Once again, good afternoon.
Free ones: Rundown…
Gulfstream Park Proper 6, 7, 9
Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 3
Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…
Golden Gate 3, 5, 7, 8, 9
Keeneland 6, 7, 9
Laurel 8
Lone Star 4, 6, 7, 8
Tampa 6, 9, 10
Turf Paradise 2, 4
Woodbine 6
Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Should be OK for the obvious #6 Noholdingback Bear in Woodbine 8.
Opening Day at Hastings now, and Race 6 is wild-open, wild-open. Sidestepping the top two morning-line choices and going with #7 Majestic Presence, #3 Avadiva and #6 Quatre Cat instead.
Yesterday’s Activity:
Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)
Aqueduct (1/0) — Blueshirt Rangers grab away win in Pittsburgh, 4-2, evening series at 1 game apiece; J.T. Miller had 3 assists for New York.
Chas. Town (0/0) — Huntington Police arrest 10 on city’s West End; 9 facing prostitution charges.
Emerald (1/1) — The Canary Lived survived the contentious nightcap with a qualifying 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; he won at $24.60. Good work.
Evangeline (3/1) — Race 9 had Grit (!) winning at $33.60; it was a contentious race, and Grit had the necessary 87 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis. Good work.
Finger (1/0) — N.Y. state troopers say 2 cars crashed Friday night during a dirt modified race at Canandaigua Motorsports Park; both drivers sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Fonner (0/0) — White Team beats Red Team, 46-41, on final play of 2016 Univ. of Nebraska spring game at Lincoln.
Golden Gate (1/1) — Contentious in the eighth, and Ed Johnson had the field-best 85 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; he went gate-to-wire to win by 2¼, paying $30.40. No public tout forthcoming due to low morning-line odds. Nonetheless, good work.
Gulf (1/0) — Marlins lose to visiting Atlanta, 6-4; Miami starter Tom Koehler fell to 0-2 on the season, giving up 5 ER in 3⅔ IP.
Hawthorne (0/0) — Host Cubs beat Colorado, 6-2; Chicagoland starter Jake Arrieta moved to 3-0 on the season, going 8 shutout innings.
Keeneland (1/1) — Publicly touted Exaggerated had your qualifying 84 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis in a contentious Race 8; he won at $22-even. Good work.
Los Alamitos Nighttime (0/0) — Visiting Angels lose to Minnesota, 6-4; Los Angeles starter Jeff Weaver surrendered 4 ER in 4⅓ IP.
Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds (1/1) — High-Octane Chancers made an appearance at The Win Window via Mitzi Winks in Race 4. The race was not contentious, and ’Mitzi’s morning line was a short 5-1; however, she had a qualifying 71 (!) on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis, and that was enough. She paid $24-straight up top. Good work.
Laurel (3/1) — Race 7 went to Zapata, $21.40. Zapata was a Dual Qualifier (82, 81) in a contentious race, though the public tout was not possible because of a low 5-1 morning line.
Lone Star (1/0) — Stars beat visiting Minnesota, 2-1, to open up 2-0 lead in their playoff series; Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen was the game’s No. 1 star, saving 25 of 26 shots faced.
Mountain (2/0) — See Chas. Town commentary.
Mahoning (1/1) — Eightthehardway took Race 4 at $22-even. The race was contentious, and Eightthehardway had the very good 88 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis.
Oaklawn (5/2) — High Dollar Kitten ran to that billing in the third, paying $47.80 for the upset. ’Kitten squeaked by with an 81 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis in a contentious race. In Race 5, Raagheb was a Dual Qualifier (82, 86) in a noncontentious race, so perhaps only High-Octane Chancers were eligible to cash in on the $22.60 mutuel. Good work.
PennNat (0/0) — See Aqueduct commentary.
Keystone (0/0) — Philalala sports teams suffer double-whammy inflicted by Wash., D.C., rivals. Fightin’ Phils get clobbered again by visiting Nats, 8-1, and Fightin’ Flyers again frustrated by inhospitable host Braden Holtby & The Remainder of His Capitals, 4-1.
Sunland (0/0) — Grand jury indicts Sunland Park man on child molestation charges.
Tampa (0/0) — Rays trounce visiting White Sox, 7-2; Brad Miller went 2-for-4 with a homer and 3 RBI for Tampa.
Turf Paradise (1/0) — D’backs suffer road loss in San Diego, 5-3, in 14 inn.; Arizona burned through 9 pitchers.
Woodbine (3/1½) — Old-School Champeens were well-served in Race 5 with Our Gabrielle, $25; ’Gabrielle was at Fair Odds of 6-1 on the conventionally contentious V6 Betting Line. Good work. In Race 7, no public tout was forthcoming on Sweet Grass Creek, 4-1 on the morning line; however, ’Creek had a sharp 85 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis on the way to a $24.10 win mutuel. Good work.
The WRD (1/0) — Comanche Co. deputy shoots and kills suicidal man; the shooting is being reviewed by the Okla. State Bureau of Investigation.
WMF Report:
Early
Los Alamitos Nighttime 4½f
Keystone 6f
Tampa 1m40y
Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…
Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Next time!
Aqueduct (1/0) — Blueshirt Rangers grab away win in Pittsburgh, 4-2, evening series at 1 game apiece; J.T. Miller had 3 assists for New York. just remember as Mr. Bob
Johnson once said “a team can lose 3”. Malkin back will help in the rest of the games.
Lundqvist was grim here. It happens.