17th January 2008, 11:45 PM
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And the backer that ate up the 50K????
You can't really say someone "knew" something was up or the 50K would have been left swinging in the wind.
It was obvious something went wrong with the horse, neither the layer nor the rider knew, it was a lay on a pretty short horse - see it quite often with big money and they tail off.
Odds on that same 50k will appear on the weekend on Sydney races and the horse will win.
It's not as if the horse led and ran out of puff or fitness, or the jock misplaced the horse - something went very wrong.
In fact a 50k on a short horse signals top odds got somewhere else and it was a no risk trade.
Just my opinion.
P.S. It's not just me that knows about favourites at Canterbury, it's pretty well known around racing circles.
Check out the very next meeting at Canterbury and you'll see what I mean.
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