Pletcher to have two for the Preakness

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05/11/2010 - Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eclipse Award winning trainer Todd Pletcher will have two starters, including Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, in Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

The middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown is expected to have a field of 13 three-year-olds.

"He came out of the work (Monday) very well," Pletcher said about Super Saver. "Everything is on 'go,' so we're planning on getting on the plane in the morning."

In addition to Super Saver, with Calvin Borel in the saddle, Pletcher will send out Derby Trial runner-up Aikenite. Javier Castellano has the Preakness mount on Aikenite.

Pletcher will not start Louisiana Derby champ Mission Impazible in Saturday's 1 3/16-mile race. The colt finished ninth in the Kentucky Derby.

"We were on the fence with him and never had fully committed to going," Pletcher said. "We wanted to see how he trained and felt like at the end of the day that he needed a little more time."

The four-time champion trainer noted that Monmouth Park's Haskell Invitational in August is on Mission Impazible's 2010 schedule.

Pletcher, who won his first Kentucky Derby this year, is also after his first Preakness victory.

"We anticipated a full gate and I guess it's close to that," Pletcher said. "It's an interesting Preakness to me with what looks like eight newcomers who did not participate in the Derby. We're happy to be coming with the Derby winner and feel like he's doing very well."

Expected to join Super Saver and Aikenite in the 135th Preakness are Northern Giant, Caracortado, First Dude, Dublin, Hurricane Ike, Jackson Bend, Lookin At Lucky, Paddy O'Prado, Pleasant Prince, Schoolyard Dreams and Yawanna Twist.

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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.

As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.

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The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.

Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).

But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.

Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.

Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1

Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2

New York Giants - 9 - 2

Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).

Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.

So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.

And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.

They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.

Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.

But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.

Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.

Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.

Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.

Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?

Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.

In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.

Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.

Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.

The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.

The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.

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