Churchill Downs Lukas Classic Stakes

Saturday, October 01, 2022 | 03:56 EDT

HORSE	ODDS
King Fury	+1400
Art Collector	+330
Happy Saver	+250
Rich Strike	+475
Hot Rod Charlie	+200
Chess Chief	+3300

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Santa Anita Awesome Again Stakes

Saturday, October 01, 2022 | 05:30 EDT

HORSE	ODDS
Azul Coast	+5000
Royal Ship	+425
High Connection	+1200
Country Grammer	-110
Tripoli	+2500
Defunded	+1600
Express Train	+400
Slow Down Andy	+1200

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Belmont at The Big A Woodward Stakes

Saturday, October 01, 2022 | 02:37 EDT

HORSE	ODDS
Life Is Good	-560
Law Professor	+1800
Thomas Shelby	+2800
Keepmeinmind	+500
Informative	+6600

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Belmont at The Big A Champagne Stakes

Saturday, October 01, 2022 | 04:15 EDT

HORSE	ODDS
Andiamo a Firenze	+1400
Top Recruit	+550
Verifying	+225
Champions Dream	+850
Blazing Sevens	+650
Gulfport	+175

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EARLY ODDS:Breeders Cup Classic 2022

Saturday, November 05, 2022 | 06:00 EDT

	HORSE	ODDS
	Flightline	-140
	Life Is Good	+800
	Country Grammer	+2000
	Hot Rod Charlie	+1600
	Epicenter	+575
	Express Train	+2500
	Rich Strike	+3300
	Taiba	+800
	Olympiad	+2000
	Charge It	+2000
	Americanrevolution	+3300

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RACE REPLAY: 2022 Belmont Stakes

June 11, 2022

Watch Mo Donegal (5-2) beat Nest (8-1) by three lengths to win the 2022 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY on Saturday. Mo Donegal and Nest share the same breeder (Ashview Farm & Colts Neck Stables) and trainer (Todd Pletcher). Irad Ortiz Jr. (Mo Donegal's jockey) and Jose Ortiz (Nest's jockey) are brothers. Skippylongstocking (20-1) finished third while Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike (7-2) finished sixth. Credits to the video owner.

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RACE REPLAY: 2022 Preakness Stakes

May 21, 2022

Watch Early Voting (5-1) win the 2022 Preakness Stakes after holding off a late challenge from favorite Epicenter (6-5) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday. Creative Minister (10-1) finished third. Armagnac (18-1) set the pace early, but coming around the final turn, Early Voting made his move and overtook Armagnac for first place and didn't look back. Epicenter came charging up from the rail but came 2 ¼ lengths short. Credits to the video owner.

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RACE REPLAY: 2022 Kentucky Derby

May 7, 2022

Watch 80-1 long-shot Rich Strike stun the field to win the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, on Saturday, May 7. Rich Strike was in the middle of the pack going into the homestretch but surged past front-runners and favorites Epicenter and Zandon in the final meters of the race. Rich Strike began derby week as an alternate and wasn't added to the field until Friday, when another horse pulled out of the race. Credits to the video owner.

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2022 Belmont Stakes results, payouts

• 6 - Mo Donegal WIN: $7.20 PLACE: $3.80 SHOW: $3.00
• 3 - Nest PLACE: $5.30 SHOW: $4.10
• 2 - Skippylongstocking SHOW: $5.60

• $2.00 Exacta 6-3 $27.60
• $1.00 Trifecta 6-3-2 $187.50
• $1.00 Superfecta 6-3-2-1 $692.00

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Belmont Stakes Order of Finish

#	HORSE
1	Mo Donegal T: Todd Pletcher | J: Irad Ortiz Jr.
2	Nest T: Todd Pletcher | J: Jose Ortiz
3	Skippylongstocking T: Saffie Joseph Jr. | J: Manny Franco
4	We the People T: Rodolphe Brisset | J: Flavien Prat
5	Creative Minister T: Kenny McPeek | J: Brian Hernandez Jr.
6	Rich Strike T: Eric Reed | J: Sonny Leon
7	Barber Road T: John Ortiz | J: Joel Rosario
8	Golden Glider T: Mark Casse | J: Dylan Davis

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The Belmont Stakes 2022

Saturday, June 11, 2022 | 06:44 EDT

PP	HORSE	ODDS
1	We the People T: Rodolphe Brisset | J: Flavien Prat	+250
2	Skippylongstocking T: Saffie Joseph Jr. | J: Manny Franco	+2200
3	Nest T: Todd Pletcher | J: Jose Ortiz	+750
4	Rich Strike T: Eric Reed | J: Sonny Leon	+550
5	Creative Minister T: Kenny McPeek | J: Brian Hernandez Jr.	+650
6	Mo Donegal T: Todd Pletcher | J: Irad Ortiz Jr.	+265
7	Golden Glider T: Mark Casse | J: Dylan Davis	+2500
8	Barber Road T: John Ortiz | J: Joel Rosario	+1200

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OTB Off Track Betting

Off Track Betting or OTB means sanctioned wagering on horse, harness or greyhound racing outside of a race track.

Horse racing is the second most widely attended U.S. spectator sport, after baseball. In 1989, 56,194,565 people attended 8,004 days of racing, wagering $9.14 billion. Horse racing is also a major professional sport in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America.

By far the most popular form of the sport is the racing of mounted thoroughbred horses over flat courses at distances from three-quarters of a mile to two miles. Other major forms of horse racing are harness racing, steeplechase racing, and quarter horse racing.

OTB is growing in popularity throughout the United States. OTB facilities offer an alternative to wagering at racetracks. And like betting done at tracks, states receive a portion of the pari-mutuel handle, or take.

The advent of the internet has given a whole new meaning to OTB. Many observers say that Off Track Betting is fast becoming Online Track Betting. Online race books bring betting on your favorite thoroughbred, harness, greyhound racing and jai alai events in the comforts of home.

Horse racing continues to be one of the popular spectator sports in America.

But in its early beginnings, horse racing was a sport that was enjoyed and wagered on mostly by the upper class.

After the Civil War, horse racing tracks opened throughout the east coast paving the way for bettors from all economic sectors to enjoy the thrill of the past paced action.

In the Early days of horse racing, many enterprising bookmakers started 'auction pools' which involved auctioning off bets for each horse in a race.

But this format was short lived because bettors were out of luck if the horse that they wanted to wager on was already taken.

The bookies, known for being innovative, soon realized that setting odds on individual horses would increase betting handle and, in turn, the bookie's hold.

When there was overwhelming money on one horse, the bookmaker would simply lower the odds to increase the attractiveness of other horses in the race. This format is still in use today.

By the 1920s there were more than 300 racetracks in the US in addition to thousands of 'pool halls,' or off-track betting facilities, which were connected to the tracks by telegraph wires.

Here locals could place their bets on horses at a multitude of racing venues around the country.

Illinois was the first state to permit race tracks to own and operate OTB facilities. Balmoral opened Illinois' first OTB parlor, located at Peoria, on September 8, 1987.

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OTB Wagers

OTB wagers are categorized as Basic and Exotic.

Basic OTB Wagers

All variations of the Basic OTB wager stem from the premise that you will receive payouts based on the first, second, third and fourth place finishers.

• Win
  You win by selecting the horse that finishes first (to win).

• Place
  You win by selecting the horse that finishes first or second (to place)

• Show
  You win by selecting the horse that finishes first, second or third (to show)

• Across the Board
  You are wagering on a horse to Win, Place and Show. You receive one ticket for all three wagers. If your horse wins, you receive Win, Place and Show payouts; if your horse finishes second, you receive Place and Show payouts; and if your horse finishes third, you receive the Show payout. This type of bet might also include any two or three horse combinations of win, place and show bets such as win/show, win/place or place/show.

Exotic OTB Wagers

• Quinella
  You win by selecting the first two finishers, in any order, in a designated race.

• Exacta
  You win by selecting the first two finishers, in exact order, in a designated race.

• Trifecta
  You win by selecting the first three horses in the exact order of finish, in a designated race.

• Superfecta
  You win by selecting the first four horses in the exact order of finish, in a designated race.

• Daily Double
  To win, you must select the winners of two designated, consecutive races by placing the wager before the first of the two races.

• Pick-3 or Pick-4
  To win you must select the correct first place finisher in each of the races that make up the Pick-3 or Pick-4 ticket.

• Pick-Six
  To win you must select the correct first place finisher in each of the races that make up the Pick-Six ticket.

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