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04/07/2010 - Hot Springs, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rebel Stakes runner-up Noble's Promise tops a field of nine Kentucky Derby hopefuls for Saturday's $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. The 1 1/8-mile race has a post-time of 5:45 p.m. (et).
Owned by Chasing Dreams Racing, the colt will start from post three with Robby Albarado returning to ride. Noble's Promise is trained by Ken McPeek and is 2-1 in the morning-line.
"I'm pretty sure that this horse can handle running here," said assistant trainer Walter Blum, Jr., "then back in the (Kentucky) Derby in three weeks. He's a very tough horse. He had a nick on his ankle after winning the Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. But it didn't really stop him before the Breeders' Cup, where he was third."
Noble's Promise has won three of seven career starts for $793,500. In 2008 he won the Fitz Dixon Stakes at Presque Isle Downs and Keeneland's Breeders' Futurity Stakes. Following his third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile he was second in the CashCall Futurity to Lookin At Luck who won the Rebel Stakes.
Blum, who was the regular exercise rider for 2008 Kentucky Derby champ Big Brown, favorably compares the two colts.
"He's just as good, if not better," Blum said of Noble's Promise. "He doesn't have the bad feet that Big Brown had, but that's what made him special, in that he overcame so much. He (Big Brown) was better suited for the turf, so that made his wins on the dirt special, too. Noble can run on grass, poly or dirt. He could probably run over broken glass."
Super Saver, the third-place finisher in the Tampa Bay Derby, has been made the 9-5 favorite for the 74th Arkansas Derby. The three-year-old colt will start from the inside post with Calvin Borel riding.
Trained by Todd Pletcher, Super Saver is owned by WinStar Farm. The colt was making his 2010 debut in the Tampa Bay Derby where he was the 3-2 favorite. After setting the early pace he faded down the stretch to finish behind Odysseus and Schoolyard Dreams.
Last year he won the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs after finishing fourth at Belmont Park in the Champagne. Super Saver has earned $201,232 in five career starts with two wins.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas sends out Dublin in the Arkansas Derby. Third in the Rebel, Dublin will break from post two with Terry Thompson in the saddle. The chestnut colt is the third choice at 7-2.
Owned by Robert Baker and William Mack, Dublin began the year by finishing second to Conveyance in Oaklawn's Southwest Stakes. The colt has earned $308,623 with two wins in seven starts. His only stakes victory was the Hopeful at Saratoga last September.
Here is the complete field for the Arkansas Derby in post position order: Super Saver, Calvin Borel, 9-5; Dublin, Terry Thompson, 7-2; Noble's Promise, Robby Albarado, 2-1: Northern Giant, Victor Espinoza, 8-1; Uh Oh Bango, Shaun Bridgmohan, 15-1; New Madrid, Abel Castellano, Jr., 20-1; Berberis, Aaron Gryder, 30-1; Line of David, Jon Court, 15-1 and Pulsion, Corey Nakatani, 15-1.
The Arkansas Derby will be televised on NBC along with the Blue Grass Stakes from Keeneland.
<< Eagles' OL Cole signs one-year tender
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Nick
Cole has signed a one-year tender contract for the 2010 season.
Cole started all 16 games for the Eagles in 2009. He appeared in nine games at
right guard and s
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Casablanca, Morocco (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
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The Spanish Garcia-Lopez leveled
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Kansas City, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kansas City Wizards striker Zoltan
Hercegfalvi is expected to miss the next five to eight months after tearing
his ACL in an exhibition game against A.C. St. Louis on Saturday.
The 30-year-old
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Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Barcelona defender Eric Abidal has been
ruled out of Saturday's showdown with Real Madrid after he suffered a thigh
injury in Tuesday's 4-1 win over Arsenal in the Champions League.
Abidal was replac
Bosh ruled out for Wednesday >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toronto Raptors All-Star forward Chris Bosh
has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against Boston after suffering
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TFC original Brennan announces retirement >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toronto FC announced on Wednesday that defender
Jim Brennan has retired and will be moving upstairs to take on the role of
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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Philadelphia Phillies added a
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Nash resigns at St. Francis College >>
Brooklyn Heights, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Francis College announced the
resignation of men's basketball coach Brian Nash on Wednesday.
Nash cited personal reasons for his departure after five years at the helm.
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According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
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