First Post: Thursday, July 14, 2016

July 4, July 14…10 days apart. Bastille Day now…allez!

Give yourself some props if you figured out on your own the subject matter of the song: Woodrow Wilson, especially the Woodrow Wilson in France negotiating the Treaty of Versailles, etc.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 6
Gulfstream Park Proper 5

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Arlington 3, 8
Belterra 6, 7, 8
Delpark 4, 7
Louisiana 6
Lone Star 1, 7, 8

N.B. Well, now, we are all witness to a bit of dubious history: Never before have the free page and the pay-side combined to produce ZERO Bonkers Box races. Hard to do.

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: None today, but your Open Championship has begun at Royal Troon. Always enjoy rooting for the half-Flip Jason Day in these events. Regrets!

Yesterday’s Activity:

Albuquerque (1/0) — Police chase leads to standoff in Glorieta.

Assiniboia (2/0) — 4 Sask. communities under states of emergency.

Belmont (0/0) — 3 arrested with multiple loaded guns, knives, body armor at Holland Tunnel.

Delpark (0/0) — 2 men shot in Hillside Hts. in Ogletown.

Evangeline (1/1) — Race 7 was contentious, and Chinawood was OK at 83 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; she rallied like the champion she’s on her way to becoming, winning by 1¼ at $25-straight. Good work.

Finger (0/0) — Victor resident arrested for damaging slot machine.

Fair Meadows (1/1) — Race 3 was not contentious, so High-Octane Chancers were needed to accept, barely, Atoka Girl through her score on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; she raced mane-to-wire to win by 2½ at $23.80. Good work.

Indiana (3/2) — Race 5 was contentious, and Hot Suspect eked out contenderhood via a just-qualifying number on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he went gate-to-wire anyway to win by 2¼ at $92.20. In Race 8, contentious, the only thing precluding a public tout on Derby Express was his low 6-1 morning-line odds; otherwise, he was one of ’em Dual Qualifiers (82, 86), and he raced gate-to-wire to win by 6¼ at $28-even. Good work.

Louisiana (0/0) — Boil advisory in effect in Greenwood.

Mountain (1/0) — Former Glen Dale city clerk charged with embezzlement.

Northlands (0/0) — Wood Buffalo RCMP investigating shooting at apartment building.

PennNat (0/0) — Rte. 30 in Lancaster Co, reopens after flooding.

Presque (2/0) — Owner of home where 11 dead dogs were found gets fined.

Thistle (1/0) — Cleveland Council approves transgender bathrooms.

Woodbine (0/0) — 1 man dead after shots fired into vehicle in No. York.

WMF Report:

Early
Chas. Town 4½f
Evangeline 5f
Finger 6f
Gulf 6f
Indiana 6f
Lone Star 6f
Prairie 6f

Rally
Gulf 1m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…