Thank you again to everyone who completed the Horse Racing Professionals member survey. There are many additional insights to share from the survey, which I will do at the first available opportunity.

It was very humbling to see 85% of you ranked Dean's Tips as the #1 racing or sports service you are a member of, particularly when the majority of you are a member of 3 or more services (in fact the most popular answer was 5 or more services).

The other interesting aspect was how many of you were interested in receiving profitable Sports betting services provided by highly successful punters that I know.

I often get contacted by people wishing to promote their services through our website, and turn the vast majority away. However I have been personally trialling a number of potential candidates for over a year now, whose selections and results have been available publicly for a number of years.

Most failed their trial periods for a variety of reasons, but a few shining stars made it through the rigorous process and ticked all the boxes.

So far at Horse Racing Professionals we have offered 3 services, and all have proven successful:

Dean's Tips: 223 units profit since Jul 1 at 15.5% POT
Gary's Tips: 45 units profit since Nov 1 at 16.1% POT
Saturday Only Service: 100 units profit since Jul 1 at 15.7% POT

I actually was very apprehensive in bringing new services into the team. At Horse Racing Professionals we work very hard to deliver highly profitable services and great value for members. I would hate to see our hard work whittled away by poor performing services (an issue faced by a number of our members subscribing to outside services, judging by the survey).

In order to become an analyst that I was prepared to recommend to my members, they had to meet a stringent set of criteria, including:

Have a proven track record over a significant period of time
Pass a comprehensive testing phase and/or come well recommended by reliable sources
Show substantial profitability to justify offering to our membership base
Record odds that are easily achievable by all
Have advanced betting knowledge, and a good head on their shoulders

We will be offering a select number of services in the coming months that tick all of those boxes, through our sister site Sport Betting Professionals. The first will be a combined service from an analyst who specialises in both AFL and NRL.

I will be providing more information regarding this analyst, including their background and past results in the coming days. However for now he wanted me to share with you one selection for this weekend:

AFL Nab Cup (game is on Saturday)
Richmond v Hawthorn
Richmond (to win)
4 units
$1.645 (Pinnacle)
$1.70 is available William Hill/Centrebet

Comment: "Have info, Richmond will field best 22, Hawthorn mid-low players. Big edge here if that eventuates. May hedge after team lists come out"

Just a note on bet sizes. As with all of our services, these are based on a 100 unit bank. Most bets are usually 2 to 3 units. Some bets are 1 unit, and the max bet is 5 units.

Note a strategy sometimes used is to hedge out of a bet, which will be advised as required.

Odds will be recorded officially at Pinnacle prices, as they are the biggest Sports betting bookmaker in the World, will actually take a bet, odds won't be affected much or at all by members as their limits are so high, and most importantly much better prices will be available to all members utilising local Australia Corporate bookies.

Stay tuned for more details in the coming days.

All the best.

Dean