Bort's whole system is the staking plan.
The tips are almost irrelevant - as long you jag a winner paying over $4 inside of about 25 bets you make a small profit.

Now that we know the staking plan - why would anyone pay money for the tips which hardly matter?

The worst thing about the whole thing is he claimed to have cracked the secret to racing by looking at trainer's habits. Quite clearly, this is not the case. If his strike rate was any good you would use a better staking plan - one capable of producing profits of $100+ per day.

How did the "experts" at Today Tonight overlook this? Well the most obvious answer is none of the people working there understand horse racing or staking plans.