Help & Guides
Everything you need to get the most from BetTurtle.
Your Journey
BetTurtle organises your experience around four goals: Tips (study form faster), Learn (understand form study), Systems (build automated systems), and Data (analyse racing data). Choose the goal that best fits what you want to achieve.
Form Analysis Process
Quick Form Study Guide
Studying form can be both overwhelming and time consuming. Here are tips to speed things up and shortlist the most likely candidates.
- Choose races wisely. Focus on better quality races — class 4 or above, Group, Listed and Handicap races. Use the race card summary to scan meetings.
- Shortlist likely contenders. 85% of races are won by horses in the first 5 in the betting. Bin horses at bigger prices than the number of runners.
- Check comments and statistics. Use the button. Bin horses with poor form over conditions or low trainer/jockey strike rates.
- Check ratings. Use the button. Bin horses with red Official Rating or Form/Speed ratings (unless unexposed).
- Check the odds. Under STATS → Odds tab, remove any horse that is drifting or weak in the market.
- Refine further. Use pointer reports and additional stats to narrow your shortlist to 1-2 bets offering value.
- Create your shortlist. Click to shortlist your selections and track results.
The 80:20 Rule
Apply Pareto's Principle to quickly find the horses most likely to win:
- Visit the Races - Search Runners page
- Click the Horse filter button and Reset
- Set: Pick Rank 1-5, Odds Rank 1-5, Red Shoes 0-2
- Click Apply
See the daily 80:20 pointer report for today's selections meeting this criteria.
Pointer Reports Guide
Pointer reports highlight specific angles for today's racing. Here's what's available by category.
Betting Angles
- Market Movers — steamers and drifters Free
- Value Odds — horses offering value Basic
- Beaten Favourites — beaten fav last time Basic
- Gambled Last Time — heavily backed LTO Enhanced
Horse Angles
- First Handicappers — first time in handicap Free
- Well Handicapped — well-in at the weights Free
- Class Changers — moving up/down in class Free
- Distance Changers — new distance Basic
- Course Winners — won at this course Basic
- 7 Day Winners — recent winners Basic
- Good Last Run — ran well LTO Basic
- First Headgear — wearing headgear for first time Basic
- Headgear Back On — returning headgear Basic
- Wind Operation — first run since wind op Enhanced
Trainer & Jockey Angles
- Hot Trainer Runners — in-form trainers Basic
- Shrewd Trainers — shrewd placings Basic
- One Runner Trainer — only runner at meeting Basic
- New Trainer — horse changed stables Enhanced
- Hot Jockey Rides — in-form jockeys Basic
- One Ride Jockey — only ride at meeting Basic
- Trainer/Jockey Combos — winning partnerships Enhanced
- Horse/Jockey Combos — winning partnerships Enhanced
Ratings & Statistics
- 80:20 Selections — Pareto principle picks Basic
- All Green Ratings — all horseshoes green Basic
- Top Rated — highest rated runners Basic
- Green Horseshoes — 3/4/5 green horseshoes Basic
- Subscriber Picks — most shortlisted Basic
- Longest Travellers — travelling furthest Enhanced
BetTurtle uses graphs, icons and colour to help make things easier to digest. Below is a list of the main features and icons you will find when using BetTurtle.
Click the info icon on any item for more details.
Shortlist & Notebook
Horses in your shortlist show a on racecards. You can shortlist a horse in many places in BetTurtle, but the horse will only be shortlisted once.
The number shows how many other customers have shortlisted this horse.View all shortlisted horses at Tips - My Shortlist. Click the heart to remove from shortlist.
The notebook is for horses you want to follow in future races. View at Tips - My Horse To Follow.
Trainers & Jockeys
Stats Icons
Horseshoe Ratings
Horse Badges
Colour Coding
Performance
Horse Types
- Debutant - Never raced before
- Unexposed - Few races, potential for improvement
- Improving - On the up, climbing the ratings
- In Form - Running well recently
- Exposed - Well understood, preferences known
- Sleeper - Out of form but dropping in the handicap
