11.   Point Given was the betting favorite among all horses listed individually in Pool I of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

12.   Sure enough, Stidham struck again in the fifth race with Autumn Dancer, another heavy betting favorite.

13.   Surely he is, but can he upset De La Hoya, who has been the betting favorite from the moment the bout was announced?

14.   That alone, Daly suggested, should be enough to push him into the realm of betting favorites.

15.   The Suffolk crowd had expected a match race between Behrens and Real Quiet, the two heavy betting favorites at post time.

16.   They are the betting favorites and the psychological underdogs, if not the purple villains.

17.   They should be heavy betting favorites against the Saints and Giants.

18.   Wild Gold, the betting favorite from Northern California, finished fourth, behind Plenty Zloty.

19.   Wild Wonder, who in his last start finished second to the highly regarded Free House in the Bel Air Handicap at Hollywood Park, was the betting favorite.

20.   By the way, another lengthy jinx was broken last year when Fusaichi Pegasus became the first winning betting favorite at the Derby since Spectacular Bid.