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05/09/2008 - Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Local winner Icabad Crane and Holy Bull Stakes champ Hey Byrn have been added to the probable field for the middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown. As many as 12 to 14 three-year-olds may enter the starting gate on Saturday, May 17.
Icabad Crane captured the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday, April 19. Owned by Earle Mack and trained by Graham Motion, the colt has won three of four career starts for $125,400. Jeremy Rose, who has the mount on Icabad Crane, won the Preakness three years ago on Afleet Alex in the one of the most dramatic stretch runs in recent memory.
Also headed to Pimlico will be Hey Byrn. The colt won the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park at the Preakness distance of 1 3/16 miles.
"The decision to run in the Preakness was made by his owner Mrs. (Beatrice) Oxenberg," said trainer Eddie Plesa, Jr. "She has family up in Baltimore and there's no reason why we shouldn't come. She said she wants to come and taste the crab cakes. We were going to run in the Derby but we didn't get in."
Hey Byrn has earned $266,000 with four wins in eight lifetime starts. He began the year with two allowance wins and was then a distant fourth to Big Brown in the Florida Derby.
Confirmed starters for the $1 million classic also includes Behindatthebar, Big Brown, Giant Moon, Kentucky Bear, Racecar Rhapsody, Recapturetheglory, Riley Tucker, Stevil, Tres Borrachos and Yankee Bravo. A decision on Harlem Rocker is expected over the weekend and Macho Again is now headed to the Ohio Derby.
Sloppy going at Churchill Downs in Louisville kept Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown to just a one-mile jog.
Racecar Rhapsody galloped 1 1/2 miles before the renovation break under Jose Castanon at Churchill. Stevil also galloped 1 1/2 miles in Louisville and Illinois Derby winner Recapturetheglory jogged around the Churchill Downs' main track to the starting gate at the head of the stretch and then galloped a little bit more than 1 1/4 miles while well off the rail under assistant trainer Lara Van Deren.
Tres Borrachos jogged a mile before the renovation break under Andy Durnin Friday morning at Churchill Downs.
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Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - World No. 1 superstar Roger Federer
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extended un
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European title in 36 years on Wednesday when they meet Zenit in the UEFA Cup
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Padres release veteran OF Edmonds >>
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Rangers trade OF Mench to Toronto >>
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Sexson suspended six games, will appeal >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Seattle Mariners first baseman Richie Sexson
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Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ted Lilly tossed seven brilliant innings, and
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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