I think that the best tipster and the best rating service is the betting market.

Look through every days results (the tassie tote is very convenient for this as the closing market is on the same page as the results) and you will find that winner comes from the first four horses in the market very frequently.

I,m sure Wesmip and friends can supply the exact percentage.From memory I think around 80% of the time.

The trick is to work out a successful betting strategy based around this knowledge.

Rating double digit winners is wishful thinking (and we all try to pull it off) Tipsters will throw in a roughie every now and then in the hope of grabbing a few brownie points.But lets face it,when tipping three horses in one race any punter can throw in the odd longshot.

For example.Look at Peter Graham's mounts at the country meetings.Eliminate the short priced horses that he has booked,,,simply tip his longshots.From time to time he will pop up on a 8/1+ pop.Or more frequently a placed horse paying better than 5/1.

The market will prevail.