Although I'm not familiar with the capping contest on this
board,i'm rather sceptical a contest would provide enough
evidence to suss out the differing capping skill levels of
the punters on this site. Correct me if i'm wrong,but i don't
believe there are any fixed odds available for wagering
on american races(other than exchanges like betfair).
So without this option it seems to me that contestants
would have to bet blindly on their contest selections
and just hope the price will remain juicy enough.
I know one could stipulate a minimum odds level,but this
still totally ignores a punter's ability to correctly assess
the proper odds for every runner in the race.The latter
skill could only be worthwhile in american racing by
being aware of odds at the off.Which i'm assuming,
for reasons of fairness,were not available to contestants.
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