Favorites Win Percentage by Field Size

Conditions of sample

This sample contains the last 5,000 races from our database in each field size category as of December 1st, 2000.

The category "favorite" in our database is based upon the final "viewable" toteboard odds. That is, horses with final odds of 2.1:1 and 2.2:1 would be considered equal since they would both display as "2/1" on the toteboard.

Note that the 4-horse and the 13+ group contain all the races in this field size since 1993 for the tracks we download (10 circuits).

 

Favorites by Field Size
	Field	Sts	Pays	PCT	$NET	IV	PIV	AvPay	Odds
	4	1,009	466	46.2	1.62	1.85	1.02	3.51	0.83
	5	5,400	2,298	42.6	1.72	2.13	1.06	4.05	1.07
	6	5,483	2,030	37.0	1.64	2.22	1.01	4.43	1.26
	7	5,630	1,951	34.7	1.62	2.42	1.00	4.67	1.39
	8	5,743	1,887	32.9	1.66	2.63	1.00	5.04	1.54
	9	5,833	1,802	30.9	1.60	2.78	0.98	5.18	1.62
	10	5,781	1,648	28.5	1.55	2.85	0.95	5.44	1.77
	11	5,704	1,651	28.9	1.62	3.18	0.99	5.61	1.83
	12	5,675	1,570	27.7	1.56	3.33	0.97	5.63	1.90
	13+	601	173	28.8	1.68	3.90	1.01	5.85	1.91