07/24/2008 - Saratoga Springs, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Salvator Mile winner Notional will go after a second "Win and You're In" victory on Saturday in the $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga. The winner of the 1 1/8 mile Whitney gains automatic entry into the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Saturday, October 25.
Notional's victory in the Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park earlier this month put him into the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile which will be run on Santa Anita's synthetic surface. This year's Breeders' Cup will be conducted for the first time on an all-weather main track.
Lawyer Ron won last year's Whitney is a stakes and track record time of 1:46.64 for the nine-furlongs.
Owned by J. Paul Reddam and trained by Mark Hennig, Notional will start from post three in the 11 horse field with Edgar Prado riding. The four-year-old colt has won four of 11 career starts for $695,740.
Last year Notional won the San Rafael and Risen Star Stakes. His last race as a three-year-old was the Florida Derby when he was second to Scat Daddy. A broken leg ended his 2007 season.
Commentator, winner of the 2005 Whitney, has drawn the inside post with John Velazquez getting the riding assignment. The seven-year-old gelding, trained by Hall of Famer Nick Zito for Tracy Farmer, will be making his first start at 1 1/8 miles since he finished third in the 2005 Woodward to Saint Liam.
The veteran runner is coming off a second-place finish to Divine Park in the Metropolitan Mile Handicap at Belmont Park on Memorial Day. Commentator has lifetime earnings of $1,091,936 in 18 starts with 11 wins.
Pimlico Special champ Student Council is expected to receive a lot of attention from the betting public. The six-year-old will break from post 10 with Shaun Bridgmohan back to ride.
Student Council has earned just under $1.4 million in his 28 race career with eight victories. Trained by Steve Asmussen for W.S. Farish, Student Council is coming back from a third-place result to Mast Track in last month's Hollywood Gold Cup. Last year he won both the Hawthorne Gold Cup and the Pacific Classic, and is expected to make his next start in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar on August 24.
Here is the complete field for the Whitney Handicap in post position order: Commentator, John Velazquez; Solar Flare, Gabriel Saez; Notional, Edgar Prado; Cowtown Cat, Rafael Bejarano; Merchant Marine, Rajiv Maragh; Tasteyville, Michael Luzzi; Rising Moon, Cornelio Velasquez; Grasshopper, Robby Albarado; A. P. Arrow, Ramon Dominguez; Student Council, Shaun Bridgmohan and Timber Reserve, Javier Castellano.
Post-time for the 81st Whitney Handicap is scheduled for 5:46 p.m. (et) and will be televised on ABC.
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The announcement came Thursda
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New York, NY – October 3, 2007 – The dress rehearsal is over! The NHL preseason has ended and now that fans have had a glimpse of what is to come it is time to hit the book! Stanley Cup odds are live at MySportsbook.com, the world’s largest online sportsbook and casino.
The Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings remain on top of the odds charts after an impressive start in the preseason. Betting lines opened for both teams at 6-1 in June. Since then the Sens have fallen to 7-1 and the Red Wings are now caught in a pack including the defending champion Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks, all at 10-1.
MySportsbook.com has also posted props on each team’s point total for the regular season. The Senators lead the charge at 108.5 followed by the Ducks at 106.5. Detroit will attempt a repeat for the prize as the Red Wings are deadlocked with the Predators at 104.5 a piece. The temporary loss of highly touted rookie Evgeni Malkin puts a lot of pressure on the stick of assistant captain Sidney Crosby - his lowly Pittsburgh Penguins are listed at 71.5.
Even if bettors are not brave enough to put their money on the underdog, an early bet on the favorites at sportsbook.com tends to produce bigger payouts than a mid-season wager. Placing a $1,000 bet last summer on the Detroit Red Wings or Ottawa Senators would have paid out to $8,000 and $10,000 respectively, opposed to a $2,500 or $3,000 payout at the beginning of the playoffs.
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“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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