First Post: Thursday, August 9, 2012

All right, all right, ya ladies’ soccer fansz! Now you can breathe again…

Crazy-hot temps in Studio City, Calif., this afternoon, including 102°F on Ventura Blvd. at 1:30 p.m. PDT. Relative humidity a comfortable 25 percent. Thank goodness for small favors. As such, the feel-like index was 93°F. In contrast, relative humidity in Phila., Penna., at 5 p.m. EDT forecast to be 50 percent, adding 4°F to the feel-like index. We report, you decide.

Free ones: Rundown…

Saratoga Race Course 3, 5, 8, 9
Calder 1, 4, 8, 9
DMTC 5, 6, 7

Pay-side: Today…

Monmouth 3, 6, 7
Delpark 2, 6, 8
River 1, 5, 7
Arlington 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
Louisiana 4, 6, 9

WMF Report:

Speed
Canterbury 6f
Delpark 6f
Emerald 5½f, 6f
Monmouth 6f
Prairie 5½f
River 6f, 1m70y

Rally
Swampatoga 1m (InT) (WMF 23)

Nocturnal Submission: Race 8 at Hoosier (8:32 p.m. EDT / 5:32 p.m. PDT) finds #9 Izzie Long Legs desperate among the most desperate, but not without hope. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Drive safely.