Too true, Big O.
If the collective wisdom of Joe Public is the market favourite, then he's wrong 2 times out of every 3. Which leaves us odds seekers plenty of runners at juicier prices. I personally like those starters with red ink against their names as it multiplies returns on the other runners and it pays to bet against them. If you can take a 4/6 chance out of contention then you can still back every other runner to make an average 2/1, (even while the bookie gets his 25%).
Anybody got any stats. on odds on flops??