Can Anyone Help???

I only started keeping a record of Value Scope's results in December 2007.

I have been asked by a number of people if there are any records of Value Scope's results over 2005, 2006 & 2007. Nobody has been able to find any on the net.
Does anyone know if there are any records anywhere on the net or does anyone have any information they can share with the other visitors?

The FAQ is
1) What is the length of his loosing streaks?
2) The loss for those periods?
3) How many winning weeks per year?

All the Mirror seems to publish is the points profit for each year.

Hope someone can help

Dobbin

Value Scope Racing Tipster Result 26 January 2008

Result Saturday 26 January 2008
(Week 9)
Neither of today's Valuescope Tips were placed - 8 points LOSS

Tips for 26 January 2008

Doncaster 3.00 (1/4 odds 1,2,3,4)

Standin Obligation:
Suggested bet - 2 points EW

Target Price: 16/1

Price I achieved: 14/1

Henry's Pride:
Suggested bet - 2 points EW
Target Price: 40/1
Price I achieved: 33/1

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My Profit/Loss from Value Scope Tips

This Week £££
Bet: 8 points
Returns: 0 points
Loss: 8 points

2008 £££
Loss: 20 points

Cumulative £££ (9 weeks)
Profit: 20.5 pts

Current Sequence:
6 losing weeks

Longest Losing Sequence : 6 Weeks
Amount Lost in this Sequence: 31 points
(This is from 02 December 2007 when I started this experiment)

Value Scope Daily Mirror Tips 26 January 2008

DAILY MIRROR VALUESCOPE RACING TIPSTER
Tips for 26 January 2008


Doncaster 3.00 (1/4 odds 1,2,3,4)

Standin Obligation: suggested bet - 2 points EW (Target Price 16/1)

Henry's Pride: suggested bet - 2 points EW (Target Price 40/1 (tote)

Value Scope Racing Tipster Result 19 January 2008

Result Saturday 19 January 2008
(Week 8)

Today's Valuescope Tip was placed third but the suggested bet was WIN ONLY- 2 points loss.


Tips for 19 January 2008
Lingfield 3.00 (1/5 odds 1,2,3,)

Bonus:
Suggested bet - 2 points WIN

Target Price: 11/2

Price I achieved: 5/1
Result: placed

(Only one horse tipped this week)
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My Profit/Loss from Value Scope Tips

This Week £££
Bet: 2 pts
Returns: 0 pts
Loss: 2 points

2008 £££
Loss: 12 points

Cumulative £££ (8 weeks)
Profit: 28.5 pts

Current Sequence:
5 losing weeks

Longest Losing Sequence : 5 Weeks
Amount Lost in this Sequence: 23 points
(This is from 02 December 2007 when I started this experiment)

Value Scope Daily Mirror Tips 19 January 2008

DAILY MIRROR VALUESCOPE RACING TIPSTER
Tips for 19 January 2008


Lingfield 3.00 (1/5 odds 1,2,3,)

Bonus: suggested bet - 2 points WIN (Target Price 11/2)

(Only one horse suggested this week. )



Paddy Power are doing a special on this race - if your selection finishes 2nd they will refund your win stake

Value Scope Racing Tipster Result 12 January 2008

Results Saturday 12 January 2008
(Week 7)

Both today's Valuescope Tips were unplaced - 8 points loss.


Tips for 12 January 2008
Warwick 2.30 (1/4 odds 1,2,3,)

Mr Ed:
Suggested bet - 2 points EW
Target Price: 33/1
Price I achieved: 25/1
Result: Not Placed

Strong Resolve:
Suggested bet - 2 points EW
Target Price 40/1
Price I achieved: 28/1
Result: Not Placed

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My Profit/Loss from Value Scope Tips

This Week £££
Bet: 8pts
Returns: 0 pts
Loss: 8 points

2008 £££
Loss: 10 points

Cumulative £££ (7 weeks)
Profit: 30.5 pts

Current Sequence:
4 losing weeks

Longest Losing Sequence : 4 Weeks
Amount Lost in this Sequence: 21 points
(This is from 02 December 2007 when I started this experiment)

Value Scope Daily Mirror Tips 12 January 2008

DAILY MIRROR VALUESCOPE RACING TIPSTER
Tips for 12 January 2008


Warwick 2.30 (1/4 odds 1,2,3,)

Mr Ed: suggested bet - 2 points EW (Target Price 33/1 (tote)

Strong Resolve: suggested bet - 2 points EW (Target Price 40/1 (tote)

Paddy Power are doing a special on this race - if your selection finishes 2nd to Arnold Layne they will refund your win stake

Value Scope Racing Tipster Result 05 January 2008

VALUESCOPE DAILY MIRROR RACING TIPSTER
Results Saturday 05 January 2008
(Week 6)

Today's Selection was placed third.
Tip was for a WIN only - therefore 2 points loss.


3.45 Sandown (1/5 odds 1,2,3 )

Principie Azzuro
Suggested Bet: 2 pts WIN
Target Price: 11/2
Best Price I Found: 5/1
Result: Third



My Profit/Loss from VALUE SCOPE TIPS
This Week £££
Bet: 2pts
Returns: 0 pts
Loss: 2 points

2008 £££
Loss: 2points

Cumulative £££ (6 weeks)
Profit: 38.5 pts


Longest Losing Sequence : 3 Weeks
Amount Lost in this Sequence: 13 points

(This is from 02 December 2007 when I started this experiment)

VALUE SCOPE DAILY MIRROR Tips 05 January 2008

DAILY MIRROR VALUESCOPE RACING TIPSTER
Tips for 05 January 2008


Sandown 3.45 (1/5 odds 1,2,3,)

Principie Azzurro: suggested bet - 2 points WIN Target Price 11/2 (tote)

(Only one horse tipped this week)

Paddy Power are doing a special on this race - if your selection finishes 2nd they will refund your win stake

Value Scope Profit for December 2007

On Saturday 30 December, The Mirror published the profit made by Value Scope for the year to date as 370.75 points. His tip for that day lost 3 points so the overall profit for the year was 367.75 Points


On Saturday 01 December, The Mirror published the annual profit for the year to date as 312 Points.


So the profit for December based on the prices quoted in The Daily Mirror, was 55.75 Points.

Using the stakes suggested by Valuescope my actual profit for December was 40.5 Points.

So for the first month of the Valuescope Racing Tips experiment I have achieved 72.5% of the published profit.

Value Scope Racing Tipster Result 29 December 2007

VALUESCOPE DAILY MIRROR RACING TIPSTER
Results Saturday 29 December 2007
(Week 5)

Today's Selection was not placed.


2.40 Newbury (1/5 odds 1,2,3 )

Swordsman
Suggested Bet: 3 pts WIN
Target Price: 10/1
Best Price I Found: 10/1
Result: Not Placed



My Profit/Loss from VALUE SCOPE TIPS
Week 5 £££
Bet: 3pts
Returns: 0 pts
Loss: 3 pts

Cumulative £££
Profit: 40.5 pts


Longest Losing Sequence : 2 Weeks
Amount Lost in this Sequence: 11 points

(This is from 02 December 2007 when I started this experiment)

VALUE SCOPE DAILY MIRROR Tips 29 December 2007

DAILY MIRROR VALUESCOPE RACING TIPSTER

Tips for 29 December 2007 (Week 5)


Newbury 2.40 (1/5 odds 1,2,3,)

Swordsman : suggested bet - 3 points WIN Target Price 10/1

(Only one horse tipped this week)

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DAILY MIRROR VALUE SCOPE Results 22 December 2007

VALUESCOPE DAILY MIRROR RACING TIPSTER
Results Saturday 22 December 2007
(Week 4)
Neither of todays selections were placed today.

2.15 Ascot (1/4 odds 1,2,3,4 )

Premier Dane
Suggested Bet: 2 pts EW
Target Price: 40/1
Best Price I Found: 28/1
Result: Not Placed

Trouble At Bay
Suggested Bet: 2 pts EW
Target Price: 16/1
Best Price I Found: 14/1
Result: Not Placed

My Profit/Loss from VALUE SCOPE TIPS
Week 4 £££
Bet: 8pts
Returns: 0 pts
Loss: 8 pts

Cumulative £££
Profit: 43.5 pts


Longest Losing Sequence : 1 Week
Amount Lost in this Sequence: 8 points

(This is from 02 December 2007)

VALUE SCOPE DAILY MIRROR Tips 22 December 2007 Week 4

DAILY MIRROR VALUESCOPE RACING TIPSTER
Tips for 22 December 2007

Ascot 2.15 (1/4 odds 1,2,3,4)

Premier Dane: suggested bet - 2 points EW Target Price 40/1 (vcbet)

Trouble At Bay: suggested bet - 2 points EW Target Price 16/1 (Paddy Power)

(Paddy Power have a special - if your horse is second to Jack the Giant they will refund your win stake. -see T & C)

Valuescope Tips Update

On Saturday 15 December 2007 The Daily Mirror updated Valuescope's cumulative profit and on their figures he is up over 318 points this year.

Two weeks ago, on Saturday 01 December, The Mirror published his annual profit for the year as 312 points.

So they are showing a profit of 6 points in the 2 weeks against my actual profit of 3.5 points.

So my actual profit is currently 58% of the theoretical profit.
It will be interesting to see how this varies over the comming weeks.
Even on my current actual figures I would be showing a profit of 184 points over the year, so it's still looking good.

Value Scope Racing Tipster Result 15 December 2007 Week 3

Week 3
A good result today.
One of the selections won at SP 22/1, however the best price I was able to find early morning was 20/1.

Value Scope Results 15 December 2007
2:40 Cheltenham (1/4 odds 1,2,3,4 )

Il Duce
Suggested Bet: 2 pts WIN
Target Price: 7/1
Best Price I Found: 7/1
Result: Not Placed

Tamarinbleu
Suggested Bet: 2 pts EW
Target Price: 25/1
Best Price I Found: 20/1
Result: WON

Week 3 £££
Bet: 6 pts
Returns: 54 pts
Profit: 48 pts

Cumulative £££
Profit: 51.5 pts

Longest Losing Sequence : 1 Week
Amount Lost in this Sequence: 0.5 points

Value Scope Daily Mirror Tips 15 December 2007 Week 3

Value Scope Tips for 15 December 2007
Cheltenham 2.40 (1/4 odds 1,2,3,4)

Il Duce 2 points WIN Target Price 7/1 (general)

Tamarinbleu 2 points EW Target Price 25/1 (Totesport)

Daily Mirror Value Scope Result 08 December 2007 Week 2

Week 2
Value Scope picked a winner this week, but the suggested bet meant that todays tips produced a small loss.
I had to place my bets before 06.30 today so I could only get SP on Ring The Boss. As it happens it won at the suggested 7-4
Even at that time in the morning the price on Rebel Raider had already dropped from the target 33-1 down to 28-1. Not that it mattered as it wasn't in the frame.

Value Scope Results 08 December 2007
Sandown 3.10

Ring The Boss
Suggested Bet: 2 pts WIN
Target Price: 7-4
Best Price I Found: 7-4
Result: Won

Rebel Raider
Suggested Bet: 2 pts EW
Target Price: 33/1
Best Price I Found: 28/1
Result: Not placed

Week 2 £££

Bet: 6 pts

Returns: 5.5 pts

Loss: 0.5 pts

Cumulative £££

Previous Total Profit: 4 pts

This week loss: 0.5 pts

Cumulative Profit: 3.5 pts

Longest losing Sequence: 1 Week

Loss during this Sequence: 0.5 Points

Value Scope Daily Mirror Tips 08 December 2007 Week 2

Value Scope tips for 08 December 2007

Sandown 3:10

Ring The Boss Suggested bet 2 Points WIN (Target Price 7-4 Bet direct & Ladbrokes)

Rebel Raider Suggested bet 2 Points EW (Target Price 33-1)

What Is The Value Scope Daily Mirror Tipster Column

Value Scope is a horse racing tipping article in the Saturday edition of the Daily Mirror.

Each week he picks a couple of horses based on "Value" and suggests the bet for each .

The tip will normally be 2 high priced horses in the same race and the suggested bet is normally each way. The stake amount will be given in points and will vary according to the "Value Scope" of each horse.

The column has been running since January 2005 and the published returns for each year are:
2005 215 points
2006 215 points
2007 312 points (up to end of November)

On first glance this looks dramatic, however the average suggested bet is 2 points each way on 2 horses. In other words 8 points per race. So over the three years you would have averaged 5 points profit per week for an 8 point bet.

Now spending 8 to win 5 doesn't sound that great, but if you look over the 3 years your 8 has grown to 742 !!!!

Due to the very nature of the Value Scope horse racing system you should expect that in most weeks that you will only break even, or make a small profit or loss, but when the winners happen they are at very high odds.

As this is a long term system you should ensure that you persevere through the less profitable periods and also ensure that you keep a "bank" . I would suggest that your bank should be in the region of 20 points.

The Daily Mirror Value Scope column has got an amazing track record and statistically there is every reason that it will continue to produce similar returns.

However, as you are never going to be able to get the best price each week, this blog will be an interesting experiment to see what the realistic returns for the average guy in the street turn out to be.