First Post: Saturday, August 11, 2012

Utah, Wisconsin. For frack’s sake! There’s no Thoroughbred parimutuels in either of those woebegone States. Ugh.

On the other hoof, it’s always been enjoyable to partake of an afternoon the pastoral delights of Stanton, Del.

Free ones: Rundown…

Saratoga Race Course 2, 3, 10
Calder 6, 8, 12
DMTC 1, 5, 9, 10

Pay-side: Today…

Monmouth 4, 5, 9, 11
Woodbine 4, 5, 10
Ellis Park 7, 8, 9
Arlington 2, 9, 10, 11
Louisiana 3, 4, 5, 8
Remington 1, 2, 7, 8

WMF Report:

Speed
Arapahoe 5½f, 6f
Assiniboia 6f
Les Bois 5f
Delpark 6f
Ellis Park 6f
Emerald 6f
Evangeline 1m
Exhibition 6½f, 1 1/16m
Los Alamitos 4½f
Mountaineer 5f
Monmouth 6f
Keystone 6f, 7f
River 6f, 1m, 1m70y
Ruidoso 6f
Suffolk 6f
Thistle 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Nebraska now for the eighth at Columbus (10:32 p.m. EDT / 7:32 p.m. PDT), in which #1 Dance On the Ice and #9 Redneck Idol are contenders for the upset. …Evangeline, Race 10 (10:25 / 7:25) has #10 Classy Deelites, #6 UNITAs, #5 Dance Caller and #8 Sweetsouthernmoon ready to duke it out. …The eighth at Fairmount (11:42 / 8:42), and #1 Stars of the Sea, #9 Hurricane Vamp and #10 Maui eye the surprise. …Mountain, the third (7:50 / 4:50), for #7 The Fourth Estate. …Prairie gets a potential shocker in its second (7:56 / 4:56) via #6 Dimanche Pouliche. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long.