Still Kool after all these years
Jersey City, represent! Kool & The Gang ‘Hollywood Swinging’ at the Bowl last night…Ladies’ Night!
Second half of the bill featured the rich, soulful voice of Miss Gladys Knight. Still got it. Both acts. The low-end frequencies were in full effect all evening long.
Free ones: Rundown…
Saratoga Race Course 3, 4, 5, 6, 11
Gulf 3, 5, 7, 8, 9
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 3, 6, 9
Pay-side: Today…
Arlington 1, 2, 7, 8
BelTerra 5, 7, 8
Delpark 4, 6, 7
Ellis Park 5, 9
Louisiana 5, 8
Monmouth 9, 11
Suffolk 2, 3, 9
Woodbine 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
Today’s Stakes Pageantry: None on the free page, but Monmouth 11, Woodbine 8 on the pay-side.
A chance to #4 SAMmy Mandeville in Del Mar 5.
Very strong chance to #5 Last Minute Joe in Les Bois 7.
Same goes for the chalky #1 Sky and Sea in Canterbury 7. However, in the next race there, it’s wild-open, and the troika of #1 Speed Is Life (!), #5 A P Is Loose and #11 Bet Your Socks is not out of it.
The equivalent of the equine lotto-ball hopper is in prospect in Chas. Town 8, in which #9 Comeonletsplay is as good as any of the rest of ’em.
Not quite as open in Finger Lakes 7, but open nonetheless, and #3 Epiphany, #5 Bossanova Lady and #6 Champagne Ruby are three nonfaves to consider.
Hard to separate the top contenders #6 Al’s Prayer and #5 Rictor Nine Dot O in Hazel Park 4. Hazel Park…how is this possible!
Tiptoeing around the morning-line fave in Northlands 7 via #2 Xtreme Denigray and #5 Artie in the Park.
Going with #5 Private Prospect in Prairie 9. And #1 Belleofthebeach in Ruidoso 9.
Santa Rosa 9 is a scramble and a half, and we sidestep the first two choices on the morning line, preferring the outsiders #1 Marino’s Wild Cat, #2 Gallant Son, #4 King Kelly.
Yesterday’s Activity: Continued flatlining on the free page. Teddible, teddible.
However, we did hear from our long-lost buddie The Honeyman® Ned Reldem, Esq., as he fought his way through the simulblasting at his favourite live-action chariot track on the DelMarVa Peninsula. Even better, he actually ventured a few quid on the buggy-racers in the flesh over the half-miler. Two times around equals the flat-mile! Indeed, when you watch the trotters, you think you could get in the bike and just go around single-file, Indian-style, before trying to swing out seven-wide in the final 440 feet. Yee-haw, harness racing…Armbro Hanover…Jate Lobell…No Nukes…Adios Harry!
All right, all right, ya Monticello Raceway nostalgists! Didn’t you ever find it odd how the announcer always did the rundown at the harness tracks, listing the finish positions from the top-down, rather than the programme numbers in order of finish? As well, harness horses get disqualified for going too fast.
Still, harness racing > American Quarter Horse racing.
So, yeah, there was that Ned Reldem, Esq., phoning in from the Eastern Shore, home of Frank Perdue and all the other Poultry Mavens, who sell their birds to roadside restaurants up and down Route 13, where they end up as that lip-smacking local delicacy known as ‘broasted chicken’. Ned was in fine form, with Miss Kittie slinging out the ice-cold longnecks like clockwork, every 15 mins. on the dot.
Despite his ongoing facial numbness, Ned was able to report glad tidings from Woodbine 6, won by Bonkersmate Zipper Solo, $25.80.
Zipper Solo, eighth-ranked on the conventional V6 Betting Line, got a good-enough mark from the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis, 82. At 15-1 on the morning line, the ’Zipper was bet-down to 10¢ shy of 12-1. The ’Zipper held on by a grim nose.
In the finale at Arlington, sole-touted Yankee Dealer won by 1 at $33.40 up top.
Yankee Dealer, top of the V6 Betting Line at Fair Odds of 3-1 in a contentious race, was sanctioned by the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis via a solid 87. Yankee Dealer, 8-1 on the morning line, went off at 30¢ shy of 16-1.
The race’s runner-up, Revolt, was not toutable (toutable!) due to a too-low morning line of 6-1. However, Revolt was OK on LifeLiner, and the exacta, 15-1 over 6-1 in an eight-horse field, paid $243.60, for $2.
Over at Bossier City in the northwest corner of the State of Louisiana, Bonkersmate Brittany’s Tuition came through to win the eighth by a dirty neck at $30-even.
’Brittany, 15-1 on the morning line, was neglected by the Betting Line but given the go-ahead on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis, 82. She closed like the champion she’s on her way to becoming, scoring as the seventh-choice in the wagering.
Back to the seashore now, this time at Red Bank/Oceanport, N.J., and Race 5, won by sole-touted Shesfromboston.
Shesfromboston, another reject on the Betting Line but one of three 80-plus Life Liner Speed Column analysis qualifiers in the 10-horse field, went off at 28-1, nearly twice her morning-line odds of 15-1.
Shesfromboston ran to her complete LifeLiner array of 70-61-82, closing like the champion she’s on her way to becoming, winning by three parts of a length at $59.60 straight-up.
Lastly, back to Canada for the closer at Woodbine. In it, top-touted Habemus Papam won it for Francis the Pontiff at $18-even.
So, with the card-ending tallies at Arlington and Woodbine, we are pleased to report not one but TWO KING OF THE NIGHTCAP NETCAPPER BULLIESZ specials on the day. BULLIESZ! BULLIESZ!
As always, hope you had ’em!
WMF Report:
Early
Arapahoe 6f
Les Bois 5f
BelTerra 6f
Columbus 6f
Delpark 5½f, 6f
Ellis Park 6f
Finger 6f
Indiana 6f
Northlands 6f, 1m
Keystone 6f
Prairie 6f
Saratoga Race Course 6f
Suffolk 6f
Thistle 6f, 1m
Rally
Assiniboia 7½f
Gulf 1 1/16m (T) (WMF 10)
Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…
Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Peace out!
Glad you heard from Ned Reldem,Esq.,– What does he think of Kenny Rogerz? Would he play poker with him and listen to him sing? The Friday report from Kee. The wifey accompanied HONEYMAN mainly because it wuz College scholarship day & kept HONEYMAN from browzin amonst the SKIRTZ, that I must say were the most PITIFUL to date. She cashed tickets left and right. Took her $100 bankroll & doubled it payin me back, unreal. I cashed one in last race Michelle {my bell} Lovell– dressed perfectly, a white jacket ,with tails & matchin lid, WOW! Always my pick in the last race. M. Lovell>last race @ Kee.> 2 for two> both over 20 bucks. Now wifey is headin back to help entertain 6 Auburn/GPS/War Eaglez, Thursday. They are here for KEE. & ballgame. Grumblin & growlin bout Breeders Cup the Big Blue Nation is. Everyone including Employees & Tellerz WILL ride trolleys to and from track. . Racetrack is no longer NON-PROFIT.
Uncle Pratt for whom I call Auburn/ GPS loved the buggy races. I was with him once when it wasn’t safe for him to go alone, said about the 5th race “lets go boy”. We got in the car & he took off his Bear Bryant hat, pulled out his 5K buck tri ticket. He came back the next day with his niece & nephew, one a cop {to follow him to Clark Co. line}, the other, an accountant. A grand Ol Man, Won the grand Nationals Skeet shootin & with that a 1948 ford auto, he sold it before he got home. Said he liked his Cadillac. I still have the trophy & shotgun. Derby Warz doin Honeyman Positive & so is ROI as I have caught some dandies. Finally Finally finally! understandin somewhat this ALL IN ONE + trustin it. KEE in Oct +1.54. Haven’t forgot the Principal storie either.
The HONEYMAN®