Today, a post-Good Friday elegy: Cold is the wind that blows through my headstone…
No better way to mark the First Night of The Passover than by downing a big bacon-and-blue-cheese burger on a brioche bun risen high with obscene amounts of leavening, all of it washed down with cold beer fermented with some more yeast. It’s a real mitzvah. Thank you, Yahweh. Shalom. And, by the way, Good Job dispatching of all those obdurate Egyptiansz. That’ll learn ’em!
As well, Yahweh, thank you for making the streets of The La-La Land wide open last night. Not only was it the First Night of The Passover, it was one of ’em Good Shabbos nightsz, and the roadways were free and clear, owing to the First Night of The Passover and its falling on one of ’em Good Shabbos nightsz. Tyvm. Toda raba. Dayenu.
Free ones: Rundown…
Aqueduct 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12
Gulfstream Park Proper 2, 4, 8, 9, 10
Santa Anita 1, 2, 4, 10, 11
Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…
Golden Gate 2, 4, 7, 8, 9
Hawthorne 7
Keeneland 2, 4, 7, 8
Oaklawn 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Pimlico 4, 5, 8, 9
Sunland 8, 10
Tampa 1, 3, 10, 12
Turf Paradise 4, 7, 8
Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Santa Anita 10, 11 on the free page. Keeneland 7, 8, Oaklawn 9, Tampa 10, Turf Paradise 7 on the pay-side.
Quintuple Qualifying Horsey #10 Daredevil won’t be much of one on the toteboard in Aqueduct 10. In Race 11, sidestepping the top two morning-line choices for the unholy trinity of #1 Dads Caps, #6 Palace, #2 Clearly Now. Hoo-boy.
Live fourth-choice on your morning line in Gulfstream 7: #1 Joann’s Wildcat.
Too good for Shinji Kagawa, Marco Reus, Ilkay Gundogan and all the other players of Quntuple Qualifying Horsey #1 Borussia Dortmund in Santa Anita 8. Quadruple Qualifying Horsey #8 Prize Exhibit goes in Race 9.
Another Quadruple Qualifier is #6 Star Harbour in Tampa 2. Triple Threat Horsey #7 Prince Vincenzo seems best in the fifth there. And in Race 8, shooting for a fave-mild longshot pairing of #5 Dogwood Trail and #8 Coco’s Wildcat.
#4 Lady Sabelia is one of ’em Quadruple Qualifiers in Keeneland 6. Should be OK for #5 Carpe Diem in the 10th.
#2 Jungle Java is a Quadruple Qualifier in Turf Paradise 2.
Extra for experts: Fonner 10 tiptoes around the fave to prefer #6 Nic a Jack, #1 Balooga Bull, #3 Diamond Joe, #7 Unsaddled Glory.
Yesterday’s Activity:
Tam 6, Sole-touted (after raceday scratch) Princessa Mia, $72-even
Tam 10, top-touted My Sweet Dove, $19.40
As always, hope you had ’em.
WMF Report:
Early
Gulfstream 6f
Hawthorne 6f
Keystone 6f, 1m70y
Los Alamitos 4½f
Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…
Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Bye-bye.
What is the quadruple qualifier? triple threat plus another factor Thanks Ron
All right, all right, ya buggy-whippersz! Take it easy!
Triple Threat Horsey = top conventional V6 Betting Line, farthest-out (i.e., rightmost) ‘X’ for your Pace Graph, top LifeLiner Speed Column analysis rating
Quadruple Qualifying Horsey = Triple Threat Horsey plus EITHER of LifeLiner Class Column analysis rating OR LifeLiner SPR Column analysis rating
Quintuple Qualifying Horsey = Triple Threat Horsey plus BOTH of LifeLiner Class Column analysis rating AND LifeLiner SPR Column analysis rating
N. B. A look at the radar shows a bit of a wintry mix precipitating currently on the southern parts of the State of Maine. Stay warm! Stay dry! Send some of that moisture out here! Tyvm.