First Post: Saturday, July 16, 2011

Wow! What a Saturday of racing, eh? Action galore! We’re in love with the day…

Free ones:

Rundown
Belmont 1, 6, 8
Calder 6, 9, 12
Hollypark 4, 7, 8

Decent at Belmont and Calder, and not altogether hopeless at Hollypark, where today’s on-track attendance is projected to be 34; we assure you, they’re all there for that hellacious Race 7.

Pay-side:

Rundown
Monmouth 8, 9, 10
Woodbine 3, 4, 10
Ellis 3, 8, 9
Arlington 7, 8, 9
Louisiana 6, 7, 8
Colonial 6, 7, 8

zOMGalicious card all day at Etobicoke-Rexdale International. Almost as good at Henderson, Ky. Arlington, spectacular, especially that doozie of a finale. Wacky selection of races and horseys from the Colonial’s big day. In all, the kind of Saturday we pray for: fast tracks, firm turf, precipitation far away. Vamos, Rafa!

WMF Report:

Speed
Belmont 6f
Chas. Town 4½f
Evangeline 6f
Finger 6f
Fairmount 6f
Hollypark 6f (WMF 183; zOMG)
Hastings 6½f
Lincoln 6f
Marquis 6f
Mountain 6f (WMF 253)
Monmouth 6f
Northlands 6f
Keystone 6f
Presque 6½f
River 6f (WMF 300)
Ruidoso 5½f
Suffolk 6f
Thistle 6f

Rally (Honourable Mention)
Colonial 5½f (T) (WMF 29)

Nocturnal Submission: Assiniboia Race 5 (9:45 p.m. EDT / 6:45 p.m. PDT) finds #2 Momma Two Shoes with enough talent to hoof it into the winner’s circle. …In the fourth at Chas. Town (8:33 / 5:33), #5 Extinguish gets the upset nod. …Next race, the sixth (9:27 / 6:27) is a scramble, with a box-up involving #5 Max Cooper and #6 Speedy SAMMY as good as any other pairing in here. …Check out the sixth at Evangeline (8:55 / 5:55) for another lotto-ball-hopper mixup — crazy inside-post combo of #1 Buckwild and #2 Diablo’s Holiday can shake things up. …Also of interest there is Race 8 (9:49 / 6:49), in which #7 Natawaki is not out of it; nor is #9 Oneafternoon. …Hopefully that’s enough action for you! …

Thank you. Goodbye.