A Father’s Day salute!
To all the dads now: Here’s to surreally fast horses!
Free ones: Rundown…
Belmont 5, 6, 7, 9
Gulfstream Park Proper 4, 8, 9, 10
Santa Anita 1, 9
Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…
Arlnigton 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Belterra 5, 6, 7
Churchill 5, 7, 9
Lone Star 1, 5, 6, 8, 9
Monmouth 6, 9
Pimlico 1
Woodbine 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Woodbine 8 on the pay-side.
Good one in Canterbury 7, in which we sidestep the first two morning-line choices and go instead with #9 Stoupinator, #4 America Mon Amie, #7 My Blue Sky, #1 Calypso Run. Next race there, #1 Waronthehomefront has a chance.
Yesterday’s Activity:
Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)
Arlington (2/2) — Publicly touted debut-issue Brave Benny had a sufficient connection-line readout of 27pc/17pc/25pc and V6 Betting Line Fair Odds of 8-1 in a contentious race; he went gate-to-wire to win by 1¾ at $21.60. Next race there, also contentious, had Dual Qualifier Stormin Elle (86, 81) not getting public touting because of a low 4½-1 morning line, but she raced forwardly throughout anyway and won by 1 at $22.60. Good work.
Arapahoe (0/0) — Rockies fall in Miami, 9-6; Nick Hundley drove in 3 runs in the loss.
Assiniboia (1/0) — Truck crashes through window of Winnipeg 7-Eleven.
Belmont (2/0) — Jankees edge host Minnesota, 7-6; Carlos Beltran, still in the league, had a 2-run HR and drove in 3 overall for Nueva Jork.
Belterra (1/0) — Reds lose in 11 at Houston, 5-4; Adam Duvall had a 2-run HR, his 20th HR on the season, for Cincinnati.
Canterbury (1/0) — See Belmont commentary.
Churchill (2/1) — Race 8 was not contentious but Bradester had a nice 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis for the High-Octane Chancers; he went gate-to-wire to win by half a length at $20.40. Good work.
Chippewa (0/0) — Minot P.D. begins use of body cameras on officers.
Chas. Town (2/0) — Police suspect DUI as cause of Thursday’s fatal I-81 pileup.
Delpark (1/0) — Man fatally shot in Wilmington’s East Side.
Emerald (3/1) — Race 5 was contentious, and Come On Cozzene had a sharp 89 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; she won by 3 parts of a length at $26-even. Good work.
Evangeline (2/0) — Sunken car pulled from Bayou Tigre may help authorities in search for missing Opelousas woman.
Finger (0/0) — Man attacked in his home on Lyell Ave. in Rochester.
Fair Meadows (0/0) — 42-year-old man drowns in Lake Tenkiller at Carters Landing.
Fairmount (0/0) — Host Cards edged by Texas, 4-3; Kolten Wong, Stephen Piscotty and Yadier Molina drove in the runs for St. Louis.
Gulf (0/0) — See Arapahoe commentary.
Grants Pass (1/0) — Rte. 66 car crash in Ashland kills driver.
Hazel (2/1) — A contentious Race 5 saw Cashier Ready with a very good 89 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he rallied like the champion he should have been, winning by a clean neck at $29.80. Good work.
Hastings (3/1) — The finale was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers were not about to let Fourth in Command’s field-best 92 on the LifeLiner Spread Column get past them. ’Command went gate-to-wire to win by a clean neck at $22.10. Good work.
Indiana (0/0) — 2 inmates escape from the Fayette Co. Jail.
Los Alamitos (1/0) — Los Angeles bury host Oakland, 7-1; Big Time Timmy Jim Lincecum, back in the league as an Anaheim starter, pitched 6 innings for the win, his first in more than a year.
Louisiana (0/0) — Bossier City detectives nab thieves stealing copper from cellphone towers.
Lethbridge (0/0) — Brooks man charged in connection with deadly hit-and-run.
Lone Star (1/1) — Race 2 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers found an OK 82 on the LifeLiner Spread Column on Churner, who won by 1 at $50-even. Good work.
Marquis (1/1) — Rock n’ Cat had the field-best 85 on the LifeLiner Spread Column in a contentious Race 4; he went gate-to-wire to win by 5 at $23.30. Good work.
Mountain (1/1) — Contentious finale, and Runnymede Native had the field-best 92 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; he pretty much went gate-to-wire to win by 2 at $36.40. Good work.
Monmouth (0/0) — Mosquito killers fight off Zika at Jersey Shore.
Northlands (1/0) — One man found dead in southwest Edmonton.
PennNat (2/½) — Old-School Champeens had a nice time in Race 2, in which conventional top pick on the V6 Betting Line Mc Hottie, with no LifeLiner Backing, went gate-to-wire to win by 1¼ at $28.80. Half a get.
Keystone (1/0) — Fightin’ Phils fall again at home to Arizona, 4-1; Odubel Herrera’s HR was the extent of Philalala’s offense.
Pimlico (1/0) — Orioles beat visiting Toronto, 4-2; Jonathan Schoop and Manny Machado each had 3 hits for Balto.
Pleasanton (2/0) — Giants win at Tampa Bay, 6-4; Joe Panik had a 3-run HR and drove in 4 overall for San Francisco.
Prairie (0/0) — Iowa City man drowned in Montrose Harbor, autopsy reveals.
Ruidoso (0/0) — Cases of animal plague and tularemia in N.M.
Santa Anita (2/1) — Publicly touted Mr. Roary had a competitive 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column in a contentious Race 6; he went gate-to-wire to win by a clean nose at $78-straight. Good work.
SunRay (2/2) — Back-to-back jacks in Races 7, 8; in the former, Sciatica had a good-enough 81 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis in a noncontentious race. High-Octane Chancers took the chance and got a 1½-length win and a $45-even mutuel. In the latter, the best experienced runner in the field, El Tule, had the requisite score (83) on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis and won by 3 parts of a length at $28.80. Good work.
Thistle (1/0) — Indians demolish visiting White Sox, 13-2; Tyler Naquin went 3-for-3 with 4 RBI.
Woodbine (2/1) — Publicly touted Elgin was good for Old-School Champeens, High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads alike in Race 4: top of the Betting Line at Fair Odds of 3½-1 in a contentious race, and with a field-best 84 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis. She had to rally severely, however, to win by 1 at $20.90. Good work.
WMF Report:
Early
Arlington 6f
Assiniboia 6f
Canterbury 6f
Emerald 6½f
Gulf 1m
Hastings 6½f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Mountain 6f
Monmouth 6f
Keystone 6f
Prairie 6f
SunRay 6½f
Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…
Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye.
I don’t know, but I am willin to bet that you had the #2 horse in the last race at WO. Me did.
The HONEYMAN®
Woodbine (1/1) — Publicly touted Viva Nevada barely qualified for consideration via her skimpy 81 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis in a contentious finale; she rallied like the champion she’s on her way to becoming, winning by 4¼ at $43.60. Good work.