First Post: Saturday, September 19, 2015

Shambolic

Why is this man smiling? After all, he’s just been sent off!

Can’t believe we fall for this every single time, getting up at 5 a.m. to watch the Arse put in a bog-standard effort against a direct rival. It just upsets us and leads to a sleep deficit. Teddible, teddible.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 1, 3, 4, 8, 9
Gulfstream Park Proper 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 8, 9

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Arlington 6, 7
Churchill 2, 4, 6, 9, 11
Delpark 3, 5, 6, 7
Kentucky 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Louisiana 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9
Laurel 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Monmouth 4, 6, 10
Remington 7, 8, 9
Woodbine 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Belmont 8, Gulfstream 9, Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 8 on the free page. Pay-side includes Churchill 9, all of ’em at Kentucky, Louisiana 5, 7, Laurel 4, 9, Woodbine 8. Jam-packed.

W. Va. stalwart #1 Russell Road should be OK in Chas. Town 2. Ditto #3 Stoweshoe in the third. Likewise #5 R C’s Daisyduke in Race 6. Similarly #7 Greenway Court in the seventh. Probably OK for #7 Hear the Chatter in Race 8. For a change, it’s longshot #8 Hidden Canyon in the 10th. Back to the chalk, though, for #1 Sarah Sis in Race 11.

Also a big stakes day at Northlands. #3 Tiny Giant is oxymoronic but altogether noncontradictory in Race 2. Fave-longshot pairing in the seventh: #5 High Dollar Gal, #3 Haythorne Place. All longshot in Race 10: #4 Holler At the Moon.

Penna. Derby day over at Keystone, and #5 Uncle Dave seems best in Race 6. #7 Encryption should be accorded live longshot status in the seventh. #7 Peace and War can win it in Race 9. Wild-open in the 10th: #2 Island Town, #1 War Story, #10 Mr. Z.

Then in Thistle 7, #6 Blazing Bling and #7 River City Girl have upset possibilities.

Yesterday’s Activity: OK things on the free page, courtesy of back-to-back jacks (with a $200-plus daily double attached) at Belmont, and then a $40-something nutskull job at Los Alamitos Daytime. As always, hope you had ’em!

WMF Report:

Early
Delpark 5½f, 6f
Emerald 6f
Finger 6f
Gulf 6f
Hastings 1 1/16m
Indiana 6f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Louisiana 6f
Mountain 1m
Northlands 6½f, 1m
Keystone 6f
Retama 6f
Remington 6f
Thistle 6f

Rally
Louisiana 1 1/16m (T)
Remington 1m (T) (WMF 9)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Ta-ta.