the price is usually generous because the public hates what they call a "quitter" - a horse that opens daylight on the pack and still manages to lose.
this looks bad to them.
to me a "quitter" is any horse that does not win a race.
f/ any profit-loss venture is not based upon the number of winners you have but upon the number of winners at the price.
to basics, you can have three 6 to 5 winners in 9 races and wash out, but you can have one 9 to 1 and one 5 to 1 and get over.
this does not always mean that a 6 to 5 is a bad bet, but if you know little or next to nothing about racing, it might be best to hold your bets between 7 to 2 and 9 to 1. or if you must indulge in wild fancies, keep your bets between 11 and 1q9 to 1. in fact, many 18 or 19 to 1's bounce in if you can find the right ones.
but, actually, a man can never know enough about horse rac- ing or anything else.
