08/03/2008 - Oceanport, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two months after finishing last in the Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown came from behind to win Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. Big Brown was sent off as the 1-5 favorite in the seven horse field.
Ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Big Brown gave his backers a moment of anxiety when it appeared he was going to suffer his second straight defeat. After breaking sharply from the gate Big Brown relinquished the lead to Coal Play as the field headed into the clubhouse turn.
Coal Play, ridden by Joe Bravo, set the pace up the backstretch with Big Brown about a length back in second. Running in third was Atoned with Magical Forest fourth.
Around the final turn Coal Play remained on the lead as Big Brown, under urging from Desormeaux, offered no challenge. Magical Forest moved into third and Nistle's Crunch gained fourth.
In mid-stretch, the 41st Haskell seemed to belong to 20-1 longshot Coal Play. Big Brown was not able to cut into the lead. With about 100-yards to run Big Brown finally responded to Desormeaux and rallied to overtake Coal Play near the wire.
Big Brown hit the wire 1 1/2 lengths ahead of Coal Play with Cool Coal Man, Coal Play's stablemate, finishing third. Alaazo, Nistle's Crunch, Atoned and Magical Forest completed the order of finish.
The time for the 1 1/8 miles was 1:48.31 on a fast track.
In spite of the less than impressive victory by Big Brown, the colt solidifies his position as the leading three-year-old of 2008. Owned by IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr., Big Brown lost his Triple Crown bid in the Belmont Stakes on June 7 when he was eased down the stretch.
Trained by Rick Dutrow, Jr., Big Brown collects $600,000 with the Haskell win and improves his career record to six victories in seven lifetime starts for better than $3.3 million.
It was the first Haskell win for both Dutrow and Desormeaux.
The colt's connections are keeping open the possibility of him running in the Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga.
Big Brown returned $2.40, $2.10 and $2.10. Coal Play paid $8.00 and $4.20, and Cool Coal Man paid $2.80 to show.
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
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