First Post: Thursday, June 9, 2011

Another day, another $58 throwaway, one more $194 giveaway.

Hope you had ’em, the zongo 28-1 winner, plus the associated double at the Belmont! If not, here we go again today with the free ones. (Of course, no guarantees any of this will come to pass; however, rest assured there is a 100 percent certainty we will do our level best…at least with this. Niche! Thank you.)

Late-breaking news: Too hot to handle on the Eastern Seaboard! A day off at Elmont, N.Y., for the humans and the horsies and the handicappersz! zOMG. We make the audible to go to the great Golden Gate instead. Just kidding about that “great” part.

Rundown
Belmont Golden Gate 2, 7, 8
Calder 3, 6, 8
Hollypark 2, 5, 8

As befits a bottom-level open-claimer, that finale at Inglewood has double-carryover stamped all over it.

Pay-side:

Rundown
Churchill 3, 7, 9
River 5, 6, 7
Woodbine 3, 5, 6
Louisiana 2, 8, 9
Colonial 6, 7, 8
Lone Star 5, 6, 9

No duds this time.

WMF Report:

Speed
Belmont 6f
Calder 6f (WMF 450!)
Chas. Town 4½f (again), 6½f
Finger 6f, 1m70y (!)
River 5½f, 6f

Nocturnal Submission: The fifth at Evangeline (8:28 p.m. EDT / 5:28 p.m. PDT) is the equine equivalent of a lotto-ball hopper: pick a number, any number. #3 Allthetime is our choice. …Next is the eighth at Presque (8:25 p.m. / 5:25 p.m.), where #4 Great Addiction and #3 Stuck in Traffic can outperform the early skepticism. …

P.S. In the interest of fair-and-balanced two-party bashing, we move that an Act of Congress should be legislated to change the last name of the U.S. Representative from New York’s Ninth District — from weenie to PUTZ. Stay away from the Belmont this weekend, Anthony! Stay away! You’re not welcome at the races, Belmont Day or not. Stay away!