1/3/2014 edition

Betting Horse Racing Favourites
in
Small Fields

There has been quite a lot of discussion in our forum over the years about horse racing favourites in small fields. So we've been monitoring horse racing favourites in small fields here. We're now looking at Saturday horse races in the three strongest horse racing cities of Melbourne, famous for the Melbourne Cup, Sydney, where the 2YO Golden Slipper Stakes grabs the horse racing headlines and Brisbane where the Doomben 10,000 is a famous feature horse race.

Most horse races in these cities have a field size of more than seven horses, so it will be interesting to see what happens when the field size is just seven or fewer horses.

When a favourite is beaten we will also provide details of the winner. If there are trends they will be identified. For example if a stable has two runners in the small field does the horse at longer odds win more often than it should? Do some jockeys lose more often than they should on the favourites? Do some stables have a poor strike rate on favourites in small fields? And so on.

Here are the result for punters betting favourites in small horse race fields on Saturday, 8th. February, 2014.

Randwick: Track Good.

R1 $85,000 2YO. Open. Handicap.
Distance: 1000 metres
Number of runners: 4
Favourite: Law
Result: 1st.
Starting price: $1.65
Top fluctuation: $1.65
SuperTab tote dividend: $1.40
Jockey: Nash Rawiller
Trainer: Gai Waterhouse

Caulfield: Track Dead R1 - R3, Good R4 - R9.

R1 $80,000 Rating 84. Handicap.
Distance: 2000 metres
Number of runners: 7
Favourite: Use The Lot
Result: 1st.
Starting price: $3.50
Top fluctuation: $3.60
SuperTab tote dividend: $3.20
Jockey: Jackie Beriman
Trainer: Sharna Valli

R2 $150,000 4YO & UP. Group 3. Set weights and penalties.
Distance: 1600 metres
Number of runners: 6
Favourite: Pakal
Result: 3rd.
Starting price: $2.05
Jockey: Glen Boss
Trainer: Mick Price
Winner: Chase The Rainbow
Starting price: $4.60
Top fluctuation: $4.80
SuperTab tote dividend: $4.00
Jockey: Craig Williams
Trainer: Rick Hore-Lacy

R8 $400,000 C. F. Orr Stakes. 3YO & UP. Group 1. Weight for Age.
Distance: 1400 metres
Number of runners: 6
Favourite: Moment Of Change
Result: 1st.
Starting price: $2.35
Top fluctuation: $2.40
SuperTab tote dividend: $2.20
Jockey: Luke Nolen
Trainer: Peter G. Moody

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The Free Late Summer Autumn Carnival First Up Winners horse racing betting system
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