First Post: Saturday, March 19, 2011

You can have your March Madness. We’ll be opting instead for the Women’s World Curling Championships getting underway today in Denmark.

Unfortunately, live broadcast coverage is hard to come by. Ah, well. Here are the free ones.

Rundown
Aqueduct 4, 6, 8
Gulfstream 3, 6, 9
Santa Anita 3, 6, 10

That’s a great hunch play in the sixth at Aqueduct. Hope you can view tonight’s supermoon wherever you may be.

On the pay side…

Rundown
Laurel 2, 5, 7
Tampa 8, 10, 12
Hawthorne 4, 6, 8
Fair Grounds 2, 9, 10
Oaklawn 4, 8, 10
Turfway 5, 10, 12

WMF Report: Speed-status resumed at Chas. Town, but at the 6½f distance. …Contrast now at the Golden Gate, where it’s WMF 15 at 1 1/16m but a still-strong WMF 220 at 6f. …Speaking of 6f speed trips, still on at Gulfstream, Hawthorne, Laurel, Penn National, Philadelphia, Turfway, Turf Paradise. …And remember that Turf Paradise has bonus up-front distances at 6½f and 1m. …

We root for good curling! We watch it for the athletic prowess on display.