Originally Posted by Chrome Prince

I've also busted a couple of other myths along the way:
"odds on, look on"
and
"Don't bet on heavy tracks"

I have a feeling that many of these myths were never based on facts and figures, but rather emotion. When it goes wrong, punters will look for a reason and it gets etched into the memory as fact, but it may be a biased reason that is based on the memory's sample size.