Are there statistics available that show how often the favorite in a horse race wins, places, or shows?
i think you can find a couple of web sites with documentation such as at the daily racing form or equibase sites
from what i know it has historically always been 33 percent percent for the favorite to win in general. horses generally win according to their odds, that is why it is almost impossible to beat the horses with the twenty percent take out. as soon as you bet a buck, twenty cents of it goes to the track owners,the say,ect.
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Typically if you go to a horse race or OTB place you can buy programs for $1 or so that contain all that information.
But in my experience such information is meaningless. You can get a horse that lost each single race, is 40-1 and suddenly it wins. Or a horse that’s even money favorite, has a stellar track record and comes in sixth.
I've been to an OTB numerous times and I've yet to see any real correlation between the horse history and what happens this day. In fact I've watched so called experts make numerous trips to the ATM, despite decades of expert knowledge with horses.
I don't think these programs are worth the paper they′re printed on. But then I’m not an horse race expert.