A Little Warm comes up hot in Delaware
Horseracing Betting Lines
06/29/2010 -
Stanton, DE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Three months after finishing second in the
Louisiana Derby, A Little Warm got back into action Tuesday afternoon at
Delaware Park. The three-year-old colt returned to racing in a 1 1/16-mile
allowance race as the 3-2 morning-line favorite.
Ridden by John Velazquez, A Little Warm ran second behind Miner's Reserve on
Delaware's main track. Miner's Reserve, trained by Nick Zito and ridden by
Jeremy Rose, took the four horse field up the backstretch and around the final
turn.
Sent off as the 3-5 favorite, A Little Warm finally drew even with the 6-5
second choice at the top of the stretch. The favorite notched his second win
of the year and the third of his career with a 2 1/4-length victory over
Miner's Reserve. A Little Warm stopped the timer at 1:43.60.
There was no show wagering due to the small field. A Little Warm returned
$3.20 and $2.10, Miner's Reserve paid $2.60.
"We did not feel our horse was 100 percent going into the race today," said
trainer Tony Dutrow, "and for him to give us a performance like that and to
fight as hard he did to beat a really nice horse, I think we have to be really
happy and looking forward to his future."
Owned by Edward Evans, A Little Warm was originally considered for the
Preakness Stakes on May 15. However, he was withdrawn from consideration about
a week before the Triple Crown race following an unsatisfactory endoscopic
examination.
A Little Warm began 2010 by winning the $100,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes on
January 9 at Gulfstream Park. He then came up second to D'Funnybone in the
$150,000 Hutcheson Stakes at the South Florida track.
Tuesday's win put A Little Warm's career earnings at $308,880 in eight starts.
Dutrow has the colt nominated to the Barbaro Stakes for three-year-olds at
Delaware Park on July 10. However, it appears A Little Warm will rejoin the
top echelon of three-year-olds this summer.
"I think right now, Mr. Evans is looking at the Jim Dandy (July 31) at
Saratoga for his next start," noted Dutrow.
The Jim Dandy is the traditional prep race for the Travers at Saratoga at the
end of August. One day after the Jim Dandy is the Haskell Invitational at
Monmouth Park.
In 2009, Rachel Alexandra won the Haskell with Summer Bird in second. Summer
Bird came back to win the Travers and eventually be voted the year's champion
three-year-old colt.
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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