Sierra Sunset captures Rebel Stakes

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03/15/2008 - Hot Springs, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sierra Sunset, ridden by Chris Emigh, drew clear down the stretch to win Saturday's $300,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The Rebel is the last local prep race for the April 12 Arkansas Derby.

Nine three-year-old thoroughbreds broke from the starting gate in the 48th edition of the Rebel Stakes. Taking the early lead was Sacred Journey, followed by Sierra Sunset and Stone Bird.

Sacred Journey, with Calvin Borel in the saddle, opened about four lengths on the field as he hit the back stretch. Running second was Sierra Sunset with Stone Bird in third and He's Eze in fourth.

Sacred Journey still had the lead with a half-mile to run. Sierra Sunset began to cut into the lead with He's Eze also gaining.

Around the turn for home Sierra Sunset assumed the lead as Sacred Journey began to tire. Sierra Sunset hit the top of the stretch in first followed by Isabull and King's Silver Son. Odds-on favorite Z Fortune was unable to get into contention.

Sierra Sunset went on to win the 1 1/16 mile race by three lengths over King's Silver Son with Isabull third. The time for the Rebel was 1:43.88 on a fast track.

Completing the order of finish was Golden Yank, Z Fortune, He's Eze, Anak Nakal, Stone Bird and Sacred Journey.

Sierra Sunset is trained by Jeff Bonde for owners Philip Lebherz, Al Mariani, George Schmitt and Carol Wirth Trust Charles Wirth. Saturday's win was worth $180,000 to bring the colt's career earnings to $428,696.

The three-year-old was coming out of Oaklawn's Southwest Stakes, where he was second to Denis of Cork. He began the year with a fourth-place finish in the San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita, the same track where he won the California Cup Juvenile last November.

Sierra Sunset has now won four of 11 lifetime starts. His first stakes victory was the Bay Meadows Juvenile at Bay Meadows Race Course last September.

Sierra Sunset returned $10.40, $4.80 and $3.80. King's Silver Son paid $11.00 and 5.40, and Isabull paid $8.00 to show.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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