First Post: Friday, June 22, 2012

Lebron does it; that precious preener CRonaldo7 also improving on the big stage, but Portugal still a longshot to claim a similar triumph.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 2, 7, 8
Calder 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
The BFH 3, 6, 8

Pay-side: Today…

Churchill 3, 9, 10
Woodbine 5, 6, 9
Monmouth 2, 3, 10
Arlington 6, 7, 8, 9
Louisiana 3, 5, 8
Lone Star 1, 8, 9, 10

The whole idea of Colonial Downs is theoretically seductive; in practice, it can only be scrubbed, aborted. Back to Lone Star in Tejas full-blast. Too bad. We would have wished something better for New Kent County, Va., but the only sane thing to do is cut and run. Bye-bye, Virginia Beach! Very sad.

WMF Report:

Speed
Arlington 6f
Arapahoe 6f
Assiniboia 6f
Churchill 6f
Calder 6f
Chas. Town 4½f
Emerald 6f
Finger 6f
Louisiana 6f
Lincoln 6f
Marquis 6f
Mountain 5½f, 6f
Monmouth 6f
Northlands 6½f
River 5½f, 6f
SunRay 4½f (WMF 875)
Thistle 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Arapahoe, Race 8 (5:55 p.m. EDT / 2:55 p.m. PDT), for #3 B Team. …Assiniboia now, the eighth (11 / 8), for #3 Savuti and #8 Hobo Hwy. …Chas. Town, Race 5 (9:18 / 6:18), for #7 Fort Dix (Exit 7) and #1 Lion On the Moon. …Hastings, the seventh (1:15 a.m. EDT Saturday / 10:15 p.m. PDT), for the Roger Federr hunch play #6 Swiss Arrogant. …Indiana, Race 6 (9 / 6), for #7 Rumors Everywhere. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Take care now.