Nick Pullen is the man behind our stable of dedicated horse racing services - Horse Racing Focus and Racing Angles.
He says his deep-seated interest in horse racing and betting stretches all the way back to his childhood in the 1970s, after his Uncle George introduced him to the world of racing. His first winner was 25/1-shot Rubstic in the 1979 Grand National.
Nick started his career in the publishing business editing books and newsletters for a specialist publishing house on the South Coast. Later he went freelance. Escaping from the shackles of his 9-5 routine enabled him to spend the best part of seven years organizing his working week around the racing programmes at the South Coast tracks and producing a very healthy second income in the process.
In late 2002 Nick landed a job at the head-offices of a major bookmaker. The poacher was now working for the gamekeeper. From day one his intention was to observe the bookmaker's operation from the inside... and learn what he could of the bookmaking industry's secrets... working on the principle that to know your enemy is to know how to beat him.
Nick spent the next 5 years watching and listening and refining his methods in line with what he learnt from the day-to-day business and the like-minded, shrewd minds he met there.
Early in 2007 Nick and his work came to the attention of the editorial team at Oxfordshire Press. He left the bookmaking industry in June 2007 to write 'Join the Lay Betting Revolution and Win Big Money from Losers' and to prepare the ground for his e-letter service, Horse Racing Focus.
These days Nick combines his betting activity with full-time work on Horse Racing Focus and his in-depth Racing Angles service, which produced 18 winners from 21 bets at the Cheltenham Festival in 2010.
Having worked for the bookmakers and formulated his own unique methods for picking winners and studying form, Nick is certainly more qualified than most when it comes to giving out advice on the racing. His aim is to help bettors of all levels make money - with advice straight from the horse's mouth.
