An educational guide to help subscribers choose how they act on our selections — and find the betting style that suits the way they invest.
There are four fundamental ways to use the information in our form sheets. The one you choose comes down to your style of investing and how you like to plan a race day. Here is how our clients put this inside information to work.
Full coverage
Carbon copy
Invest exactly as the form sheet says. First, set aside a betting bank — an amount you are comfortable using that would have no bearing on how you live day to day if it were lost. One percent of that bank becomes your investing unit.
Upside
- Captures every runner we rate as a winning chance.
Trade-off
- Can mean 27–30 bets at a single meeting — but you are applying the time-tested pairing of staking plan and betting bank.
The shortlist
Best bets & strong bets only
Back only the runners we rate as 3-unit best bets or 2-unit strong bets. It cuts your bet count sharply and concentrates your investment on the stronger chances in the day’s ratings.
Upside
- Fewer bets at a higher strike rate on our ratings — more bang for your buck.
Trade-off
- You cover fewer bases; racing variance means even a best bet can be run down by another chance we rate in the race.
The value play
Each-way value chances only
For a handful of bets a day, played each-way rather than to win. We flag an each-way value chance as anything over 10-1.
Upside
- A big return when it wins, and a return when it places.
Trade-off
- Value chances can run through a long sequence of outs — patience is required while variance plays out.
The consensus
Another string to your bow
This one may involve no direct investing on our selections at all. Some subscribers follow two or three experts, match up the overlapping calls, and fold that into whatever else they use to reach their own decision.
Upside
- You get a general consensus — the wisdom of the crowd can add confidence when investing.
Trade-off
- Collating sources that each reach an outcome differently can end as confusing as where you started, and any consensus is not always a signal of long-term value.
Find your own style
Use the above as a guide. If you are not sure which suits you, try each at some point and settle on the one you feel most comfortable with. Whatever you choose, the iTip Sports form sheet and tips are well-researched, quality information you can use with confidence.
In every release
Form sheets and tips go out the afternoon before race day, with a late-mail follow-up on race morning. Every sheet includes:
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