First Post: Sunday, January 18, 2015

All right, all right, ya Grand Slam Tennis fansz! Take it easy! Australian Open starts today, which already is Monday down under in Melbourne.

Who ya got? Eugenie Bouchard? Simona Halep? Kei Nishikori? Stanislas Wawrinka? Americansz not too prominent in Lawn Tennis anymore.

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 1, 5, 9
Gulfstream Park Proper 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11
Santa Anita 4, 9

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Fair Grounds 4, 6, 8
Golden Gate 4, 5
Oaklawn 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Sunland 6, 7, 8
Tampa 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Turfway 2, 3, 4, 6, 7

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Live third-choice on your morning line in Aqueduct 8: #3 I’m Stoked. Also worth singling-out is #2 Kitten’s Point in Santa Anita 8.

Yesterday’s Activity: As always, Welcome to The Home of The Runner-Up Finish, this time nearly led by the hanging Whisper Onthe Wind in the Gulf opener. Beaten three parts of a length at 12-1.

Then in Race 8 there, Sheer Drama, top-touted at 15-1 on the morning line and 37-1 in real life, rallied to best all but the winner, falling 2 lengths short. The winner was the 2-1 fave, and at least she was LifeLiner-eligible with a 93 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis. The backup exacta, 2-1 over 37-1 in a 13-horse conflagration, paid $220.60.

Over to Laurel for the next heartbreaker, Here Comes Gary in Race 2. ’Gary was 12-1 on the morning line and 20½-1 at the off. He finished — what else? — second by 1.

Also settling for the bridesmaid role: Bright Town, 13-1, in Race 7 at Sunland.

Race 1 at Oaklawn saw five touted horseys, and they completed the winning super-duper. In truth, all five started at 8-1 or higher on the morning line; however, the win, place, show and super horseys went off at 4-1, 6-1, 22-1 and 3½-1, respectively. This was in a 12-horse field, and the exacta paid $101.60; the trifecta $1,012, for $1; the super-duper $263.61, for 10¢.

WMF Report:

Early
Aqueduct 1m70y
Fair Grounds 6f
Gulf 5f (T)
Keystone 6f
Santa Anita 6f
Tampa 6f

Rally
Gulf 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Bye-bye.