In addition to the traditional horse racing odds
for Saturday’s 2008 Preakness Stakes, the world’s top sportsbooks have interesting
proposition odds. For example which will be greater, the margin of victory for
Big Brown or the number of assists Kobe Bryant gets in Game 6 against the Utah
Jazz?
How about Big Brown’s margin of victory or the number of
goals in the FA Cup Final in
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final. One can also bet if this year’s crowd breaks last year’s record or if
the winner does so in record time.
There are also the individual match-ups. Handicappers can
predict who will be the higher finisher Icabad Crane or Yankee Bravo, Gayego or
Giant Moon, Riley Tucker is paired against Tres Borrochos.
In one of the more intriguing possibilities, one of the sportsbooks asks if all the NBC
announcers will pick Big Brown to win.
Much like gamblers can bet quarter and halftime lines in
basketball and football, horse racing bettors are asked where Big Brown will be
a the quarter poll. Sixth or below pays an incredible +1400.