07/31/2008 - Del Mar, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Three-time Hollywood Gold Cup champ Lava Man has been retired. The announcement came late Wednesday from his owners STD Racing and Jason Wood.
"It's been wonderful to be around such a great champion," trainer Doug O'Neill after the decision was finalized. "He'll be missed, but I'm going to put in my vote for him to be our stable pony."
Steve Kenly of STD Racing stated that Lava Man had X-rays taken at the Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center in California which found significant changes of the gelding's front ankles from X-rays taken earlier in the year.
"When we heard about the results of the X-rays," said Kenly, "the decision was easy. It was time to call it a day."
Lava Man, in 46 lifetime starts, earned $5.2 million with 17 wins. In 2006 he became the first horse to sweep the three major handicap races in Southern California in the same year: Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup and Pacific Classic.
His last win was in the 2007 Hollywood Gold Cup, which gave Lava Man three consecutive victories in the event, matching Native Diver's three straight wins in the race.
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Cubs hope to get the brooms out in Milwaukee >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rich Harden tries to put the finishing touches on a
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
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Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
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