First Post: Friday, June 3, 2011

Punked at the wire…redux!

Yea, verily, a night after the Victoria Canux snatch a victory at the death, the Dalhart Maverix pull off a last-second surprise of their own. And the fans in the stands are going wild! Indeed, it would be quite all right if the rest of the games in these finals in both wintertime sports remain suspenseful right down to the triple-zeroes. Almost as good as Thoroughbred horse racing!

And certainly better than American Quarter Horses! However, women’s curling still is better than both ice hockey and basketball. Thank you.

Here’s the free ones:

Rundown
Belmont 4, 7, 8
Calder 4, 9, 10
Hollypark 3, 6, 8

Can we make it back-to-back King of the Finale scores at Hollypark? Stay tuned! We shall do our best…

Pay-side:

Rundown
Monmouth 4, 8, 9
Woodbine 4, 7, 9
Louisiana 2, 3, 7
Churchill 7, 8, 9
Arlington 2, 4, 9
Lone Star 4, 5, 6

All these are worthy candidates. Go get ’em!

WMF Report:

Speed
Arlington 6f
Churchill 6f
Calder 6f
Chas. Town 6½f
Emerald 6f
Finger 6f
Lincoln 6f
Mountain 6f
Monmouth 6f
Northlands 6f
PennNat 6f
Presque 6f
Prairie 6f
River 5½f, 6f (finally)
Thistle 5f, 6f

Rally
Belmont 6f (InT)

Rally (Honourable Mention)
Hollypark 1 1/16m
Woodbine 1 1/16m
(both at WMF 26, on the cusp of prohibitive status)

Nocturnal Submission: Chas. Town‘s fourth (8:33 p.m. EDT / 5:33 p.m. PDT) finds #8 Van Goal with an underestimated chance to score. …Across the border to Hastings for Race 7 (12:48 a.m. EDT Saturday / 9:48 p.m. PDT Friday) and its upset perfector combo of #6 Include the Grand and #2 Restless Lady. …Staying in the Great White North for the fourth at Marquis (10:20 p.m. EDT / 7:20 p.m. PDT), where #9 Peppy Locke can come back firing. …

Bye-bye.