Vic Vyle — The Value Book

Twenty-two years as a bookmaker. Now he only bets when the price is wrong. This is Vic Vyle — The Value Book, horse racing tips from the other side of the counter.

Vic stood on a box for twenty-two years, with three shops and a pitch at half the northern tracks. He never lost a penny to a horse. He lost it to the handful of punters who only bet when a price was wrong. So that's all he does now.

Add up the prices in a race and the book comes to about 118 per cent. That extra eighteen is the bookmaker's wages. Vic compares the exchange price, a fair guide to a horse's real chance, with what the bookmaker will pay. When the bookmaker is paying over the odds, there's a bet.

Up to four selections a day, win or each way, with the price and where to get it. Most days the book is right, and on those days he says so in one line.

Since late September, every bet has been settled in the open. Across 100 tips, Vic is 57.43 points in profit at level stakes.

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