First Post: Friday, June 20, 2014

Ruud van Nistelrooy, he of the elongated horseyface. This classic clip from 2003 shows the great Dutchman receiving up-close-and-personal treatment from his Arse opponents. It gets good around the 2-minute mark. Enjoy!

This was back in the heyday of the last great Arse team, when its players had some spine and steel to go along with all that silky skill. Keown karate chop to the Nistelrooy nape!

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
Calder / Gulf Calder 5, Gulf 4, 7, 8
Santa Anita 6, 8

Pay-side:

Arlington 2, 5, 7, 8
BelTerra 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Churchill 3, 5, 6, 7
Louisiana 4, 5, 6
Lone Star 4, 9
Monmouth 8
Woodbine 4, 5, 9

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Two-to-five on your morning line for the obvious #4 Jet Again in AsD 3. Hoo-boy. Likewise #3 Honey Candy in Northlands 7. Tonight, the Great White North is made of chalk!

Yesterday’s Activity: No good, Eng-er-land, no good. Stevie Gerrard again has an unfortunate moment of match-deciding haplessness. Luis Suarez with the brace, and Uruguay, champions of the first World Cup in 1930, stay alive. Costa Rica is the surprise package for your Group D, upsetting Forza Italia Azzurri 1-nil this morning and guaranteeing the Central Americans’s passage through to the knockout stage. Uruguay and Forza Italia Azzurri now square off in a big finale to determine who will join the Costa Ricans out of the Group. Three Lions, three and out.

WMF Report:

Early
Arlington 6f (WMF 262) (!)
BelTerra 6f, 6½f
Churchill 1m
Calder 6f
Chas. Town 4½f
Emerald 6f, 6½f
Fairmount 6f
Gulf 6f
Indiana 6f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Louisiana 6f
Northlands 6f
PennNational 6f
Prairie 1m70y
Ruidoso 6f
Thistle 6f

Rally
Arlington 1m (T) (WMF 7)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Later!