23rd September 2008

Sometimes you come across tipsters or systems that you know seem to be doing well but you are not sure if it will appeal to your readers.

BetSafeSolutions tipping service/system is one that I think falls into this category but certain changes are making it more attractive.

I am afraid this is quite a long review and needs some explaining so I am going to do it over several days so I can be as balanced as possible.

I asked Gordon last month if he would try it out for me as I would not have time myself. This is what he came up with after a week. Please note, that this is a slightly edited review because I had to take out parts where Gordon gave information about the method and where I felt the author, had explained and/or fixed the complaint Gordon had mentioned.

"I played the system from Monday 28th July to Friday 1st August inclusive, although I had to go out on the Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Lets start with the workbooks etc first.

At first sight they are extremely daunting for a novice like me, and a lay down in a dark room with a wet cloth on the brow is the order of the day! Fortunately Smart Money Racing offer the workbooks on a daily basis with the races and selections already entered, I found these very useful indeed, and I worked with these, I would say the £15 per month for the daily workbooks is good value, as it saves a lot of time, something operating this system consumes in vast amounts! I also used the workbook settings as recommended by the author.

Another excellent aid was the race schedule sheet, which gave minute by minute instructions of what you should doing, although there was the odd mistake in those it certainly made life a lot earlier.

Operating the workbooks although simple in theory, in practise can be quite difficult.

Imagine this scenario during my test period.

There were 11 selections in the one race. Not a problem at the 15min stage. However when the 2min point arrives all hell breaks loose! You are operating with split screens, with the workbook and Betfair both open, either that or you have to keep jumping between the two. So first you have to enter the prices for the 11 selections, then you could have up to 3 recommended bets in the race, you could also have more than one bet of a certain type recommended in the race, if that is the case you then have to look to see which one you are going to use, as suggested by the authors.

Then all the current odds for the selections being bet on have to be entered, this involves having to enlarge screens as on a split screen you cannot access the boxes you need, and also jumping between win and place markets on Betfair.
When the odds are entered the suggested stake is automatically calculated, then it is off to Betfair again, to place the bets, again jumping between win and place markets. I did not actually place any bets, just paper traded, but I have serious concerns as to whether it is actually possible to get your bets on in the time available.

I have a couple of criticisms regards the workbook. When using multiple workbooks, which is normally everyday with evening racing, there is no facility to adjust current bank and profit/loss figure when you move to a new workbook, so you have to manually check to see if you have reached your profit/loss target for the day.
A couple of things that would make life a bit easier are, instead of suggesting more than one bet of the same type, normally place back, the workbook should do the calculations and only suggest the one selection. It would also be very useful if when a bet is found, if the workbook automatically entered the 2min odds to get the suggested stake. The chance of actually getting the odds you manually enter are slim, so I don't see a problem with using the 2min odds instead.

Overall I would say the system is well thought out and put together, the workbooks are very comprehensive, possibly over engineered for the purpose I was using them for, but I believe there are other options as well, trading for instance. The option to have the workbooks sent daily is very good.

The workbooks could, I believe, be improved, and there is a doubt as to whether you could actually do all that needs to be done within the 2 mins in certain circumstances.

Smart Money Racing is more scientific, selecting certain types of races, and also place backing, which I have not come across before.

So in summing up I would say Smart Money Racing is certainly not for me, based purely on the amount of time spent sitting in front of the computer each day, after just 5 days my wife was beginning to make some very nasty threats indeed!

Cheers,
Gordon"

Thank-you Gordon as always your input was appreciated.

Tomorrow I will take up some of Gordon's points and show you how the author has made a great deal of effort to improve on many of the points Gordon has raised.

You can find out more about the system here but can I ask you to mention my name if you decide to email the author or purchase.

http://www.betsafesolutions.com/smart.htm

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