Both the pro punters and the media experts were on fire with their horse racing tips over the past week.

We'll get onto the experts a little later, but first-up we have to give a shout-out to the pros and bigrig13. 

This multiple award-winning punter had a whale of a week, finding $3,470 in cash profit for his followers who backed each of his tips with $100 win bets.

This hefty total came from just 6 winning tips, which got home at a monster average price of $18.64.

Even more impressive is the fact that all six of these winners saluted at double-figure odds. 

Bigrig13 is clearly not shy of going for a bit of value. 

But there's more than one way to skin a cat.

That's because the second pro punter who earns a mention is none other than Turfcutter.

This New South Welshman raked in upwards of $2K for his followers, after no less than 49 of his tips greeted the judge.

These winners came at an average price just a lick over $3 and at a cracking 38% strike rate.

Unlike Bigrig13 who adopts a selective strategy, Turfcutter tips in high volume. 

You can't argue with Turfcutter's approach, as his stats do all the talking. He's currently sitting on an all-time profit of $16,760 from $100 win bets.

Turfcutter's stats do all the talking

This is despite recording 14,519 tips on theGreatTipOff over the years.

But at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what type of tipping strategy you adopt.

What matters is being able to tip winners.

And someone who rarely lets you down in that department is Chris Blackwell.

This West-Australian form analyst keeps on cropping up in the weekly leaderboard for most cash profit.

This week was one of his best on record, after he found $4,160 in profit for everyone who followed his free tips with $100 bets. 

If you'd doubled your stake on each of Blackwell's best bets, you would have generated an outstanding 112% POT.

This freelance form analyst is certainly in some ripping form at the moment.

In fact, his tips have generated a profit in 6 of his last 7 tipping days.

Chris Blackwell's red hot form

On top of this, Blackwell is sitting on a cash profit just shy of $8K from his tips over the past 30 days.

With the big meetings at Ascot on the horizon, Blackwell is once again shaping up as the man you want to follow out west.

Speaking of a media expert in cracking form, look no further than Michael Manley from the Herald Sun. 

This racing journo has now secured a profit in 8 of his last 9 tipping days.

Michael Manley's purple patch

This hot-streak has covered some of the biggest meets on the Melbourne racing calendar.

Looking at the week, Manley's 14 winning tips generated a cash profit of $2,070 from $100 win bets.

His winners also came at an impressive 41% strike rate.

After looking at these numbers, it's hard to go past Manley if you're searching for some free tips for the remainder of the Spring Carnival.

Finally, we couldn't end this article without mentioning one of our resident tipsters, Michael Gannon.

He found $1,590 for his followers this week, after 16 of his tips saluted.

Gannon has been seeing them like beach balls over the past few weeks, steering his loyal followers and readers into plenty of dough.

Just like Manley, he's found a profit in 8 of his previous 9 days on the punt. 

Going back a little further and he's sitting on a profit of more than $4K from all his tips over the past 90 days.  

The best thing about following Gannon, is that he provides his bets bets for free on our site in his weekly column.

Check back to the site later in the week to see who he'll be on this weekend.