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Originally Posted by DGroundhog
I voted hurts.
I heard too many casual fans upset after the DQ. Lots of allegations of 'fixed' and uninformed opinions about 'the house' making more money by DQing a favorite/second choice. Average person thinks the track makes more money if a longshot wins (obviously wrong - but that's their mindset).
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The track doesn't care which horse wins, favorite or longshot. They take their cut off the top. They only care if there is a big minus pool with ultra short favorites which wasn't the case. Of course, the average person thinks the track is like the casino where you play against the house and would be just as likely to think they make less money if the longshot wins and have to make a bigger payoff or if the favorite wins and have more people to pay off.