We're looking to a super 2013!

                                                     
It was a huge inaugural year for our "user pays" VIP Gold service with our mail betting strategy returning an excellent 29% profit on turnover for activity throughout the year. This result equates to a profit of $15,100 based on $100 betting units.

The VIP Gold service includes the Mug's Early Mail sent each Friday (designed to catch the big prices on likely firmers) and the Late Mail sent around 10.30 each Saturday morning with additional selections based on updated track conditions, scratchings and late information.

There are usually around eight selections in total each week across the three eastern states and the focus is on seeking value with short-priced favourites shunned.

And the thing to remember about the VIP Gold mail selections is that they are one-out, single selections per race. There's no claiming the winner here when one of the five top-rated horses in a race lobs.

During 2012, there were 66 winners from 380 mail selections at an exceptional average price per winner of $7.73.

The highlights of the year were undoubtedly the big-priced wins of Pear Tart ($34), Glaneuse ($41) and Vantabulous ($51).

The VIP Gold service is not for the faint hearted. If you break out into a sweat when you haven't had a collect for two hours then this service is not for you.

A mathematical consequence of searching for value with our selections is that we can experience an extended run of outs. For example, our worst month by far was November when we lost 37 units with no winners on three of the four Saturdays.

However, to put that into context the following month had an 18 unit profit and the preceding month had a whooping best-ever profit of 114 units.

Our aim has always been to provide the best value racing service available. Our 2012 results seriously outperform other services who charge many, many times our annual subscription.

As well as the two mail services each week, VIP clients also receive the Mug's weekly review written by a racing eccentric who often has perspectives and winner-finding tips that you just won't find anywhere else.

Click the Newsletter Archive button above to peruse samples of member newsletters from 2012.