Three days before the national elections, the racehorse California Chrome, undefeated in 2016, went off at even odds in the Breeders’ Cup and was beaten at the wire. Handicappers didn’t search their souls over that one, but they would the following Tuesday when Hillary Clinton, an even heavier favorite, wasn’t elected president.
Ultimately, the minds of human beings are just as hard to penetrate as the minds of horses. As some wise Facebook users commented once the election results were in, “Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown.”
