Queen Elizabeth II Appearance Possible at 2007 Kentucky Derby

Posted on Monday, February 19th, 2007

Queen Elizabeth II might attend the 2007 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for a “probable” visit from the queen around the first weekend in May. The Derby is Saturday, May 5.

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Fair Grounds Race Course Plans for Slot Machine at Racetrack

Posted on Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Fair Grounds Race Course and its parent company, Churchill Downs Incorporated has confirmed their intent to move forward with plans to build a slot machine gaming facility adjacent to the historic racetrack in New Orleans.

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2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Book 1

Posted on Friday, February 9th, 2007

Move over boys of the Kentucky Derby - the girls - or fillies -as they are called in horse racing circles also has betting interests in them - the 2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Book 1 has been opened today and will remain available for wagering until Sunday 6pm - the Kentucky Derby Oaks is the battle of the girls - I mean ladies - since they are now 3 year olds, too.?? The 2007 Kentucky Derby Oaks will be run on May 4 at Churchill Downs race course in Louisville, Kentucky.l

2007 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager
1 Appealing Zophie 30-1
2 Baroness Thatcher 15-1
3 Bel Air Beauty 30-1
4 Boca Grande 12-1
5 Cash Included 20-1
6 Catch The Thrill 50-1
7 Cotton Blossom 20-1
8 Devil House 30-1
9 Dreaming of Anna 4-1
10 Enchanting Star 50-1
11 Five Star Daydream 30-1
12 Get Ready Bertie 20-1
13 Jump On In 12-1
14 Meditations 20-1
15 Mistical Plan 20-1
16 Octave 12-1
17 Quick Little Miss 30-1
18 Rags to Riches 20-1
19 Romance is Diane 20-1
20 Runway Rosie 30-1
21 Successful Outlook 20-1
22 Sutra 50-1
23 Untouched Talent 50-1

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2007 Kentucky Derby Future Book 1

Posted on Friday, February 9th, 2007

The Future Book for the 2007 Kentucky Derby race opened today Thursday, February 8, and closes on Sunday at 6:30pm EST. The Future Book for the 133rd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs is a bet on who will win the Kentucky Derby race way before the Run for the Roses on the first Saturday of May. The Future Book will be available in two instances - this set of odds is the 2007 Kentucky Derby Future Book 1 - it features long odds for even the favorite horses. Bets on the Kentucky future book can be placed at Las Vegas sportsbooks and racebooks, as well at pari-mutuel horse betting outlets like racetracks and OTB’s across North America.

2007 Kentucky Derby Future Wager
1 Adore the Gold 20-1
2 Any Given Saturday 20-1
3 Belgravia 20-1
4 Buffalo Man 30-1
5 Circular Quay 15-1
6 Day Pass 15-1
7 Dreaming of Anna (f) 15-1
8 Drums of Thunder 30-1
9 EZ Warrior 15-1
10 Exhale 20-1
11 Forefathers 30-1
12 Great Hunter 30-1
13 Hard Spun 20-1
14 Lawrence the Roman 30-1
15 Liquidity 20-1
16 Nobiz Like Shobiz 8-1
17 Notional 15-1
18 Out of Gwedda 30-1
19 Ravel 15-1
20 Scat Daddy 30-1
21 Stormello 20-1
22 Street Sense 12-1
23 Zanjero 30-1
24 All Other 3 YO’s 7-2

The Future Wager has a two-dollar minimum wagers to win only AND there are no refunds if your horse doesn’t run in the race. Kentucky Derby Future Book 2 is scheduled on April 12-15.

Online racebooks based offshore also offer their own Odds to Win the 2007 Kentucky Derby.

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Lava Man Is California Horse of the Year, Again

Posted on Friday, February 9th, 2007

Lava Man was named the 2006 California-bred Horse of the Year in voting by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, becoming a back-to-back winner of the honor, which was announced at the CTBA???s annual awards dinner Feb. 5.

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Horse of Year Invasor Wins Donn H; Nobiz Like Shobiz Takes Holy Bull

Posted on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

(AP) — Jammed in a crowded field and shut off into the stretch, Horse of the Year Invasor seemed to be beaten in the Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park. But the Breeders Cup Classic winner turned his 2007 debut into a winning one when he found room to run and captured the 1 1-8-mile race by two lengths on Saturday.

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Del Mar Race Course Inaugurates Polytrack

Posted on Thursday, February 1st, 2007

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — With Barbaro’s death still fresh on everyone’s mind, Del Mar Race Course officials broke ground Wednesday on an $8 million Polytrack surface designed to dramatically reduce the number of catastrophic injuries sustained by thoroughbreds. Synthetic surfaces will be mandatory at major race tracks in California by the end of this year. Del Mar will be the second track in the state to install one, following Hollywood Park.

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