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Kentucky Derby
Results
The
Kentucky Derby
results are in and
the favorite Big
Brown has won.
This
horse was listed
with 3 to 1 odds at
some online race
books.
Gambling911.com had
been monitoring the
odds for Big Brown
between 4 to 1 and
near even across the
board. He was
listed at 2 to 1 at
most online race
books at the start
of the race.
Odds on whether Big
Brown would win the
Triple Crown were
expected shortly at
BetUS.com.
Bred by Dr. Gary B.
Knapp's Monticule
Farms in Lexington,
Kentucky, he was
sired by Grade III
winner, Boundary, a
son of North
American Champion
sire, Danzig who was
a son of the 20th
Century's most
influential sire,
Northern Dancer. Big
Brown's dam was
Mien, also a
granddaughter of
Northern Dancer
through her sire,
Nureyev.
Big Brown was
purchased by
Brooklyn, New York
UPS operator Paul
Pompa, Jr., hence
the name Big Brown,
for $190,000 at the
Keeneland 2007 April
Two-Year-Olds in
Training Sale. Pompa
turned him over to
trainer Patrick
Reynolds for race
conditioning. Ridden
by Jeremy Rose, the
colt made his
two-year-old racing
debut on September
3, 2007 at Saratoga
Race Course in
Saratoga Springs,
New York, running
away from the field
and winning by 11¼
lengths. Owner Paul
Pompa, Jr. then sold
an interest in Big
Brown to IEAH
Stables and the new
partnership sent him
to the Palm Meadows
Thoroughbred
Training Center in
South Florida under
the care of new
trainer, Rick
Dutrow.
The
Kentucky Derby is
the second most bet
on single day
sporting event of
the year in the US.
By day's end, online
gambling sites were
reporting record
breaking signups and
action. Some
websites, however,
were offering a
limited or
nonexistent Kentucky
Derby betting menu.
This is one of the
rare sporting events
that encourages
betting so the
online gambling
sites eat this day
up. Hundreds
of millions would be
bet on the Kentucky
Derby when all was
said and done.
It
was a sad moment for
Eight Belles, the
philly, who had to
be euthanized after
breaking both
ankles. She
finished second and
paid out $400 for
every $100 bet to
place.
Denis
of Cork paid 2 to 1
for his show finish.
The
odds coming into the
final hour of the
2008 Kentucky Derby
were available below
and -
needless-to-say, you
can no longer bet
these.
Cool Coal Man
+2500
Tale of Ekati
+1500
Anak Nakal
+3500
Court Vision
+1800
Eight Belles
+1600
Z Fortune
+1200
Big Truck
+4000
Visionaire
+2000
Pyro
+400
Colonel John
+300
Z Humor
+3000
Smooth Air
+1600
Bob Blackjack
+2500
Monba
+1500
Adriano
+2200
Denis of Cork
+1500
Cowboy Cal
+2000
Recapturetheglory
+2000
Gayego
+1300
Big Brown
+125
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