Stable Lays comes to you from a ‘professional horse racing expert’ simply called Harry. Unlike many other horse racing systems sales pages, this one is refreshingly succinct, hype-free and to-the-point.
Stable Lays is a ‘tried and tested’ lay betting system for horse racing, in which you make the selections yourself following a complex set of rules. Using the system and certain information freely available from various horse racing websites, you identify qualifying horses to lay, usually making the decision to bet 15 minutes before the off. On average, you’ll make one lay bet a day with the odds maximised at 6.00 so any exposure is minimal.
We’re told that ‘it took 2 years to finely tune this method through an extensive testing phase’, and I must admit that the premise on which the system is based is an interesting one: ‘Most horse laying systems only concentrate on recent form and jockey / trainer strike rate; however none that I have ever come across has mentioned the opposition!’ This is all explained on the sales-page, so at least you know what you’re getting before you purchase the product.
The cost is a fairly expensive $99 (plus VAT and 60 day money-back guarantee through Clickbank). Included in this, for the first month only, is a daily email detailing any selections.
Upon completion of payment, you receive the manual in PDF form (17 pages) and the Stable Lays system is outlined therein. It’s a well-written document, and the images and screen-grabs are all relevantly recent.
My first thought though was that the ‘only takes 10-15 minutes per day!’ claim on the sales-page is wildly understated. In truth, following this system takes at least an hour every morning. I won’t go into too many details as I don’t want to give the system away unfairly but arriving at selections involves a watchful process that has to be done each morning before a race. You’re to look for changing events such as last-minute non-runners, as these affect the scoring system that defines potential selections. You wouldn’t trust a bot with this and though the daily emails would correspond with my selections, these only last for a month so you have to spend time doing it yourself thereafter.
Another inconsistency is the advice given regarding starting bank amounts: you can ‘start with any amount’. This may be so, but to make any real money with this system to justify the time spent you’ll need good high lay-bet stakes (and therefore a high liability amount on your balance), so the ‘start with any amount’ comment is an understatement too.
The sales-patter suggest that you can make a monthly profit of 15–20 points and results are proofed on their website (albeit at Industry Starting Prices rather than Betfair SP). There are also the following claims: ‘with almost 3 years of live betting there has never been a losing month! There have also never been any long losing streaks.’ My trial would show otherwise.
In two months there were 79 selections and 63 successful lays. This gives a very impressive strike-rate of 79.75% but when average winnings amounted to £95 and average losses amount to £334 the result after around 80 hours of work is roughly £640 (this is based on £100 lays). This equates to £8 an hour which is more than minimum wage at least. December was a losing month, but to be fair, it does seem to have been the first, and a losing streak therein does seem unlucky.
The real issue with this system is the time spent on it and that you really do need to be free in the morning to conduct your selection. This isn’t an option for many of us, so if you do buy Stable Lays and realise it’s unworkable time-wise for you, then make sure you claim your 60-day refund. There have been comments online that this vendor is unwilling to give direct refunds, so make sure you deal with Clickbank themselves – they will always honour it.
