First Post: Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Alcohol, algebra, almanac…Aljazeera Amerika!

Sorry, O-hi-o. It was a case of a rush to judgment. At least there were six Thoroughbred races run in your Buckeye State yesterday. On the other hoof, W. Va. had none. Nothing, zero, nada, zip. Note the cadence of this construction: N z, n z. The sound and delivery are as important as the surface-level meaning.

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 5, 7, 8

Pay-side: Today…

Hawthorne 8
Laurel 5, 7, 9
Tampa 5, 7
Turf Paradise 2, 5, 9, 10
Woodbine 4, 5, 6, 9

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: None today, but UEFA Champions League Knockout-Stage places are on the line. Also, bye-bye, Mack Brown. One of his early coaching jobs was at Tulane, you know. Back when the rivalry game was with LSWho. Yow, have times changed!

Yesterday’s Activity: Three touted races, four touted horseys, two winning horseys.

Race 6 at Turf Paradise found sole-touted Enter Back, 8-1 on the morning line, going off at 11-1 in real life. Enter Back was the best of the experienceds on the Betting Line and second-best on the LifeLiner Speed Column (86). Enter Back drew off to win by 6 at $24.60. The top LifeLiner Speed Column horsey, the 3-1 second-public-choice, completed the $87 exacta.

Over at the Sunland, In a Twinkling took the ninth at $15.40. In a Twinkling, 8-1 on the morning line, went gate-to-wire in running to his complete LifeLiner Array (99-91-80), hanging on by a desperate head.

WMF Report:

Early
Chas. Town 6½f
Delta 5f
Portland 6f
Turf Paradise 5½f (WMF 525)

Nocturnal Submission: Delta 8 (10 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. PST) has #2 Madmoiselle Allie looking no worse than any of the others. …PennNat 5 (7:49 / 4:49) can be won by #3 Seven Deadly Sins, including our personal faves of sloth, lust and gluttony. However, we no longer feel the need for greed. All right, all right, ya Chuck Woolery-loversz! Ugh. What a prima donna. Treebeak #1 alwaysz. Somewhere in the middle, the confused Benjamin J. Stein. R.I.P., Ken Ober. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Bye-bye.