Tursunov tumbles on home soil

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10/20/2008 - St. Petersburg, Russia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sixth-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov was among Monday's first-round losers at the $1.49 million St. Petersburg Open.

Slovakian veteran Dominik Hrbaty surprised the Moscow native Tursunov 6-1, 6-1 on the indoor carpet SCC Peterburgsky.

Other Day-1 results saw improving Romanian Victor Hanescu humble Russian Evgeny Korolev 6-1, 6-2 and German Rainer Schuettler shut down Russian Igor Kunitsyn, as the host nation players went 0-3 on Monday.

This week's top seeds are defending champion Andy Murray of Great Britain and Russian crowd favorite Nikolay Davydenko. The U.S. Open runner-up Murray, fresh off his big title at last week's Madrid Masters, beat Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in last year's St. Petersburg finale.

The 2008 titlist here will collect $171,000.

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The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.

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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.

''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
    
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.

”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
   
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.

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