You Cannot Be Serious
All right, all right, ya tennis-loversz! With Nadal sitting out this year’s Australian Tournament, what are our options? Remember, we can never back that self-absorbed preener Rogerr Federr, the Cristiano Ronaldo of racquet sports. Also, Djokovic, while cool and casual, has pushy parents. Who’s left?
In ascending order of win-probability:
Richard Gasquet — Gorgeous one-handed backhand. Supremely talented but spottily engaged upstairs. As Craig Donnelly used to put it in his graded handicap in the Inquirer: “Capable but erratic”.
David Ferrer — Scrappy, hustling counterpuncher. Never quits on any ball. Limited physical stature can’t diminish his enthusiasm.
Janko Tipsarevic — Wears spectacles on the court, sports a full beard, reads literature and has numerous tattoos. A free-spirit in a sport filled with carefully managed personas. Not elite, but always tries hard.
Jo-Wilifried Tsonga — Known as “Baby Ali” for his resemblance to a young Cassius Clay. Fitness has been a question-mark, but he’s dropped some of the baby fat and loves these lightning-quick hardcourts.
Andrew Murray — “Once he tasted blood, he never settled for the snake again”. Coach Ivan Lendl has gotten to the bottom of him. Frequent dismantler of both Federr and the Djokerr.
Free ones: Rundown…
Aqueduct 9
Gulf 2, 9
Santa Anita 4, 6, 7
Pay-side: Today…
Tampa 4
Oaklawn 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Turf Paradise 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
Golden Gate 3, 8
Turfway 2, 3, 6, 8
Sam Houston 4
Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Sammie! Sam Houston Race Park & Hippodrome Pavilion opens this evening. Three added-money events in a row! Races 8 & 9 look wide-open. Have at ’em.
Yesterday’s Activity: The free-page failures had a 28-1 at The Big A; 17-1, 7-1, 13-1, 4½-1, 14-1 at Gulf; 31-1 at Santa Anita. One target hit was in Race 2 at Gulf, in which Fiddler Blue was bet-down by about two-thirds in winning at $11.40.
Now, it’s always good to connect on a 22-1 shot, even more so when you help some other mopes to do the same. Behold Third Bonkersmate Torchrunner in the third at Laurel. Here was a first-timer in a field filled with them. Moreover, the morning-line fave — at a tepid 3-1 in the official track program but bet-down to a much more authoritative 1½-1 on the tote — was low horsey on the tote-m pole, or rather, the opposite poles of the V6 Betting Line and the LifeLiner Speed Column Analysis. As the Old Master Richard A. Mitchell would have snorted in his inimitable Brooklyn (pre-hipster Brooklyn, that is) style: “Chaos!”
Some ghosts never die. Black Forest could not even hit the board. Torchrunner, 10-1 on the morning line but ignored to return $47.40 on the win end, possessed what the Boys In The Backroom like to describe as “triple-sufficiency”.
What’s that? In the Name of the Trainer, the Jockey & the Trainer-Jockey comboa (yup, comboa), amen. Get double-digit percentages in each of these three categories, and you gain admittance, as a debut runner, into the main contention of a tossup-type maiden race. For Torchrunner, it was 21-11-50. This time it worked out for him and his precious few backers.
As well, runner-up Green Canyon — 35-1 from 12-1 on the morning line —, fit the profile, but the Boys preferred to limit the considerations to a manageable handful. So, left on the table was a $770 (for $2) perfecta. Moransz!
Later in Maryland, it was an opportunity to get suckered for the 27th consecutive race by the hapless Shordawatyadrink. He was 12-1 on the morning line but the locals knew a lot better and stayed away in droves, dismissing him at 31-1. RGIII10 could probably defeat him.
Now, we should enjoy to play Fair Grounds in New Orleans; however, it seems a little depressing to have to slog through so many rained-off-the-turf races. Consumption of gumboa (yup, gumboa) can help during inclement periods. That and some absinthe.
Last one at Oaklawn, the odds-on fave one, but we figure the people can locate those most-likely-winners on their own. We did run second and third to complete the trizacta, at 11-1 and 30-1. Even with the 9-10 chalk prevailing, the $1 triple (1970s NYRA terminology) came back $360.
A winner in the closer at Santa Anita, not quite 20-1, but will ya settle for $40.60? Second Bonkersmate Mr T Bird showed no pity to the fools who did not look twice at him. One of those pooh-poohers was none other than the V6 Betting Line, which relegated him to the bottom of the equine (stock)pile. Insane! But the LifeLiner Speed Column Analysis gave him a resurrecting 85, and in a random-style race, it was sufficient.
That was one of the reasons for creating a check on the Betting Line, especially in random-style races. Random-style races deserved an additional point of view. Hence the LifeLiner Speed Column Analysis. Sometimes it provides the antidote to random-style race dynamics.
Two nights in a row, no rewarding Nocturnal Submissions.
WMF Report:
Early
Aqueduct 6f
Laurel 6f
Tampa 1m40y
Turf Paradise 6f
Rally
Gulf 1 1/16m (T)
Nocturnal Submission: Got another at Lake Chas. (Delta) in Race 6 (8:58 p.m. EST / 5:58 p.m. PST): #9 Rahy Balboa (yup, Balboa). …
Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long.
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You Cannot Be Serious
All right, all right, ya tennis-loversz! With Nadal sitting out this year’s Australian Tournament, what are our options? Remember, we can never back that self-absorbed preener Rogerr Federr, the Cristiano Ronaldo of racquet sports. Also, Djokovic, while cool and casual, has pushy parents. Who’s left?
In ascending order of win-probability:
Richard Gasquet — Gorgeous one-handed backhand. Supremely talented but spottily engaged upstairs. As Craig Donnelly used to put it in his graded handicap in the Inquirer: “Capable but erratic”.
David Ferrer — Scrappy, hustling counterpuncher. Never quits on any ball. Limited physical stature can’t diminish his enthusiasm.
Janko Tipsarevic — Wears spectacles on the court, sports a full beard, reads literature and has numerous tattoos. A free-spirit in a sport filled with carefully managed personas. Not elite, but always tries hard.
Jo-Wilifried Tsonga — Known as “Baby Ali” for his resemblance to a young Cassius Clay. Fitness has been a question-mark, but he’s dropped some of the baby fat and loves these lightning-quick hardcourts.
Andrew Murray — “Once he tasted blood, he never settled for the snake again”. Coach Ivan Lendl has gotten to the bottom of him. Frequent dismantler of both Federr and the Djokerr.
Free ones: Rundown…
Aqueduct 9
Gulf 2, 9
Santa Anita 4, 6, 7
Pay-side: Today…
Tampa 4
Oaklawn 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Turf Paradise 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
Golden Gate 3, 8
Turfway 2, 3, 6, 8
Sam Houston 4
Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Sammie! Sam Houston Race Park & Hippodrome Pavilion opens this evening. Three added-money events in a row! Races 8 & 9 look wide-open. Have at ’em.
Yesterday’s Activity: The free-page failures had a 28-1 at The Big A; 17-1, 7-1, 13-1, 4½-1, 14-1 at Gulf; 31-1 at Santa Anita. One target hit was in Race 2 at Gulf, in which Fiddler Blue was bet-down by about two-thirds in winning at $11.40.
Now, it’s always good to connect on a 22-1 shot, even more so when you help some other mopes to do the same. Behold Third Bonkersmate Torchrunner in the third at Laurel. Here was a first-timer in a field filled with them. Moreover, the morning-line fave — at a tepid 3-1 in the official track program but bet-down to a much more authoritative 1½-1 on the tote — was low horsey on the tote-m pole, or rather, the opposite poles of the V6 Betting Line and the LifeLiner Speed Column Analysis. As the Old Master Richard A. Mitchell would have snorted in his inimitable Brooklyn (pre-hipster Brooklyn, that is) style: “Chaos!”
Some ghosts never die. Black Forest could not even hit the board. Torchrunner, 10-1 on the morning line but ignored to return $47.40 on the win end, possessed what the Boys In The Backroom like to describe as “triple-sufficiency”.
What’s that? In the Name of the Trainer, the Jockey & the Trainer-Jockey comboa (yup, comboa), amen. Get double-digit percentages in each of these three categories, and you gain admittance, as a debut runner, into the main contention of a tossup-type maiden race. For Torchrunner, it was 21-11-50. This time it worked out for him and his precious few backers.
As well, runner-up Green Canyon — 35-1 from 12-1 on the morning line —, fit the profile, but the Boys preferred to limit the considerations to a manageable handful. So, left on the table was a $770 (for $2) perfecta. Moransz!
Later in Maryland, it was an opportunity to get suckered for the 27th consecutive race by the hapless Shordawatyadrink. He was 12-1 on the morning line but the locals knew a lot better and stayed away in droves, dismissing him at 31-1. RGIII10 could probably defeat him.
Now, we should enjoy to play Fair Grounds in New Orleans; however, it seems a little depressing to have to slog through so many rained-off-the-turf races. Consumption of gumboa (yup, gumboa) can help during inclement periods. That and some absinthe.
Last one at Oaklawn, the odds-on fave one, but we figure the people can locate those most-likely-winners on their own. We did run second and third to complete the trizacta, at 11-1 and 30-1. Even with the 9-10 chalk prevailing, the $1 triple (1970s NYRA terminology) came back $360.
A winner in the closer at Santa Anita, not quite 20-1, but will ya settle for $40.60? Second Bonkersmate Mr T Bird showed no pity to the fools who did not look twice at him. One of those pooh-poohers was none other than the V6 Betting Line, which relegated him to the bottom of the equine (stock)pile. Insane! But the LifeLiner Speed Column Analysis gave him a resurrecting 85, and in a random-style race, it was sufficient.
That was one of the reasons for creating a check on the Betting Line, especially in random-style races. Random-style races deserved an additional point of view. Hence the LifeLiner Speed Column Analysis. Sometimes it provides the antidote to random-style race dynamics.
Two nights in a row, no rewarding Nocturnal Submissions.
WMF Report:
Early
Aqueduct 6f
Laurel 6f
Tampa 1m40y
Turf Paradise 6f
Rally
Gulf 1 1/16m (T)
Nocturnal Submission: Got another at Lake Chas. (Delta) in Race 6 (8:58 p.m. EST / 5:58 p.m. PST): #9 Rahy Balboa (yup, Balboa). …
Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long.
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