Xanadu
I have noticed for some time now how a longshot will bob up in a small field.
Whether it is as you say the field is stacked and sprinted home or a theory I have is that the longshot in a bigger field generally gets too far back but in the smaller field is only a few lengths from the lead at the turn. It makes up as many lengths as it would in the larger field but because it is racing handier than normal without having to be bustled or hunted up early to do this sustains its shorter than normal run to score?
Sorry longwinded but I think I got my point out.
4 place bets today, first two losers, that hurt, second two winners but because I bet the percentage of bank I lost slightly overall for the day.
Roll on tomorrow.