The Mount 3-7

**ilikebirds** · 03-07-11, 10:47 PM

4 / 10 8 / 2 come on

**TonyP** · 03-07-11, 10:49 PM

parker does it again. Tomorrow nigh will single parker on top every race he is in

**ilikebirds** · 03-07-11, 10:53 PM

Are you saying Parker can repeat it?

**TonyP** · 03-07-11, 10:55 PM

Originally posted by ilikebirds

Are you saying Parker can repeat it?

Parker does this all the time

**TonyP** · 03-07-11, 10:56 PM

I would say he wins at least half of his mounts.

**Gremlin Lad** · 03-08-11, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by TonyP

The track gets their money regardless of who wins the race.

What I am saying is if a jockey keeps coming in the money payoff in every race he rides, and he is a favorite, that means the betting public is putting a lot of money on that comb.....if it connects all the time, it creates a negative payout pool where the track has to fork out the money and hope they can recoup in another race.

The reverse happens when a big favorite does not finish at least third. This generates a bigger that normal show payoff..hence the saying "bridge jumpers" because the favoriote did not hit the board.

A lot of times you will see at the harness races a full field of 7 or 8 or 9 horses with NO SHOW betting. That is because the track feels a horse in the race has a very good record of coming in first or at least second. If they allowed show betting, it would create a negative pool which harness tracks cannot afford.