Ive made this mistake before...

Listening to pundits before a race starts....

I had the fav checked to pop a place bet on and the tv is running and 4 racing pundits all were adamant that another horse would win. They each gave to my inexperienced ear very compelling reasons why a horse was going to win that race. Seeing that the dividends on offer were reasonably close between the fav and the pundit recommendation I decided to go with their pick. Of course the horse came stone motherless last. Do they do this on purpose??? Is it fixed? its not the first time I have seen this.