First Post: Monday, May 25, 2015

May grey

On the descent into LAX, if you look out the appropriate window, you can mourn over the skeletal remains of what was Hollywood Park; the outline of the oval, all the inside parts like the rails and the turf course ripped out, the infield lakes just dusted-out kidneys.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 2, 10
Gulfstream Park Proper 10, 11
Santa Anita 5, 6, 7, 9

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Arlington 4, 6, 7, 8
Churchill 5, 10
Delpark 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9
Golden Gate 8, 9
Louisiana 1, 4, 7
Lone Star 3, 4, 7, 10
Monmouth 6, 8, 10
Pimlico 3, 7, 8, 9

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Belmont 2 on the free page. Pay-side includes Churchill 10, Golden Gate 8, Monmouth 10.

Wild-open in Arapahoe 8, with longshot #11 She’s All Bling no worse than any of the others.

Also crazy in Belmont 5, in which we sidestep the morning-line favorite and side with #9 Good Luck Gus, #3 Battle of Evermore and #7 Wincoma instead. In the eighth there, it’s probably OK for chalk #9 Kharafa, one of ’em Quadruple Qualifying Horseys.

Gulfstream 6 finds morning-line second-choice #6 Rizwan as another one of ’em Quadruple Qualifying Horseys. Hoo-boy.

Prairie 8 should be good, and we go with the nonfavoured duo of #3 Jessica’s Star, #4 Lahshad.

Contentious also in Ruidoso 8: #2 Teardrop.

Santa Anita 8 has more than a few options, with #3 Blingismything among the higher-priced contenders.

Finally, chalk-lovers get their chance in Race 9 at The WRD: #6 More Than Even.

Yesterday’s Activity: The Bishop puts The King in check. The Other King, Lebron of Jamesz, continues his imperious reign, however.

WMF Report:

Early
BelTerra 6f
Churchill 6f
Gulfstream 6f
Keystone 6f, 1m70y (!)
Monmouth 6f
Pimlico 6f
Prairie 6f
Santa Anita 6f
Thistle 6f
The WRD 1m

Nocturnal Submission: Night off…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long now.