First Post: Friday, November 2, 2012

That was a Breeders’ Cup race, srsly? Five horseys only? A maiden being the eventual winner? As Bugs Bunnie might put it, “For shame, Doc, for shame…”

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 3, 5, 7, 8
Calder 5, 7, 8
Santa Anita 1, 3, 10

Pay-side: Today…

Churchill 3, 5, 6, 7, 10
Woodbine 4, 8, 9
Laurel 6, 7, 9
Hawthorne 4, 6, 7, 8
Remington 4, 6, 9
Retama 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Still time to catch the Grade II Twilight Derby, the parking-lot finale this afternoon from Santa Anita Park. On the Pick of the Day page.

WMF Report:

Speed
Chas. Town 4½f
Hawthorne 6f
PennNat 6f
Thistle 1m
Turf Paradise 6f (WMF 1000)

Rally
Laurel 5½f

Nocturnal Submission: NYC Marathon off, but Race 5 at the Mountain (8:40 p.m. EDT / 5:40 p.m. PDT) remains on course for a flyer on #2 Euro Tiger. …Two races later there (9:30 / 6:30), #3 Merlin Bay has the 30-1 wizard odds on your morning line. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Drive safely.