When the transfer window opened in January 2023, most managers were scrabbling around to find a replacement right back or a striker who could transform their fortunes.

Not us. Here at the SBC, we announced one of our biggest ever signings as ​Quentin Franks​ joined the SBC stable as one of our ​Premium Tipsters​!

All Weather specialist with the results to prove it!

We say ‘one of our biggest signings’ as Quentin is approaching a decade of profitable tipping which has resulted in him being considered as one of the most respected judges in the industry.

Since he arrived, Quentin has delivered, with 168 points of profit and a 10.09% ROI recorded in 2023 up to the end of November.

As you can see from his long-term record, this is nothing out of the ordinary – there is a reason he is so highly thought of!

This remarkable level of consistent profits has led to 1040% Return On Capital (ROC) for those following Quentin in since he started his service, and when he joined SBC, we worked with him to make slight adjustments to the operation including:

• a fair odds policy where prices are only cited if available with three major bookmakers
• a fair recording policy where any dramatic early price drops are reflected in results sheets (along with Rule 4s and no BOG applied)
• a membership cap to ensure that followers can get prices
• a stipulation that followers cannot bet on exchanges in the 30 minutes following on from tip release

These policies have worked. Long-term followers (and Quentin himself) have commented that price sensitivity has dropped considerably, with members able to get advised prices with much more regularity than they could before.

We have increased the membership cap as the year has gone on, with small increments used to ensure that everyone gets a good deal!

End of year analysis

With 2023 nearly over, we have taken a deep dive into the statistics behind Quentin Franks Racing to provide extra detail for those considering whether it is for them.

This piece of analysis provides us with a large amount of insight as we take a look at the finishing position of Quentin’s selections, with their average prices:

Quentin Franks Racing: Finishing Positions & Average Prices* 

*99 denotes any data that was unmatchable in our databases

This year’s profits (168 points at 10.09% ROI) have been obtained from relatively ‘long-priced’ winners (0.2pts above the overall mean) and we can also see a higher overall average price for all selections in the table above.

The prices of those finishing 2nd and 3rd was also something that caught our eye. Both are longer than their respective means, with those finishing third being a full 1.56 points above the average.

With this being a win only service (where variance is inevitably high), this data tells us that the ‘close calls’ and ‘near misses’ this year were dramatic, with a much higher ROI (and profit level) very much within reach. For those of us who have followed Quentin’s selections’ race-by-race this year, this theory has definitely been borne out with so many long-priced runners coming close!

Find out more and sign up for 2024

Quentin Franks Racing’s service page expands on this analysis, providing information about the record, average prices, finishing positions and much more.

For a limited time only, another batch of membership places will be made available. You can sign up to this excellent service here.

We will keep this window open until the new spots are filled but please be quick, as previous opportunities to get signed up have been extremely popular!

As ever, if you have any questions, please get in touch.

Last Wednesday saw the release of the 2nd review from the latest SBC Magazine (Issue 137) which was our much-anticipated review of an ‘Inside Information’ led service and one that had attracted a lot of interest in recent weeks.

That interest was piqued by its mention on the recent SBC podcast and down to its quite frankly ridiculous sounding betting record with a 1204 point profit at 86.61% ROI from 696 bets since 2021.

The full record of this service up to Mid November 2023

In that episode, Josh and I discussed our take on the service to date and the fact that although we had proofed a large proportion of these bets (our proofing began in September 2022) we still had quite a few questions on its operation.

Yes, we had seen lots of these bets win and at big prices over the past 15 months, but exactly how sustainable are these profits?

Is it realistic to expect to make an ROI in excess of 86% year on year?

Could you also trust them with your money as you might a service that derives its profit from more traditional approaches to finding value, such as form study, market analysis or modelling?

Premium Racing Tips

Today I am happy to name the service in question – Premium Racing Tips, which you can find over at https://premiumracingtips.com/

I know a lot of you were keen to know their identity and to explore what they offer yourselves, and whilst I was loathe to share this information before we had published our 20-page review for SBC members, I am happy to do so now.

Now this blog post is not a recommendation of their service from us at SBC as the reality is that our review uncovered some issues that at this time, have raised enough concern for us to only post a ‘watch’ rating on this tipster.

Effectively this means to simply watch how the service develops before considering a subscription.

These issues were only uncovered when we really started to dig deep and perform our usual due diligence as we do on any tipster review.

Initially they focused on simpler things like what seemed to be sloppy results keeping, which actually understated their profits by a small degree. For example we found bets settled on the wrong date and an 11/1 winner actually missed off the results spreadsheet.

Yet then we raised questions about exactly what odds and terms bets were being advised and therefore settled at that didn’t get a straight answer. For example – the tipster recently advised a bet that you could take at 50/1 each way (first 4), 20/1 (first 6) or 14/1 (first 7). The horse ultimately finished 6th and was settled at 20/1 but we wanted to know what the official advice was as it wasn’t clear. If it had won, would that have been logged at 50/1? Or if 7th, would it have been logged at 14/1?

These type of scenarios didn’t happen all too often but it seemed the type of thing that needed clarity. Clarity that never came.

A Watching Brief Only

So with the SBC team having written the review, I then shared a near final draft with those at Premium Racing Tips who it is safe to say were not happy with it.

Exactly why has never been explained to me, but the upshot was that they were not keen for me to publish the review and asked me not to.

Nevertheless, I pushed ahead as I thought it was fair, accurate and representative and I also weighed up the level of interest in the service alongside the number of subscribers to it already (including several SBC members who were already part of it) and felt I had a duty to put it out.

All told, during the concluding process of the review itself, my team and I actually ended up adjusting the planned published review 7 times based on changes from the service at the 11th hour. This includes those named as operating the service and its operation moving forward, their desire to include and then exclude a written interview and the fact their previously detailed spreadsheet of results online was replaced by summary of bet performance.

My team and I didnt get a sense that this was the most professionally run or stable service and as we said in the podcast – that was the key question for us. How sustainable and reliable are these profits?

So that’s where we are today – our very detailed review was published last Wednesday and for those of you wanting to know more about this service and our forensic approach to overviewing tipsters, you can read it with an SBC membership.

Ultimately I believe that only time will tell on this service in terms of its sustainability as a profitable tipster you can consider long-term. During the latter stages of the review process we saw enough to be concerned as to suggest members only consider a watching brief at this time.

It might be my team and I being overly cautious but it’s safe to say that given the amount of high-quality, well run tipsters available right now, there is no need to take undue risks with your money. Albeit none of them have an 86% ROI but then I do know that the services they offer are sustainable and they can be used with full confidence.

Perhaps in time the same will be said for PRT. I am looking forward to seeing how things develop on this one.

Pete – SBC Editor