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.

Set your goal — choose Tips, Learn, Systems or Data during registration, or update it anytime from your profile.

Experience level — set Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced to tailor the guidance you receive.

Track progress — your Getting Started page shows steps personalised to your goal. Tick them off as you go.

Change anytime — your goal and experience level can be updated from your profile whenever your interests evolve.

Tips

Daily Tips

Tips are provided for every race from approximately 6am. Find our recommended best bets under the Tips menu. Look for WIN TIP, NAP TIP and NB TIP badges on each race card.

Check tips early (from 6am) to get the best odds before markets shorten.
Focus on NAP (strongest selection) and NB (next best) for our highest confidence picks.
Cross-reference tips with horseshoe ratings — a tip backed by all-green horseshoes is a stronger signal.
Use Tip Stats to see which race types and conditions our tips perform best in.

Horseshoe Ratings

Our 5-factor rating system (Fitness, Ability, Conditions, Vibes, Market) helps you quickly assess each horse. Avoid the reds and focus on the greens for a strong shortlist. Enhanced and Pro subscribers can click any horseshoe to see an AI explanation of exactly why it is green, amber, or red.

Fitness — recent form and time since last run. Green means race-fit.
Ability — past performance relative to today's competition. The most important factor.
Conditions — going, distance, and course suitability. A red here means the horse is out of its comfort zone.
Vibes — trainer form, jockey bookings, and stable confidence signals.
Market — how the betting market rates the horse. Green means well-backed.
A horse with 4-5 green horseshoes is a strong candidate. One red in Ability is a bigger concern than one red in Market.
Use the Insights Panel to compare all runners against today's conditions at a glance, and click the Intel button for AI-generated Horse DNA profiles.

Tipping Stats

We pride ourselves on transparency and publish the last 90 days of tipping stats. Visit our Hall of Fame for the biggest priced winners we've tipped.

Value Odds

We estimate the minimum odds before a horse represents value. Find this under → Odds tab, along with steamer/drifter info.

A horse at 8/1 with a value price of 5/1 is overpriced by the market — potential value.
Combine value odds with strong horseshoe ratings for the best opportunities.
Steamers (shortening odds) suggest money coming in — the market knows something. Drifters (lengthening) can signal problems.

Selection Shortlist

Click on any horse to shortlist it. View and track all your selections at My Shortlist with latest odds and results.

Pointer Reports

40+ pointer reports highlight key angles: market movers, hot trainers, course winners, first handicappers and more. See the full list on the Reference tab.

A horse appearing on multiple pointer reports is a stronger signal than appearing on just one.
Start with the free reports (Market Movers, First Handicappers, Class Changers) to build familiarity.
Use pointers as a starting point, then dig into the full race card to confirm your analysis.

AI Analysis Comments

Each runner has an AI-generated analysis comment summarising key form factors, conditions suitability, and market position. Find these under the button on any race card.

Horse Intel

Click the sparkle icon next to the Stats button on any race card to view AI-generated Horse DNA profiles. Includes running style, temperament, current form trajectory, fitness assessment, and things to watch for each runner. Available on Enhanced and Pro subscriptions.

AI Horseshoe Insights

Enhanced and Pro subscribers can click any horseshoe rating on the race card to see an AI-powered explanation of exactly why it is green, amber, or red. The AI analyses form, conditions and market data to explain each of the five rating factors.

Live Ratings

View all of today's horseshoe ratings and pick rankings on one page at Live Ratings. Ratings update throughout the day as betting markets develop. Sort by pick rank to see the top-rated runners across all meetings.

Newsletter Tips Archive

Browse the archive of our newsletter tip selections. These are the selections we highlight in our regular customer emails, with full results tracked.

Read more: Your Getting Started Guide · Your Daily BetTurtle Routine · Horseshoe Ratings Explained · AI Horseshoe Insights · AI Features Video · Understanding Value Odds · The 80:20 Rule · All tips articles

Video Tutorials (Tips)

All Videos

We're currently refreshing our video library to reflect recent updates. The tutorials below remain valuable — the core form study approaches and strategies they cover haven't changed.