First Post: Monday, September 1, 2014

Here he is, 1967 graduate of The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., Mistah Hugh A. Cregg, known to the great unwashed as Huey Lewis, who performs here with his backing band called The News. Please, ladies, keep all unmentionables secured to your person!

Free ones: Rundown…

Saratoga Race Course 6, 8
Gulf 3
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11

Pay-side: Today…

Arlington 6, 8, 9
BelTerra 5
Delpark 4, 6
Ellis Park 3, 7, 8, 9
Golden Gate 1
Monmouth 2
Remington 2, 6
Suffolk 1, 2, 3, 9
Woodbine 1, 3, 4, 7, 8

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Good afternoon, North America. Happy Labour Day to yourselves.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 4, 6 on the free page. On the pay-side it’s Ellis Park 8, Woodbine 8.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 9 finds #9 Miss Serendipity as a live co-third-choice on the morning line.

Chalky #7 My Miss Sophia should be good enough in Monmouth 9. Next race there, and #8 Black Elegance seems a sufficient single.

Assiniboia 7 is an open affair, with #6 Portales and #8 Hello at no great disadvantage.

Similar dynamic in play in Columbus 7 via #8 Born Force, #3 Petition for Gold.

#7 Aspen Getaway might live up to that billing in Hastings/Exhibition 7.

Madcap grass-dash in Keystone 8, and #11 Jewel of a Cat and #1 Sounds of the City may run better than most of the crowd can suspect. Race 9 there has #1 Sailor’s Revenge hoping to do likewise. Finally, your Colonial Penn Triple Stumper of the Day arrives in the 11th: #5 Tell All You Know, #3 Sharp Sensation, #8 Risk Factor.

Yesterday’s Activity: Louisiana Downs, the Only Good Track Left in Amurrika.

WMF Report:

Early
Arlington 6f
BelTerra 6f
Delpark 6f
Fairmount 6f
Mountain 1m
Monmouth 6f
Northlands 6f, 6½f
Suffolk 6f
Thistle 6f, 1m
Timonium (!) 6½f

Rally
Canterubry @7½f (T)
Gulf 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

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