First Post: Thursday, January 29, 2015

Never a bad time for some Malkmus. It’s a Volvo with ancient plates…

Jenny pledged KAPPA and she starred in pre-law…and off came those awful toe rings…off came those awful toe rings…

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 3
Gulfstream Park Proper 4, 6, 7, 10, 11
Santa Anita 7

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Fair Grounds 2, 7, 8, 9
Golden Gate 7
Laurel 3, 4, 6, 9, 10
Oaklawn 1, 2, 6, 7

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Laurel 9 on the pay-side.

Yesterday’s Activity: Been a few sessions since we looked at an example of a poorly chosen public fave, but here we go now.

Race 7 at Turf Paradise, and your 2-1 morning-line fave was fifth-best on your V6 Betting Line, no Fair Odds in a contentious-type race. As well, he was fifth-best on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis. At least four horseys shaped up better than this guy — twice over!

In terms of the actual betting, the public wasn’t satisfied with 2-1. Nope. They drilled him down to 11-10 on the Phoenix toteboard. Hoo-boy.

It doesn’t end well for this fave; in fact, it didn’t start well for him, either. He is rearward early and can only muster a fourth-place finish — he’s out of the trizacta!

Bonkersmate Ahasuerus, 15-1 on the morning line but 10¢ shy of 9-1 when the bell rang, rallied hard to win by 1. Ahasuerus was third-best on your betting line, was tied for top on LifeLiner, and was your $19.80 winner up top.

In the nightcap there, next race, it was back to usual bidness, a return to The Home of The Runner-Up Finish, with First Bonkersmate Two Barrel Tootie finishing second by 1.

Two Barrel Tootie, 20-1 on your morning line, was, before raceday scratches, one of the ones in a contentious affair. No Fair Odds on her, but she had a competitive 94 on LifeLiner Speed in a race chock full of worthy runners.

Two Barrel Tootie went off at 64-1 and hung tough all the way ’round, no further than a head back at any stage until the very end.

The winner was the 19-10 second-choice of the public, too low on the morning line (3-1) to tout; however, this low-odds winner was sanctioned by LifeLiner, and the saver exacta, 19-10 over 64-1 in an eight-horse field, paid $232.80. Indeed, all four positions were LifeLiner-approved, and the triactor returned $809.30, with the super-duper coming back at $5,409.30.

As always, hope you had ’em!

WMF Report:

Early
Chas. Town 4½f, 7f
Fair Grounds 6f
Gulfstream 5f (T)
Santa Anita 6f

Rally
Gulfstream 7½f (T), 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

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