Any Given Saturday 2007 Breeders Cup Betting Odds

Any Given Saturday 2007 Breeders Cup betting odds were right up there with Lawyer Ron, Street Sense and Curlin, though he was not the "official" favorite.  That status went to Lawyer Ron.

Any Given Saturday was sired by the increasingly important stallion Distorted Humor. Consigned to the September 2005 Keeneland yearling sale, he was sold for $1.1 to WinStar Farm and partnered to Padua Stables who entrusted his race conditioning to the United States' leading horse trainer, Todd Pletcher.

On September 15, 2006, Any Given Saturday won his racing debut at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. He won again in his second outing in an October allowance race at Keeneland Race Course. Moved up to compete in a Grade II event, at the end of November he finished second in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

According to his trainer, Any Given Saturday came out of the Kentucky Derby with a "pretty bad foot bruise." Given two months to recuperate, by the time the colt returned to the track on July 4, he was all but forgotten as a contender in his three-year-old age group. However, he scored a very impressive four-length win in the Independence Day Dwyer Stakes then on August 5th at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey he defeated highly regarded Hard Spun and Preakness Stakes winner Curlin by 4½ lengths in the million dollar Grade I Haskell Invitational Handicap.

Any Given Saturday 2007 Breeders Cup betting odds offered a consistent $400 payout for every $100 bet across the board at both BetUS.com and Sportsbook.com.  This could change as we get closer to post time.

Strengths: After bypassing the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, he became the 3-year-old who blossomed most over the summer, winning the Haskell and Dwyer in commanding style. He thoroughly handled Kentucky Derby two-three finishers Hard Spun and Curlin over the very same Monmouth track in which they’ll contest the Classic.

Weaknesses: He remains a bit of a question mark at 1-1/4 miles heading into the Classic, flattening out badly in the stretch of the Kentucky Derby after a menacing (but wide) move on the far turn. He’s also yet to test the world’s best older horses on a championship stage.  (source National Thoroughbred Racing Association)

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Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com

Originally published October 25, 2007 11:13 pm ET