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Originally Posted by Half Smoke
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every writer I've ever read on this subject states that this is the correct way to do it is this - or something very similar to this:
9/1 over 11/1_________9*11 +(1) = $108_______for a $1.00 exacta
but isn't it true that a 9/1 shot over a 11/1 shot will usually pay much more in a 12 horse field than a 5 horse field?
I don't recall any of the discussion of this including field size
it would probably be very difficult or maybe even impossible to prepare a matrix which factors in field size
I certainly couldn't do it_________I'm not a mathlete
but, in all the writings I've seen on this subject field size was never mentioned
so, if it's not considered aren't the writings on this, unless they mention or consider field size, lacking?
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I've seen these calculations too...and they've never made any sense to me. When you multiply the odds of the winner to those of the runner up...you get the exact same total as if the race outcome were reversed. A 2-1 winner and a 10-1 runner up pays the same as a 10-1 winner and a 2-1 runner up. Which, of course, is RIDICULOUS.
