Is Vicbred part of the Odds On problem

[Messenger]

If long odds on favs are hurting turnover and the industry - is Vicbred a considerable contributor to this?

7 of the 12 Semis at Melton tonight had long odds on faves ie < $1.70
including two $1.10 pops and two $1.04 pops
(plus there were 3 other odds on favs)

I looked at the heats they came through and the same applies there

[aussiebreno]

If long odds on favs are hurting turnover and the industry - is Vicbred a considerable contributor to this?

7 of the 12 Semis at Melton tonight had long odds on faves ie < $1.70
including two $1.10 pops and two $1.04 pops
(plus there were 3 other odds on favs)

I looked at the heats they came through and the same applies there

Vicbred 0.01% of races per year?

[arlington]

Changes to the heat programming were partly due to reducing odds on favourites...would be interesting to see how before and after turnover compares.
Semi finals, as Breno postulated :D a small price to pay.


Some early hours altered mind state thinking, :confused: inspired by the DM roadshow whiteboard slide, what about scrapping the Super Series and increasing the VOBIS, oops, the first win/s bonus???!!! :eek: :eek:

[Messenger]

Vicbred 0.01% of races per year?

I do appreciate that it is a smallish % Breno but .01% would be 3 races

[trish]

I think Emma Stewart got 18 in the finals....Soho Tribeca has a foot abscess (hope it blows out) SOHO TRIBECA (http://www.harness.org.au/racing/horse-search/?horseId=782481) http://www.harness.org.au/images/bb_icon.gif (http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-results.cfm?mc=MX300617&ms=vic#void) $10,000 Fr11K N PrenticeK N Prentice $ 1.10 fav GS L 1 CP VXAR SDVETS SWAB & PETACULAR (http://www.harness.org.au/racing/horse-search/?horseId=788468) http://www.harness.org.au/images/bb_icon.gif (http://www.harness.org.au/meeting-results.cfm?mc=MX300617&ms=vic#void) $10,000 Fr44M I StanleyM I Stanley $ 1.04 fav GS L 1 SWAB D/CT SWAB VXAR BLED1NOS SD1T .(bled from one nostril).

[Showgrounds]

You are going to get hot pots under the current format. For whatever reason, the wise heads at HRV made a decision a couple of years back to compress all of the heats into one week (sometimes, one meeting), conduct all the semi-finals on one meeting and have all the finals on one day. In doing so, NSW Breeders Challenge-eligible horses, many of which could also be VicBred eligible, miss out due to heats or finals being conducted on corresponding dates.

It's a protectionist policy, the downside being lack of competition. Therefore, too many short priced favourites.