17.5% vs 16%
I've been using the pool totals to get the exact odds on California Chrome. I kept coming up with slightly over 2.5-1 and was wondering why the tote board showed 2-1 and not 5-2. Oh yeah, they raised the takeout to 17.5%, that's why!
--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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