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Race to show supreme horse racing knowledge hots up
03 October 2014 10:41 AM
There aren't too many punters going around proclaiming that they are the best punter around and that's for a few reasons. In most cases it's because they aren't and not even close. There's those that get a bit excited when they string a few wins together and decide to stick them on a website and profess to be the messiah of money with all the right mail. Then there's those that are actually making cash from their racing selections. You will find this lot either sitting back and enjoying the perks that come with success and possibly confirming their success by proofing their tips on a reputable racing website.
TheGreatTipOff.com has been proofing selections from racing media experts and punters for five years now. In that time they have proven and disproved a lot of myths about racing knowledge and where it actually resides. In 2014 the race for Australia's most profitable punter, and by assertion, most knowledgeable is a hotly contested race.
ProPunter setting the posts high
The leading form analyst for the first three quarters of 2014 is ProPunter. His record is beyond good, it is down right freakish. The South Australian punter has registered no less than 508 selections so far this year for 63 winners. That's a 12% strike rate, which doesn't sound too flash until you learn that the average price of his winners is $14.10. If you followed each of his 508 tips with $100 on the nose you would have banked a cool $38,100. To give you an idea how special these statistics are, one of the worlds most famous and successful punters, American William Benter, who spent most of his career analysing Hong Kong races, achieved a lifetime 24% win profit on turnover. Although not the same period being tested, ProPunter has trebled this effort from a significant volume of his tips on Australian horse races.
SMH form analyst tracking steadily
Sydney Morning Herald form analyst and journalist Peter Davis is the next best performer showing 57% win profit on turnover from 94 best bet selections posted in 2014. It could be argued that Davis' performance is actually better than those impressive statistics indicate as he is required to submit his selections about two days before race start time to meet editorial deadlines. Converting Davis' profit into cash he has made $100 punters a healthy $5,358 so far this year finding 23 winners from 94 selections.
The next best performer with 355 tips posted in 2014 is Goffsta100. The 34 year old Novocastrian has found 46 winners this year at average odds of $10.15, which is a perfect indicator that he knows how to find value on a form guide.
Just three months left for punters and media to make their move on these three outstanding racing analysts. With some of the best racing of the year to come from the 2014 Spring Carnival, there will certainly be enough opportunity for punters to prove they can do better.