Just did a quick check yesterday's results:-

BENDIGO R6 2 Romantic Sea $2.90.

HAWKESBURY R9 7 Desert Brigadier $3.00

GRAFTON R7 2 Outyonder (2nd)

GATTON R7 4 Glittering Affair (unplaced)

MURRAY BRIDGE R5 1 General Magic (unplaced)

NORTHAM R4 4 Kee Bade (2nd)

Still just over 30% win (33.33%), but 66% place.

Mostly either won or came very close to winning which means they were not necessarily false favs. I don't class a favourite as being false if it actually placed in the race.

Also in these races, there seems to be more runs from each runner (usually) in order to more accurately assess winning chances. I'd much rather do form for races where horses have had at least more than 10 starts, than only 2/3 starts.

Interesting!



[ This Message was edited by: Equine Investor on 2002-07-12 13:48 ]