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Old 06-27-2007, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by philcski
Looks like there was a big bridgejumper in there, as it was only a 6 horse field and the win horse paid $4.60 to place and $13 to show, and the place horse $3.40 to place and $10.40 to show.
Well, the bridgejumper had a big effect, but I wouldn't call it a "big bridgejumper". The total WPS pool was just $24K. The next race had a WPS pool of $32K. Based on the 1st race WPS from the previous day ($16K), I'd guess the bridgejumper(s) piled something like an extra $10K on the fav. That's pretty small in bridgejumping terms. It's not rare for bridgejumper(s) to put an extra $500K on a "can't miss" fav.

The normal show pool at Suffolk must be tiny for a $10K bet to produce such a big payoff.

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