Where the rubber meets the road, where the hoof meets the rubber — thanks, synthetics! The surfaces underfoot for your Friday.
Ah, Belmont now gets up to triple-digits at 6f, WMF 104.
Looks good for the lead in sprints at Beulah.
Only one 6f race at Calder this afternoon, but it’s a WMF 177.
Oops! No 4½f this evening at Chas. Town; however, the 6½f fills in nicely at WMF 172.
Still sorting things out at the Delta.
Finger flirting again with the threshold at 6f, WMF 142 now.
Golden Gate nondescript, unlike Matt Cain & the Boyzzz.
Mayor Daley stepping down to pursue new career wagering on closers at Hawthorne‘s 1 1/16m, WMF 18.
Under the lights at Oak Tree at Hollywood Park, WMF 46 at 6f.
You know it’s bad for the front at Keeneland when the highest WMF is WMF 100 at 1 1/2m on turf. Incroyable!
Nearly as bad is the Los Alamitos at El Rancho de Wessels, WMF 180 at 4½f.
Laurel is up to you. Same with the Mountain.
Even PennNat is undecided.
Extremes at the Pha, the racetrack currently known as Rosa Parx: WMF 377 at 6f, WMF 7 at 7f.
Continued zOMG at Remington on the main track, which all early-speed-and-pace-types should boycott on principle.
Thistledown is an open issue.
Sprints go to the leaders at Turf Harbor at Sky Paradise.
And they should just call Woodbine Remington North.
Best wishes! Book ’em, Danno! R.I.P., James MacArthur. Scotty Caan is OK, but there’s only one Dannie Williamsz.
