8/10/2011 edition

Betting Horse Racing Favourites
in
Small Fields

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

Most 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 results for punters betting favourites in small horse race fields on Saturday, 1st. October, 2011.

On this day the $500,000 Group 1 Epsom Handicap was held at Randwick and won by the 4YO mare Secret Admirer which was solid in the bookmaker betting on track at $9.00. Best tote odds was $10.80. Secret Admirer was ridden by Brenton Avdulla and trained by Grahame Begg.

The $4.00 favourite Sincero, ridden by Chris O’Brien and trained by Stephen Farley finished eighth in the field of 17 horses, 4.4 lengths from the winner.

Randwick: Track Dead.

R3 $175,000 Roman Consul Stakes. 3YO. Group 2. Set weights.
Distance: 1200 metres
Number of runners: 5
Favourite: Foxwedge
Result: 1st.
Starting price: $1.85
Top fluctuation: $1.90
SuperTab tote dividend: $1.80
Jockey: Nash Rawiller
Trainer: John O'Shea

R4 $200,000 Premiere Stakes. 3YO & UP. Group 2. Weight for Age.
Distance: 1200 metres
Number of runners: 7
Favourite: Love Conquers All
Result: 3rd.
Starting price: $1.90
Jockey: Jim Cassidy
Trainer: Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
Winner: Neeson
Starting price: $8.50
Top fluctuation: $13.00
SuperTab tote dividend: $7.90
Jockey: Michael Rodd
Trainer: Joseph Pride

Here are the results for punters betting favourites in small horse race fields on Saturday, 24th. September, 2011.

Rosehill: Track Good.

R2 $250,000 3YO. Stan Fox Stakes. Group 2. Set weights.
Distance: 1500 metres
Number of runners: 5
Favourite: Manawanui
Result: 1st.
Starting price: $1.20
Top fluctuation: $1.20
SuperTab tote dividend: $1.04
Jockey: Glyn Schofield
Trainer: Ron Leemon

Doomben: Track Good.

R1 $50,000 3YO. Open. Handicap.
Distance: 1200 metres
Number of runners: 7
Favourite: Pretty Pins
Result: 3rd.
Starting price: $1.85
Jockey: Jim Byrne
Trainer: John P Thompson
Winner: Kelbenjar
Starting price: $8.00
Top fluctuation: $8.00
SuperTab tote dividend: $6.50
Jockey: Eddie Wilkinson
Trainer: Natalie McCall

This edition of Punt to Win:
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The Professional Punter's horse racing news
The Beat the Tipsters' Poll horse racing betting system
Horse racing form analysis and betting system tips
Horse Watch betting system - future winners
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Betting favourites in small fields: 1/10/2011 & 24/9/2011
Betting favourites in small fields: 17/9/2011 & 10/9/2011
Best odds for well bet winners - bookmaker or tote?
Betting top weights - horses carrying a weight handicap of 59kg.
Punt to Win 10/9/2011
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