The true graveyard of Favorites

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Lucky for you, it's not PID.

Favorites have won at 35% in the history of the PID.

That's right on the current national avg ... and when you factor in that the average field size is WELL below average nationally ... they probably underperform.

The not very untypical PID race...

* field of 6 or 7

* almost always at least two horses - sometimes as many as all but two who are just hopelessly overmatched and have no chance.

PID - with its sky high takeouts and low pool totals would appear at face value to be the single worst place around to bet.

The beauty of the place is twofold.

* Some of the most extreme and sustained track biases that you'll ever see anywhere pop up for extended periods of time. These are real biases .. the kind you truly almost never see in NY or So. Cal .. and especially not for as long as they last at PID

* Maiden races loaded with debuters and 2nd time starters often get big fields and have a way of attracting TERRIBLE favorites with established form.

Those two factors alone made PID one of the easiest places on the face of the earth to turn a profit at... even though it would logically figure to be among the hardest places to do so.