Just a fluke?

[shadowvkc]

Hi all. I was just going through the cards today and noticed something strange. If you had layed all of the racing post forcast fav's then you would have made some tasty profits:

Date

Track

Time

Horse

Win odds

Win results

Place odds

Place results

Lay 1st Place

Lay Place

Stake

4th Jan

Towncester

1.4

Pearlysteps

2.27

W

1.15

W

-£12.70

-£1.50

£10.00

Towncester

2.1

Devils River

4.8

L

1.73

L

£9.50

£9.50

Towncester

2.4

El Distintivo

3.9

L

1.5

W

£9.50

-£5.00

Commission

Towncester

3.1

Woodlands Genpower

5.74

L

2.94

W

£9.50

-£19.40

0.95

Towncester

3.4

Kahsabelle

8.67

L

3.11

L

£9.50

£9.50

Towncester

4.1

Hinton Thunderbolt

4.4

L

1.95

W

£9.50

-£9.50

1st P/L

Towncester

4.4

Educated Evans

12.67

L

3.82

L

£9.50

£9.50

£218.10

4th Jan

Southwell

2

Miss Bootylishes

3.75

L

1.9

L

£9.50

£9.50

Place P/L

Southwell

2.3

Golden Tiger

1.94

L

1.34

L

£9.50

£9.50

£113.00

Southwell

3

Gargano

1.94

L

1.5

L

£9.50

£9.50

Southwell

3.3

Shadows Length

1.97

L

1.45

L

£9.50

£9.50

Southwell

4

Lujiana

3

L

1.55

L

£9.50

£9.50

Southwell

4.3

Tag Team

5

L

1.66

W

£9.50

-£6.60

4th Jan

Wincanton

1.5

Topsham Belle

1.27

W

1.13

W

-£2.70

-£1.30

Wincanton

2.2

Henry King

3.15

L

1.39

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wincanton

2.5

Green Belt Elite

2.08

L

1.4

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wincanton

3.2

Lindy Lou

5

L

1.77

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wincanton

3.5

Wizard of edge

5.9

L

1.93

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wincanton

4.2

Briefcase

5.67

L

2.08

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wincanton

4.55

Seismic Wave

5.02

L

2.1

W

£9.50

-£11.00

4th Jan

Wolverhampton

4.5

Welcome approach

4.9

L

1.9

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wolverhampton

5.2

Just Bond

6.16

L

1.91

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wolverhampton

5.5

Greyfriarschorista

1.4

W

1.11

W

-£4.00

-£1.10

Wolverhampton

6.2

Kirstys Lad

6.74

L

2.21

W

£9.50

-£12.10

Wolverhampton

6.5

Rock Ascot

3.45

L

1.85

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wolverhampton

7.2

Aaman

2

L

1.27

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wolverhampton

7.5

Our Kes

5.23

L

2.17

L

£9.50

£9.50

Wolverhampton

8.2

Through the forest

6.69

L

2.3

L

£9.50

£9.50

Has anyone else noticed something similar in the past, or is this just a fluke?

[Frank Butcher]

Re: Just a fluke? Nice one Shadow, not something I've looked into before. Interestingly enough there were 13 horses in the list that were quoted as Fav's that didn't start as Fav and all lost. Whether there is any mileage in this only time will tell. Frank