First Post: Wednesday, July 2, 2014

We don’t normally succumb to the prepackaged hype previews dispensed by the marketers, but this one really set things up in a good way.

They are the children of immigrants, the grandchildren of immigrants…

Eat it, ya ugly, gawky, enlarged-Adam’s-Apple opinion columnist! Your skull needs some clearance, courtesy of a double-fist-punching away by the incomparable Tim Howard. Yup, he’s an individual. Yup, goalkeepers are people, too.

Why is that Adam’s Apple so big, anyway? What is she hiding?

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 8

Pay-side: Today…

Delpark 3, 6
Suffolk 9

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Good one in Indiana 5, a race in which we again sidestep the morning-line fave. #9 Ol Army is not out of it, and sensible savers are #6 Donoharm, #7 Quiet Force.

Two live longshots emerge from Race 7 there: #3 Rise Up, #9 Got Shades.

If two bombs are not sufficient, how about an extra one? Three live longshots in Mnr 3 are #1 Key to Power, #5 Keg Power, #7 Chairman Garey.

And if three crazy issues doesn’t elicit the proper response, hit the dosage up! Four nutso horseys lurk in Mnr 4: #11 Monster Sleeping, #4 Wardelle, #12 Dreamin Big, #3 Sharp Sally, #1 Karola’s Dance.

N.B. The Mountain races are touted without knowledge of raceday scratches or any inclement-weather surface-switches. If touting seven horseys in two races didn’t give you the willies, certainly touting blind without knowledge of scratches and surface will make you want to hit up the dosage. Hit up the dosage!

Yesterday’s Activity: Sugarpova OUT! Rafa ‘The Bull’ OUT! Luckily, the beautiful and talented S. Halep & S. Lisicki remain. Unluckily, they face each other in the Quarters. Hoo-boy.

OK stuff from the original ‘Tuesday Sniping’ post, making up for the two follow-up ‘Tuesday Sniping’ posts.

As always, hope you had ’em!

WMF Report:

Early
Les Bois 5f
Chas. Town 4½f
Delpark 6f
Evangeline 6f, 1m
Northlands 6f
PennNat 6f
Suffolk 6f
Thistle 1m

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Later!