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03/13/2008 - Oldsmar, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner War Pass will be the overwhelming favorite for Saturday's $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby. The 2007 champion two-year-old will face six challengers in the 1 1/16 mile race.
War Pass will attempt to become the second consecutive two-year-old champ to win the Tampa Bay Derby. Street Sense won last year's race on his way to becoming the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to capture the Kentucky Derby.
Trained by Nick Zito, War Pass will break from post three with regular rider Cornelio Velasquez aboard. The colt opened his 2008 season with a dominating win in an allowance race last month at Gulfstream Park.
War Pass is undefeated in five lifetime starts for owner Robert LaPenta with earnings of better than $1.4 million.
"I think this one will be a little bit more of a race for him," said LaPenta. "It'll be 1 1/16 miles, it'll be over a new track, and we're just looking for him to continue to move forward."
Kentucky Derby winning trainer Barclay Tagg will saddle Big Truck on Saturday. Big Truck was second in Tampa Bay Downs' Sam F. Davis Stakes in February. The three-year-old will be ridden by Eibar Coa from post six.
Owned by Eric Fein, Big Truck has won two of six starts for $156,880. He was fifth in the Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park in January and fourth in the Remsen Stakes last November.
Atoned, second in the Remsen Stakes, has drawn the far outside post with former champion jockey John Velazquez riding. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Atoned is owned by Dogwood Stable.
The colt has finished second in his last three starts after winning the Continental Mile at Monmouth Park in August. He has earned $136,757 in seven starts with two wins and four second-place results.
Here is the complete field for the Tampa Bay Derby in post position order: Cigar Man, Ron Allen; Gentleman James, David Amiss; War Pass, Cornelio Velasquez; Make Me Zach, Jose Rivera II; Dynamic Wayne, Pablo Morales; Big Truck, Eibar Coa and Atoned, John Velazquez.
The race has a scheduled post-time of 5:50 p.m. (et).
<< Giants sign LB Danny Clark
East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Super Bowl champion New York Giants
have signed linebacker Danny Clark to an undisclosed contract.
Clark has played with Jacksonville, Oakland, New Orleans and Houston during
his eight-year NFL
<< D.C., Houston settle for ties in Champions' Cup
Kingston, Jamaica (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.C. United's Devon McTavish scored just
before the end of the first half, but Harbour View FC battled for a 1-1 draw
Wednesday with a late goal from Lovel Palmer in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
McTavi
<< Kesler, Canucks skate past Kings
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ryan Kesler scored the tying goal late in
regulation and netted the winner 46 seconds into overtime, as Vancouver
continued its push for a playoff spot with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles
Kings.
<< Iginla sets Calgary goal mark in win over Blues
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jarome Iginla became Calgary's all-time
leading goal scorer, posting marker No. 365 to guide the Flames past St.
Louis, 7-3, at the Pengrowth Saddledome.
Iginla passed Theo Fleury with his 41st
Man City loans goalie Schmeichel to Coventry >>
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coventry City signed goalkeeper Kasper
Schmeichel on loan from Manchester City on Wednesday.
The 21 year-old shot-stopper has joined the relegation-plagued Sky Blues on
loan until the end of the sea
Henry denies he's unhappy at Barcelona >>
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thierry Henry has denied reports that he
is unhappy in Barcelona, but has conceded that matters off the pitch have led
to a troubled start to life in Spain.
The France international was rumored to be
Balanced attack lifts Xavier past Dayton in A-10 quarters >>
Atlantic City, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Josh Duncan led five Xavier players in
double-digits with 16 points, as the 10th-ranked Musketeers downed Dayton,
74-65, in quarterfinal action at the Atlantic-10 Tournament.
C.J. Anderson finish
Lions release Jones, Edwards >>
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Detroit Lions released running back Kevin
Jones and defensive end Kalimba Edwards on Thursday.
Jones gained 581 yards with a career-best eight rushing TDs for Detroit last
season, before a knee injury s
The most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made)
But you could also simply bet on the money line, or straight-up winner of the game. Oddsmakers use the money line so that more money must be risked on the favorite or expected winner and less money on the underdog to balance the action on both sides. While money line gambling is an attractive option for football and basketball bettors who only care about picking a winner, it is the primary option for those bettors who enjoy wagering on MLB baseball and individual sports like boxing, tennis, golf and racing events such as NASCAR. ( More details on playing the Money Line)
Another bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game.
The final score of Super Bowl XXXIX was 24-21; the scoring of both teams added up to 45, which means the game went Under . So Under bettors won, and Over bettors lost.
Sports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The main advantage of futures is that you can get appealing odds by betting far in advance. For example, with NFL futures you often can get much higher odds on a team by betting before the season even starts. A NFL future bet on a team to win the Super Bowl odds might be 20/1 in the preseason; but by midseason, their odds might decrease to 10/1 if they turn out to be legitimate championship contenders.
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MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
Although MySportsbook.com has listed Notre Dame as the 5-1 favorite to win thecollege football College Football betting, fans in Columbus do not need to cancel their tickets to Glendale just yet. The Ohio State Buckeyes, listed right behind the Irish at 7-1, are also heavy favorites to win college football’s most coveted prize, while West Virginia, USC and the 2007 National Champion Texas Longhorns - all listed at 8-1 – are strong contenders as well.
MySportsbook.com has also posted gambling odds on the conference championships for the ACC, Big 12 and SEC. In the ACC – it could be anyone’s title, particularly for the two schools from the Sunshine State. Florida State and Miami, both listed at 2-1, are favored to win the ACC Championship Game odds, with the ‘Noles hoping to finish in the nation’s top 10 for the first time in five years, and the ‘Canes looking to avenge their 10-7 loss against FSU in last year’s ACC Championship betting.
Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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