Big Brown Heavy Gambling Favorite To Complete Triple Crown

Big Brown has done everything that its owner and trainers have asked of him. He has trained well, and ran flawlessly in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.

Now, the horse will have another obstacle to overcome. He is the overwhelming gambling favorite in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. If the odds makers are correct, Big Brown will be galloping off with the triple crown.

Sports books has come out as a 1/3 favorite. That means that gamblers would have to spend three hundred dollars to win one hundred dollars. The next closest horse in the odds is Casino Drive at 7/2.

No other horse has odds that are better than 10 to one. Denis of Cork is that horse. After Denis, the odds jump up into the twenties. Tale of Ekati and Behindatthebar are 20/1 and 25/1, respectively.

Ironically, with Big Brown being such a huge favorite, over half of the field is considered long shots. Three horses, Anak Nakal, Macho Again, and Readys Echo, are all 40/1.

It gets worse from there, with Icebad Crane and Mint Lane both at 50/1. With a filed filled with underdogs, and only one real challenger, this could be the first time on three decades that a horse actually wins the Triple Crown.

June 4, 2008
Posted By Vincent Tapoglia III
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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