best BC Classic future prices from 5 racebooks

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Tim, they were taking bets on the dead Second of June for a week afterwards. Its buyer beware out there.

Taking bets on dead horses is a long-standing tradition with some offshore books. I attribute it as much to incompetence as ill-intent. A lot of the books do not make their own lines, so they are slow to adjust to changes. That sometimes works to our advantage, too. (They do not lower the odds after a contender wins a big prep, for example. Or, they do not adjust the other horses' odds when a big fav drops out.)

Right now the biggest joke is wsex.com, which still has a listing for Jazil, Cindago, Declan's Moon, Wilko, Sweetnorthernsaint, Greater Good. And adding insult to injury (so to speak), the highest odds on any of those is 40-1.

For the Kentucky Derby, you can always count on an exciting competition between CRIS and Carib for who takes future bets on injured or dead horses the longest.

btw, Gameday/VIP still has Second of June listed, at 1-1 no less. I presume there is some weirdness in their software that makes it impossible to remove SOJ from their list, but that's pretty weird.

--Dunbar

[Dunbar]

btw, Gander and randall, there are futures up for some of the other races. TheGreek has the most BC races listed, 5. But both VIP and wsex have lines up for the Distaff and the Sprint.

Here are the Greek's listings for the F&M Turf, for example:

1751 Ouija Board +305
1752 Alexandrova +645
1753 Gorella +525
1754 Wait A While +425
1755 Alexander Goldrun +1015
1756 Germance +1215
1757 Pictavia +1615
1758 Honey Ryder +1015
1759 Film Maker +1215
1760 Dance In The Mood +2050
1761 Silver Cup +2550
1762 Melhor Ainda +2550
1763 Rajeem +3050
1764 Noble Stella +3050
1765 My Typhoon +4050
1766 Latice +4050
1767 Arravale +4050
1768 Sharp Lisa +3050

(+3050 means 30.5 to 1, etc)

--Dunbar