First Post: Monday, September 5, 2011

Shouldn’t it truly be called Leisure Day?

That it is called Labor Day is a lasting tribute to the onetime power the political Left once wielded in this country. For good or ill, no more!

Free ones: Rundown…

Saratoga Race Course 7, 8, 10
Calder 2, 5, 10
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 5, 9, 10

As Leonard Cohen would sing to the Swamaptoga Race Course 2011: “Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye…”

Pay-side: Rundown…

Monmouth 6, 8, 9
Woodbine 2, 3, 10
Ellis 3, 4, 8
Arlington 5, 6, 8
Louisiana 3, 9, 10
Remington 5, 7, 9

A good day from these six ovals.

WMF Report: Similar profiles in Henderson, Ky., and E. Boston, Mass.

Speed
Canterbury 6f
Columbus 6½f
Delpark 6f
Ellis 5½f (WMF 466), 6f
Emerald 6f
Fairmount 6f
Hoosier 6f
Mountain 6f
Monmouth 6f
Suffolk 5½f, 6f
Thistle 6f

Rally
Arlington 1m (T)
Del Mar 6½f; 1m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Golden Gate has a good one in its Race 6 (6:22 p.m. EDT / 3:22 p.m. PDT), and #3 Summer Sunshine can make one last stand for the season. …Another surprise awaits in the second at the Mountain (7:25 / 4:25), which, if it stays on the sod, finds #7 Aldous Huxley Winner ready to score for the continued consumption of soma. …

Thank you. Goodbye.