.
BFSP: 6.88.

Profit for today: 1.64 points.
Profit to date: 49.36 points.

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