Pyro catches fire in Risen Star Stakes

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02/09/2008 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Pyro exploded down the stretch to capture Saturday's $300,000 Risen Star Stakes at the Fair Grounds. The odds-on favorite covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.68 on a fast track.

Making his 2008 debut after finishing second to War Pass in the Juvenile, Pyro came from far off the pace to win his first race on the road to the Kentucky Derby. This was his first victory since breaking his maiden in July.

Setting the pace in the Risen Star was Rich Young Ruler closely followed by Visionaire, The Darp and Signature Move. The favorite was last in the 11 horse field with six furlongs to run.

Entering the far turn Z Fortune, winner of the Lecomte Stakes, joined the leaders and took the lead entering the stretch. With a furlong to run jockey Shaun Bridgmohan took Pyro off the rail to the middle of the track.

Pyro charged down the stretch past the front runners and hit the wire two lengths ahead of Z Fortune. Visionaire held on for third with Unbridled Vicar getting up for fourth.

Rounding out the order of finish was Lecomte runner-up Blackberry Road, Rich Young Ruler, The Darp, Peteadoris, Bonanza, Signature Move and Prince Cortez. Scratched from the race was Check It Twice.

With Pyro and Z Fortune both trained by Steve Asmussen, the conditioner of Horse of the Year Curlin has two legitimate Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Both colts are on schedule to appear in the Louisiana Derby here on March 8.

Pyro, owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds, earned $180,000 with the Risen Star victory to bring his career bankroll to $696,718. The three-year-old has won two of five lifetime starts.

Pyro returned $3.80, $2.60 and $2.20. Z Fortune paid $3.40 and $2.60, and Visionaire paid $3.60 to show.

Immediately before Pyro's win, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Filly champ Indian Blessing went wire to wire to take the $200,000 Silverbulletday Stakes. The 2007 champion two-year-old defeated Proud Spell by a length in the 1 1/16 mile race.

Indian Blessing was ridden by Eclipse Award winner Garrett Gomez to a time of 1:43.75 from the outside post in the seven filly field.

Sent off as the 7-10 favorite, Indian Blessing paid $3.40, $2.20 and $2.10. Proud Spell returned $2.60 and $2.40, and Highest Class paid $3.00 to show,

Indian Blessing is trained by Bob Baffert for owners Patti and Hal Earnhardt. Saturday's win was worth $120,000 as the three-year-old remains perfect in five career starts. She has earned more than $1.5 million.

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Betting the NFL preseason

Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."

When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules. 

The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.

The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.

“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”

The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.

“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”

The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.

“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”

Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.

“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."

So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?

“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.

Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.

Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.

Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.

“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.

Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.

The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.

“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.

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