Sometimes it's easy to tell what the tipping services are tipping without paying.

Most services release their tips around 9 or 10am on race morning. The smaller punters who don't bet with bookmakers call straight up and put their bets enmasse with the TAB. Because of the small pools, these selections come up extremely short and can be easily spotted.

For example Sandown Race 7 Number 9, Ironbark Mac was showing $1.40 for the win at the 11.02am update on Supertab with about $2000 in the win pool. It's price in the paper this morning is $9.

Lesson: If you subscribe to any of these services, especially if they're reliable, why are you showing your hand so blatantly?

Just another reason why bookies are best.

Cheers

[ This Message was edited by: Reenster on 2002-07-24 11:55 ]

I don't know that it is really showing your hand - all the other punters know is that someone has tipped a particular runner. It could be a tipping service, a newspaper tipster, one of the tipsters from sky or a guy at the pub for all we know. All I can say is that you would have to be a bit foolish to put money on the TAB so early before you know what the odds will be but you would have to be an even bigger fool to follow that money on the assumption that it is a good tip!

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It's still showing $1.70 with $18000 in the win pool. That's not just a pub tip or a newspaper whisper.

However, I agree Becareful, what it IS is dumb money. My point is you can usually spot these selections a mile away. Of course you can't tell what the source is but something like that has to be an organised "tip."

Cheers

With 20 mins to go it's showing $3.10 on S-TAB.

Generally, I go against the trend. If I like a horse at big odds, I will place my bet early on S-TAB and watch the price blow out from $2.00 to $25+. I do this because people take very little note of what is placed early, and more notice of plunges in the last 5 to 10 mins.