jerry Wrote:
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> For anyone interested in some handicapping
> amusement, download race 7 at Laurel for
> Wednesday, November 12 and come to terms with, or
> help me come to terms with, how Hyman Roth, 20-1
> in the morning line, opens at 9-5...

Based on previous post-time odds, overall turf record,
and trainer Michele Nevin showing 2 wins in 2 starts at
Laurel, I'd say that the ML 20-1 was way, way off for
this horse.

Make the ML 5-1 -- much more plausible -- and you have
a simple early action horse that drifted back up to 7/2,
had some road trouble (see chart) and still managed to
finish 3rd.

No scandal...just sloppy linemaking. All IMO, of course.