Not this Year...
Opening Day, but not with the usual branding…
Twenty years ago, a kid makes his first visit to a sprawling Southern California track. It is Santa Anita, but not really; it is the famous Oak Tree meet, est. 1969. No more! Or at least not right now. And the Los Angeles Times Sports section used to be 20 pages thick, no tire ads necessary. And there was a Graded handicap with three selectors, and the Sherlock Computer tout column, and, and…
We endure.
Free ones: Rundown…
Belmont 4, 6, 8
Calder 7, 10, 11
Santa Anita 6, 8, 9
Dreary on the East Coast. Opening Day at Santa Anita. Good in the latter stages there, with a bonus Bonkers Box and a pentafecta in that bonus Box. Have at it!
Pay-side: Weekend (Friday & Saturday) activity here. Rundown…
Woodbine 5, 8, 9
Laurel 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Golden Gate 3, 6, 8
Turfway 2, 7, 9
Remington 5, 6, 7
Retama 3, 4, 5, 8, 9
Hooves down, the great tracks in play for your Friday are Laurel and Retama.
WMF Report: Shocking synth stuff at Florence, Ky.
Speed
Chas. Town 4½f
Mountain 6f
Northlands 6f
PennNat 6f
Retama 6f, 1m
Remington 5½f
Thistle 6f
Turfway 6f, 6½f
Nocturnal Submission: Race 8 at Chas. Town (10:25 p.m. EDT / 7:25 p.m. PDT), and #2 Najarans Star can surprise. …
Thank you. Best wishes.
