Friday, June 24, 2011

Today marks the observance of that Great American Tradition known as “Take Your One-Eyed Pug to the Oficina” Day. Who are we to argue?

When's lunch?

All right, all right, ya flea-bitten varmints! Ya pug-nosed palookas! Here’s the free ones:

Rundown
Belmont 1, 7, 9
Calder 3, 5, 11
Hollypark 4, 6, 8

Pay-side:

Rundown
Monmouth 4, 6, 12
Woodbine 3, 4, 5
Louisiana 2, 6, 7
Arlington 1, 2, 8
Churchill 2, 3, 4
Lone Star 3, 4, 9

WMF Report:

Speed
Belmont 6f
Calder 6f
Evangeline 6f
Finger 6f
Fairmount 6f
Hastings 6½f
Lone Star 5f, 5f (T)
Mountain 5f, 5½f, 6f
Monmouth 6f
Presque 6f
Prairie 6f
River 6f
Ruidoso 5½f
Thistle 6f

Rally
Calder 1 1/16m (T)

Rally (Honourable Mention)
Churchill 1 1/16m (WMF 26)

Nocturnal Submission: Go to Race 6 at Canterbury (10:27 p.m. EDT / 7:27 p.m. PDT) and give a second look at #8 For Instance. …Likewise in the fifth at Fairmount (10:20 / 7:20), where #6 Connor’s Shadow can do some quality hoofing, as can #5 Harassment. …Close out the evening with a zongo issue in the finale at the Mountain (10:45 / 7:45); there, #2 Murphy Gets Gold is not out of this king-hell scramble. …

Good night!