I have been betting a lot more tracks around the country the past month and you really see some strange stuff at the smaller tracks.
I bet a race at Hastings yesterday, the horse was 8/1 going into the gate, which I was totally fine with, he broke well and out the the gate flash was 17/1! Then about halfway down the backstretch he flashed to 6/1, which I still thought was fair. He finished second at about those odds.
I bet a horse at lone star, a bigger track than Hastings, horse was 8/1 and while never looking like a loser drifted up to 11/1 during the running. This was not shocking as the horse was in against name runners from top trainers on the circuit.
Usually though, they go down for me but its all over the board. The bottom line is the fluctuating tote makes betting for value pretty tough.
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