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Originally Posted by 46zilzal
Wagers come through, nationally, 5 major betting hubs. They are encoded at the source and require going through a proprietary (NYRA's is Gold) decoder at the destination, and then, STILL have to be amalgamated into the local pool.
THAT TAKES TIME even today with high speed computers and that is what you are seeing
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We are all aware of this, that is not the point. It is which horses make the after the off odds plunge. A very high percentage of the time it is the runner that breaks very alertly and establishes a clear unchallenged early lead. A guy able to past post by only as little as 10 seconds after the break has a huge advantage, that is plenty of time to size up the break and enter a bet, provided the front runner is a legit contender, and not just a pop and stop longshot. Turn this around; how often do we see a sharp late odds drop on a horse that breaks slowly, gets shuffled back, and is pinned down along the rail in the early going? This happens all the time to short priced contenders, but somehow these runners almost never take the late price plunge.
