About Horse Racing Tips Australia FAQs
Find answers to common questions about horse tipping and our services.
What tracks are covered?
Horse Racing Tips Australia covers every Australian thoroughbred race meeting, 365 days a year.
Where do your horse racing tips come from?
Our tips are put together by experienced Aussie punters using form, ratings and race-day conditions. We don’t take sponsored picks or bookie promos.
What’s the advantage of HRTA?
or a reason as the win rate for boxed exacta’s on the site averages between 30% and 50% of all races run each day. And if you can get the Exacta logic will tell you that if you have the field for 3rd you then have the Trifecta and if you have the field for 4th you then have the First 4. Dependent on field sizes and thanks to the flexi dividend if you tie the race up right you can get as much as 33% of the dividend for as little as $10 so if you would like to discover some more helpful betting strategies & advice simply read our ratings how-to guide.
Don’t know which races to bet or what bet type to try?
Have a read of our ratings how-to guide, which will give you some good ideas you might like to try. Basically, the real key is Money Management, which means you only bet 5% of your bank on each race you want to wager on until you make your profit for the day and by limiting your risk you are actually giving yourself a greater chance to win and once you have reached your target goal for the day just pull out. Pretty simple stuff really but a lot of people just don’t get it which is why the bookies are doing very well and always have done so.
But how do you approach it?
Well, this is an example I will use for Exactas, but it works for any bet type. My bank is $200, and I’m basically spending either $6 or $12 per bet, so it’s either 3% or 6% of my bank. I am taking the exacta’s either boxed for $6 for 50% or $12 for 100% or in the format of depending on the selections but for example if the selections are 1, 2, 3, 4 I take 1 and 2 for 1st and 1, 2, 3, 4 for 2nd which costs $12 for 200% of the dividend. So basically if I am betting in $6 units it gives me 33 chances to hit a good result or series or results to get me to my goal for the day which is $50 or I bet in $12 units which gives me 16 chances to reach my goal. Today I outlaid $24 and picked up a good dividend in the first 2 races of $46.10 x 2 which equals $92.20 which gives me a profit of $68.20 and I pulled out at that point. The best time of the day is to bet early and if you check the results you should see patterns developing and you should be able to decide at a glance if something is working at a particular meeting or not. This all applies to any bet type it does not matter if it’s win bets or trifecta’s or first 4’s. Really its pretty basic stuff and if I can get it anyone can. Limit your risks and you are on your way to success and the real trick of the whole exercise is pulling out when you hit your target which is not hard to do in practice over time. Spend small and make those little profits which all add up to you reaching your goal for the day.
How do we make our selections?
All of the ratings on this site have been selected using sheer hard work and learned experience and they are the best selections statistically we can provide. Racing is simply a fantastic pastime and the primary goal of this site is to simply try and make this pastime more profitable and successful for you by providing you firstly with the runners we judge have the greatest chance of winning and secondly by introducing you to the skills which you need in order to think and act like a professional punter.
Four selections are given for each race in the order of preference and the suggested betting strategy is to find the best value within each of the four runners provided and then back them accordingly from there. Please also remember that there is never a sure thing in racing and that it is all really just a complex game of stats & numbers with luck in running thrown in for extra measure and sometimes things simply do not go to plan, so always remember to bet sensibly at all times.
Also on this site you will see links to very informative professional punting articles which will show you the exact skills you need to far get better value from your betting dollar. These articles are written by some very experienced punters in the betting game and will be of a real benefit to you, so don’t forget to view these articles and understand them thoroughly. New professional punting articles are also added to the site each few weeks so please check back with us regularly to view the very latest information we have to offer.
Some of the latest professional punting articles we have available are listed immediately below…
- Expert punting advice for the beginner
- Horse racing systems? How to win when you go horse racing
- The best racing tips can be so simple
- Horse racing odds are you really getting the best value?
- The importance of taking a good price in horse racing
- Why punters lose punting on horse racing
- So you want to be a professional punter?
- The 5 habits of habitual losing punters and how you’ll profit by doing the opposite
And that is all we have to say at this very moment. So great luck & happy betting always.
Now let’s get to work finding some great-priced winners!
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When are tips published?
Our tips are usually posted between 30 minutes and 1 hour before the first scheduled race of the day. Once posting begins, the rest of the selections are generally finalised shortly afterwards.
Horse Racing Tips Australia covers every Australian thoroughbred race meeting, 365 days a year.
Free members can view tips for the first three races at each track on the Free Horse Racing Tips page.
How do you give yourself the best chance of winning?
P. L. L. D. – Planning, Logic, Luck & Discipline
(a) Planning is using Money Management to manage your risk and you can read about this in our Ratings How-To Guide
(b) Logic is simply using common sense and strategy in making your betting selections.
(c) Luck is simply luck in running and that is what horse racing is all about reward for risk, but you can limit your risks and improve your chances of winning by using Money Management techniques.
(d) Discipline is setting goals and once you have achieved that goal walk away for the day.
You give 4 selections in each race how does that work?
4 selections are given for each race in there exact order of preference for those that like Exacta’s, Trifecta’s and First 4’s and you can either box or banker them and all of the different methods of exactly how you can do this are easily explained here in our comprehensive Ratings How-To Guide
If you like betting for the Win only then the best strategy is to simply back the Top Selection given or even look wider at the Top 2 Selections if you are looking to gain some extra value. The win percentages for both the Top Selection and Top 2 Selections are provided in our Ratings How-To Guide & also on all our websites Results Pages so you might like to check there for our exact daily statistics.
And if you like betting for the win Winning More has also provided us with some free dutch betting software here which may be of real use to you.
Looking for an easy high percentage way to back our selections? Try backing our Top Selection just for the place and if you are looking for more value try taking the Top Selections just for the place in a multi. From 21 December 2015 until 11 June 2017 there were 24,396 Top Selections. Of these 24,181 actually ran, that is were not late scratching’s. Of the 24,181 that ran, 6969 or 28.8% ran 1st. A further 4,540 or 18.8% ran 2nd. And a further 3,298 or 13.6% ran 3rd. So all up, the Top Selection ran 1st, 2nd or 3rd, 14,807 times or 61.2%.
How do I understand the results information on the website?
After the winner result you will see a number for example Winner (1) $5.30 the (1) represents the winner came from the first tip in the sequence. So (2) will represent tip 2, (3) tip 3 and (4) tip 4. This information is given to help people clearly see which horse in the tips sequence actually won and it is then followed by the exacta, trifecta, first 4 and quadrella results information if we have tipped it correctly within the selections given and the prices shown are from the QLD TAB.
To view any tip updates on the website including the live rating results if they are available simply refresh the page you are on by pressing the circle in your browser or by pressing the refresh this page buttons provided on the appropriate pages.
And to view all of our past horse racing tip results simply visit Check All Our Daily Rating Results
Added on Saturday the 30th of June 2018:
We now tell you which races are best to bet as we have introduced Key Notes to the website which outline each races best possibility of winning at a simple glance.
So for example:
Key Notes:
(*) Denotes “Special” so the Top Selection should really win.
(P) Denotes “Predictable” so overall race has a Higher Probability of success within the given 4 selections.
(O) Denotes an “Open” Race with many possibilities so Uncertain Of Outcome within selections.
Ipswich Race Tips:
Race 1: (*) 5, 4, 1, 3 – Winner (1) $1.30 Exacta $2.10 Trifecta $5.10 First 4 $5.60
Race 2: (*) 4, 2, 8, 7 – Winner (1) $1.50
Race 3: (P) 9, 1, 4, 6 – Winner (2) $4.90 Exacta $61.10 Trifecta $199.90 First 4 $812.60
Just something interesting:
Consistency is the key to winning.
If you like betting for the Win then you will like what you see on our website as the strike rate on average for our Top 2 Selections is 50% of all races run each day and if you like dutch betting you can download free staking software from Winning More right here at free dutch betting software which you can use in conjunction with our tips each day.
Here is what a normal person would do.
Bet 5% of your bank.
Back the top 2 selections
Set a goal say to win $50 for the day.
Reach goal and then pull out and come back the next day.
A Great Tip: A really sensible approach would be to go through the early bookmaker prices for the Top 2 Selections when our tips are first posted for you each day and then search out those races which represent value and bet from there. It is advisable to ignore those races which contain odds-on favourites the type of races which represent little or no value. You will find that generally the bookmaker prices you will see early will be the best prices available as generally the prices for our selections will shorten in odds over the course of the day.
If you want to find out even more helpful techniques and strategies you can read our ratings help guide here.
You will also see the Exacta mentioned a lot on this site but it is for a reason as the win rate for boxed exacta’s on the site averages between 30% and 50% of all races run each day. And if you can get the Exacta logic will tell you that if you have the field for 3rd you then have the Trifecta and if you have the field for 4th you then have the First 4. Dependent on field sizes and thanks to the flexi dividend if you tie the race up right you can get as much as 33% of the dividend for as little as $10 so if you would like to discover some more helpful punting strategies & advice simply read our ratings how-to guide.
Don’t know which races to bet or what bet type to try? Have a read of our ratings how-to guide which will give you some good ideas you might like to try. Basically the real key is Money Management which means you only bet 5% of your bank on each race you want to wager on until you make your profit for the day and by limiting your risk you are actually giving yourself a greater chance to win and once you have reached your target goal for the day just pull out. Pretty simple stuff really but a lot of people just don’t get it which is why the bookies are doing very well and always have done so.
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