Sircat Sally (4) is unbeaten in six starts and a heavy favorite to win Saturday's Grade 2 Honeymoon Stakes on turf, the sixth race.
She is the darling of show bettors. With 23 minues to post, Sircat Sally attracted $168,670 of the $171,364 bet to show - a figure that shrunk over the next three minutes.
Some of the money came off the board in consecutive minutes. Interestingly, in the next few flashes, the figures fell to $156,726 of $159,646 bet in the pool. Then, the figure diminished to $133,753 of the $136,821 in the pool. With 20 minutes to post, it was down to $127,060 of $130,356.
This is not unprecedented, but it is unsettling that so much money can appear in the board and then go missing.
Sircat Sally is part of a field of six in the $200,000 Honeymoon Stakes at 1 1-8 miles on turf for 3-year-old fillies.