A Q and A with Robin Bliss of Value Racing Tips
- Hi Robin and many thanks for agreeing to join us this month, would you start by telling our readers a little about yourself and your background?My name is Robin Bliss I'm 52 I live in Scotland with my wife and two children. I am originally from Surrey where I was brought up. I work as a Sports Analyst/Tipster for Betting Gods.2. What attracted you to the world of horse racing and what do you enjoy most about the sport?I have been studying and betting on the horses for over 25 years.
I first got the bug back when I was around 12 years of age listening to my Dad picking up the phone on a Saturday to have his fiver on the live racing on TV. Then in early 1990s I had left home after being made redundant from my job as an Assistant Land/ Building Surveyor and I moved to Morecambe in Lancashire where I was working in a Plastic Mouldings factory and I was struck down with ME which meant giving up work.
I needed to keep my mind occupied so I started logging Horse Racing results and marking down the stats about the individual Horses.Then I would put bets on my selections and found I was winning money.
3. We can see from the Betting Gods website that you are the longest standing tipster on the network. What first led you into the world of racing tipsters and how have you managed to remain so committed?
I enjoy the challenge of studying horse racing and the rewards for myself and others it can bring.
You could say I work in one of those rare jobs where I love my job.
4. What do you feel you can offer racing enthusiasts and punters that other tipsters can’t?
The main thing I offer is value priced horses, there are no odds on selections. Offering the overnight prices enables punters to get the best guaranteed prices, but most of all a record over four years of consistent profit. I look at my service as an investment opportunity.
5. What traits do you think a good racing tipster should possess and what do you think the average punter is looking for from a tipping service?
The main trait of a good racing tipster should is that they have profitable, long term, consistent results; I would assume most punters use a tipping service because either they don’t have the time or the experience to do it themselves.
6. Do you have a “typical” working day? How would you describe your day to day work?
My working day starts around midday where I will first look at the proposed weather for the following days racing and then over the next four hours I will study races, placing a few bets, whilst having the racing on the TV in the background. Between 4pm and 6pm I will send out my selections for the next days racing.
In more detail, the races I select are mainly Handicaps and Pattern Races.
I choose my races based on whether I can narrow the race down to maybe only 2 to 3 possible winners, any more than that I leave alone.
Then I will analyse in depth try to work out how the race will be run. I never select an odds on horse, I will always look for value.
I try to avoid Maidens and Novice Hurdles/Chases the reason being there are too many unknowns, also 5f, 6f races are avoided as in a sprint slow away runners often get in to a poor position and the race is over with no time to recover.
I use The Racing Post ratings, At The Races and BHB site and I study videos of previous races looking at the Stewards reports to see if I can find out why certain horses ran poorly. I will then look at trainer / jockey stats and course form to see which horses certain horses have raced against and the merit of those races.
7. What style of approach do you take to your betting on a personal level? What do you think of staking plans, loss retrieval systems etc.? New and old punters alike often struggle to make a success of their betting. If you could give them one piece of advice to improve their profitability what would it be?
I have learned over time with my betting and Value Racing Tips that a level staking plan works best, I don’t chase losses and always stick to the same level stake knowing with my proven record it will right itself in the end.
With me picking three horses daily using 1pt level stakes it means if we get one winner, nine times out of 10, it means we see a profit on the day.
All tipsters have bad runs so always stick to the same staking plan but you can change the amount you bet accordingly.
If asked one piece of advice to give to punters it’s only bet what you can afford to lose.
8. What do you consider to be a highlight of your racing experience to date? Do you have any personal racing / betting experiences which on reflection brings a smile, or for that matter any which bring a grimace; you can share with our readers?
The highlight of my racing experience to date since joining Betting Gods was in May when I went to Nottingham racecourse with other Betting Gods tipsters and Members.
The whole day was sponsored by Darren of Betting Gods, and we were treated like royalty in our own private box, drink, lunch and we all got a chance to give out the prizes to the connections of the winning horses, it was a fabulous day.
My personal betting success was backing Red Marauder to win the Grand National in 2001 at 33\1, the conditions were horrendous and only four horses finished the race that day.
- What do you do to relax and unwind? What interests do you have outside of the world of horse racing?To relax and unwind I enjoy watching quiz programmes, playing football, walking, and spending time with the family.
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