http://www.bettingexpress.com/ BettingExpress - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@bettingexpress.com http://www.bettingexpress.com/ To celebrate the upcoming NFL betting season BettingExpress.com is offering 10% bonuses on all deposits. Bonus cash is available to be used in the Sportsbook, Casino , Racebook and Poker Room. http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/675687.html Longshot Ice Box overtook Pleasant Prince and Rule down the stretch to win Saturday's $750,000 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/8-mile race is an important prep event for the Kentucky Derby. Setting the pace in the Florida Derby was 9-5 favorite Rule along with Pulsion on the inside. Running just behind the two leaders was Game On Dude and 5-2 second choice Radiohead. As the field entered the far turn Puls http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/674968.html Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher has won almost every important race in his illustrious career -- except the Kentucky Derby. The future Hall-of-Famer is hoping 2010 will be his year, especially since his stable has five of the top 20 contenders. One of those is the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday's Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. Rule faces a field of 10 in the Grade 1 race, his first start since taking the Sam F. D http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/674256.html A field of 11 three-year-olds has been entered for Saturday's $750,000 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/8- mile race is historically a major stepping stone on the road to the Kentucky Derby. In 2009, Quality Road won Florida Derby and Fountain of Youth Stakes, and last month he came back to win the Donn Handicap. Eskendereya, winner of this year's Fountain of Youth Stakes, will skip the Florida Derby for the Wood Memorial at http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/673247.html The margin of victory was scant once again, but all Lookin At Lucky does is win races. The two-year-old champion made his 2010 debut a winning one taking the Rebel Stakes last Saturday at Oaklawn Park by only a head over Noble's Promise. The 6-5 favorite got up in the final jump for his sixth victory in seven lifetime starts, with only one coming by more than a length. The Rebel was the third straight race Lookin At Lucky tangled wit http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/672445.html Two-time champion mare Zenyatta extended her advantage in the latest NTRA Thoroughbred Poll for March 15. The six-year-old won Saturday's Santa Margarita Handicap at Santa Anita to remain in first- place. Zenyatta, undefeated in 15 career starts, received 16 of 20 first-place votes and 192 points. Last week she had nine top votes and 172 points. The winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Classic is one win away from tying the record of 16 consecu http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/672269.html The hoped for meeting next month at Oaklawn Park between 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and champion mare Zenyatta has been put on hold. Rachel Alexandra's majority owner Jess Jackson announced on Sunday that his four-year-old filly will not take on her older rival in the Apple Blossom Invitational on Friday, April 9. Both females began their 2010 season on Saturday with different results. Racing in the New Orleans http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/671794.html Sidney's Candy, winner of the San Vicente Stakes, made it two straight Saturday by winning the $150,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The colt covered the 1 1/16-miles in 1:42.30. Ridden by Joe Talamo, Sidney's Candy took the lead shortly after the start and was never headed by his six rivals. Pressing the pace were Interactif and American Lion. Caracortado, the 7-5 favorite, was racing in fourth, about five lengths off the http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/671767.html Odysseus, ridden by Rajiv Maragh, rallied down the stretch to win Saturday's $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs. In recent years, the event has become an important prep for the Triple Crown races. Three years ago Street Sense won the Tampa Bay Derby before capturing the Run for the Roses. Last year's race was won by Musket Man, who went on to win the Illinois Derby and finish third in both the Kentucky Derby and http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/671765.html Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, making her first start in six months, was defeated by Zardana in Saturday's $200,000 New Orleans Ladies at the Fair Grounds. The 1 1/16-mile race had a field of five older females and was added to the Fair Grounds' stakes schedule earlier this year. Owned by Jess Jackson and Hal McCormick, Rachel Alexandra broke from post two with Zardana in post three. Rachel was the 1-5 morning-line favorite and Za http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/671764.html Champion colt Lookin At Lucky made a successful debut Saturday as a three-year-old in the $300,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The 2009 champion two-year-old was the even-money favorite in the seven horse field. The Rebel is the final local prep race before the $1 million Arkansas Derby, set for Saturday, April 10. Trained by Bob Baffert, Lookin at Lucky was ridden by Garrett Gomez and broke from the two post. The Rebel was