First Post: Friday, June 24, 2016

Moonlighting!

He’s also the new head coach of the Los Angeles Jakers! A man of many talents!

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 4, 7, 9
Gulfstream Park Proper 1, 6
Santa Anita 4

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Arlington 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
Belterra 6
Churchill 5, 7, 9
Louisiana 1, 6
Lone Star 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Monmouth 3, 6
Pimlico 2, 5, 6
Woodbine 4, 5, 6, 9

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: None today, but a potential American League playoff matchup gets a preview this evening when your Texas Rangers host your Boston Red Sox.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Belmont (1/0) — Metropolitans lose at Atlanta, 4-3; Neil Walker had a pair of RBIs in the loss.

Belterra (1/0) — Reds lose to visiting San Diego, 7-4; Adam Duvall hit his 21st HR of the season, a 2-run shot, for Cincinnati.

Canterbury (1/0) — See PennNat commentary.

Churchill (0/0) — 14-year-old shot in stomach on Prentice St.

Chas. Town (1/0) — Death toll in W. Va. flooding climbs to 18.

Delpark (1/0) — Wilmington Stock Exchange officials target July opening.

Evangeline (2/½) — Old-School Champeens were OK with Curley Joe in the ninth, a contentious race in which ’Joe had Fair Odds of 5-1 on the wild-open Betting Line, wild-open. ’Joe had no LifeLiner backing, but he won by 1 anyway at $45-even. Good.

Finger (0/0) — Canandaigua VA employees picket over potential VA closings.

Fair Meadows (0/0) — Same man suspected in 2 Tulsa bank robberies.

Gulf (0/0) — Marlins beat visiting Cubs, 4-2; Giancarlo Stanton hit his 14th HR of the season in the win.

Louisiana (0/0) — 2 wounded La. deputies in stable condition.

PennNat (0/0) — Fightin’ Phils snap 9-game losing streak, beat host Minnesota, 7-3; Freddy Galvis had 5 RBIs.

Presque (0/0) — Man dies after being hit by SUV on Erie’s east side.

Pimlico (0/0) — Ofc. Caesar Goodson acquitted of all charges in the death of Freddie Gray.

Pleasanton (0/0) — Giants beat host Pittsburgh, 5-3; Joe Panik drove in 3 runs for San Francisco.

Prairie (2/1) — A contentious Race 3 went to Bar Car, whose 91 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis was tied for best in the field; Bar Car had an upfront trip en route to a win by a clean head at $27.60. Good work.

Santa Anita (3/2) — Race 3 had debutante Chalon among the living, with a connection-line readout of 16pc/13pc/12pc — good enough. She won by 2¼ at $20-straight. Race 4 had Lisa Largo with a sufficient 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis in a noncontentious lineup; High-Octane Chancers were OK with it, and she pretty much went gate-to-wire (give or take a head here and there) to win by a clean neck at $27.60. Good work.

WMF Report:

Early
Arlington 6f
Assiniboia 5½f, 6f
Canterbury 6f
Chas. Town 6½f
Evangeline 7f
Indiana 6f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Monmouth 6f
Northlands 6f, 6½f
Prairie 5½f, 6f
Thistle 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Bye-bye.