Angle 4 Value is a horse racing tipster service provided by tipster Gary Millar in conjunction with the Betfan Group. As the name suggests, it aims to provide subscribers with value horse racing selections.
What does the product offer?
The headlines for Angle 4 Value are rather eye grabbing and are not surprisingly rather atypical of the Betfan formula. For examples, Gary Millar is supposedly making “Ridiculous Horse Racing Profits It’s Insane!”. Whilst I have a pretty good idea what Betfair are trying to suggest with this, their execution is a rather rare miss (albeit a big one). With the promise of a decent income through horse racing in the air, what exactly are you getting with Angle 4 Value?
Angle 4 Value is a year round horse racing tipster service that focuses on a variety of different disciplines with selections advised for big race days, weekends and midweek racing. Gary Millar however says that his favourite time of year however is the festival season and this shows. Whilst Angle 4 Value has typically shown between 1-3 selections per day, over the recent Cheltenham Festival, Gary Millar was pushing out up to 5 bets per day.
I have already touched upon the fact that Angle 4 Value isn’t a particularly high volume betting service with the vast majority of days only producing one bet. These are all sent out via email as well as being uploaded to a member’s area on the Betfan website. This is all pretty standard fare however when you start to look at the bets that Gary Millar places, Angle 4 Value becomes anything but. There is a certain flair for the exotic with Patent Bets, Trixie Bets and even some Yankee’s all making an appearance. There are also a significant number of doubles (both each way and straight wins).
In terms of the numbers, there is a staking plan in place for Angle 4 Value which generally involves staking at least 2 points per bet with a top end of 4 points. Gary Millar may however exceed these numbers on some of the bigger bets. In terms of the strike rate, Angle 4 Value has an average of 38.24% since the service went live in October. This doesn’t however paint the full picture as Angle 4 Value has been a sustained “up and down” service.
How does the product work?
Unfortunately, there isn’t too much direct information provided in terms of what the selection process for Angle 4 Value entails. There are however some details hidden between the lines. For example, Gary Millar talks about how he never used to look at “handicap marks, ground conditions, race distances etc.”. It also talks about the fact that Angle 4 Value focuses on the “top 20% of race horses”. This is supposedly so that Gary Millar can find it easier to understand form.
This all appears to be going nowhere in particular however this information is claimed to be at the heart of Angle 4 Value. I have touched upon the fact that this is a service that is ultimately based around finding value and all of the above supports this. The core idea is that by having a detailed knowledge of a small number of horses, Gary Millar is able to better identify when bookies have mispriced them and resultantly, extract the best possible value.
What is the initial investment?
At the time of writing, Betfan are offering just two subscription options for Angle 4 Value. The first of these is a monthly subscription (which actually runs for 28 days) at a cost of £49. Alternatively, you can subscribe to a quarterly subscription (which actually runs for 90 days) at a cost of £90. At the time of writing, you can also trial Angle 4 Value for 14 days for £7 before your subscription starts.
As is typical of products from within the Betfan group, there is no real money back guarantee in place. It is worth pointing out however that the team do say in the terms and conditions that they will review any requests for refunds.
What is the rate of return?
Angle 4 Value launched in October of 2016 and since then it has gone on to generate an overall profit of 237.63 points. It is worth keeping in mind however that this result has been predominantly achieved through a rather high staking plan. Furthermore, Angle 4 Value hasn’t achieved a consistent profit. In actuality, there has been at least one period where two weeks saw the service drop 50 points.
Conclusion
In order to consider Angle 4 Value, you have to look at how it weighs up compared to other tipster services. In this regard, I feel that it simply doesn’t stack up well. As a standalone service, Angle 4 Value isn’t terrible. It has ultimately produced a profit and it is difficult to overlook this fact, it is after all what any tipster service is supposed to do. The problems behind Angle 4 Value are unfortunately numerous.
The first thing that I wish to address is the cost. The price of tipster services have slowly been increasing for some time now however £50 per month is definitely towards the top end of the pay scale. This would be fine for something that has consistently produced a profit and has a proven history of profit. Gary Millar has been tipping for Angle 4 Value for 6 months and the results from then haven’t been exceptional in my opinion.
One of the biggest questions in weighing up whether or not something like Angle 4 Value is worthwhile pursuing is whether or not (somewhat ironically) it represents value for money. In this case, I just don’t really see the value there. It is an expensive service that has produced results that I would call satisfactory at best. The fact is that the tipster market is competitive and there are plenty of average tipster services that don’t ask for £50 per week.
