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Each-way terms in the Arc

  • 03-10-2009 11:00pm
    #1
    Nulty
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    Why aren't there 4 places paying each way in the Arc? I'm pretty sure it's only handicaps the pay 4 places or more but should it not be the same in stakes races?


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    mailburner
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    Nulty wrote: »
    Why aren't there 4 places paying each way in the Arc? I'm pretty sure it's only handicaps the pay 4 places or more but should it not be the same in stakes races?
    its a good question but in a handicap all horses are weighted to
    have a chance and the cambridgeshire today is a good example
    Results Name Racecard No. Jockey SP
    1st Supaseus (9) T Block 16/1
    2nd Tartan Gigha (25) J Fanning 33/1
    3rd Nanton (6) D Tudhope 33/1
    4th Applause (2JF) (31) William Buick 10/1
    5th Shavansky (35) Kirsty Milczarek 100/1
    All horses in a handicap are weighted to have a chance of
    winning
    whereas in a stakes race all horses are running off level
    weights so a no hoper really has no chance and often in
    these top races like the derby and arc etc etc
    horses at 100/1 and the likes are often only put
    in as pacemakers to help their more fancied stablemates.
    take the arc for example tomorrow
    outside the top ten in the betting for 2moros arc its 100/1 bar
    its nearly impossible for any of these horses to win it
    yet alone be placed so really its a 10 horse races
    The bookies will never offer four places for races like
    the derby, king george or the arc given how unlikely
    it is that the top 16 in these races will realistically
    have a chance of winning or being in the first four.
    maybe in the likes of the guineas it should be different and maybe
    they should there (if they dont already but i dont thing they do) as its
    a wide open race compared to the other classics as a lot of horses
    in the guineas wont have run since their 2year old days so its impossible
    to know how a horse has progressed from 2-3


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