First Post: Friday, March 15, 2013

Here’s a nifty nonclassical song based on Pachelbel.

Singer here, Dean Wareham, was a Harvard guy. It makes sense, what with an unforgettable lyric like “Why has my sympathy now turned to malice”? Malice! Yes!

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 1, 9
Gulf 2, 10
Santa Anita 7

Pay-side: Today…

Tampa 6, 10
Fair Grounds 2, 4, 5, 9, 10
Hawthorne 2, 9
Oaklawn 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10
Turfway 2, 10
Sam Houston 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

If not serious injury at Sam Houston Race Park & Wash, then excellence!

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Ladies’ semifinal day in the tennis at Indian Wells. Last night, Rafa “The Bull” Nadal (no relation to Sammie “The Bull” Gravano, though we understand Sammie is a champion handballer in the Ariz. penitentiary system) took advantage of an ouchy Rog Federr to win handily, 6-4, 6-2.

Yesterday’s Activity: Serious injury only, no excellence.

WMF Report:

Early
Hawthorne 6f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Laurel 6f (WMF 500)
PennNat 1m
Santa Anita 6½f
Tampa 6f
Turfway 6½f
Turf Paradise 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Always a pleasure to visit Nebraska, specifically the Fonner, this time for Race 6 (5:15 p.m. EDT / 2:15 p.m. PDT), in which another Triple Stumper situation arises via #1 Merry Marino, #6 Fast City Girl, #8 Beaded. As Treebeak would say in his inimitable Canadian, “Oooh, surrie…”. …Back to PennNat now for the fourth (7:22 / 4:22), and #2 Ginagain and #4 Tiz Zippy are not out of it. …Then in the sixth (8:16 / 5:16), #1 Jake’s Mission and #7 Witty Kid (!) can do it. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long now.