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11/26/2011 - Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Even-money favorite To Honor and Serve took control down the stretch Saturday to win the $250,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. The three-year-old colt stopped the timer at 1:33.89 on a fast track.
Trained by Bill Mott, To Honor and Serve went off as the heavy choice in the six-horse field under jockey Jose Lezcano. The colt broke sharply and pressed the pacesetter Calibrachoa.
Coming off the final turn the favorite, racing to the outside of the leader, drew even with Calibrachoa. To and Honor Serve gained the lead in the final furlong as Calibrachoa began to tire.
Lezcano urged his mount down the stretch to post a 1 3/4-length victory over the late running Hymn Book. Calibrachoa, trained by Todd Pletcher, held on for third followed by Haynesfield, Pletcher's other starter Caixa Eletronica and Sangaree. Supplemental entry Pretty Boy Freud was scratched.
"I had plenty of horse turning for home, I tapped him on the shoulder, and he changed leads and took off," said Lezcano. "I'm very happy with the way he finished."
Owned by Live Oak Plantation, To Honor and Serve notched his third victory at Aqueduct in as many attempts. As a two-year-old he won the Nashua and Remsen Stakes at the Queens oval.
The three-year-old gains $150,000 with the win. In 11 career starts he has six wins for $1,146,340.
"I thought he was professional before this race, but this certainly puts the right markings on his calendar," said his owner, Live Oak's Charlotte Weber. "He's going to go home to Live Oak (in Florida) and rest for a little bit. After his rest he will go back to Billy (Mott) and we will figure out his campaign for next year. I can't see any reason not to race him next year. (Having fun) is what this game is all about."
To Honor and Serve was coming off a seventh-place finish in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic behind Drosselmeyer three weeks ago at Churchill Downs. Prior to the Classic the colt won the Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on September 24 after taking an allowance race a month earlier at Saratoga. He was third in both the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby early this year before being given time off.
"What started out as a very slow year has ended up good," said Mott who trained two-time Horse of the Year Cigar. "This is probably one of the last stakes we'll run in for the year and it's a great way to top it off. Had we won the Classic, maybe we wouldn't have come here, but I looked at it and hung around Churchill for a couple of days and watched him and he looked like he came out of it good. He's been really eating up good and it didn't look like we hurt his feelings too much in the Classic."
To Honor and Serve returned $4.10, $3.00 and $2.10. Hymn Book paid $7.60 and $3.20, and Calibrachoa paid $2.10 to show.
<< ATP Finals: Federer vs. Tsonga, again
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will
meet for the eighth time this season, after both won semifinal matches
Saturday at the ATP World Tour Finals.
Federer reached his 100th career title m
<< Pepe's goal helps Juventus sink Lazio
Rome, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Juventus returned to the Serie A summit on
Saturday as Simone Pepe's first-half goal was enough to give the Old Lady a
1-0 win at Lazio.
Both sides entered the match on 22 points, with Lazio unbeaten
<< PSV pounds Groningen
Eindhoven, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - PSV Eindhoven scored three times in
each half to claim a comfortable 6-1 home victory over Groningen on Saturday.
Kevin Strootman opened the scoring after 14 minutes before Dries Mertens
talli
<< Heinicke passes ODU past new rival Norfolk State
Norfolk, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Battle of Norfolk was like a scrimmage for
Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke.
The freshman sensation made winning look too easy on Saturday.
Heinicke completed 21-of-30 passes for 269 yards and fiv
Getafe stuns Barcelona >>
Getafe, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Getafe pulled off a major upset at home on
Saturday as a goal from Juan Valera in the 67th minute was enough to claim a
1-0 win over Barcelona.
Barca controlled the majority of the play but was unable
Turner helps Aggies down Islanders >>
College Station, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Elston Turner had 14 points, Ray Turner
scored 13 with eight rebounds and No. 25 Texas A&M posted a 56-43 victory over
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Jordan Green finished with 10 points, six ass
No. 19 Gonzaga finishes strong against Western Michigan >>
Spokane, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Robert Sacre and Sam Dower scored 15 points
apiece, leading No. 19 Gonzaga to a 78-58 win over Western Michigan on
Saturday.
Elias Harris and David Stockton both added 10 points as Gonzaga (4-0) p
Grambling beats Southern for SWAC title game berth >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Clearly beating rival Southern, 36-12, felt
oh so good to the Grambling State Tigers at the XXXVIII State Farm Bayou
Classic on Saturday.
But something else felt even better.
Grambling State is headed ba
MySportsbook.com: New College Football Clock Rules Examined
Coaches and bettors alike are desperate to make sense of the new time-keeping rules on the NCAA gridiron. One of the big stories to come out of the Ohio State-Texas clash last weekend was Texas coach Mack Brown's criticism of the NCAA's new clock rules that are intended to shorten the duration of college football games, therefore affecting college football betting.
"They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything," Brown told ESPN.com. "I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over."
Sure, it might be sour grapes; the Buckeyes thoroughly trounced the defending national champion Longhorns 24-7. However, Brown isn't alone in giving the changes their due thought. Bettors are also wondering about them, albeit for a completely different reason. Most experts agree that the changes will result in games being shortened by anywhere from 10 to 20 plays. The obvious consequence is lower scores, with more time rolling off the clock during changes of possession. (The Ohio State-Texas game flew well under the total of 52.)
According to research at the online sportsbook MySportsbook.com, more than 18 plays a game disappeared last weekend into thin air. That's a 10-percent reduction. In 2005, a typical game had 168.58 plays. For 2007 already, it's down to 150.26.
As a result, teams combined to gain an average of about 100 fewer yards a game last weekend versus the 2005 openers. Scoring was also down by about 4.5 points (attention Las Vegas sports lines).
Of course, oddsmakers were able to adjust to the changes before the season started. Proof of that came as the over went a balanced 8-9 at My Sportsbook on Saturday.
Other angles to consider:A shorter game should theoretically result in shorter lines. Whereas Team A might have been a 14-point favorite in a 168-play game (last year), if there are 10 percent less snaps in 2007, the line should also be reduced by 10 percent (to 13 or 12.5). Of course, this is an over-simplification of the matter, but something to keep in mind.
Less possessions means a better chance the game will be decided by three or seven points. For example, what might have been a 20-10 final score in 2005 may end at
17-10 in 2007. Granted, a 24-17 game last year might end at 21-17 these days, but the former - a three- or seven-point advantage being preserved as opposed to created - is the most likely scenario.
*UPDATE* - Sept. 25, 2007
New Clock Rules Boon for online bookmakers
By adjusting the time-keeping rules to shorten the duration of college football games, the NCAA hoped to make its product more enjoyable for the fans. While the NCAA's success in this regard is still up for debate, bookmakers couldn't be happier with the results.
"We are seeing a massive jump in college football betting," noted the MySportsbook.com management team. "With all the early Saturday games (12 a.m. ET) ending before the second wave begins (3:30 p.m. ET) - something that didn't always happen before the changes - bettors are now able to re-invest their winnings from the morning session in the afternoon games."
While not all bettors will choose to roll over their winnings, it doesn't take much for an impact to be seen on the bottom line. "Not all of the millions of dollars in morning payouts get re-bet. In fact, it's probably only 10 to 20 percent," noted the sportsbook management team. "Still, the increased football betting lines window will create a ton of growth for us over the course of the season."
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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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