First Post: Sunday, December 11, 2011

You try to watch these guys on the television, and you know who looks Presidential? Not Tejas Gov. James R. Perry. Not the frequently in-hysterics Willard M. Romney.

Nope. The only one who’s pulling the strings these days is that noted Tiffany & Co. aficionado: Speaker N. Leroy Gingrich! Howza! These guys are making Geo. Bush Jr. look as distinguished as Wm. Howard Taft.

Free ones:

Aqueduct 4, 5, 7, 9
Gulfstream 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Hollypark 5, 8, 9

Still looking for any kind of traction anywhere. As they tell you in the linebacker drill at football (American Gridiron Throwball variety) practice, “Keep chopping!”

Pay-side:

Turfway 2, 4, 5, 8
Fair Grounds 4, 6, 9, 10
Hawthorne 7, 8, 9
Turf Paradise 6, 8, 9
Sunland 8, 10, 11
Golden Gate 4, 6, 7, 8

WMF Report:

Speed
Chas. Town 4½f
Mountain 6f
Keystone 6f
Portland 6f
Turf Paradise 6f

Rally
Aqueduct 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Mild interest in the seventh at the Mountain (9:30 p.m. EST / 6:30 p.m. PST) for #2 Bringingdown Babel. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Join us again tomorrow for what we can scrounge up for your weekly “Monday Boxing”. Until such time, it’s goodbye. So long.