Sports Bet

Hop and Step

Hop and Step appears at first sports bet glance to have quit before half his race was completed. This is because the first call showing lengths ahead or behind, where Hop and Step was leading by five lengths, is the call made at the one-mile point. The next call,for sports bet , where he was running second and behind by six lengths, was made at the 1% -mile point. Thus, the not-so-brief distance of three-quarters of a mile has elapsed between these two consecutive sports calls! It is possible, then, that Hop and Step led this field for more than one-and-five-eighths miles. In instances like this, where the calls are misleadingly concentrated toward the end of a race, a california lottery handicapper can be too hasty in labeling a horse a quitter.