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What is the shortest odds that you have ever seen in horse racing?
The 6.40 at Hamilton sees Mister Angry taking on Kerolad in a 1 miler. Mister Angry has double the rating of kerolad, and is sure to be a very short price. Its odds seem to be forecasted at 1/20
I remember Dancing Brave being such a certainty once that no odds were returned on him (unless my memory is playing tricks I was very young at the time).
I remember VICTORY SPIN winning at Beverly around ten years ago at official returned SP of 1/66. At the time it caused a few column inches in the press as the shortest priced winner ever.
Of course, in this, the modern era, there are a greater number of very short priced favfourites since the abolition of on-course betting tax.
Ormonde (he of Group 3 at Chester fame) won the Champion Stakes in 1886 at odds of 1-100 (only 3 ran)
I remember Dancing Brave being such a certainty once that no odds were returned on him (unless my memory is playing tricks I was very young at the time).
Not sure that’s true, but in the days of on course betting tax, there were plenty of occasions when no SP could be returned for mathematical reasons (an SP of 1/10 or shorter would give zero profit after tax and bets would therefore be void in principle).
1/66 was a show at some point when I saw Potentate win a 4 runner novices chase at Haydock around 2001, he was up against Ebin Al Habeeb and two Ted Caine horses (off my head I think they were Triona’s Hope and Cregg Rose).
There was no show dividend returned on a horse in the US in the last 18 months or so due to nobody staking any money on it
Lester Piggott rode a 10,000 to 1 on shot to victory in America.
Beat that !
Gambling Only Pays When You're Winning
Lester Piggott rode a 10,000 to 1 on shot to victory in America.
Beat that !
Italy, surely. The horse was Dragon Blood.
I remember Dancing Brave being such a certainty once that no odds were returned on him (unless my memory is playing tricks I was very young at the time).
Not sure that’s true, but in the days of on course betting tax, there were plenty of occasions when no SP could be returned for mathematical reasons (an SP of 1/10 or shorter would give zero profit after tax and bets would therefore be void in principle).
Ian, you are quite right,the legend himself
Dancing Brave
ran in the
"Select Stakes" at Goodwood as a prep for the 86 Arc,he opened at 1/8 but was backed at the price,he then went 1/10,which after tax in those days meant you could not win,so the official result showed "No market was returned for the race" he also broke the course record in beating Luca Cumani"s Ozopulmin by 10l, for the record Dancing Braves career SP"s returned as;- 4/6, Sandown Maiden, 4/9,Soham stakes 11/8,Craven stakes,15/8,2000gns, 2/1,Derby, 4/9,Eclipse, 6/4, King george,No SP,Select Stakes, 11/10, Arc, 4/9 Breeders cup!OK then, hands up who dumped their load (so to speak) into the Tote win pool to steal the shrewd twenties-on guaranteed?
Mounty??
Mike
Ajax, after 17 successive victories, was beaten in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick in the late 1930’s at 1-40, in a three horse field. Spear Chief won the event.
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