In my last blog post the Premium Strong Bet Service was flying high with close to 70 points having been made since August 1st this year (when the service launched). Since then I have to say my choices have been dreadful, well most of them anyway.

In my 10 years of taking horse racing professionally I have had plenty of ups and downs and lately it’s certainly fair to say there’s been a lot more losers than winners.

While some are quick to criticise, others are silent and some are very understanding – This is a tough way to make money.

Let’s take today for example and I will tell you about my thought process and both my Aida’s Arrow Racing System and my FACTOR 10 Racing System (See more here about my systems).

This morning my Aida’s Arrow System found a strong bet in Ashcott Boy (2.00 Plumpton) the horse just about made it as a FACTOR 10 strong bet too. The forecast SP however was 3/1 and all bar one of this horse’s opposition had finished placed last time out. The horse was not proven on Soft going either and was taking a step up in distance too. So it seemed logical at the time that the selection was too much of a risk.

Result – Ashcott Boy won at 11/2 by 3/4 of a length beating another F10 horse and the pair were clear of the third horse home by 16 lengths.

Instead I went for a lesser Aida’s Arrow horse in Akula in the 2.15 at Leicester, it was an open race as I had stated to my loyal band of members but I felt the price could drift to at least 10/1 and the horse was well worth a bet.

Akula did go off at 10/1 and went into the lead early on but was headed 3 out and finished a poor 4th in the end. The winner? That was another Aida’s Arrow horse in Sir Valentino (forecast at 10/1) who won very well at 4/1.

Then in the 3.15 at Leicester there was a horse I really fancied last timer out in Larkhall. He was taking a step up when I selected him but I felt he could cope, he didn’t any only finished 3rd. Today the horse took another step up in trip which puzzled me as he had appeared not to stay last time out and wouldn’t you know it but the horse went a won today by 3/4 of a length at 9/2.

My other fancy was at Wolverhampton in the 2.55 where despite not being proven over the trip I went for a good looking Aida’s Arrow horse who was also an F10 selection (not a strong one). It was another open race and there were two other F10 horses in it, I probably should have know better, but that’s always easy to say after.

The horse had some good form to his name both on All Weather and the Turf and in his last 6 races he’d finished 5th once, 3rd once, 2nd three times and won twice too.

My selection Rum Swizzle had a good position but with half a mile to go (2m 1/2f distance) it was apparent to me that my horse was not going to last home. He came in down the field and was well beaten.

Yes, you have probably guessed it, another system horse in Cavalieri won well at 5/1.

I don’t like to make excuses and my choices of late could certainly have been made with a little more wisdom and while I will soon be on the winning trail once more – experience has proven that many times over – Racing can be cruel and times and my betting bank has taken a big hit.

In fact it would have been massively more profitable to have Laid my selections on late, but no one will say that when a 14/1 shot comes in again as Third Time Lucky did on the service in The Cambridgeshire, one of no less than thirty four runners too.

Speaking of Laying however, I have a system coming out that while is much more than a Laying System, did start life as that.

I have been asked many times did I have a system that could be used with any Newspaper? My answer was always no, as the Racing Post has been my paper of choice for many years. However, I am about to release what I have renamed my Pro Lay Profit Formula which genuinely can be used with any newspaper (as long as it has the racecards of course).

This manual contains 100 winners and a loser, and explains in full detail how to either use the manual to Lay the favourite or to find a suitable race and back against them.

The odds of the favourites range from 1/6 on up to 5/2 and the vast majority where well worth taking on, i.e. there was more than once reason to do so.

If you want to know more just email me neil@aidaracing.co.uk or call me on 01490 460239 and I’ll send you a letter or email you back.

Thanks for reading and to all my members, I will turn this form around just as soon as I can, believe me, I will.

Thanks for reading

Neil Davies – Aida Racing.