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05/25/2010 - Elmont, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Probable Belmont Stakes starter Stately Victor put in a five-furlong workout Tuesday in preparation for the 1 1/2-mile final leg of racing's Triple Crown.
Owned by Thomas and Jack Conway, Stately Victor and exercise rider Derrick Smith went the five-furlongs in 59 4/5 seconds at Churchill Downs' Trackside Louisville training center.
The winner of the Blue Grass Stakes, trained by Mike Maker, galloped out six furlongs in 1:14 1/5. The three-year-old colt was eighth in the Kentucky Derby behind Super Saver.
"He got whacked around, but other than that he came out of it well," Maker said about the Derby. "He hasn't missed a bite of grain and hasn't lost a pound.
"Hopefully we'll draw an outside post (in the Belmont), just slap him on cruise control and grind it out. I thought he ran a credible race in the Derby and I think you throw him out at your own risk. Compared to some of the other horses, if he fires his Blue Grass race back, he's going to be competitive. I think if he runs his Derby race back, he's going to be competitive."
Alan Garcia will again have the mount on Stately Victor in the Belmont Stakes as he did in both the Run for the Roses and Blue Grass Stakes.
"Hopefully the two 'Dudes' (Preakness runner-up First Dude and Lone Star Derby winner Game On Dude) will duke it out and we're not too far behind," Maker said.
The colt has career earnings of $493,213 with two wins in nine lifetime starts. He won the Blue Grass as a 40-1 longshot and was sent off in the Derby at 20-1.
Along with First Dude and Game On Dude, Stately Victor is expected to take on seven other three-year-olds. The expected favorite on June 5 is Kentucky Derby runner-up and Florida Derby champ Ice Box. Others slated to run are Drosselmeyer, Stay Put, Uptowncharlybrown, Make Music for Me, Fly Down and Spangled Star.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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