10 Wins From 136 Tips: The Shock Results of Racing Post and Oddschecker Premium

Just 10 winning bets from 136 supplied tips. Betting.bet's ten day investigation into Racing Post and Oddschecker premium racing tips ended with losses for both services. There was no winner: neither delivered a betting profit, even before the cost of subscribing.

From Thursday 8 October to Saturday 17 October 2026, we tracked 136 supplied selections across the two services and settled them under the same staking rules. Racing Post's tips returned £649 from £1,350 staked, leaving a £701 loss. Oddschecker's returned £515.05 from £700 staked, a £184.95 loss.

These are calculated betting results, not a claim that we placed every bet. Subscription costs are excluded, so the figures do not include the additional cost of accessing the tips.

The Final Results

These are two losing results, not a success story for either service. Racing Post lost £701 and Oddschecker lost £184.95. Losing less does not turn a losing premium tips service into a winner.

Both Services Lost A Substantial Share Of The Stakes

Racing Post supplied more selections and had substantially more money staked under the test's rules. Comparing the two cash losses on their own would therefore miss an important part of the picture.

Return on investment puts each result against the amount staked. Racing Post lost 51.93% of its stakes, while Oddschecker lost 26.42%. That means more than half the Racing Post stakes were lost, and more than a quarter of the Oddschecker stakes. Both failed to produce a positive return.

Each service produced just five winning bets: Racing Post from 83 settled bets, Oddschecker from 48. Across 136 supplied selections, including five non runners, there were only 10 winning bets. Place returns are included in the totals, but they did not prevent either service from finishing in the red. Winning frequency alone does not determine profitability; stakes, prices and each way returns also affect the final balance.

How We Settled The Tips

Win bets were staked at £10 per point. A 1pt each way selection cost £20 in total, with £10 on the win and £10 on the place. A 0.5pt each way selection cost £10 in total. Those rules were applied consistently across all ten days.

Non runners were treated as void and contributed no stake or return. Placed selections that did not win were recorded separately from winning bets. Separate tipster selections on the same horse remained separate bets rather than being removed as duplicates.

Each way bets were settled using standard place terms, without adding bookmaker specific extra place offers. That means the results should not be read as a calculation of every enhanced return a customer might have obtained from a particular promotion.

An Important Limitation On The Prices

Where a saved same day 11am price snapshot was available, it was used in the final calculation. However, 20 settled selections from Friday 9 October have no saved same day 11am snapshot. Those selections retain their previously recorded prices and are identified in the full report.

The final totals include those bets. The investigation's complete price comparison is therefore not fully verified against the intended 11am benchmark. This limitation belongs alongside the result, not hidden beneath it.

No Winner, Only Losses

The recorded results are damning for both premium services. Neither generated a betting profit across the ten days, and subscription fees are not included in the losses. Access to paid tips did not deliver a positive betting return in this test.

Ten days is a limited observation period, not a verdict on every tip either service has ever published or a prediction of future performance. The different selection volumes and the historical price limitation also need to be kept in view.

The full Racing Post v Oddschecker report contains the daily results, individual selections and settlement notes behind these totals.

There was no winning service in this investigation. Racing Post lost £701. Oddschecker lost £184.95. Both sets of premium tips left a negative betting balance, before a penny of subscription costs was added.

Nobody Has A Crystal Ball

At the end of the day, nobody has a crystal ball. Horses can run differently from one day to the next, and no tipster can know exactly how a race will unfold. Trust your own judgement, do your own research and treat a paid tip as another opinion, not a promise.

If you choose to bet, look beyond the selection itself and make use of the features and promotions available from betting sites. Best odds guaranteed can improve the return on an eligible winning bet if the starting price is higher than the price you took. Extra place offers can increase the number of places paid on qualifying each way bets. Always check the terms and eligibility, because these benefits do not apply to every bet or every race.

None of those offers makes a horse more likely to win or guarantees a profit. But understanding the price, place terms and available promotions can help you get more from a bet you had already decided to place. Think for yourself, stick to what you can afford to lose and do not confuse the price of a tipping subscription with certainty about the result.