First Post: Friday, March 18, 2016

The Cat in The Green-and-White Hat

Lucky Irishlion Bailey is on paw for a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory by his La-La Land Kings over the Blueshirt Rangers.

King Henrik of Lundqvist abdicates his goaltending throne with a less-than-regal performance.

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 2, 4, 9
Gulfstream Park Proper 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11
Santa Anita 2, 5, 6

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Fair Grounds 4, 5, 9
Hawthorne 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
Laurel 4, 6, 7, 9
Oaklawn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9
Tampa 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10
Turfway 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: If he comes back running, #1 Ahh Chocolate has sufficient talent to take Fair Grounds 8.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Aqueduct (1/0) — Blueshirt Rangers squander 2-goal lead in 3rd period, fall to host Kings in overtime, 4-3; J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist in the loss.

Fair Grounds (0/0) — Free-agent LB Jm. Laurinaitis signs 3-yr. deal with Saints.

Golden Gate (0/0) — Cal opens NCAA men’s hoopball tournament today against Hawaii in Spokane.

Gulf (1/0) — Panthers post 4-1 victory in Toronto; Jaro Jagr scored his 24th goal of the season for Florida.

Oaklawn (2/2) — Both publicly touted: In Race 4, First Bonkersmate Modern Empire had the qualifying 88 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis in a contentious race; he won by three parts of a length at 20¢ shy of $40-even. In Race 6, Second Bonkersmate Mi Tia was a Dual Qualifier (83, 94) in a contentious race; she went gate-to-wire to win by 5¼ and paid $23-straight.

PennNat (0/0) — Philanova Wildcats open NCAA men’s hoopball tourney today against UNC Asheville in Brooklyn.

Santa Anita (1/1) — High-Octane Chancers are always getting it done. Here, they took the fifth at an unimpeachable $30.20 courtesy of Awesome Luck. The race was not contentious, but Awesome Luck had Dual Qualifier (88, 88) status. Awesome Luck of the Irish High-Octane Chancers.

WMF Report:

Early
Aqueduct 6f
Fair Grounds 6f
Gulf 5f (T), 7f
Los Alamitos 4½f

Rally
Gulf 1 1/16m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Night off…