Hello I'm IAN GALBRAITH
As a small boy I lived close to a shipyard and watched the guys knocking off at 5.30, coming out of the gates tired and filthy at the end of a hard days work. My Grandfather was a riveter in the yard and unbeknown to me then my future father-in-law also worked in the yard's foundry. So as you can see, I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

Luckily for me, I was intelligent and went to a good grammar school. To this day I remember my fathers advice :– “You now have chance to get out of the rat race. Work hard and pass your exams or you will end up in the shipyard”. He only saw one end of the rat race, I subsequently saw the other end.

To my great shame I must admit that I have never done a hard physical day's work in my life. However having been at the other end of the mangle, holding management posts for thirty years, I brought work home at nights and weekends and was subject to a lot of pressure and of course made a lot of money for other people.

To cut a long story short in my early fifties I was made redundant when my company was taken over and a few weeks later I suffered a back injury which confined me to a future life in my armchair, which is where I am today, now in my late sixties. My executive life of two cars, foreign holidays and the rest of the trappings had suddenly flown out of the window and I was mentally on the ground.

However, as in the expression “the Lord never shuts a door without opening a window” came true. A neighbour, to whom I now owe a great deal, dropped in to see how I was and subsequently offered me what became a lifeline and then a new career. He was a newspaper sub-editor for the sports section of a national newspaper.

When Bill retired I lost an income but found a second career. Using my new found knowledge I found that working from my armchair for a couple of hours a day I could earn a comfortable living sufficient to support the family. I started passing tips to family and friends.

I wrote a series of manuals on horseracing systems, which sold well and in 2001 I set up my first daily advisory service for a group of selective clients. We called this service the IG CONSULTANCY and it has gone on to make profits from racing ever since.

Making money is about seizing opportunity. Most opportunities usually involve investing cash, buying stock, managing people, redtape, tax, VAT and endless hassle. All the things most of us could do without. The joy of Horse Racing is that there are 360 days a year when racing takes place in the UK, 1350 meetings and all of these represent an opportunity to some degree. The secret is to filter out the bad risks and go with the good risks. Unless you are a proffesional gambler the profits are TAX FREE

When I tell people what I do their usual response is “good tell me what will win the Grand National”. In thirty years, apart from winning a few bob on Red Rum my fiver has gone in the bookie's satchel. The point I am coming to is that professional bettors NEVER touch big races like the GN, Gold Cup, Derby, Oaks etc. I also avoid the Cheltenham Festival and equally avoid Ascots Royal meeting in July.

A 3/1 winner with nine runners at lowly Fontwell pays out as much as a 3/1 shot riding in a 25 horse cavalry charge at Aintree. So what we have done by going to Fontwell is increase our probability of a win by umpteen percent.

Racing is principally split into summer flat racing on turf and winter racing over fences, with four tracks specialising in the inappropriately named All Weather tracks where the running surfaces are fibresand, and racing takes place throughout the year. Racing is controlled by The Horse Racing Regulatory Authority (HRRA) who used to be known as the British Horse Racing Board. They organise races for the many levels of horses abilities, distances, handicapping, ages, race types, prize money, sponsors etc. This gives the Countries sixty race courses a varied bill of fayre designed to attract both entrants and spectators. There are approximately 14,000 racehorses in the country and no two races are ever alike as no race ever duplicates the same runners.

Whist this may seem a negative it is in fact a positive. The Bookmaker has to quote odds on every horse, in every race, every day. The experienced bettor can cherry-pick his races and apply various betting methods and staking plans which when sensibly applied will give him the edge. The bettor can bet every day, some days, only weekends or evenings in the summer. He may be retired or in full time employment but can turn an interest into a PROFITABLE HOBBY. Using The IG Consultancy will give you this edge.

If work would prevent you from placing a bet we can arrange for a reliable BET PLACING AGENCY to handle your account on our instructions.

Our research team are at their desks at 7.30 of a morning analysing the days events producing forecasts from midday onwards ALSO UNIQUELY providing a betting ABORT SERVICE if the days conditions move against our interests by way of adverse weather, non runners etc.

In 2001 an earthquake that shook the betting industry to its roots burst on the scene – The Betting Exchange – Up till then the bettor had only one route to go to place a bet and that was with the Bookies, who had such a stranglehold on the business that they determined all the rules and generally only paid out winning bets at SP’s (Starting Price Odds). This of course gives them the edge to manipulate the odds to ensure that they build into their prices a (overround) profit of typically 15% - 20% per race.

Betfair was the forerunner in this innovative and brilliant business. For those not familiar with betting exchanges they offer a bettor the ability to bet on a horse that will win and or more importantly, to win on a Horse that will LOSE (this is known as Laying). Other markets exist in being able to bet on horses coming in or not coming in, in the first three and betting in live-running. Importantly, if a bet needs to be aborted a place win can be offset by a lay bet and vice versa.

The betting exchange is not a bookmaker, it exists a bit like a marriage bureau to introduce bettors who have opposing view points and in consequence a layer can oppose a backer of the same horse. The really good thing is that on your computer screen you will see prices at which you can back or lay that are then fixed at the moment the trade is made. (In the 2007 Gold Cup at Cheltenham Betfair matched £9.2 million on the single race).

The Bookies screamed and threatened every form of legal retribution complaining that exchange's were illegal as they were not subject to the same rules that governed bookmakers. The Government for once saw sense and found in the exchanges favour. Despite veiled threats of opening up alternative exchanges of their own the big four have remained sullenly quiet, probably realising that Betfair have captured the market and are out in front by an unstoppable distance.

Betfair went on to win a Queens Award for Industry and have subsequently gone from strength to strength, turning over millions of pounds a week, covering the full gamut of different sports, collecting a reasonable commission of up to a maximum of five percent on winning bets. Their greatest benefit is that they pay out within ten minutes of the end of a race, making a large bank unnecessary and in the case of Betfair all bets are ring-fenced by the Bank of Scotland so punter's money is completely safe. In summary the perfect tool for the Armchair Trader.