First Post: Sunday, November 18, 2012

Saturday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday. That’s the preferred order.

Order of what? Order of enjoyment in solving The New York Times crosswordsz on any given week. Saturday and Friday are the days of complexity, of nuance and subtlety — they make you think. Sunday is a slog. It is nothing but a marathon; the themes are often forced and overwrought. The other days are straightforward. Sunday gets all the headlines, but it’s worth wagering that most puzzle-snobs (nope, we are not among them) would put both Saturday and Friday ahead of Sunday. Tyvm.

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 4, 6, 9
Calder 5, 7, 8
B** F*** Hollypark 4, 8, 9

Pay-side: Today…

Churchill 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Woodbine 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10
Hawthorne 7, 8, 9
Golden Gate 6, 7, 8
Turf Paradise 5, 8, 9
Zia 7, 8, 9

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Portland Meadows! Yes, believe it! Two chalks for yourself, first in Race 7, the Jackson Futurity: #2 Captainnotsosober (!). Then in Race 9, the Lethal Grande Sprint Championship, it’s #2 Midda’s Gold Touch.

WMF Report:

Early
Hawthorne 6f
Turf Paradise 6f

Rally
Woodbine 1 1/16m

Nocturnal Submission: Night off…

Thank you. Best wishes. Please join us again tomorrow for what we hope will be the next installment of the weekly minor hit “Monday Boxing”, track biases permitting. Otherwise, please join us again Tuesday for a definite presentation of the other weekly minor hit, “Tuesday Sniping”. Until either such time, it’s goodbye. So long.