placegetter,
What do you mean by 'whose SP'? There is one SP only and it doesn't matter which paper you read its always the same.
A better comparison might be top fluc against tote and the odds might go the bookies way then.
Also, horses in the first 3 or 4 of betting will generally be better with the books and the longer priced brigade will be better on the tote. Not always but generally.