I just looked at a quick 3000-race study I did for something else, but I can check for public choice in this study as well. This study contains only non-maiden dirt races, 5 to 10 furlongs. Because there are ties in the odds, it doesn’t always come out to 3000 per category. The return will be shown as a dollar net based on a $2.00 wager, not on $1.00. So a .90 return would be shown as $1.80.
1st. 3061 starters Win 37.6% $1.72, place 58.7% $1.77, show 72.5% $1.77
2nd. 3001 starters Win 21.4% $1.61, place 42.7% $1.63, show 59.5% $1.69
3rd. 2978 starters Win 16.1% $1.68, place 33.6% $1.62, show 51.9% $1.71
4th. 2986 starters Win 9.9% $1.47, place 25.3% $1.57, show 42.1% $1.64
5th. 2995 starters Win 6.6% $1.43, place 17.3% $1.43, show 31.8% $1.50
6th. 2724 starters Win 5.0% $1.50, place 12.2% $1.41, show 23.1% $1.38
7th. 2077 starters Win 2.8% $1.23, place 8.0% $1.32, show, 15.4% $1.25
8th. 1336 starters Win 2.5% $1.37, place 7.4% $1.53, show 12.5% $1.20
Small sample, but it looks like it gives a general idea.
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