16th June 2009, 11:53 PM
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Yeah, there was a syndicate of guys going to the greyhounds doing the same on favourites.
Pick up any paper and you'll be hard pressed to find any meeting where a favourite didn't win at least once.
But they had horrendous amounts of money on short dogs, coming into the latter half of the program, you needed nerves of steel and a big wallet when the next favourite was $1.50.
It worked, but the stress got to them in the end.
One mistake, one missed opportunity, one dog going up with the lids, jumping the rail or getting spiralled sideways and it was a bloodbath.  |