Dr Pangloss wrote:

"I think you could stick a successful system on the footpath outside Randwick races and it wouldn't make a jot of difference to it's profitability."

"To prove my point ( and TwoBETS please prove yours) Dr Ziemba et al demonstrated way back in 1984 that the place divvies on short priced favorites were inefficient. That is, backing shorties for the place could generate profits. Such inefficiencies in the place market across the three TABs still prevail today."

I would have to agree with the sentiments of the first statement above.

The second statement is spot on. Anyone who wants to spend the time at it, could make a nice little earn on place divvies from short favorites. This well know anomaly re favorite odds, does seem to support the sentiments expressed in the first statement.

Seems like 2 very valid points [?].

Punters are overly paranoid about system secrecy. Any profitable system that was printed here for free will be dropped like hot cakes by most users at the first decent run of outs. Have the odds shortened over the years for short priced favorite's place div. because they are well know? Not by a cent.