Start here, and please, READ THIS FIRST

Hello, and welcome to Geegeez.Gold, an exciting new horse racing platform that has the more traditional players running scared. You're about to be unleashed into a fantastic world of knowledge and information. But as with all new worlds, some of it will be unfamiliar, and the scale of it can be overwhelming.

So, please read this page first, it's designed to help you get the most out of your Gold subscription, and to hit the ground running.

Where do I start?

A very good question, and one to which we have some good answers. The suggestions below are not mutually exclusive. That is, feel free to use any or all of the items highlighted. And, of course, do take time to flick through the User Guide. You're sure to spot a feature or two you'd otherwise have missed in there.

1/ If you are short on time (<15 mins/day) or experience (<6 months), or both, start with...

Tipping

Stat of the Day, our one a day tipping service that is now over 246 points in profit (at end of November 2014), from a single one point bet per day, Monday to Saturday.

Unlike other services that like to trumpet winners but not share their overall performance - Pricewise, for example - Gold subscribers receive weekly updates on the Stat of the Day service, warts and all. The next place to look is:

Double Dutch, geegeez' other daily service (Monday to Saturday only). This newer service has over 85 points of profit from less than 400 betting days, from a two point split stake wager per day.

Shortlisting

Gold has a range of winner-getting reports, all designed to help time-poor punters cut through the chaff to find those golden ears of wheat. Or, more directly, to locate value winners. The best places to start are:

The Shortlist report, highlights those horses through the entirety of today's cards that are best suited to the conditions of today's race. Entries on this report are scored from 9-15, with 15 representing a perfect 'line of green profile'. This report has been responsible for winners at 50/1, 25/1 and a string of 14/1 and 16/1 winners in the last fortnight.

Instant Expert appears as a tab in every UK and Irish race. It is most effective when horses have an 'exposed' level of form, and it takes less than five minutes to scan the Instant Expert grids for an entire day, even on a busy Saturday. The Instant Expert can be found by clicking on any race from the cards menu, and selecting the Instant Expert tab.

2/ If you have a little more time (15-30 mins/day) and/or experience (6-12 months), take a look at...

Gold Race Cards

The most intuitive, feature rich race cards in Britain today, Gold's cards have a banquet of data for users. Inline form - including exclusive 'then what?' form strength barometers; trainer and jockey form data and indicators; head to hear records; plus, breeding and form commentary, are all available right within the cards.

Trainer / Jockey Form

Gold has comprehensive reporting on trainer, jockey, and trainer/jockey combination form. Each of the three reports (trainer, jockey, and trainer/jockey combination) has four sub-reports, for 14 day, 30 day, course 365 day, and course 2009+ form.

View trainer reports here

View jockey reports here

View trainer/jockey combination reports here

Horses for Courses / Head to Head records

Gold has breakdowns of each horse's past performances at today's course, and against today's rivals. Head to head records can be viewed right within the cards, or users can avail of an overview of the best course records across all races on the day, from the Head To Head report.

Similarly, the Horses for Courses report displays the overall track record of all horses that have previously run at today's venue.

3/ For those with more time (30-60 mins/day), and/or more experience (12 months +), these may be of interest...

Full Form Filters

If you like to drill down into a horse's past history, to identify optimal profiles or performance patterns, Full Form Filters is ideal. Users can dissect a horse's form by going, class, course, distance, race code, jockey, trainer, days since a run, handicap/non-handicap, and by win, places, and unplaced efforts.

It's super easy to use, with the form updating with each selection made, meaning no waiting for pages to refresh, or repetition of key strokes, etc.

The Full Form Filters have their own tab for every single in UK and Ireland each day, and you can get to them from here.

Pace Analysis

Another unique component of Gold is our pace analysis. Whilst a few niche sites do offer some sort of an opinion on pace, none of the major race card providers - Sporting Life, Racing Post, Attheraces - do. Gold Pace Analysis is very simple to use, and extremely powerful. Indeed, for a significant number of users it is their first and primary port of call for finding bets.

Suitable for backers, layers, and traders, the pace data is based on in-running comments and specifically how a horse was positioned in the early part of the race. The information helps identify potential lone front-runners, speed duels, and pockets of pace in a single section of the draw in big field flat races. This video will help you understand a lot more about Gold Pace Analysis.

The Pace Analysis is available for all UK and Irish races, and can be found in its own tab on the race cards.

0/ Suitable for everyone...

As well as cutting edge race cards, form tools, and reporting, Gold also has two further elements suitable for horse racing bettors of all levels.

Tracker

The first is a Tracker, in which you can store not just horses, but also trainers and jockeys. You can add (or remove) a horse, trainer or jockey to your tracker from any race card - by clicking the star next to their name - and you may add notes for horses you've added.

Users have the option to receive email notifications either overnight or at the five day stage for any or all of horses, trainers and jockeys... or, of course, not to receive notifications at all.

And so you never miss one of your favourites again, your My Geegeez page has a note of all today's tracked engagements - horses, trainer and jockeys - right on your member home page.

Tipping League

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a tipster, or even if you don't, there is £100 cash to be won every month in the Geegeez Tipping League. You can place your tipping league bets right from within the race cards, by clicking the yellow 'TIP' icon, and choosing a stake and bet type (win/each way).

Your overall Tipping League status is shown on your My Geegeez page, and you can review the performance of others - and yourself - on the bespoke Tip League page.

Comments, Questions, Issues

We know that sometimes things don't go quite right, and sometimes - quite often for Gold users, actually - things surpass your expectations. Either way, if you've a comment to make, we'd love to hear from you. We respect and welcome constructive criticism - it's what helps us evolve and improve - so do send us your thoughts, queries, and concerns, by using the contact options here.

The very best of luck with your Gold subscription from all at geegeez.co.uk. We hope, and expect, it will take your betting to the next level, and beyond.