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Who is shelling all of these 1-9 and 1-5 shots?
In the space of ten minutes on a slow day, I saw two horses go off at 1-9 odds and win. Luna Fortis (TAM R3) and Big Bad Zin (HOU R2). That's more 1-9 shots than I can remember in any month ten years ago. I would understand a champion in a low-level stakes or a returning strong horse in an allowance race written for it. But these races were both Maiden 25k claimers and one of the horses was 0 for 14.
According to my database, in 2018 217 entries closed at 1-9 (about a third of those at 1-20) and 1009 more entries at 1-5 (0.2 or 0.3 odds).
I know why the horses are getting shelled: big speed figure gaps to the next horse. What I don't know is who is doing it. Any thoughts?
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