First Post: Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Fourth Ace

It’s a safe time for Roy O. to get back into the starting rotation.

The Phightin’s are rolling. Nine in a row to the good, nearly 10 up on Hotlanta. We can afford to lose this one if Mr. Oswalt treats it like the extra rehab outing it is.

But he won’t. This could be the kiss of death, this sort of hubris and premature gloating, but this is where we are, and we might as well enjoy the journey.

Free ones:

Rundown
Saratoga Race Course 1, 7, 10
Calder 3, 4, 11
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 8, 9, 10

Soggy on the East Coast — ah, well, it was a good run while it lasted. DMTC fantastic final three today, strategically placed for your super 6 jackpot enjoyment!

Pay-side:

Rundown
Monmouth 8, 10, 12
Woodbine 2, 8, 9
River 1, 3, 6
Ellis 4, 5, 8
Arlington 6, 7, 8
Louisiana 5, 6, 7

The seventh at the Bossier City Hippodrome Alliance is the race of your afternoon. Don’t miss it.

WMF Report:

Speed
Arlington 5½f
Arapahoe 5½f
Columbus 6f
Calder 5f, 6f
Ellis 6f, 1m
Fort Erie 6½f
Mountain 6f
Monmouth 6f
Northlands 6f, 6½f
Keystone 6f
River 6f
Ruidoso 5½f
Saratoga 6f
Woodbine 6f

Rally
Saratoga 5½f (T)

Nocturnal Submission: The opener at the Mountain (7 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m. PDT), if it stays on the turf, looks eminently playable, especially via the longshots #2 Radical Fringe and #10 Fourth Top. …

Thank you. Join us again tomorrow for “First Post” along with our standard Monday offering, “Monday Boxing”. Until then, bye-bye.