July has not got off to the best of starts.  Performance does not yet qualify as a disaster, and there’s still plenty of time for the month to end as a good one.  As Corporal Jones was so fond of ordering anyone who would listen, “Don’t panic!”.

The month actually got off to a flier for Northern Monkey, who on the first landed a stormer with Higher Power who scooted home to win the Northumberland Plate up at Newcastle at odds of 8/1.  But if this was a sign of some Higher Power amongst the Gods of betting deciding that this was to be the start of a hot run for our favourite northern-based tipster, he soon changed his mind and now Northern Monkey is showing a fairly significant loss for the month to date.

July got off to a cracker too for Chasemaster who tipped up Alderbrook Lad at Cartmel, and who landed odds of 11/2.

It seemed too after the 4th landed a very good overall profit via winning tips from Jason James, Morning Value Service (Lite) and Racing Service B that in fact we were on a bit of a roll, but alas it was not to be.  Two days later the deficit figure was a nasty one as every bugger went down, and then Saturday was, let’s say, disastrous.

Let’s move on…quickly…

Figures from July 1st – July 8th

Chasemaster: Staked 5pts, +5.8pts.

Jason James: Staked 34.5pts, -16.2pts.

Morning Value (Lite): Staked 25pts, -0.375pts.

Northern Monkey: Staked 40.375pts, -9.453pts.

Racing Service B: Staked 27.25pts, -7.5pts.

Pinpoint Golf: Staked 30.4pts, +7.385pts.

Total: ROI -12.72%

What a month for Morning Value Service (Lite).  Look at these figures…

Staked 96pts, +53.175pts, ROI 55.39%, ROC 53.18%.

Quite incredible, and it’s been a joy following this month.  Unlike the other tipsters I use, where I’m splitting stakes like there’s no tomorrow to make sure I stay under the bookies’ radar for as long as possible, with MVS (Lite) I rarely bother.  We’re always backing at short odds with this service, placing bets that the bookmakers like to take.  It means I can go for the standout price, even if only being offered by just one or two firms, and with the benefit of BOG it’s been a potent combination through June.  We even had a winner at 7/1 on the 22nd, albeit one that was tipped at 3s.  You know when they come in that things are going for you!

To be 100% honest though, the superlative performance of MVS (Lite) has papered over some cracks, and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to having some concerns over one or two services in the portfolio.

It’s been a while now since we saw any decent and consistent level of profit being made by Racing Tipster B and Chasemaster.  They each need to produce the goods through the second half of 2017.

I personally feel that Northern Monkey is possibly striving a little too hard for the bank doubling big multiple.  To be fair, it came within a whisker of doing just that on more than one occasion in June, but we’re seeing more multiple bets from Wayne than ever before and with the new staking system on some of the singles too, it feels a very different service from that of previous years.  Fingers crossed Wayne’s new approach will pay off soon.

So, for the month in total, only two of the six tipsters in action actually made a profit, but such were the extent of those from MVS (Lite) it was actually a very decent month.

June’s Betting: ROI 11.75%, ROC 7.83%

Chasemaster: Staked 16pts, -1.3pts, ROI -8.12%, ROC -1.3%

Jason James: Staked 95pts, +11.591pts, ROI 12.2%, ROC 5.79%.

MVS (Lite): Staked 96pts, +53.175pts, ROI 55.39%, ROC 53.175%.

Northern Monkey: Staked 137.25pts, -4.576pts, ROI -3.33%, ROC -5.72%.

Racing Tipster B: Staked 97pts, -2.17pts, ROI -19.16%, ROC -1.08%.

Pinpoint Gold: Staked 100.8pts, -19.32pts, ROI -19.16%, ROC -3.86%.