08/24/2008 - Del Mar, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - One day after winning the $1 million Travers at Saratoga, jockey Garrett Gomez completed a perfect weekend by taking Sunday's $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar with Go Between. Gomez rode Colonel John to victory on Saturday in the "Mid-Summer Derby."
By winning the 1 1/4 mile Pacific Classic, Go Between gains an automatic spot in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita as part of the "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup Challenge.
Go Between, trained by Bill Mott, snapped a three race streak in which he finished second in each start. After winning the Sunshine Millions Classic in January he was the runner-up in the Santa Anita Handicap, the Ben Ali and the Hollywood Gold Cup.
Setting the pace in the 18th Pacific Classic was Barcola, the longest shot on the board at 43-1. Vying for second was Surf Cat and San Diego Handicap winner Well Armed.
On the backstretch the 10 horse field was separated by about six-lengths with 5-2 favorite Go Between in the middle of the pack on the outside. Entering the far turn Barcola continued setting the pace with Surf Cat and Well Armed pressing the leader.
Coming out of the final turn Well Armed, ridden by Aaron Gryder, took a short lead and was quickly joined by Go Between. The two horses battled down the stretch with Go Between prevailing by a neck over Well Armed.
Finishing third was Hollywood Gold Cup winner Mast Track followed by Zappa, Student Council, Surf Cat, Awesome Gem, Mostacolli Mort, Delosvientos and Barcola. McCann's Mojave was withdrawn from the Pacific Classic on Sunday morning because of a slight injury that developed overnight.
The time for the 1 1/4 miles 2:01.18 on the synthetic surface.
Owned by Peter Vegso, Go Between adds $600,000 to his career earnings which now total $2,783,880. The five-year-old has won eight of 26 lifetime starts.
Gomez recorded his third Pacific Classic victory. The veteran rider won back- to-back runnings with Skimming in 2000 and 2001.
Go Between returned $7.60, $4.20 and $3.00. Well Armed paid $7.60 and $5.60, and Mast Track paid $5.80 to show.
In other Breeders' Cup Challenge races at Del Mar, Whatsthescript, ridden by Gomez, won the Del Mile on the turf to guarantee a position in the Breeders' Cup Mile. Lewis Michael, in just his second start of the year, secured a spot in the Breeders' Cup Sprint by winning the Pat O'Brien Handicap. Dearest Trickski edged Tiz Elemental to take the Rancho Bernardo Handicap and get into the Filly & Mare Sprint.
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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.
New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.
His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.
HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.
The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.
RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.
First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.
The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.
These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.
New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.
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