Put Your Fingers Where your Mouth Is

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by oracle80

I think that this whole thing is silly. The way to win or lose is to bet money at the windows, in the end thats all that matters.
I also find it pretty funny that this much hype is raised over one day of racing when there are 364 other days of racing as well, as far as wagering goes.
You can make a score on a 4 claimer at finger lakes and I assure you that the moeny is just as green and spendable as money from the BC is.

The reasons I am willing to spend much more time on the BC is the same reason that sharp football bettors are willing to spend so much time working on the Super Bowl.

(1) There are more ways to bet on the BC than on anything except perhaps the Kentucky Derby. I'm talking about futures, matchups, margin-of-victory, and various other prop bets. The more bets offered, the more opps to find some positve EV.

(2) There is a large amount of public money being bet by people who rarely bet on horses. These people are likely to bet on the horse they've heard about, the horse with a fun name, etc.

Put those two together, and you've got a day of betting (and the 10 days leading up to it!) that is second only to the Derby or to a Belmont when there is a TC on the line.

Besides, it's a lot more fun analyzing these races than the claimer at Finger Lakes!

--Dunbar