18th April 2012, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by The Ocho
While there (probably) is no doubt that the fav strike rate has been running higher than the norm over the last 8-9 months, is it also possible that with the plethora of information available nowadays that the ACTUAL best horse is being picked by more of the info and is then backed into favoritism by the public and therefore winning at a higher strike rate?
This would thereby drag the strike rate up and maybe the current 34% average strike rate may be the new norm.
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Could be a number of reasons, my first thought is that perhaps its not so much the plethora of information but the plethora of weak low class races ie maidens which favorites have a sligthly better record in.
That and small fields as the product get more and more watered down with the over abundance of racing. |