Females to be featured on Breeders' Cup Friday

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02/27/2008 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Breeders' Cup officials have announced that the 2008 World Championships will be split with the five female races all taking place on the first day. The 25th Breeders' Cup will be conducted at Santa Anita Park on Friday, October 24 and Saturday the 25th.

The five races restricted to female thoroughbreds will be run on Friday and the remaining Breeders' Cup races will be held on Saturday. This year's Breeders' Cup has been expanded to 14 races from the 11 in 2007.

The five races to be conducted on the first day are the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf and $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.

"The initial response from the Breeders' Cup family including ESPN, our marketing partners, nominators and Trustees has been extremely supportive and enthusiastic," said Breeders' Cup President and CEO Greg Avioli. "By shifting some of our traditional Saturday races to Friday, we ensure that Friday stands on its own as an international competition of the highest level. This new format provides a great stage to showcase the talents of the best female Thoroughbreds in the world."

The 2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships has a total purse of $25.5 million, Friday's five races constitute $8 million of that total.

Last year's Breeders' Cup was held at Monmouth Park for the first time and was the first to be conducted over two days.

The Breeders' Cup plans to develop a series of Championship festivities designed to promote the new Friday format. Among the activities will be cause- related programs focused on women's health.

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Super Bowl 2009 Betting

Super Bowl 2009 Betting propositions

Underdog bettors love the Super Bowl and, history suggests, the underdogs love them back. And the big dogs bite harder.

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SB XLII -- 2008 -- New York Giants 17, New England Patriots 14 (Giants +12.5) – Eli Manning’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress in the final minute clinched the historic upset for the Giants, who used a masterful defensive plan to slow down Tom Brady and the previously undefeated New England Patriots.

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XXXII 1998 Broncos 31, Packers 24 (Denver +12) – The first of John Elway’s two consecutive Super Bowl titles to put an end to his Hall of Fame career was an upset for the ages. The Broncos used the determination of Elway and a 157-yard, three-touchdown performance from Terrell Davis to turn back Brett Favre and the heavily favored Packers.

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