Today's best...
I Want Revenge 4.25 5dimes
Dunkirk 6.5 5dimes
Quality Road 6.25 TheGreek
Friesan Fire 8.5 5dimes
Pioneer of the Nile 9 5dimes
Papa Clem 25 5dimes
Chocolate Candy 24 5dimes
Desert Party 26 5dimes
Musket Man 33 5dimes
Square Eddie 38 5dimes
Hold Me Back 33 5dimes
General Quarters 30.5 TheGreek
Regal Ransom 33 5dimes
West Side Bernie 51 Bookmaker
Flying Private 60.5 TheGreek
Mine That Bird 60.5 TheGreek
Atomic Rain 99 Bookmaker
Advice 40.5 TheGreek
Summer Bird 30.5 TheGreek
Win Willy 52.5 TheGreek
Mr. Hot Stuff 35 wsex
5Dimes is offering odds on just 15 horses, but it has the highest odds on 11 of those 15. They lowered their odds on QR, but what I like is that they raised the odds on POTN, FF, and several others. Some books act like the only direction on odds is down. I don't remember 5Dimes being so competitive with horse futures before.
The above 21-horse odds line has a takeout (vig) of 8.4%. The real takeout from these odds is 8.4% plus the chance some horse not on the list wins the Derby.
--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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