DD,

I've been wondering that myself. But I can understand how most would not like to risk getting unwittingly involved with one further tedious interminable exchange where every phrase of mine is then subjected to analysis paralysis.

I normally put my bets on AusTote before the 20 minutes curfew so as to minimise rake, and therefore don't watch final pools much.

But my guess is that someone bets late to try and take any excess cream off the popular picks. The longshot prices are probably ignored and haphazardly benefit from this tote-crushing.