Eagle Poise captures Valedictory Stakes
Horseracing Betting Lines
12/04/2011 -
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eagle Poise, ridden by Patrick Husbands, edged
past Harrods Creek right before the wire to win Sunday's $150,000 Valedictory
Stakes on closing day at Woodbine Race Course. The five-year-old gelding
covered the 1 3/4-miles in 2:57.62 on the synthetic surface.
Breeders' Cup Marathon winner Afleet Again and last year's Valedictory runner-
up Eye of the Leopard went off as the 2-1 co-favorites in the six-horse field.
Eagle Poise, second in the 2009 Valedictory, was 3-1 and Bill Mott's Harrods
Creek was 7-2.
Longshot Getta Rhythm set the pace followed by Harrods Creek, Eye of the
Leopard, Alpha Bettor, Eagle Poise and Afleet Again. With a mile to run Getta
Rhythm, 36-1 on the board, still had the lead with Harrods Creek running
second followed by Eye of the Leopard, Eagle Poise, 11-1 longshot Alpha Bettor
and Afleet Again. The BC Marathon champ, ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, began
to get going with six-furlongs to go.
Midway up the backstretch the top two runners had separated themselves from
the rest of the field as Afleet Again continued to advance. On the final turn
Harrods Creek, with Chantal Sutherland riding, moved to the lead with Eagle
Poise going past Eye of the Leopard into second and Afleet Again moving into
fourth.
Down the stretch Eagle Poise and Harrods Creek hooked up for the drive. The
two battled through the stretch until Eagle Poise was able get his head on the
wire ahead of Harrods Creek.
Eye of the Leopard, 2009 Queen's Plate winner, finished third followed by
Afleet Again, Alpha Bettor and Getta Rhythm
Owned by Riverdee Stable, Eagle Poise is trained by Graham Motion conditioner
of this year's Kentucky Derby champ Animal Kingdom. Eagle Poise notched his
sixth victory, worth $90,000, in 20 career starts for total earnings of
$423,604.
The gelding was coming off a win over Eye of the Leopard at Woodbine on
November 11 in an allowance race.
"I was very happy with the effort and the result," said Motion about the neck
win three weeks ago. "I was impressed. Patrick (jockey Husbands) showed great
confidence in the way he rode him. He probably knows him a little better than
I do."
Motion, based at Fair Hill, MD, assumed the training of Eagle Poise over the
summer.
Eagle Poise returned $8.80, $4.80 and $3.20. Harrods Creek paid $4.70 and
$3.30, and Eye Of The Leopard paid $2.50 to show.
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Eastern Conference Playoff Betting Trends
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New Jersey Nets vs. Toronto Raptors
Toronto was the most reliable covering team this season with a 48-33-1 ATS record but covered the OVER only 41.5% of the time.
The last 20 times these teams have played, the TOTAL has gone UNDER 16 times.
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Miami Heat @ Chicago Bulls
Miami has failed to cover their last 7 games whereas Chicago has covered 6 out of their last 8 games.
Miami has covered the UNDER in four of their last five games whereas Chicago has covered the UNDER in five out of their last six.
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Orlando Magic @ Detroit Pistons
Detroit has covered 5 out of their last 6 games.
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The last five times these teams have played in Detroit, the OVER covered each time.
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Detroit covered the spread 5 out of the last 6 times they played Orlando.
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When playing on 3 or more days of rest, Washington is just 18-37 ATS since 1996.
Since 1996, Washington is 28-16 ATS versus Cleveland including 11-5 over the last 3 seasons.
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