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Posted on Sunday, May 20th, 2007
2007 Preakness Stakes Winners, Results and Payouts
Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland
Off: 6:18 | 1 3/16 Miles | 3 Year Olds | Purse: $1,000,000
# Horse Jockey Weight Win Place Show 4 Curlin Albarado R J 126 8.80 3.80 2.80 8 Street Sense Borel C H 126 3.00 2.40 7 Hard Spun Pino M G 126 3.00
Times in 5ths: :224 :453 1:094 1:343 1:532
Times in 100ths: :22.83 :45.75 1:09.80 1:34.68 1:53.46
Also ran: C P West, Circular Quay, King of the Roxy, Mint Slewlep, Xchanger and Flying First Class
Winning Trainer: Asmussen Steven M - Owner: Stonestreet Stables, Padua Stables, Bolton, George and Midnight Cry Stables
$2 Pick 3 (12-9-4) 3 Correct Paid $349.20 Pick 3 Pool $430,670
$2 Pick 4 (1/4/6-12-9-4) 4 Correct Paid $440.20 Pick 4 Pool $1,544,672
$1 Pick 6 (2/5/8/10-2/4-1-4-6/12-9-4) 6 Correct Paid $789.50 Pick 6 Pool $417,501
$1 Pick 6 (2/5/8/10-2/4-1/4/6-12-9-4) 5 Correct Paid $15.20 Pick 6 Pool
$2 Daily Double (9-4) Paid $42.20 Daily Double Pool $474,101
$2 Daily Double (B.E.SUSAN-PREAKNESS 2-4) Paid $34.80 Daily Double Pool $586,774
$2 Exacta (4-8) Paid $23.20
$1 Superfecta (4-8-7-9) Paid $340.30
$2 Trifecta (4-8-7) Paid $50.00
Curlin catches Street Sense in last jump to win Preakness Stakes
By JAY PRIVMAN DRF
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| Michael J. Marten/Horsephotos |
| Curlin |
BALTIMORE - Inexperience may have betrayed Curlin when he suffered the first loss of his career with a third-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, but the experience gleaned from that race paid off two weeks later when he rallied boldly in the stretch to catch Derby winner Street Sense and capture the 132nd Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico.
Curlin ($8.80), the second choice, stumbled slightly at the start, settled near the back of the pack, and was passed by Street Sense as the field came around the far turn and into the stretch. But he resolutely kept to his task and wore down Street Sense in the final yards to win by a head.
Hard Spun, the Derby runner-up, was another four lengths back in third. C P West was fourth and was followed, in order, by Circular Quay, King of the Roxy, Mint Slewlep, Xchanger, and Flying First Class.
Curlin completed 1 3/16 miles, the shortest of the Triple Crown races, in 1:53.46 on a track rated fast despite rain showers that fell sporadically, beginning a little more than an hour before the start of the race. His time is the equivalent of the Preakness record, 1:53 2/5, shared by Tank’s Prospect (1985) and Louis Quatorze (1996), when the race was timed in fifths of a second instead of hundredths.
Curlin earned $600,000 from a total purse of $1 million.
Robby Albarado, who rode Curlin, bounced back to compete after being thrown from Einstein during an accident in the Dixie Handicap earlier on the card. He scored his first victory in a Triple Crown race, as did Curlin’s trainer, Steve Asmussen.
Preakness Day began with gorgeous weather - just a few random clouds, blue skies, and temperatures in the mid-60s. As the day progressed, however, storm clouds began to accumulate near the track, and it began to rain about 80 minutes before post time for the Preakness.
The rain came down harder, and the temperature started to fall, just as the nine horses were being led over to be saddled. Usually at the Preakness, most horses are saddled in the infield, but this day, seven of the nine were taken to the inside paddock by their trainers. Only Flying First Class and C P West remained in the infield to be saddled before being joined later by the others.
But when the horses came on the track to the strains of “Maryland, My Maryland,” the sun began to peek through the clouds.
Throughout the day, the main track tended to favor horses who were on or near the lead. It was extremely difficult to make up appreciable ground. But the rain may have tightened up the track, which yielded swift fractions in the Preakness.
Street Sense won the Derby two weeks ago at Churchill Downs as the tepid 9-2 favorite against 19 rivals, but was sent off at 6-5 on Saturday against eight opponents. His loss means that the Triple Crown will go unclaimed yet again. It has not been swept since Affirmed in 1978. The current drought is the longest since the Triple Crown was first won by Sir Barton in 1919.
The final leg of the Triple Crown is the 2007 Belmont Stakes on June 9 in New York. Carl Nafzger, the trainer of Street Sense, said he would not go on to the Belmont Stakes. Asmussen said he would consider the 2007 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park for Curlin.
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All Horse Racing Releases Preakness 132 Odds
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Online racebook, All Horse Racing, has released the latest odds on who will win the 2007 Preakness Stakes. The world will be watching to see whether Cavil Borel and Street Sense can duplicate their win at the Kentucky Derby and in so doing, be one step closer to winning the Triple Crown.
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Preakness Stakes Odds 2007 - Street Sense favorite
Posted on Sunday, May 13th, 2007
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Kentucky Derby betting handle down. Ratings up.
Posted on Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Horse wagering on s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and its undercard declined for the first time in 16 years, according to figures released by the racetrack.
The horse betting handle was down 0.1 percent on the Kentucky Derby and 4.1 percent on the card, wagering on the Derby and its undercard has grown astronomically over the past decade and a half, fueled by a large rise in the number of wagering outlets and the emergence of account wagering. In many of those years, growth compared to the previous year was in the double digits.
The television rating for the 2007 Kentukcy Derby broadcast on NBC was an 8.3, up 12 percent from last year’s broadcast, according to figures released by NBC on Sunday. The Kentucky Derby race broadcast, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., had a share of 18. Share measures the percentage of televisions in use that were tuned to the broadcast. link to full story
Youbet says TrackNet to blame for decline of Kentucky Dery horse betting handle.
Youbet CEO Charles Champion directed more criticism at the controversial content alliance of Churchill Downs and Magna Entertainment, that the partners in TrackNet Media Group ???ended up shooting not only themselves, but an entire industry.???
Champion said horse racing was going to suffer in the long-term unless resolve can be found in the volatile situation involving wagering platforms which are unwilling to consent to TrackNet???s distribution structure.
???TrackNet Media refused to sell the Derby simulcast to ADWs unless they dropped top content from other tracks,??? said Champion of Youbet???s non-presence in wagering on the May 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) card. ???They presumed to be taking a shot at their competitors. Problem is, they ended up shooting not only themselves, but an entire industry.???
Champion said a drop in all-source wagering on the Derby card tells a big story, noting that last year???s combined $12.5 million handled by Youbet, its off-shore outlet International Racing Group, and TVG Network represented a 7% hole that couldn???t be filled.
???This year, the Derby attracted its biggest TV ratings in 15 years, but somehow, the industry managed to take a 5% increase in audience and turn it into a 4.1% decrease in handle,??? he said.
???This blemish on our business, and this dent in our collective pocketbooks, could have been avoided. Had TVG, Youbet and IRG carried the races . . . the industry could have been heralding a new high point in its distribution methods as well as its fan interest.??? full story
While onshore pari-mutuel organizations continue their squabble - both racetrack owners and operators CDI and Magna and ADW providers Youbet and TVG - offshore racebooks and illegal bookies are servicing the horse bettors’ needs for wagering on big stakes races such as the Kentucky Derby. The 2007 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico (owned by Magna) will be another example of exclusion of the ADW’s and dare we predict another drop in horse betting handle.
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British Horse Bettor wins ??2 MILLION
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
BRITAIN???S (United Kingdom) most prolific hosre gambler took the high street bookmakers for almost ??2MILLION over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Professional punter Harry Findlay, 44, backed SIXTEEN winners in two incredible days of horse racing in Britain UK.
Along with two mates, he staked ??61,000 on Saturday and ??82,000 on Sunday on the internet horse betting website RaceO ??? and landed both eight-horse accumulators for a ??1.85million profit.
He said: ???I???ve come close before so it???s a real buzz to land the big one twice.???
But Scot Harry is used to huge wins, having banked ??1MILLION when the horse Denman won at the Cheltenham Festival in March.
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Street Sense Wins Kentucky Derby 133
Posted on Monday, May 7th, 2007
Street Sense wins the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The Carl Nafzger trainee will now prepare for Preakness Stakes on May 19, the second jewel of the Triple Crown race.
Making this year???s Kentucky Derby more memorable was its special guest, England???s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Phillip, who made a visit to the Downs part of her six-day official visit to the US.
Hard Spun finished second while heavy favorite Curlin succumbed to 3rd place at the Run for the Roses. Both horses also confirmed running at the Preakness.
Nafzger was initially resistant to let Street Sense run at Pimlico, but he briefly let his mind wander to a possible sweep of the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
???As soon as we win the Preakness, we???ll go to the Belmont,??? he said, smiling.
Nafzger has saddled two Preakness starters, including second-place Unbridled in 1990 who gave him his first Run for the Roses victory.
Many of the 20 Kentucky Derby horses will skip the Preakness, including trainer Todd Pletcher???s record-tying five starters: Any Given Saturday, Circular Quay, Cowtown Cat, Sam. P and Scat Daddy. But Pletcher will have a presence in Baltimore with King of the Roxy, second in the Santa Anita Derby. Other possible Preakness Stakes Starters >>
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NYRA Horse Racing Betting Web Site Opposed by Connecticut
Posted on Friday, May 4th, 2007
The grand opening of the Internet wagering site approved by the New York State Racing and Wagering board, has been delayed by one day after protests from the Connecticut Attorney General???s office were sent to the New York Racing Association (NYRA) and New York gambling regulators. The planned site for horseracing and greyhound racing drew unexpected ire from Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal…
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