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Rush to patience

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, July 27, 2009

The underdog days of summer continue. Huge win prices are running everywhere; more importantly, they're sensible and accessible. If 30 percent of the favorites are winning this summer, they're the ones that figured just fine, because this is one of those periods in horse racing when the late-racing 6-5 shots are finishing fourth, and the lightly raced fit horses from the sticks are stalking and winning by eight to pay $54. Bad bettors are still betting bad trainers and risky jockeys — pr ...

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