Yonkers Trot has eight for Saturday

Horseracing Betting Lines

07/07/2010 - Yonkers, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eight three-year-old trotters are set for Saturday night's $573,770 Yonkers Trot, the first leg of trotting's Triple Crown. The one-mile race has a scheduled post-time of 10 p.m. (et) at Yonkers Raceway.

The eight trotters come from two $40,000 elimination heats conducted last Saturday night.

Hard Livin' and Senor Glide, both trained by Jimmy Takter, won their respective eliminations in wire-to-wire fashion and have been installed as the favorites for the 56th Yonkers Trot.

Hard Livin', Senor Glide and On The Tab, also trained by Takter, make up a three horse entry for the race. On The Tab finished in a dead-heat for second last week behind Hard Livin'. The entry is the 6-5 morning-line favorite.

Senor Glide will be driven by Cat Manzi from the inside post. David Miller has the call on On The Tab from post three, and Hard Livin' will start from post five with Ron Pierce driving.

Pierce won last year's Yonkers Trot with Judge Joe and captured the 1993 race with American Winner. Cat Manzi has won the Triple Crown race three times: Bullville Victory (1994), Sugar Trader (2003) and Green Day (2007). Miller goes after his first Yonkers Trot win.

Here is the complete field for the Yonkers Trot in post position order: Senor Glide, Cat Manzi, 6-5; Carnegie, Stephane Bouchard, 4-1; On The Tab, David Miller, 6-5; Big Stick Lindy, Ray Schnittker, 3-1; Hard Livin', Ron Pierce, 6-5; Shaq Is Back, Steve Smith, 3-1; Take My Picture, Jeff Gregory, 8-1 and Waldorf Hall, Jordan Stratton, 15-1.

The two-horse Ray Schnittker Stable entry is Big Stick Lindy and Shaq Is Back.

The trotting Triple Crown will continue on Saturday, August 7 with the Hambletonian at The Meadowlands and the Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile on Saturday, October 16.

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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds

The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.

Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”

“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”

MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:

Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:

Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1

Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17

Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1

Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1

Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1

Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1

Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5

Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1

Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

Best Animated Feature Film:

"Cars": 1/3

"Happy Feet": 2/1

"Monster House": 20/1

Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:

"Water" – Canada: 22/1

"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2

"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1

"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1

"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10

Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:

"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5

"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2

"Helmer & Son": 5/2

"The Saviour": 6/1

"West Bank Story": 7/2

Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:

"Babel": 7/4

"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1

"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20

"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4

"The Queen": 5/4

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

"Babel": 11/4

"The Departed": 1/2

"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2

"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10

"The Queen": 20/1

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10

Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1

Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1

Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5

Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1

Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1

Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1

Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8

Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1

Film To Win Most Oscars:

Dreamgirls: 2/3

Pans Labyrinth: 6/5

The Departed: 6/1

The Queen: 11/1

Babel: 15/1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1

Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1


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