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These are the horses that the bookies have posters of on their walls. They can tease, showing promise at times, often running into a place. But until they can prove they’re not allergic to winning, these runners should be ignored by punters.
Bennetta – (NSW)
Talented yes, winner no. It’s now been an 11-race drought for the Grahame Begg-trained mare after taking out the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes in February 2013. Granted she has been running in top races, but you would want to see her winning before getting back aboard. Bennetta has been under double-figures in eight of the races and favourite in three.
Return On Investment: - 28 per cent
Most Husbands – (VIC)
Just one win from his last 17 starts. Continues to tease with solid performances, running home when it's all too late. It keeps getting the punters in however, starting at under $5 in 10 of the recent defeats and five times as favourite.
ROI: - 46 per cent
Captain Angry – (VIC)
Another from the Darren Weir stables that has been making punters angry. A last start win at $2.60, the first of his career from 18 starts, doesn’t save him from making the list. The four-year-old started at $10 or under in his 17 defeats. This campaign bookies would have been popping open the Moet every time he was nominated, starting favourite in all six defeats, with three of them being in the red.
ROI: - 86 per cent
Dog Tags – (NSW)
One win from 19 starts for the three-year-old at the juicy odds of $1.40. In 11 of his defeats he has started at odds of $5 or under. He did have a run of four runner-up efforts in-a-row this campaign, but has been a real money-muncher for punters.
ROI: – 93 per cent
McNulty – (VIC)
It’s with a heavy-heart this honest stayer makes the list but unfortunately the stats don’t lie and he has been a costly commodity for punters. The four-year-old broke through for his second career win this campaign, but he has now had 23 starts, of which he started as favourite in 10 of the races.
ROI: - 75 per cent
Ranger (WA)
Dunaden had just won the Melbourne Cup the last time Ranger saluted, when he took out the Lee Steere Stakes on the Saturday following the 2011 Cup. It has been 21 starts since that win for the former boom Western Australian horse. He has notched-up nine placings in that time and contested races at a variety of distances from the 1200m Roma Cup to the 2400m Perth Cup. He also had a short campaign in Melbourne during the 2012 autumn, with a fifth in the Carlyon Cup his best effort. He is still competitive in the good Perth races but that is cold comfort for those who have been backing him.
ROI: - 43 per cent
Brazen Moss (NSW)
The two-year-old colt looks promising and could still become a very serious racehorse, but it is probably wise for punters to sit out until he sorts out his tardy starts. His record currently sits at five seconds from six starts, the last four starting at under $4.
ROI: - 100 per cent
Radiant Art (VIC)
The David Hayes-trained filly found its way to Corowa last start but still couldn’t find its way in to the winners stall. In fairness her last run was the first-time she has started favourite, but she had been under the $10 mark in her previous five runs. Radiant Art remains a maiden with five placings from her nine starts.
ROI: - 100 per cent
Specific Choice – (NSW)
Started his career well with two wins from his first four starts. That’s where the wins stopped, with 11 runs now without victory, starting at under double-figures in each race and five times as favourite. The choice should be pretty clear here for punters.
ROI: - 6 per cent
Long Shadow (VIC)
Formally with Gai Waterhouse and now with David Hayes, Long Shadow remains a maiden from 16 starts. She has however finished runner-up an amazing 10 times and has one third. The closest Long Shadow has got to a win in regards to the margin was at her first-ever start where she went down by 0.2 lengths at Canterbury. She has been $5 or under in 11 starts and has only been more than $10 once.
ROI: - 100 per cent
Hey Hey Renee (NSW)
The Joe Pride-trained four-year-old mare has been placed in easier races of late but that hasn’t helped Hey Hey Renee find her second win. She has had the 12 career starts for the one win, when the $2.60 favourite at Kembla Grange, but has started at $5 or under on nine occasions.
ROI: - 78 per cent
This story was originally published at punters.com.au