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<TABLE class=appspt_westminster_odds style="FONT-SIZE: 70%; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=298 bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=labelspt_westminster_odds noWrap> fact file</TD><TD class=hedspt_westminster_odds noWrap>WHO'S THE 'UNDERDOG'?</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=deckspt_westminster_odds style="MARGIN-LEFT: 9px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 9px">Odds for 131st annual Westminster Dog Show, for entertainment purposes only, from John Avello, director of race and sports book operations at the Wynn Las Vegas.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><TABLE id=body_spt_westminster_odds style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#ffffff cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=-Infinity% border=1><TBODY><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD class=subhedspt_westminster_odds style="COLOR: #cc0000" align=left colSpan=2><CENTER>Odds by group</CENTER></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>2/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Sporting</TD><TD align=right width=*>4/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Working</TD><TD align=right width=*>5/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Toy</TD><TD align=right width=*>7/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Non Sporting</TD><TD align=right width=*>8/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Herding</TD><TD align=right width=*>15/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Hound</TD><TD align=right width=*>20/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD class=subhedspt_westminster_odds style="COLOR: #cc0000" align=left colSpan=2><CENTER>Odds by sex</CENTER></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Bitch</TD><TD align=right width=*>9/5 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Dog</TD><TD align=right width=*>1/2 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subhedspt_westminster_odds style="COLOR: #cc0000" align=left colSpan=2><CENTER>Odds by age</CENTER></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Over 3 years 7 months</TD><TD align=right width=*>10 /11 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Under 3 years 7 months</TD><TD align=right width=*>10 /11 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD class=subhedspt_westminster_odds style="COLOR: #cc0000" align=left colSpan=2><CENTER>Odds by handler</CENTER></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Will be a female handler</TD><TD align=right width=*>Even </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Will be a male handler</TD><TD align=right width=*>5/6 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subhedspt_westminster_odds style="COLOR: #cc0000" align=left colSpan=2><CENTER>Odds by breed</CENTER></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Spaniel (English Springer)</TD><TD align=right width=*>25/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Dandie Dinmont Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>28/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Fox Terrier (Wire)</TD><TD align=right width=*>30/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Airedale Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>35/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Boxer</TD><TD align=right width=*>40/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Sealyham Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>45/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Old English Sheepdog</TD><TD align=right width=*>50/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Scottish Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>55/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Poodle (Toy)</TD><TD align=right width=*>60/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Pug</TD><TD align=right width=*>65/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Pointer (German Shorthaired)</TD><TD align=right width=*>70/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Newfoundland</TD><TD align=right width=*>75/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Poodle (Standard)</TD><TD align=right width=*>80/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen</TD><TD align=right width=*>85/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Norwich Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>90/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Poodle (Miniature)</TD><TD align=right width=*>100/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Pekingese</TD><TD align=right width=*>100/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Doberman Pinscher</TD><TD align=right 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width=200>Neapolitan Mastiff</TD><TD align=right width=*>550/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Portuguese Water Dog</TD><TD align=right width=*>550/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Affenpinscher</TD><TD align=right width=*>600/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Bearded Collie</TD><TD align=right width=*>600/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Havanese</TD><TD align=right width=*>600/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Rhodesian Ridgeback</TD><TD align=right width=*>600/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Pharaoh Hound</TD><TD align=right width=*>600/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Greater Swiss Mountain Dog</TD><TD align=right width=*>600/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Glen Of Imaal Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>600/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Brussels Griffon</TD><TD align=right width=*>750/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Belgian Malinois</TD><TD align=right width=*>750/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Polish Lowland Sheepdog</TD><TD align=right width=*>750/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Brittany</TD><TD align=right width=*>750/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Scottish Deerhound</TD><TD align=right width=*>750/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Bernese Mountain Dog</TD><TD align=right width=*>1000/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Black Russian Terrier</TD><TD align=right width=*>1000/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Komondor</TD><TD align=right width=*>1000/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=200>Kuvasz</TD><TD align=right width=*>1000/1 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=200>Italian Greyhound</TD><TD align=right width=*>1000/1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Source: Wynn Las Vegas
Updated: 4:58 p.m. ET Feb. 1, 2007

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<TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 15px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 5px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=left border=0 itxtvisited="1"><TBODY itxtvisited="1"><TR itxtvisited="1"><TD itxtvisited="1"><SCRIPT>getCSS("3027626")</SCRIPT><LINK href="/default.ashx/id/3027626/" type=text/css rel=stylesheet itxtvisited="1"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>For the first time in the 131-year history of the Westminster Dog Show, odds have been made on the outcome and posted on the sports book in Las Vegas, allowing dog lovers to have some fun determining which breed will win the coveted Best in Show title Feb. 13.
“No money will change hands and it’s purely for entertainment,” says John Avello, director of race and sports book operations at the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“But people are going to have a lot of fun with it, because it is without doubt America’s premier dog sporting event and has a huge following.”
“We are thrilled to be on the sport book board along with the Oscars, the Super Bowl, NCAA basketball and all other major events that are so much a part of our culture,” said David Frei, Director of Communications for the Westminster Kennel Club in New York.
Last year during the two-day event, the Westminster Kennel Club had a record 127 million hits on its website as people from more than 140 different countries watched the breed judging on streaming video.
“Now, not only are dog lovers able to get involved and judge from outside the ring and pick their own favorites, but with the show on a sport book, they have the opportunity to have a vested interest at heart to see who wins,” Frei said.
“When it comes to working out the odds, it’s all about instinct, intuition and networking,” said Avello, known in Las Vegas as The Wizard of Odds. “And there’s no doubt having a math background helps. When I do my Oscar odds, I talk to Hollywood insiders and get what they’re thinking, and the same applies to other events like the Grammys and TV shows such as American Idol and The Apprentice. But having worked out the odds for Westminster, I now truly understand the meaning of ‘the underdog’!”

 

[JakeT.]

Haha I remember I bet a buddy of mine on this thing a few years back and somehow won. We each just picked random dogs and mine won. So yeah, I have that going for me.

 

[SportSavant]

I had a German ShortHaired pointer once, great dog.

I love watching these shows.

 

[ramonscottsports]

I hope the Xoloitzcuintle can make a comeback one day.

 

[FuriousDrew]

My poor Great Dane at 500/1. I think I'm going to take a shot just for the sake of my dog.

I like the even odds on will be a female handler.

 

[FuriousDrew]

I remember last year there was a thread here about the Westminster with someone saying there was steam on the beagle and the beagle goes out and wins it.