03/10/2007 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Circular Quay, the defeated Risen Star Stakes favorite, made a devastating move from the back of the field to win Saturday's $600,000 Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds. The 1 1/16 mile race was not run last year when the Fair Grounds meet was conducted at Louisiana Downs.
Owned by Michael and Doreen Tabor, Circular Quay came flying around the turn for home, under jockey John Velazquez, to overtake the pacesetter Ketchikan. The 8-5 favorite posted a 2 1/4 length victory over Ketchikan with Zanjero finishing third.
The time for the 94th running of the Louisiana Derby was 1:43.01
Completing the order of finish was Risen Star runner-up Imawildandcrazyguy, Birdbirdistheword, Liquidity who was second in the Sham Stakes, Slew's Tizzy and Soaring By.
Circular Quay is trained by Todd Pletcher who also had Soaring By in the field. Last month Circular Quay had to settle for fifth in the Risen Star Stakes when avoiding trouble after a spill involving Slew's Tizzy at the top of the stretch.
"Hes a very small horse, but because hes so small hes extremely agile," said Pletcher assistant Anthony Tamburino Friday morning. "John (jockey Velazquez) couldnt believe how quickly the horse adjusted to get out of the way. If he had been a bigger horse like Master Command, there would have been no way he could have shown that kind of agility. Incredibly, the only injury he suffered in the incident was a little nick on one of his hind legs. I don't even remember which one."
Circular Quay was also the defeated favorite in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile when he was second to Street Sense. The chestnut colt adds $360,000 to his bankroll which now is more than $1.1 million. He has won four of six career starts.
Pletcher comes off last week's sweep of stakes for three-year-olds at Gulfstream Park. His Scat Daddy, ridden by Velazquez, captured the Fountain of Youth Stakes and King of the Roxy took the Hutcheson.
Circular Quay returned $5.20, $3.00 and $2.20. Ketchikan paid $4.20 and $3.60, and Zanjero, who was third in the Risen Star, paid $4.20.
Grindstone in 1996 pulled off the Louisiana Derby-Kentucky Derby double.
<< Gators advance to SEC final with win over Ole Miss
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Corey Brewer scored 22 points to lead sixth-
ranked Florida over Ole Miss, 80-59, in semifinal action of the SEC Tournament
at the Georgia Dome.
Lee Humphrey added 17 points for the conference's regular-
<< Hansson boosts Heerenveen's European hopes
Heerenveen, Holland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Petter Hansson scored the game's only
goal as Heerenveen moved into sixth place, three behind idle Feyenoord, for
the last Champions League qualifying playoff spot in the Dutch Eredivisie
Saturda
<< No. 2 Kansas tops KSU to reach Big 12 title game
Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mario Chalmers scored 16 points and
Julian Wright added 12 with eight rebounds, as second-ranked Kansas advanced
to the Big 12 Tournament final with a 67-61 victory over Kansas State at the
Ford Ce
<< Oden, Buckeyes down Boilermakers
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Greg Oden posted 17 points, a tournament-
record 19 rebounds and four blocked shots, as the top-ranked Ohio State
Buckeyes, on a 16-game winning streak, downed the fifth-seeded Purdue
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Durant's late three carries Texas to Big 12 final >>
Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Durant scored a game-high 26
points, pulled down eight rebounds and hit the go-ahead three-pointer in the
final minute, as 15th-ranked Texas advanced to the Big 12 Conference final
with a
Taylor leads No. 16 Ducks past Trojans for Pac-10 title >>
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bryce Taylor couldn't miss all day, going a
perfect 11-of-11 from the field -- including 7-of-7 from three-point range --
for a career-high 32 points, as 16th-ranked Oregon blasted Southern
Califor
GW tops Rhode Island for A-10 crown >>
Atlantic City, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carl Elliott poured in 17 points and
cleared six boards, and George Washington beat Rhode Island, 78-69, to capture
the Atlantic-10 Tournament Championship at Boardwalk Hall.
Dokun Akingbade scored
Haas moves in front at Toshiba Classic >>
Newport Beach, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jay Haas fired a seven-under 64 on
Saturday to move into sole possession of the lead after the second round of
the Toshiba Classic. He stands at 13-under-par 129 and is one clear at Newport
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Kurt Warner to start, Matt Leinart to watch
Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.
Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.
"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."
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