Punters Academy

In this post, I will show you how to use Oddschecker to get the best odds from bookmakers. With the Cheltenham Festival on the horizon, I am sure many of you will be having those speculative accumulators, Trixies, Lucky 15s and other exotic bets to hit the bookies where it hurts. We all do it…

Does your betting style match the tipping service profile because if it doesn’t you are going to waste your money… Why? Because sooner or later the style of the service you’ve paid to join, and your own personal and emotional betting style will clash irreconcilably and you will inevitably part ways… and you’ll be the…

Many thanks to our guest authors – Perry and Vicky… long-term members and friends of Cleeve Last year at the Cheltenham Preview Night at Warwick Racecourse I won a prize for a morning on the gallops and a stable tour of Warren Chase Stables in the beautiful Warwickshire countryside just outside Stratford-upon-Avon. On a cold…

It’s a good question… if you are a once a week TV punter risking a fiver a week, then my honest answer is that you don’t need one, as you are punting for fun and your maximum downside is around £20 a month. However, if you are betting on average a fiver a day, even…

Good racing tipsters can be a very powerful ally… We established last month that tipsters are actually an integral part of the sport we love and almost every punter uses them whether they’re backing Jason Weaver’s pick on ITV Racing, Templegate’s nap in The Sun, Pricewise’s selection in the Racing Post, or paying a subscription…

Tipping services have been around as long as bets have been placed… Punters have been willing to back that belief up with their hard-earned cash, to try and get an inside line on winners and ‘guarantee’ making a profit from their betting (which we all know is not possible). I imagine that well over 50%…

Odds are arguably the most important aspect of betting. Understanding them is crucial to understanding how bets are calculated as they indicate how likely it is an event will happen and what your winnings could be. These lists of numbers might seem intimidating at first, but once you get your head around them, you’re well…

Can you make money from horse racing… that is a $64,000,000 question! There is no magic formula and it can be frustrating trying to find and fine-tune a ‘reliable’ horse racing betting strategy that generates consistent profits. To compound the problems when you come across a good system that generates profit, you might find that…

A question commonly asked by horse racing fans who are new to the game is “what is the best bet to place in horse racing?”, it’s understandably an open-ended question and one that has various answers depending on the person asking it. In fact, the answer can change depending on ground/weather conditions, the type of…

Ever asked yourself “what do the form numbers mean in horse racing?” When first faced with a betting card, most people have wondered what this series of numbers represents. Form study is the key to making a gamble that will pay off, so here, we’re going to explain how to decipher form numbers. Even the…