First Post: Thursday, September 1, 2011

“SEP-TEM-BER! NO-VEM-BER!”

Who’s not a sucker for a Kurt Weill song, right, Mackie Messer? At the height of his powers, circa 1984, the great Ian McCulloch made a splendid diversion from the Bunnymen to do the version posted in the lede above. Full drama awaits! And it’s a fitting beginning to the end of Saratoga and Del Mar for another year: “And these few precious days…”

Free ones: Rundown…

Saratoga Race Course 4, 7, 10
Calder 3, 6, 9
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 2, 4, 6

Pretty good, on the whole.

Pay-side: Rundown…

River 5, 6, 7
Arlington 3, 6, 10
Louisiana 3, 4, 9
Remington 1, 5, 8
Retama 4, 5, 9

Not as bad as usual at River, and every place else has decent potential.

WMF Report: Two new rally-type trips to consider…

Speed
Evangeline 6f
Hastings 6½f
Louisiana 6f
River 1m

Rally
Arlington @1m (T) (WMF 17)
Presque 1m70y (WMF 15)

Nocturnal Submission: Tame in the third at Hoosier (6:22 p.m. EDT / 3:22 p.m. PDT), but a stab against the fave nonetheless. #5 No Evidence figures a live third-choice on your morning line. …Race 4 at Hastings (7:50 / 4:50) looks like an open affair, with two 10-1 hopes: #7 Marketize, #1 Passion Red. …In the third at Presque (6:20 / 3:20), #4 Letthetigerparty has a chance in the Thoroughbred arena even if his golf game has dissipated. …End the evening with a silent Hail Mary in the finale at Presque (8:25 / 5:25): #10 Unspeakable. …

Thank you. Best wishes.