Hey, it’s 4/20, and you know what that means: Colorado, here we come! Watch out, State of Washington! It’s OK to inhale, Mistah Clinton! Deeply!
Not far behind that scene, or perhaps a leading Left Coast originator of it, the beautiful City of Portlandia in Oregon, and this song by one of its leading citizens. No, not that Pink Martini guy; rather, the great Malkmus, by way of Stockton, Charlottesville and New York City and a few other cities, too, probably.
It’s been that sort of week; we need to hear something poppy, something innocent.
Yet the song is passive-aggressive! The music sounds like Boz Scaggs or even 10cc but the lyrics are sinister, subversive, the sort of union of passive music and aggressive lyrics found in XTC’s King for a Day, say.
As well, how can you not think of Malkmus as clever as he name-checks Lippmann and Avedon! Plus, he prefigured the rise of Oblahblah and the large-scale flim-flammery of Madoff! In comparison, we here are only street-level pimpsz and scammers. Hey, it takes all kinds.
Good song. Accessible on many levels, depending on how far down you want to drill. Sarah Palin, where did you go?
Free ones: Rundown…
Turf Paradise 5, 9
Golden Gate 3, 7, 9
Santa Anita 3, 7, 9
Pay-side: Today…
Keeneland 2, 4, 5, 6, 10
Tampa 6, 9
Hawthorne 8, 9, 10
Woodbine 2, 10
Lone Star 1, 5, 8, 9
Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Haw 8, the Ill. Derby, on the pay-side.
Nothing on the free page, but the following are complimentary nonetheless.
Playing hard against the morning-line chalk in Race 7 at Hawthorne, the Grade III Sixty Sails. Second-choice #6 Disposablepleasure inherits top-billing, and #4 Little Ms Protocol is not out of it.
Mid-level, nonfavorite box opportunity in Kee 8, the Giant’s Causeway: #2 Extravaganza, #5 Sensible Lady. Open affair there in the next, the Grade III Lexington — best wishesz with it!
Vaunted Triple Threat Horsey status conferred upon #3 Obviously (!) in the Grade III San Simeon at Arcadia. Probably the layoff won’t matter.
Could be a shocker in Grove City in Race 7, the Noonan. (“Hello, Noonan!”) It’ #5 Potentially Ours (!); don’t forget to call on #3 Blazing Bling and #7 Fuzzy Dee Jay for backup.
Too strong for #3 Lucy’s Bob Boy in CT 4, the Confucius Say.
Uh-oh. Altoona, the one in Iowa; the one in Pennsyltucky wasn’t enough. Altoona, Ia. Hoo-boy. Race 8, the Golden Circle, two longest shots on the morning line: #2 Vervata, #4 Sugar Business. Can it happen?
Disregarding the chalk in SunRay 8, the Foutz Distaff. #1 Funnyoushouldask is not out of it.
Yesterday’s Activity: Close call in the Aqueduct opener in which touted 8-1 morning-line hope Tycoon Cat got bet-down action to 6-1 and was defeated by a dirty nose by the 17-10 fave, a fave who did not measure on LifeLiner, though the Betting Line rated him second-best. Clarity is elusive.
Race 5 at Lexington was one of those mad 4½-furlong dashes for the babies. The touted Bonkersmate Manaus, 15-1 on the morning line and 28-1 in real life, held on to the place. The 8-5 fave had the requisite firster numbers, however, and the $109 exacta was gettable from this perspective.
Yes, five horseys were listed Race 6 there, and it was a massacre. Some of the listed did complete the super-duper, at 25-1 and 8-1.
That left Race 8 for the glory of Dreams Cut Short, 15-1 on the morning line and 18-1 at the off. Only two of the entrants did not qualify on the Life Liner, even though Dreams Cut Short was a prohibitive selection on the Betting Line. Of course, the show-horse was an unwanted buttinsky kibitzer! Boo! The exacta did pay $227 or so, though.
Minor praise for 45-1 Bonkersmate Tea Tott in the sixth at Pimlico.
And now we have the munchies. Open up that can of bisque.
WMF Report:
Early
Beulah 6f
Hawthorne 6f
PennNat 5½f
Keystone 6f
Turf Paradise 6f
Nocturnal Submission: A shot with #5 The King’s Keeper in EvD 5 (8:20 p.m. EDT / 5:20 p.m. PDT). …Also for #12 Chris’s Wing’s there in Race 7 (9:10 / 6:10). …And, because we can, even though it comes 10 minutes before 5 p.m. on the East Coast, here’s Race 3 from SUD (Sun Downs, not to be confused with Sunflower Downs or even SunRay Park): #1 Missis Caldwell, #5 Scarlett’s Mark; just remember your $2 contribution to the mutuels in the form of a $1 perfecta (Hello, Boston!) box may constitute the entirety of the pool! …
Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Take care.
WOW that was a great baseball cap that cat is wearing! BUCCOS BABY! & PENS!
PUCKS and BUCS!