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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
I know - I think you don't do the reverse of that nearly often enough though.
A lot of times the post time favorite or one of the shorter prices that you correctly identify as "most likely" is also "the best value" ... I don't notice you labeling many 6/5 shots as "best value" ... but relative to the other options in the race .. sometime they are the best value even at short odds.
And with extreme favorites - take the Sunland race that Plum Pretty won by 20+ lengths over a bunch of total goats - the best value should have been a non existant horse called "nobuddy"
I'm not trying to give you a hard time at all - as this is more about 'the wording of terms' than anything else.
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I get your point and it's very true about Most Likely = Best Value in various circumstances. If I had the time to write more elaborate analysis/comments the way I used to, I'd love to. I try to communicate as much as possible with the simple monikers, and believe those that have followed my opinion understand what I'm implying with the placement of the tabs. I generally make 'OTT' selections on a separate line and then move them into the body copy when revising the write-up post-SCR. But you're right about the wording and individual ideas of what they mean to people reading or writing them.
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