Horse Racing Investor is a new horse racing tipster service which is supposedly operated by the eponymous “Reliable” Rich Taylor. It claims to have generated profits of over 1000 points and is supposedly still going strong.
What does the product offer?
“Reliable” Rich Taylor Horse Racing Investor is technically the full name of this product, but let’s be honest, that is a mouthful if ever I saw one. As a result of this, I will be referring to it simply as Horse Racing Investor in this article. The name thing is also something that is rather interesting to me. To quote Shakespeare (admittedly out of context) “What’s in a name?”. In the case of Horse Racing Investor, the thing that immediately stood out about the service is the use of the term investor.
There is something of a negative connotation around the word gambling in the online community and not surprisingly, many people choose to avoid the term. We are bettors, we bet strategically, we make choice selections with a view to generating a long term profit. What we rarely say is gamblers and this is because the implication of gambling is that you are taking a chance.
If you are careful with your betting, know your stuff and are disciplined you never gamble. You are taking a calculated risk. For Rich Taylor to refer to himself as Horse Racing Investor takes it to a bit of a new level though, a level that I am not convinced of in the slightest. I want to explore all of this in detail, but first let’s put semantics aside for now, I want to get into the system itself.
Horse Racing Investor is a near daily tipster service with Rich Taylor saying that some days he is unable to identify the right quality of selection or simply isn’t able to carry out the necessary research. Whether or not there are selections available you can expect and email around 8pm in the evening saying whether there are selections for the next day, and if so, the relevant details for them.
When selections are available, they will be sent out on the day of racing between 11am and midday. These only cover basic information unfortunately. You will receive details of the horse to back, the race they are in and the type of bet to place. Of course this does mean that there is some variety in bets that you place however Horse Racing Investor doesn’t tend to really stray into the exotic. On a given day there can be anywhere from 1-5 bets advised.
Rich Taylor does provide details of his staking plan for Horse Racing Investor however this is simply a straight forward level stakes affair. Generally speaking, this doesn’t work out too bad for Horse Racing Investor. If I am honest though, within the context of Horse Racing Investor and the variety of bets, the differing odds etc. I feel that it is evidence of something that I would say is a pretty big negative (which I will get to later).
Unfortunately, although not unexpectedly, there is no strike rate provide for Horse Racing Investor. There is also no proofing provide outside of a generic roundup of how profitable Rich Taylor’s selections have been over the years. Naturally I am unable to put much stock in this, however it is also a part of a wider problem when it comes to Horse Racing Investor.
How does the product work?
Unfortunately we are not really given a lot of information in terms of the selection process for Horse Racing Investor. Rich Taylor does make reference to researching what to back but this is all that we are really told. There is some theory behind Horse Racing Investor explained, for example Rich Taylor says that the focus with his betting is on risk vs reward. The term value is also banded about a lot in the sales material. With no context provided about how value is being extracted I can only take all of these claims wit a healthy pinch of salt.
What is the initial investment?
There is only one option if you want to subscribe to Horse Racing Investor however it is a little different to the norm. Rich Taylor says that he typically charges subscribers on a monthly basis however “this time”, you are paying to double your betting bank. This is based on certain stakes and is supposedly available for £25. When you are taken to the payment plan on Clickbank, the price is significantly more than this at £50.
There is no mention of any money back guarantee mentioned on the sales page. Given that Clickbank have recently changed their refund policy, this means that there is unlikely to be anything in place.
What is the rate of return?
I have touched upon the fact that Rich Taylor claims to have made over 1000 points with Horse Racing Investor, however this number is actually over 4 years. In reality, Horse Racing Investor has produced an average annual profit of 271.15 points which paints a much different picture in my opinion. Once again, I also feel that it is important to highlight that there is simply no proofing for Horse Racing Investor which reasonably casts doubt on these claims.
Conclusion
There is quite a lot about Horse Racing Investor that really raises questions for me and it comes down to problems that are increasingly familiar. The single most obvious thing is a lack of any evidence whatsoever to back up the claims that are made by Horse Racing Investor. This goes well beyond what I have come to expect, even from the more questionable services that I look. It is quite clear that this is a problem.
Also, there isn’t really a whole lot of information to back up as it were either. There is lots of talk about risk and reward which is undisputedly an important part of a successful betting system. It only feels like lip service from Rich Taylor though which is in no small part down to the aforementioned lack of evidence. I have always maintained that a genuine tipster will talk about their selection process to some degree. This allows potential subscribers to make an informed decision, but most importantly, it shows that a tipster knows what they are talking about.
Even if you put both of these problems to one side, there remains the question of value for money which is one area that I believe that Horse Racing Investor really falls down. I am never keen on tipsters who say that they price their services based on earning you points or increasing your betting bank. It always seems a little like a safety net in so much as there is no immediate responsibility for results whereas somebody who is periodic has more reason to get things right from the get go. The fact that the pricing is wrong is definitely a huge problem for me as well.
All of this suggests that Horse Racing Investor probably isn’t a genuine service and whilst there is some evidence at the front end, it is when it comes to the stuff that you don’t really see that makes it clear. Whilst the mistakes at the front end could well be down to somebody who is perhaps launching their first product, the vendor who is selling Horse Racing Investor is far from in experienced. So much so in fact that they have released an incredible 4 different tipster services in a period of less than 6 months.
This in and of itself is a huge problem for me. There are an increasing number of tipster services on the market that appear to be nothing more than money making tools for internet marketers. The fact that this particular vendor has averaged a product every 45 days tells me that they are pumping these things out and more likely than not keeping things up and running for just over 60 days (which used to be Clickbank’s guaranteed money back guarantee).
With everything in mind, it probably comes as no surprise to learn that I simply cannot recommend Horse Racing Investor. It is expensive for what it is, even before you take into consideration the fact that the vendor appears to be somewhat questionable. When you put the whole thing together though, Horse Racing Investor is already looking like potentially one of the worst investments of the year.
