First Post: Saturday, May 3, 2014

Oops…wrong colour!

Weep no more, my lady!

He shrugged and wandered out, pulling the door shut behind him. I went back to bed for another hour or so, and later — after the daily grapefruit juice run to the Nite Owl Food Mart — we had our last meal at Fish-Meat Village: a fine lunch of dough and butcher’s offal, fried in heavy grease.

Hmmmmm. The Fish-Meat Village — that’s a can’t-miss name for a restaurant right there. Does it still stand in Loovull more than 40 years later? What about the Nite Owl Food Mart? Dr. Hunter S. Thompson lives forever: Buy the ticket, take the ride.

To yourself and the rest of your family and loved ones, we say, ‘Merry Derby’!

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 5, 7, 10, 12
Gulf 1, 4, 5, 9, 10
Santa Anita 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

Pay-side: Today…

Arlington 9, 11
Golden Gate 5, 6, 8, 9
Louisiana 3, 6, 8
Lone Star 2, 4, 9
Pimlico 4, 5
Suffolk 1, 5
Tampa 7
Turf Paradise 1, 4, 5, 8, 9
Woodbine 8

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Another half-dozen today at Churchill, including the Big Race. How can you stand it?

Bel 10, GP 9 on the free page. WO 8 on the pay-side.

Crazy Race 8 at Beulah. A dozen make the lineup, and longshots #12 Hehaz Given, #11 Smoke Em Charlie, #10 Rookie Gladden and #1A Plain Ol’ Willard are all live issues, all four of ’em.

Les Bois (Hello, Boise!) opens tonight, and #4 Buds Pal can do it in Race 9.

Staying toward the north, but now going to a different country. Exhibition Park Race 6 has #3 Arabella’s Muse in as one of ’em Triple Threat Horseys. Uh-oh. Now what?

Same is true of #1 Where’s Rosie B in Keystone 10.

Likewise #1 Fesstune in Race 6 at The WRD. Ditto #3 Imadancingslew in the next race there.

Yesterday’s Activity: Transcend. Transcend! Oh, Transcend!

WMF Report:

Early
Beulah 5½f, 6f
Chas. Town 6½f, 7f
Evangeline 6f
Finger 4½f
Fonner 6f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Mountain 6f
PennNat 6f
Prairie 6f
Santa Anita 6f
SunRay 4½f
Tampa 6f
Turf Paradise 6½f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Take care now.