First Post: Friday, July 29, 2011

You can tell it’s the shank of the summertime.

For proof, look at all these delayed post times: Spa, 2:30 p.m. EDT; DMTC, 4 p.m. PDT; Arlington, 3 p.m. CDT; even River checks in at 3 p.m. EDT! Let’s par-tay.

All right, all right, here’s your free ones:

Rundown
Saratoga Race Course 2, 6, 9
Calder 2, 4, 8
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 1, 3, 6

Pay-side:

Rundown
Monmouth 4, 10, 12
Woodbine 6, 8, 9
Ellis 5, 7, 8
Louisiana 1, 7, 8
River 3, 5, 7
Arlington 3, 7, 8

WMF Report:

Speed
Calder 6f
Ellis 6f (WMF 240), 1m (!) (WMF 223)
Finger 1m70y
Fairmount 6f
Mountain 6f
Monmouth 6f
Northlands (WMF 457) (!)
PennNat 6f, 1m
Prairie 6f
River 6f, 1m
Woodbine 6f (!)

Unprecedented number of two-turn speed-specials now! Have at ’em.

Nocturnal Submission: Columbus (in Nebraska) opens tonight, and Race 2 there (7:56 p.m. EDT / 4:56) is contentious; try #2 Basim’s Reward straight-up. …Follow that up in the third (8:22 / 5:22) with #3 Lizas Diamond. …Even wackier in the sixth (9:40 / 6:40), in which #1 Alphabet Academy and #10 Paragrin could shock the world in the winning perfector. …While we’re there, might as well tackle the eighth (10:32 / 7:32), where #8 Brahms Song could be in tune. …

Goodbye, Columbus! Thank you.