08/14/2008 - Saratoga Springs, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Proud Spell and Music Note, two of this year's leading three-year-old fillies, top a field of six for Saturday's 128th running of the $600,000 Alabama at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/4-mile race is the companion event for the following week's Travers.
The two fillies have drawn the inside post positions with Music Note to the outside of Proud Spell. Earlier this year in the Mother Goose Stakes, Music Note registered a 3 1/2-length victory over 1-2 favorite Proud Spell
Owned by former Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, Proud Spell is trained by Larry Jones and will be ridden Gabriel Saez. The filly is coming off a win in the Delaware Oaks at Delaware Park to go along with her earlier victories in the Kentucky and Fair Grounds Oaks.
Also this year Proud Spell was second to Indian Blessing in the Silverbulletday Stakes and third to Little Belle, another Alabama starter, in the Ashland Stakes.
Second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies last year. Proud Spell has six wins from ten career starts with earnings of $1,6 million.
Music Note and Little Belle are both owned by Godolphin Stable and trained by Saeed bin Suroor, and are coupled as an entry. Music Note will be ridden by Javier Castellano and Little Belle will have Rajiv Maragh in the saddle.
Music Note is also being considered by her connections as a possible starter in the Travers versus the boys.
"I think they're not opposed in general to it," said Godolphin's Rick Mettee, "you see it more in Europe because they're running on the grass and of course it's a lot easier on the grass where they're basically just in most of the races going along at a reasonable pace and just a sprint home. But there are some circumstances surrounding this that makes this, obviously it's the Travers, it's a $1 million, it's a classic race, but you know one of the circumstances would be we have Little Belle for the race too"
Music Note is on a four race win streak, including the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Mother Goose. She has earned $398,000 in five lifetime starts.
Little Belle has finished second in her last two starts, the Coaching Club and the Kentucky Oaks. This year along with the Ashland, she won the Busher Stakes at Aqueduct in February.
"She's kind of a tough, hard knocking filly," said Mettee of Little Belle. "She's kind of a one-pace, kind of grind it out type of filly."
The three-year-old has won three of eight career starts with $579,395 in earnings.
Here is the full field in post position order for the Alabama: Proud Spell, Gabriel Saez; Music Note, Javier Castellano; Skylighter, Edgar Prado; Mushka, John Velazquez; Little Belle, Rajiv Maragh and Sweet Vendetta, Ramon Dominguez.
Castellano won the race on Pine Island two years ago and John Velazquez claimed victory twice, 1996 with Yanks Music and 2003 with Island Fashion.
The Alabama has a scheduled post-time of 5:30 p.m. (et).
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tear in his left knee.
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El Duque expected to throw Tuesday
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- New York Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez, sidelined at spring training because of arthritis in his neck, is expected to resume throwing on Tuesday.
Hernandez received a cortisone shot Thursday after leaving camp and returning to New York to have his neck examined. The 41-year-old right-hander is penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter behind Tom Glavine.
El Duque's health is a major issue for the Mets, who won the NL East in 2007 and came within one victory of the World Series. Their aging and unsettled rotation is a big question mark this year.
MySportsbook.com has the Mets as -110 favorites to repeat as NL East champions odds.
Hernandez went 11-11 with a 4.66 ERA last season, including 9-7 with a 4.09 ERA in 20 starts after the Mets acquired him from Arizona in late May. But he missed the playoffs because of a torn calf muscle.
New York already is without Pedro Martinez, out until at least midseason following rotator cuff surgery. Among those competing for starting jobs are prospects Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber and Jason Vargas, plus veterans Chan Ho Park, Jorge Sosa and Aaron Sele.
Notes: Mets manager Willie Randolph is excited about two new utility players he could have on his bench: Damion Easley and David Newhan. ''Their value is really all over the place,'' Randolph said. Easley can play anywhere in the infield and could be used as an emergency outfielder, though Randolph said he would prefer to keep the veteran in the infield. Newhan, meanwhile, can play second base, third or any outfield position for the Mets. ''I love versatility,'' Randolph said. ''I love guys that can give me options when I need them to step in.''
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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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