First Post: Sunday, March 6, 2011

Yea, verily, from the Home Office in Studio City, Calif., the first bloom of 2011!

Peep! Peep! This Bird Has Flown, as of yesterday. Fear not, Northern and Eastern climes, Spring will spring for you someday. Ah, sunshine in the Land of Paradise! (Don’t worry, Evelyn Taft and Jackie Johnson say there’s a chance of sprinkles here today and tomorrow.)

On the free side…

Rundown
Aqueduct 4, 8, 9
Gulfstream 5, 7, 10
Santa Anita 4, 5, 8

Here’s the hire-side…

Rundown
Turfway 6, 7, 10
Tampa 3, 4, 6
Fair Grounds 3, 5, 6
Oaklawn 4, 5, 9
Turf Paradise 1, 7, 9
Sam Houston 6, 8, 11

Really good today at Oaklawn and Sam Houston. Pretty good at ’Turf. And even Fair Grounds isn’t a total washout. Of course, the highlight of your day there will be at night, when the Mystik Krewe of Bakkus takes to the streets. For a life-affirming spiritual mashup, stand in front of the Holy Name of Jesus cathedral on St. Chas. Ave. and receive the offerings hurled from on high by the pagan gods! If you are so blessed, you will catch a bag full of 100 purple doubloons, which if taken to the right mutuel teller can be exchanged for the $2 perfecta wager of your choice on Fat Tuesday. Try it!

WMF Report: The big update is that Los Jerkamitos finally has gotten over to a WMF 471. …Otherwise, kindly refer to yesterday’s WMF Report for the rest of the story. …

Thank you! Take care!