Zito has pair in Fountain of Youth Stakes

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02/21/2008 - Hallandale Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunday's $350,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park has drawn a field of 12 Kentucky Derby contenders with several considered among the best three-year-olds.

The 1 1/8 mile Fountain of Youth is situated five weeks before the $1 million Florida Derby, which will be held Saturday, March 29. Two years ago, Barbaro won the Florida Derby on his way to capturing the Run for the Roses.

Trainer Nick Zito has a pair of three-year-olds entered in the Fountain of Youth. Breaking from the inside post will be Cool Coal Man with Kent Desormeaux in the saddle and possible favorite Anak Nakal, ridden by Julien Leparoux, will start from post eight.

Owned by Robert LaPenta, Cool Coal Man is coming off a win in an allowance race here. The colt has three wins in six career starts for $97,531. In his first stakes race last year Cool Coal Man was seventh to Anak Nakal in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

Anak Nakal, owned by Four Roses Thoroughbreds, earned $220,916 in three starts last year. After breaking his maiden in September, the colt was second to Etched in the Nashua Stakes.

Eclipse Award winning trainer Todd Pletcher will try to win his second consecutive Fountain of Youth with Monba. Pletcher won last year's race with Scat Daddy.

Monba will be making his 2008 debut on Sunday for owners Starlight Stable, Don Lucarelli and Paul Saylor. The colt will be ridden by Edgar Prado from post seven.

The three-year-old won his first two starts last year and closed 2007 with a fourth place finish in the CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park. He has earned $112,534.

Here is the complete field for the Fountain of Youth in post position order: Cool Coal Man, Kent Desormeaux; Golden Spikes, Javier Castellano; Court Vision, Garrett Gomez; Kentucky Bear, Elvis Trujillo; Z Humor, Cornelio Velasquez; Ready Set, Jose Lezcano; Monba, Edgar Prado; Anak Nakal, Julien Leparoux; Elysium Fields, Eibar Coa; Halo Najib, Rene Douglas; Make the Point, John Velazquez and Adriano, Eddie Castro.

Post-time for the Fountain of Youth Stakes is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. (et).

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Two playoff teams from 2007 take center stage on the NFL Network Sunday night in a Week 2 NFL betting match-up when the (0-1) New England Patriots betting head south to Florida for a contest with the (1-0) Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New England HC Bill Belichick couldn’t care less about the way his team plays in the preseason. With a chance to tie last week’s game with the Baltimore Ravens betting, He elected to go for the two-point conversion and outright victory. The conversion failed, and the Pats ended up falling to the Ravens by a 16-15 final count.

New England rolled off twelve unanswered points to give it a chance at securing the victory, but it never threatened to cover the 3.5-point spread. NFL bettors saw this one coming, as they bet the Ravens down from +6 to +3.5 as the week progressed. QB Tom Brady didn’t take part in the Patriots first preseason clash, but could see action this weekend.

His three replacements all put up embarrassing numbers. They went a combined 17 for 33, and threw three interceptions and no touchdowns. The New England defense was encouraging, as they held the Ravens to 2/12 third down conversions and surrendered just ten first downs. That ‘D’ should be bolstered with the addition of former Bucs and Denver Broncos betting safety John Lynch, who could make his Patriots debut on Sunday against his former mates.

HC Jon Gruden had to be impressed with the way his Bucs played on both sides of the ball in their dominating 17-6 victory over the Miami Dolphins in Week 1’s NFL pre-season betting action. Bucs bettors were quite happy with the effort, as they made a mockery of the fact that they were underdogs in the game.

The logjam at the quarterback position didn’t get any easier to separate for Gruden, as all four of his QBs had positive experiences in the first exhibition of 2008. The four combined to complete 28 of their 40 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown, and that was without starting QB Jeff Garcia in the lineup.

RB Michael Bennett had 19 carries and four receptions, totaling 90 yards and a touchdown. Expect to see more of Bennett, Kenneth Darby, and Earnest Graham, as they all compete for playing time with Warrick Dunn in the backfield this season. Defensively, the Bucs recorded four sacks and held the Fins offense in check all day.

First round draft pick Aqib Talib was impressive in the secondary, recording a tackle and two pass defenses in his debut. Don’t be surprised to see Talib in the starting lineup opposite Ronde Barber for the Bucs in ’08.

The betting trends suggest that NFL bettors should be backing the Bucs in this intra-conference exhibition.

These two teams hooked up last year in Tampa Bay, with the Bucs winning that game 13-10. The Buccaneers have only lost one preseason game at home dating back to the beginning of the ’05 preseason. The Patriots have had a mixed bag of results in their recent exhibitions. They have gone 2-2 ATS and SU each of the last three years.

New England currently sits as modest 1-point favorites in this preseason showdown with the ‘total’ now sitting at 34.5.

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