07/03/2008 - Oceanport, NJ (Horseracing Betting) - A pair of "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup preview races that guarantee the winners automatic entry into the World Championships are on tap Saturday at Monmouth Park.
The $750,000 United Nations Handicap on the turf and $300,000 Salvator Mile will allow each winner to advance to the Breeders Cup Turf and the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile, respectively, at Santa Anita on Saturday, October 25.
Champs Elysees, bred and owned by Juddmonte Farms, is the likely favorite in the nine horse United Nations field. Trained by Bobby Frankel, the five-year- old will start from the inside post position for the 1 3/8 mile turf race. Ramon Dominguez returns to ride the horse for the third time.
Champs Elysses will be making his sixth straight start in the United States after a solid career in Europe. He is coming off a disappointing sixth-place finish as the favorite in the Charles Whittingham Handicap at Hollywood Park in June. His lone win in four starts this year was the San Marcos in January at Santa Anita.
In his career Champs Elysees has won three of 16 starts for $570,647.
Here is the complete field for the 55th running of the United Nation in post position order: Champs Elysees, Ramon Dominguez; Equitable, Kent Desormeaux; Presious Passion, Eddie Castro; Buddy's Humor, Carlos Marquez, Jr.; Independent George, Joe Bravo; Sudan, Ramon Dominguez; Ra Der Dean, A.R. Napravnik; Strike a Deal, Jose Lezcano and Crown Point, Stewart Elliott.
Defending Salvator Mile winner Gottcha Gold is back to defend versus five rivals. The five-year-old has drawn post five with Eddie Castro getting the mount because regular rider Chuck Lopez is sidelined with a fractured heel.
Trained by Eddie Plesa, Jr. for Centaur Farms, Gottcha Gold was second in the Pimlico Special after setting the pace. He picked up a win in March in the Skip Away Handicap at Gulfstream Park after beginning the year with a ninth- pace result in the Sunshine Millions Classic at Santa Anita in January.
"If somebody wants the lead bad enough, they can have it," Plesa said. "He can sit off the pace and make his run like he did in Florida (a win in the Skip Away Handicap at Gulfstream). There was a rabbit in there, and he just stalked the fast pace and made the lead in the stretch."
Gottcha Gold has earned $827,420 in 26 career starts with eight wins. He was second in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile to Corinthian at Monmouth Park.
Here is the complete field for the Salvator Mile in post position order: Notional, Joe Bravo; Rathor, Kent Desormeaux; Better Than Bonds, Ramon Dominguez; Indy Wind, Stewart Elliott; Gottcha Gold, Eddie Castro and Honest Man, Gabriel Saez.
The United Nations and the Salvator Mile will be shown live Saturday on ESPN2 at 6 p.m. (et).
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MySportsbook.com refunds all bets on Oakland, Green Bay and Tampa Bay from NFL week one.
(September 14) – Week one of NFL action saw three teams go scoreless for the first time since 1977. Another four were unable to get a touchdown and almost half of the underdogs covered the spread. Those three teams saved bettors at MySportsbook.com from losing out completely, thanks to the company’s unique NFL Shutout Rule -- which ensures that if the team you backed goes scoreless, your wager is refunded.
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MySportsbook.com has posted updated sports betting lines for week two of the season. Ben Roethlisberger’s health status is still questionable, so Willie Parker will try to lead Pittsburgh again as they travel to Jacksonville as a one point favorite. After beating up on his little brother last week, Peyton Manning will look to lead the Colts to victory against Houston. Indianapolis is a whopping 13.5 favorite in the match-up.
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In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.
Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.
Although the spreads are fairly small for Saturday’s games, MySportsbook.com continue to bet against the underdogs. Despite OSU’s two scares, 86% of the “betting public” feels the Buckeyes (-1.5) have what it takes to make the Final Four. In fact, so much of the early money is on OSU that the line has already moved from -1 to -1.5. In the second game of the doubleheader, Kansas and their high-powered offense are 2 point favorites as they take on UCLA and their effective defense. About 63% of the early money thus far is once again backing the favorites. If those percentages stay that high, don’t be surprised if this line moves as well. If you like Kansas (-2) you might want to jump on it early.
Memphis vs. Ohio State
Both squads were involved in thrillers on Thursday evening and should come out fired up. OSU can ill afford to get behind early like they did versus their previous two opponents (Xavier, Tennessee). Greg Oden needs to stay out of foul trouble; the Buckeyes are a completely different team when he is on the court. Memphis definitely has the athleticism and length to match-up with OSU. Of Memphis’ five leading minute earners, the shortest of the bunch is 6’5”. Each team has a very effective defense; Memphis surrenders 62.3 PPG whereas the Buckeyes give up only 61 PPG. With those type of numbers, it isn’t surprising that Memphis covered the UNDER almost 69% of the time this season. As a favorite, OSU has covered the UNDER almost 66% of the time over the last three seasons. The major concern for Memphis which is magnifies this time of the year is their brutal foul shooting (62%). This season, OSU is 17-11 ATS versus teams with a winning record and 7-2 ATS in all tournament games. Memphis has been an extremely reliable cover in tournament play in recent years with a 23-8 ATS record over the last three seasons.
UCLA vs. Kansas
In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, UCLA will play in a role which they are very unfamiliar with that of the underdog. Only twice this season have they been getting points from the handicappers and both times they covered. Over the last three seasons UCLA is a reliable 23-7 ATS in this unfamiliar role. UCLA has not fared well against Big 12 opponents recently going 1-7 ATS since 1997. Giving up only 59.6 PPG, UCLA will definitely look to do what they do best: keep this game as low scoring as possible. Their defense has been especially tough during the tournament. UCLA opponents have been able to muster up only 48.7 PPG while shooting a combined 34.5% from the field. UCLA definitely has a challenge at hand with a Kansas team that is capable of putting points on the board in bunches. As a team, they average 79 PPG and shoot an impressive 49.6% from the field and 39.4% from beyond the arc. During the tournament Kansas has been “lights out” from the field having shot 56.2%.
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