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Fwiw, even with the ML's apart by 15%, the tote board management at SA and Belmont is very similar. As soon as the board starts moving, the difference is gone.
Aside from the normal practice of making room for a line move for a big favorite by moving all the other odds first, they also share a habit of moving the odds from low 120's to 127-range a couple of minutes before the race. This move had me scratching my head, because it's not in preparation for an odds change. After thinking about it some more, I realized that's probably to protect themselves against late money on the favorite, and the public outcry that might cause if it happened too often. Often, in these case, the favorite doesn't move at all, so it would have to be a preventative strategy.
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