Shouldn't an overlay that got away be a horse that you just missed with at a fat price?
I wasn't born at the time - but this horse whos pp's I looked at yesterday kind of cries out for a thread like this ...
Horse wins an alw race at 5/2 at Santa Anita by 20 lengths - and is 48/1 in the San Felipe and just misses before confirming form at a shorter price in the SA Derby next out.
I don't think I ever recall seeing an alw race at Santa Anita won by 20 lengths before ... though - it was only a six horse field and over a sloppy track.