To Spice Up Your Otherwise Dull & Listless Tuesday

No more Delpark, no more Suffolk, as the great Leonard Cohen put it: “Winter’s tuning up.”

So what’s a Thoroughbred racing fanatic to do for pari-mutuel engagement during business hours on the second day of the workweek?

Hello, Beulah! Time to get excited about Finger Lakes! Pharx, whatever we’re supposed to call ya, we’re on board!

Beulah first. In the third, looks quite contentious, so the tossup call goes to third morning-line choice #2 Ms Sultry, who boasts dual confirmation atop both on V6 Betting Line and the LineLine Speed Column. …Could be a lock (as opposed to a shock) in the sixth there when #9 Revivalist looks to spring the gate-to-wire romp. …Wide-open in the eighth, prompting a trio of potential price options: #1 K Lynn, #10 Flying Felix and #9 Reds Chile (spicy!). …As well, the finale ninth has grab-bag status, and again the hedgers here find it prudent to choose from among three: #9 Such Fortune, #3 Badinkadink and #4 Griffen Avenue. …

Over at the Finger, it seems a walkover for prohibitive top selection #5 Saint Jen in the fifth. …Very tempting business in the sixth to try to defeat 4-5 morning-line cinch #2 Thunderized, but we have to do it with the crazy troika of #3 Out From Africa, #1A Seeking the Lead and #5 Spec’s Irish River. …However, normal service resumed in the eighth for #8 The Cuff Shooter as a strong single-type play. …

At Pharx, #9 D’oro Deelites has it all over the fourth. …But a chance to shake things up in the next race (that would be the fifth, where no one stands out but longshots #2 Judge Well, #3 Migrant and #1 King of the Tango have as good an outlook as any of the others. …Once again to try to beat the chalk in the eighth, and the hopefuls are #2 Weeper, #5 Robynthekoop and #7 Jemilyn. …

OK. Seacrest out. Play the races. Cash some tickets. Make some money. Best wishes!