I've gone for it after speaking with a few of the course endorsments via their @Twitter handles, I know 2 of them already, and I think all have done BFP or have/are bouncing between the two.
Its early days for me really but like they all told me, where BFP focuses on short prices, with a real focus on horse and rider to make trading decisions (I know BFP includes course info as well, but...), Ivans course is more focused on race course trading zones, where horses are likely to struggle for a potential L2B opportunity, at a range of prices, which also means more opportunities. Or more chances to lose money, depending on your mental stamina lol.
This is done best by good card reading prior to any race/trade execution.
Both trading courses require the same things; course, jockey, horse, knowledge, but both deliver each in different ways. IMO you can never have enough info trading in-play and both these courses complement each other.
I would say BFP is somewhat easier to pursue as once you are confident in seeing L2B's or B2L, depending on your preferrence, it just requires practice of strict discipline, rinse and repeat.
Ivan's obviously also requires discipline, but there is some extra work to do, to do things properly. I know some people find that too much analysis just confuses them and so prefer the BFP approach.
Also, BFP has the somewhat of a safety net using stakes by liability and automatically offsetting your exits, which can be done with Ivans course, but it is more geared towards manually trading L2B / B2L using fixed stakes. I think some use 'by liability' but I think the idea is that as you become better and more confident at race reading, you are going to make more money using fixed stakes than by liability stakes. Its not blindly having a punt on a loser if you've done what's requierd to read the race effectively.
(When I say you are going to make more money, I say that with a questionable look on my face, because I have seen Andrew (BFP) make some whopper trades, like XXL trades... so take that with a pinch of salt if comparing the two courses. In fact even disregard it completely!).
Hope I've not said too much in there, I dont think I have.
Im currently still taking the BFP disciplined approach (small stakes), while studying and implementing some of Ivans day by day as well.
I'll provide an update in approx 3 months if anyone is interested.