First Post: Friday, August 9, 2013

Good read here…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/08/on-the-value-of-not-knowing/

Good snips:

“There are tremendous advantages in recognizing what you do not know. Acknowledging shortcomings in your informational intelligence is a form of situational awareness that prevents you from being blindsided.

“There are other benefits as well. It shifts your focus to process over outcome; it assists you in understanding what is the result of skill and what is dumb luck. It prevents you from being fooled by randomness. And as we have learned, repeatable results that are the result of a process are vastly superior to random outcomes.”

And…

“It is a simple acknowledgement of reality, which leads to smarter planning and superior outcomes. It might be more challenging to sell to people — it ain’t slick, does not lend itself to glossy brochures, is hard to manifest in a tagline — but it works.”

Free ones: Rundown…

Saratoga Race Course 6, 10
Calder 5
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 1, 4, 6, 7

Sorry, it finally was inclement at the Spa. Swampatoga. Saunatoga.

Pay-side: Today…

Arlington 4
Ellis Park 1, 6, 7
Louisiana 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
Woodbine 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Saturday/Sunday-type cards already on Friday at Bossier City, Etobicoke-Rexdale Int’l.

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Del Mar 7, the annual weed-whacking wildness known as the Daisycutter, is on the free page.

Two-furlong stakes race at Prairie, the Heavy. And these are older horseys, too! #2 Credit Report has the goods, but he better not suffer any mishaps out of the gate!

Yesterday’s Activity: Downtown Domonic Brown (“…Brown!”) returns, the Phightin’s start winning again. Ben Revere comes back soon, and they will be ready to roll for your 2014. Maybe.

WMF Report:

Early
Columbus 6f
Calder 6f
Chas. Town 4½f, 7f
Emerald 6f
Finger 6f
Mountain 6f, 1m
Northlands 6f, 6½f
PennNat 6f
Thistle 6f

Rally
Monmouth 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: None yet, but perhaps a freestander coming later. We don’t know.

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Drive safely.