Gold Cup Over Hollywood Gold Cup Game

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Inglewood, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - First Dude and Game On Dude have been entered by trainer Bob Baffert in Saturday's $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park. The pair of four-year-olds are two of the eight older thoroughbreds set to start in the 72nd running of the 1 1/4-mile race. The Gold Cup is a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' race giving the winner a berth in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic November 5 at Churchill Downs.

 

Game On Dude won the Santa Anita Handicap earlier this year and is coming off a second-place finish in the Charles Town Classic and a third in the Lone Star Park Handicap. In his career the gelding has won four of 10 starts for $924,658.

 

Owned by Donald Dizney, First Dude is working on a two race win streak. He won an allowance race at Santa Anita Park in April and captured the Alysheba the next month at Churchill Downs.

 

Awesome Gem is back to defend his crown in the Gold Cup. The eight-year-old gelding will start from post five with David Flores in the saddle.

 

He posted a length victory over Flat Out in the Lone Star Park Handicap after being fourth in the Alysheba and sixth in the Charles Town Classic.

 

From the rail out here is the field for the Hollywood Gold Cup: Twirling Candy, Joel Rosario: Miss Match, Joe Talamo; Setsuko, Victor Espinoza; Game On Dude, Chantal Sutherland; Awesome Gem, David Flores; Soul Candy, Garrett Gomez; First Dude, Martin Garcia and Dark Cove, Rafael Bejarano.

 

Stanton, DE (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Leading female jockey Rosie Napravnik suffered a broken arm at Delaware Park on Wednesday when her mount went down during the eighth race. The 23-year-old rider will be out indefinitely. Napravnik was riding Naseeb, the 2-1 second pick in the five-furlong allowance race. The five-year-old mare broke down less than midway into the race, throwing Napravnik to the track. Naseeb was humanely destroyed.

 

Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eight older thoroughbreds, seven males and one female, have been entered for Saturday's 72nd running of the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park. The winner of the 1 1/4-mile test on Hollywood's synthetic main track will receive a guaranteed spot in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic in November. According to the morning-line, the race among all but the favorite will be for second-place. Four-year-old colt Twirling Candy is the overwhelming 4-5 program pick for the Gold Cup.

 

"We took the blinkers off because we wanted to see him relax," Sadler noted after Twirling Candy's 1 1/4-length win. "He trains without the blinkers in the morning. He's just a very, very good horse, a very gifted horse. And he's exciting, too."

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Academy Award Betting Odds for Best Picture Offer Great Value

If there is any category that is not an obvious win for any one nominee in this year's Academy Awards, it would be for Best Picture.  Sure the Departed is a 5/7 favorite, but that's hardly anything when we look at Helen Mirren and her "out-of-reach" 1 to 40 odds (which means you would win a whopping $1 for every $40 bet).

For value, take a look at MySportsbook.com Oscars betting odds on my personal favorite, The Queen - a remarkable 12 to 1 long shot.  The film hasn't won any pre-awards for Best Picture (compared to The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine), but there is a tremendous following and it is a strong enough film to warrant a surprise win.

TV Guide advises Oscar watchers should be cautioned not to discount the  drama "Babel" with its strong social themes about overcoming communication gaps among people of different cultures.

"While 'Babel' lost several guild awards to 'Sunshine' and 'Departed,'  it still enjoys loyal support, and historically Oscar voters favor dramas with social messages over comedies like 'Sunshine' and violent crime movies like 'Departed'."

"It hasn't done well in the guilds, which means there isn't much industry support," said Tom O'Neil of awards site TheEnvelope.com, "But several critics are expecting it to win, and that gets my attention." Babel had 7 to 2 odds at press time.

Who is to say independently produced Little Miss Sunshine won't be this year's Crash.  Last year, Crash won for Best Motion Picture, shocking those who bet on gay cowboy flick, Brokeback Mountain, as the favorite to win. 

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