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Lagging odds unacceptable

By Bill Finley
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, August 15, 2009

When the field of nine left the Saratoga starting gate at 2:42 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, a horse named Lord Kipling was 5-2. One minute and 22 seconds later, when the 2-mile marathon was nearly half over, Lord Kipling was 2-1 and on his way to a front-running win. No matter how it happened, why it happened or who is to blame, this is completely unacceptable. Imagine buying shares of Google at one price only to be told 10 minutes later, sorry, you actually bought the stock for another, higher ...

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