Don't you love it when you hit on a 2% shot?

[Steel God]

That's very true Chris. Back in the "good old days" horses weren't entered into races like the KD unless they were real quality with decent shots, thus fields were smaller, 6 to 8 horses, some times less. About 2 decades ago, the sport changed (as they all did), lots of corporate sponsors, the formation of "teams", and now trainers will put horses into a race like the KD to clog up the field on purpose. It's part of the reason a triple crown is much harder to attain in horse racing now.