First Post: Sunday, October 30, 2011

As usual on this Mischief Nite, white on the trees, but it’s not what you expected!

Free ones: Throwing a changeup at ya, in honour of the late, great Scott Feldmansz. Rundown…

Mountaineer 2, 5, 6
Zia 5, 6, 7, 8, 11
Santa Anita 3, 7, 8, 9

We’re doing this for your own good. Well, you have no option at Elmont, N.Y. But Calder, stay away, stay away, stay away. Instead, we substitute Zia, which today is like traveling in Premier Class on Emirates, whereas enduring Calder would be like rattling through Ho Chi Minh City in a rickshaw being pulled by an arthritic coolie. Trust us on this one. Please. You’ll thank us at the end of it. Indeed, this Zia card today is like what you’ll be facing this weekend with the Large Trophy of the Procreators. Really.

Pay-side: Order here for your Large Trophy of the Procreators weekday week. Rundown…

Churchill 5, 6, 9, 10
Monmouth 2, 5, 8
Woodbine 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11
Hawthorne 1, 2, 3, 9
Golden Gate 1, 6, 8
Turf Paradise 3, 8, 9

Good in the latter half at Louisville, Ky., plus strong all day at Rexdale-Etobicoke Int’l.

WMF Report: The usual suspects.

Speed
Fort Erie 6½f
Mountain 6f
Monmouth 6f
Keystone 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Normally we are loath to venture to the O.C. for any reason, but it is Mischief Night, so over to the Los Al for Race 1 (8:35 p.m. EDT / 5:35 p.m. PDT), and #3 Swiss Record, who’ll try to drape the tote board in bathroom tissue; also among the elusive perpetrators is #4 Shintaro. …Another opener, this time at the Mountain (7 / 4), where #9 Sandipat has the bona fides to upset. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Join us again tomorrow for a surprise Halloween Monday “First Post” (thanks, Calder!) as well as the track-bias online matching service we prefer to call “Monday Boxing”. Until such time, it’s goodbye. Bye-bye.