Interesting info this,

I look at lots of dog races on fox at night now, i have moved my betting away from win and now bet on place, ods and evens, nah, it was a thought but it dosent matter with feilds of eight, i can and do get better returns with less heart attacks betting place, and as you say BJ, leaving certain boxes alone when it counts one can usually narrow a feild down to four so good chances, i love taking 1.5 for the place and let it grow slowly,
I often see the dogs in the 4,5,6 boxes getting pushed about and end up in all sorts of spots on the track, but then again sometimes they are good enough and recover from last to ping first place,

Atleast there isnt any jockeys on their backs and thats why i nolonger bet on nags, dogs for me now.
Cheers Dingo