Am I reading this right?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

But, Phil, the trifecta is NOT low relative to the exacta price.
I will get more information but it does not appear that anything sinister was going on.....believe it or not.

Did CC Lopez ride the favorite by any chance?

Agreed, you would expect about a 3X multiplier with a 11/2 choice in 3rd and that's what it got (people often overestimate the value of the 3rd slot- exacta pays $20 and a 20-1 finishes third "it should pay $400!" no stupid, $160 if you're lucky.) My "finger in the air" test says $550 and $1800, minimum. The favorite was ridden by Ramon Dominguez...

I wasn't going to reply to this but I've seen a lot of low payoffs in NY lately on intrarace bets. The multirace payoffs seem very much in line, I was shocked that someone actually picked 6 yesterday with no carryover but I suppose if you were clairvoyant enough to go deep in the two maiden races you could have had it as the others were all very logical. I don't believe there's any funny business going on but past-posting scares me. It could potentially destroy the game, and given the running of the race (the 2 taking a huge lead into the stretch) there's no reason someone with the ability to crack the pools couldn't punch a late bet or two, you know what i mean?