Oracle, I feel your pain. Usually when I see a race where a horse is bet hard that is a dog on paper, I will totally sit it out. I know it's barn money and they have the insight, but I'd rather not bet at all then back a dog on paper. Problem is like you said, in pick 3's or 4's you don't know ahead of time that this is going to happen. Is there anyway to check the pools for future races? It would be nice to know a horse who is 20-1 is going to be a chalk. I wouldn't have a problem with playing a few tickets using the horse as a single if I could see it ahead of time.