Minus show pool blows up in Parx 9th race today resulting in payoffs:
$58.60 $30.80 $63.40
------- $11.20 $19.20
------- ------- $12.60
There were 6 betting interests total. The Jorge Navarro trained entry of DEFER HEAVEN and SHAFT OF LIGHT went off as the 1-5 favorite.
They finished 5th and 6th in the 7-horse field. Amazingly, both out of the superfecta.
So that got me wondering how many odds-on Navarro horses have done this over the past 12 months.
Curious?
Okay ....
Horses odds less than 4-5: 49
Winners ...............: 37 (76% winners)
place/show ............: 9 (93.8% in the money)
off-the-board .........: 3
Here's the 3 previous off-the-board finishers, only one of which created a minus show pool:
1/16/2016
GP race 12
SHARP AZTECA
Finished:5/11 Odds:0.7
Jockey:ZAYAS, EDGARD
6/22/2016
DEL race 8
***DEFER HEAVEN*** blew up minus show pool
Finished:4/5 Odds:0.5
Jockey:GONZALES, JONATHAN
8/20/2016
MTH race 4
RAVELO'S BOY
Finished:7/10 Odds:0.5
Jockey:FERRER, JOSE
Jocks on today's chalkblowers were Pennington and C.Lopez.
So that is 2 minus pools DEFER HEAVEN has blown-up or atleast had a hand in. Both incidents less than 3 months apart!!
SHAFT OF LIGHT was the stronger of the entry today but both were highly expected to hit the board, not just one.
Hope you enjoyed this factoid!
Well if you're reading this one, pay close attention cuz you will make some money tailing a 2-way fiddler.
DEFER HEAVEN and SHAFT OF LIGHT (mentioned above) blew up 2 more tote boards at GP over the winter, finishing off the board at 3:5 and 1:5 respectively, after the incident at Parx.
Obvious dumping to cash on short fields. Note: this type of dumping is becoming more and more common in 6-7 horse fields because it is cheap to wheel the rest of the field.
Common denominator = Monster Racing Stables owns both horses.
Navarro has won 44% and finished ITM 74% in the East this year, excluding Florida and New York where his stats are human-like.
The tell-tale sign of a fiddler is a notable ROI increase with tote odds and lack of normal win% drop off :
less than 4:5 (23/38) 61% ROI$0.86
4:5 to 2 (35/78) 45% ROI$1.02
2.1 to 4 (13/36) 36% ROI$1.36
4.1 to 8 ( 3/13) 23% ROI$1.38
8.1 to 16( 1/3) 33% ROI$3.07
Navarro w/Monster 24 starts 15 wins (63%), 3 place, 4 show ... ITM 92% ROI $1.72
less than 4:5 ( 4/5) 80% ROI$1.12
4:5 to 2 ( 7/12) 58% ROI$1.35
2.1 to 4 ( 2/4) 50% ROI$1.87
4.1 to 8 ( 2/2) 100% ROI$6.00
8.1 to 16( 0/1) 33% ROI$0
Here's Monster owner with Navarro video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAemuEqNZYE