9th January 2014, 01:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by norisk
the majority of naive punters are probably sheep, so simply follow the market & back favoured runners helping to suck value out of final tote prices.
the superstitious figure sounds high to me, although I am guilty of it on occasion.
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i agree - but 70% sounds a bit heavy.
in any case where do they get this stuff from - no one asked me - so i wasn't included in the stats.
probably walked into a pub tab near Frankston at 3.30PM on Melbourne cup day and did a survey and extrapolated it across the population.
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