{"id":1417,"date":"2008-06-04T14:09:44","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T19:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/triple-crown-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-06-04T14:09:44","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T19:09:44","slug":"triple-crown-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/triple-crown-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple Crown Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A href='http:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/index.htm?wm=3091358' target='_blank'><img src='http:\/\/banners.partypartners.com\/images\/marketing-materials\/partypoker\/english\/gif\/460x60\/50bonus\/468x60_gif_50bonus1.gif' width='468' height='60' border='0' alt='Gif Banners'><\/a><br \/>\n<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>It\u2019s been 30 years since there has been a Triple Crown<br \/>\nwinner in horse racing. Will Big Brown end the drought this Saturday? Many have<br \/>\nwon two legs including several to win the first two, with Smarty Jones being<br \/>\nthe latest. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The latest 2008 <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=112\">Belmont Stakes odds<\/a><br \/>\nhave Big Brown as a 1\/3 favorite to make horse racing lore. Make sure you check<br \/>\nSaturday morning for the official offshore and <st1:City><st1:place>Las Vegas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nmorning line odds for the <st1:City><st1:place>Belmont<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Casino Drive is the most likely spoiler at 7\/2. Every<br \/>\nother horse will qualify as a long shot. Denis of Cork is 10\/1, while Tale of <span\nclass=SpellE>Ekati<\/span> is 16\/1.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Cy McCormick of the largest online betting syndicate in<br \/>\nthe world <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\"><span style='color:black'>MasterLockLine.com<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nsays that Saturday won\u2019t be a great day for sharp gamblers to exploit the<br \/>\nbookmakers, be they offshore, <st1:City><st1:place>Las Vegas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nor <span class=SpellE>OTB<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>\u201cMost of our top horse racing handicappers think the<br \/>\nfinish will be similar to the order the oddsmakers order,\u201d wars <span\nclass=GramE>Cy<\/span> Mac. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='color:black'>However, <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.bodoglife.com\/welcome\/1861245\/sportsbook\"><span\nstyle='color:black'>NewBodog<\/span><\/a> has some wacky propositions such as <\/span>Will<br \/>\nBig Brown win the Belmont Stakes going wire to wire?&nbsp;Will Big Brown tie or<br \/>\nbeat Secretariat\u2019s record of a 31-length win in 1973?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Grandmaster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">sports<br \/>\nhandicapper<\/a> Joe Duffy of GodsTips says there is one prop bet that jumps out<br \/>\nbig time. <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Will Big Brown race again<br \/>\nafter the Belmont Stakes?<b>&nbsp;<\/b>No is -155, but Duffy says the odds<br \/>\nshould be more like -500. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>\u201cIf he wins the Triple Crown, he will be retired to stud.<br \/>\nRisking him by racing again would be financial suicide.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The options are many for bettors. Will Big Brown\u2019s winning<br \/>\ntime in 2008 Belmont Stakes be faster than that of Affirmed &#8211; <st1:time\nMinute=\"26\" Hour=\"14\">2:26<\/st1:time> 4\/<span class=GramE>5.<\/span> <span\nclass=GramE>in<\/span> 1978?&nbsp;Will <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Belmont<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> attendance for the 2008<br \/>\nBelmont Stakes exceed that of 120,139 in 2004 when Smarty Jones attempted to<br \/>\nwin the Triple Crown?<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Check the home page of <span style='color:blue'><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nSaturday for details on where to get the best bets. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 30 years since there has been a Triple Crown winner in horse racing. Will Big Brown end the drought this Saturday? Many have won two legs including several to win the first two, with Smarty Jones being the latest. The latest 2008 Belmont Stakes odds have Big Brown as a 1\/3 favorite to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/06\/triple-crown-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Triple Crown Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}