Originally Posted by Half Smoke View Post
I think you're probably right LarryS. But the thing is, the public isn't often wrong or when they are wrong it isn't usually by nearly as much. They're only sometimes wrong. Not often enough to find a lot of good bets IMHO. I can only find a few that I consider to be really good bets. I can't find a lot of them.

if it wasnt for the public being wrong the books would be out of business.

the sharp money takes their share....and the books need the public to make up the difference. The good ole "public" will eat up the 8-1 and the books know it.

following "the public" for me is generally not a good method in handicapping.