Category: Tipster Reviews

L7N Longshots Review

Welcome to our L7N Longshots review, where you will see us put this horse racing tipster service from Betfan under the microscope for 90 days.

The service is run by Michael and tips are delivered to our inbox each morning via email and are also available from the membership area within Betfan.

Quick Summary

L7N Longshots is the brainchild of Michael who also runs another service which we looked at in our Lucky7 Naps Review.  This new racing tipster service launched in April 2015, and according to the sales page has racked up profits of over 2,000 points by backing winners regularly in excess of 20/1.

We’ll see how those claims stack up to our experience during the review.

Membership to L7N Longshots gets daily each-way racing tips, which are available inside the member’s area, and are also emailed to you around lunchtime.  Evening racing tips tend to be sent out later in the afternoon, so it’s important you understand that you’re getting a few hours to get your bets on.  I prefer the tips closer to the race start than getting them the night before.  There is more value in getting tips the night before when early prices are higher, but you’re more likely for a bookie to restrict your account.

Month 1 Summary

The first month of our L7N review has got off to a blistering start with 17 of the 69 horses bet on coming home to deliver a profit.
The strike rate of 24.63% is simply staggering for a value backing horse racing system. If this continues throughout the review there’ll be some mind-blowing figures at the end!

The emails have arrived on time each afternoon and are easy to follow, which makes it easy to place your bets. The tips are also available if you log in to the member’s area with Betfan and having another way of getting access is good.

All in all our L7N Longshots review has had a spectacular start, with a profit of almost £9,558.50 to advised £10 staking units being amongst the best I’ve ever seen. We’ve also been recording results to £10 level stakes and that would have netted you a profit of £4,681.80 over the month!

Month 2 Summary

Unbelievable stuff again from Michael at L7N Longshots as another £6,239.65 of profit was secured using the service’s advised staking. The total profit actually hit £21,222.55 at one point before having a sticky patch to finish at £15,798.15 after 2 months.

Even on £10 level stakes the service finished with a profit of £6,110.50 after 2 months, so whichever you cut it, there are some amazing profits to be had. The strike rate this month was 18.42%, so slightly down on month 1 but still excellent for a value tipster.

The final month of the review is about to begin and barring an almighty collapse, it looks as though it’s going to end with a thoroughly decent profit. I expect a correction at some point because when backing at long odds you always get a lean patch.

Month 3 Summary

Well, the correction arrived but it hasn’t done anything to dampen my good feelings about this service. I say this because although our review ended on 1st September, Michael went and bagged some big winners on the 2nd, which would have made it even more profitable!

Overall a loss of £8,044.78 in the month using L7N Longshots advised staking plan and it finishes with a very commendable profit of £7,753.37 at the end of our 3 month review period.

We also tracked the results to £10 level stakes and these finished with a total profit of £5,031.90.

The service is well run, affordable and most importantly, profitable. A big thumbs up!

L7N Longshots Conclusion

This delivered fantastic profits, no matter whether you followed advised staking, or simply backed to level stakes.

It’s important to note that on advised staking, all the tips received were to use 5 points per bet. Lots of tipsters use points systems for their betting and you usually get a mix of points.

For example, you may receive 2 point, 3 point and 5 point tips on the same day from a tipster, with the point indicating the belief the tipster has in a selection winning.

This hasn’t been the case with L7N Longshots as all tips have been 5 points and looking at the proofing on Betfan from before the review and since the review, all tips are always 5 points.

This means that 5 points are really 1 point where this service is concerned, so we have to divide the advised staking results by 5 to get a true reflection of performance.

This means…

Total Profit over review to advised stakes = £1,550.67

Total Profit over review to level stakes = £1,006.38

Still, a nice profit and we’re still giving it a pass.

ITK Racing Review

Welcome to our ITK Racing review, where you will see us put this horse racing tipster service from Betfan under the microscope for 90 days. The service is run by Bet Kudos and no details of who they get their information from is given.

Tips are sent to our inbox each day via SMS to our mobile phone. The ITK Racing review will see results recorded at advised stakes and also at £10 level stakes.

Quick Summary

You can find all the monthy updates about ITK Racing further down this page, however the table below gives you an oversight of the final position of the review.

Month 1 Summary

The first month of our ITK Racing review has finished in profit but nothing to really write home about. 7 of our 23 bets delivered profits but we only finished £78.56 up to advised staking. We’ve also been recording results to £10 level stakes and that would have £75 profit, so not much difference at all.

The strike-rate of 30.34% appears spectacular, unfortunately it is not indicative of the profits. There were lots of little winners as each way bets placed rather than won their races.

The ITK Racing service is slightly different to many others as tips are delivered by text as it’s imperative that you receive the tips without delay and most people are glued to their phones nowadays.

Hopefully the profits can increase to match the strike-rate in month 2!

Month 2 Summary

Another profitable month for the service as it delivered £228.03 profit to advised staking and finished at £306.59 up overall.

As always, we track results to £10 level stakes and that performed marginally better with £236.90 in the month.

The strike-rate this month ​came in at 28.57% as 8 of the 28 selections delivered a profitable bet.

Overall the service is well placed at the moment but it could really do with ramping up the profits in the final month.

A few of those second and third places turning into firsts would do the trick.

Month 3 Summary

A loss this month as the service lost £112.70 to advised stakes, it’s certainly not a disaster but after 3 months the service hadn’t really delivered any great returns, especially when you consider the monthly subscription cost.

A strike-rate of 30.43% appears healthy enough on paper but many of the profits delivered were marginal as they came from each-way bets that placed rather than won.

As we said in month 2 if some of the 2nd and 3rd places could be converted into wins then this could have shed an entirely different light on proceedings but it is what it is and this is going to get firmly filed in the neutral section.

It’s worth noting that although the stakes are £10 per point, bets were usually between the 2 and 5 point range meaning an outlay of £20 to £50 on each race.

The ultimate downfall with this service is that the each-way bets only delivered minimal profits upon placing, so the each-way seemed very much to be used as an insurance in the case the horse didn’t win outright, which it invariably failed to do.