Thanksgiving weekend record breaker for Pletcher

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11/26/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Award winning trainer Todd Pletcher concluded a record breaking Thanksgiving weekend with a brand new earnings mark. The three-time champion trainer eclipsed his yearly record from 2006 on Friday at Hollywood Park.

Pletcher set the mark last year when he recorded $27,670,243 in earnings. He surpassed that number on Friday with a victory by The Leopard in the $111,800 Generous Stakes for two-year-olds on the turf.

Overall, Pletcher had five wins Friday, including victories by A. P. Arrow in the $500,000 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs and by Mini Sermon in the $150,000 Top Flight at Aqueduct. His stable earned $585,612 on the day to push his season total to $26,850,873, $30,630 more than last year.

"It was a good day," Pletcher said from Louisville. "It's nice to break the record with some important wins. It's been a great year for the whole team."

In addition, according to statistics provided by Equibase Company, Pletcher is closing in on his North American single-season record for wins in Graded Stakes races. Through racing November 25, Pletcher has 54 wins, three shy of his previous record of 57 graded stakes wins set in 2006.

Pletcher is also nearing his North American single-season record for wins in stakes races. Through Sunday, Pletcher has 90 wins, 10 away of his current mark of 100 stakes wins, established in 2006.

Through Sunday Pletcher has won 271 races this year from 1167 starts and has earnings of $27,744,120.

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After praising his leadership and work ethic through spring workouts, the Chiefs announced Tuesday they had signed the 27-year-old Cassel to a multiyear contract. Terms were not disclosed, but he will almost certainly be one of the highest-paid members of the team.
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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