THE MONEY VAULT

This is an ingenious and proven way to make regular profits from betting on racehorses using relatively small stakes. It does not require studying the form book, handicap ratings or wasting your time with paddock inspections.

The bookmaker will actually do the work for you. All you need on a daily basis is a copy of the SUN newspaper and access to the Racing Post betting forecasts for each race via their website or daily newspaper.

Betting Bank

The method will have occasional losing days so an adequate betting bank is essential. I recommend a bank of 40 points for safety and peace of mind. The published results are based on using stakes of £20 that would require a total bank of £800. However, it is always better to start off small so you could use £10 units requiring a £400 bank or even £5 units with a £200 bank. Do not be put off by the occasional bad day. This is inevitable and is nearly always followed by recouping losses, with interest, the following day.

Commencing your campaign

I have been operating this method for more years than I care to remember so it has become second nature to me. However, please do not invest real money until you are confident that you have the method covered. I strongly recommend that you ‘paper trade’ for at least a month before you experiment with small stakes. Also, the results are based on looking at every race run in the UK each day. I would suggest that you concentrate on just one meeting a day whilst you are practicing. This could be the principle meeting of the day or one of the recommended courses listed below. From past experience I have found a handful of tracks tend to yield slightly better results than average so always include these.

I used to attend one course meeting and bet the away meetings in the course betting office. But it is just as easy to use a local betting shop - but you would need to move on following a good winning day. Today, of course we have telephone accounts but you would need to spread your bets around among as many as you can open. We also have the betting exchanges that many punters now swear by but I must admit to not being familiar with this aspect of the game. I have always left Sunday racing alone, preferring to give myself a day off, but no reason why you have to.

THE KIND COURSES

Over the years I have identified certain courses that have been kinder than others to me. Because the method involves following betting patterns this would indicate that certain venues can attract a strong market where the big players often attend. This does not mean that you should necessarily ignore all the other venues but my confidence is always higher betting at these proven courses. In more recent times I have become a big fan of all-weather racing and some of my best days have been betting on the sand. I reckon that the consistency of the surface and the standard configuration of these tracks ensures that your horse is much more likely to run as expected, particularly if it has already proven its liking for the surface. Please note that this does not always mean that the horse will have run at the track before. Many trainers have introduced all-weather gallops to their training programme at home so they will know if the horse likes the surface or not. The beauty of this method is that you do not need to be privy to the trainer’s methods. The bookmaker will know and he will kindly tell you, bless him! So, always include the following tracks in your operation.

LINGFIELD All-Weather

SOUTHWELL All-Weather

WOLVERHAMPTON All-Weather

The recently opened KEMPTON all-weather track should follow suit but I have no long-term trends obviously.

There are several top courses that I would not leave out of calculations with one proviso. Ignore the big festival meetings that can be a minefield.

AINTREE (except Grand National meeting)

ASCOT (except Royal Ascot meeting)

CHELTENHAM (except March Festival meeting)

EPSOM (except Derby meeting)

DONCASTER (except St. Leger meeting)

One exception to the big festival rule

GOODWOOD (all meetings including Glorious Goodwood meeting)

Other Kind Courses are

Flat Racing

CATTERICK

CHESTER

HAMILTON

MUSSELBURGH

RIPON

THIRSK

YARMOUTH

National Hunt Racing

AYR

FOLKESTONE

HAYDOCK

UTTOXETER

WETHERBY

WINCANTON

This list is just presented as a guide based on my own experience and may help if you wish to be cautious and more selective in the early days. The method actually works at all courses – you could even use it for racing abroad. I have recorded good results at some of the big meetings in Ireland for example.

So, please ease into the method slowly and walk before you can run. As your confidence grows you can add your own ideas and interpretation of the rules.

In the meantime, take it steady according to your own circumstances. If you are busy during the week, for example, just follow it at weekends at first. If you wish to start slowly just follow the banker bets that have a higher strike rate and are fully explained in the rules. Most importantly have faith in the method. I have made a good living at it for many years. You may ask – if your method is that good, how come you stopped doing it? Well, I am 78 years of age. It was a very lonely life traveling up and down the country on my own and I have made enough money. Time to hang up my binoculars!

THE KEY TO THE MONEY VAULT

This method uses the betting forecast from the SUN newspaper. You might be surprised about this if you are not a reader of this publication. However it does have a good team working on the racing pages. In theory you could use other newspapers but I have found my best results have come from the Sun. Years ago my father used to buy the Sporting Life and the Daily Herald, both now defunct of course. Nowadays I use the Racing Post and the Sun. Why the Racing Post? Well all I need is access to the betting forecast in this publication – available on their website if you do not want to buy the newspaper. This is necessary because sometimes the Sun will only give forecast prices for the first five or six horses in the betting. To get a more accurate assessment of the outsiders in the race you may need the Racing Post. The key is that we are betting 3 points (or occasionally 2 points in races with 7 runners or less) on each qualifying race.

We are looking to back three horses in the same race that are offered at shorter prices than the betting forecast just before the off. If there are more than three (very rare) just consider the three lowest prices.

Example the betting forecast shows the horse at 8/1. The betting on course shows 7/1 or less say, 6/1, 5/1 or 9/2. There are usually two or three. You bet all three using £20 (or 1 point) on each horse. No horse must drift in the betting if it does dismiss the race. There are always other opportunities and unless the race throws up a banker bet (explained later) it is best left.

You must also use the Racing Post to see if any horse has come in from the back of the betting such as 33/1 or 25/1 into 16/1 or less.

The best way to do all this whilst you are practicing is to write down the forecast prices of each horse on the Racing Post race cards. Use the newspaper or print off the cards from their website.

You must look for races with at least three qualifiers with the exception of races with 7 runners or less when you look for two qualifiers.

Do not bet at less than 9/4 – unless the horse is a BANKER BET (explained in the next rule).

When betting on three horses, even if the shorter price of 9/4 wins you are still winning one quarter of a point. That’s fine – you really wanted a bigger price to win but at least you saved your stakes.

BANKER BETS

These are the real strength of the system and can give you big winning days.

Banker Bets are those horses that come in to half their original forecast price.

For example forecast price 10/1 – price on course 5/1 or less. Forecast price 33/1 – price on course 16/1 or less. Do not consider any potential banker bet that drifts in the on-course betting even if it comes in a little before the off.

Example: Forecast price 12/1 – opens on course at 6/1 then goes 13/2, 7/1 and back to 13/2. Leave this horse and the race alone.

When you find a Banker Bet do not look for any other horses in the race. Bet £60 (or all 3 points) on the horse. I will take odds-on prices for these selections but no lower than 4/6. Very occasionally you will find 2 or even 3 banker bets in the same race. In this case split stakes accordingly.

2 bankers - 1½ points each. 3 bankers - 1 point each.

So there you have it. It’s basically a simple concept but can seem a little daunting in practice when you first start so take my advice to paper trade at first and start slowly. I have made more than a good living out of this for many years and unlike most published systems I have seen it, can never stop working. Why, because it uses the fundamental economics of the business. You will rarely see a poor bookmaker so use his knowledge and his reaction to betting patterns and you can’t go wrong. When he opens up at a lower price than the morning ‘tissue’ he probably already has a good idea of the horses chances. If that horse still attracts money connections and people in the know have an even better idea. I have stopped betting now but I still check results as a hobby. I cannot give you proof of the money I have made. Why, because I have always bet in cash and have no intention of telling anyone about my personal finances. All I can tell you is that it works month in and month out without fail. I have recorded results for you during the month of February when it only had one small losing day. Have faith in the method and help yourself to your share of the cash in The Money Vault.

Thank you for buying this document. I would be surprised if you do not recoup your small investment on your very first day using it.

Best Wishes

William Ball.

WINNING SELECTIONS

Banker bets shown in bold

Please note, results are recorded at starting prices. These may not necessarily be the prices taken as last second changes can often occur.

2/2/07

CATTERICK

Southern Bazaar 10/1, Markington 7/4, Great Approach 8/1, Aviation 1/1.

CHEPSTOW

Easibrook Jane 7/1, Laustra Bad 11/4, Gunship 11/4, Arctic Magic 8/1.

WOLVERHAMPTON

Three Thieves 4/1, Put it on the Card 15/8, Dark Moon 15/2, Lucius Verrus 13/8.

3/2/07

WETHERBY

Diamond Vein 13/2, St Matthew 9/4, Heltornic 14/1, Bica 6/5.

STRATFORD

Leo McGarry 9/4, Good Spirit 4/6, Rio de Janeiro 7/2, Garryvoe 11/2, Helens Vision 11/4.

SANDOWN

Mountain 5/6, Taranis 9/4, Rambling Minster 15/2, Or Jaune 9/2.

LINGFIELD

Mighty 9/4, Linda’s Colin 13/8, Halsion Chancer 3/1, Areyoutalkingtome 2/1, Royal Jet 4/1.

4/2/07

MUSSELBURGH

Kyber 10/1, Modicum 5/6, Forthright 5/1, Bafana Boy 10/11.

FONTWELL

Iris’s Princess 13/2, Hereitary 3/1, Isn’t that Lucky 11/4

KEMPTON

Satyricon 13/2, Simplified 6/1, Weet yer Tern 11/2, Atlantic Story 11/10, Gentlemans Deal 1/1, Awatuki 9/1, Noble Minstrel 5/2.

THE MONEY VAULT

Addendum

 If you are not familiar with this style of betting we have put together a few pointers to explain and clarify certain aspects of the method’s operation.

Firstly, you will understand that the author of the system has been using this method for over 50 years. It was never actually written down as a set of rules – it was simply in his head and second nature to him so he would act almost on instinct. When he wrote the method for us he was determined to make the basic rules as simple as possible so that inexperienced punters could start off slowly and carefully. Since then, after several conversations with him, a clearer picture emerged of how he actually operated in action. Some of his thoughts have been incorporated into the following pointers that will answer the most frequently asked questions.

• If there are significant non-runners or late withdrawals and these horses are market leaders (the favourite and/or 2^nd favourite for example) this will distort the market so this race is best left alone.
• On the question of horses that drift in the market. If the horse drifts a little on the second or third show but is backed in again this horse is still a bet. Example – forecast price 3/1. Opening show 6/4 so a potential banker. Second show drifts to 13/8 but goes back in to 6/4 or less. This horse is now a bet. The same principle applies to ordinary bets where we look for 2 or 3 horses in the same race. A small drift followed by a shortening price before the off constitutes a bet.
• Do you have to use the SUN newspaper? The published profits are based on this and recommended by the author for best results. The Racing Post betting forecast is useful to assess the longer priced horses if not quoted in the Sun.
• If one of your 3 potential selections is only available at less than 9/4 leave the race alone unless one of them becomes a Banker Bet.
• If there are 2 horses in the same race instead of the required 3 why not bet on just two? The author prefers to find 3 for best results in races with 8 runners or more and thought it best to make this a rule. However, when you become more familiar with the method’s operation you could experiment with just backing two. The author often uses his own judgement and does this.
• Banker Bets do not necessarily have to open at less than the forecast price – as long as they become less during the live betting before the off. If it drifts to longer than half the forecast price, still look for the 2 or 3 non-banker bets. If there are 2 possible banker bets and one of them drifts just back the one that is still less than half the forecast price.
• How long do you wait to place your bets? As close to the off as comfortably possible. You will become more adept at this as you get used to using the method – hence the advice to practice first with small stakes

My fav days

Sunday

Over 13 runners with 3 runners at odds less than 10