First Post: Friday, September 9, 2016

‘Well, show me/A word that rhymes with Pavement/And I won’t kill your parents/And roast them on a spit’

Twenty years on, this song — a B-side no less! — presages some current existential angst, yeah?

It’s a semi-automatic/Believers are ecstatic/You see the way they cling/The cold metallic sting

And it wouldn’t be Pavement/Malkmus without an under-the-radar name-check, à la Walter Lippmann or Jacob Javits:

And I’m living in a coma/For Donna de Varona…

For cautiously optimistic, non-emo wordplay geeks such as ourselves, this is irresistible.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 1, 5, 7, 8, 9
Gulfstream Park Proper 2, 6, 7, 9
Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 2, 4, 6, 8

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Arlington 2, 5, 7, 8
Belterra 7
Golden Gate 5, 6, 7
Louisiana 1, 5, 6
Laurel 2, 3, 4, 9
Retama 2, 4, 7, 8, 9
Remington 2, 3, 4, 5, 9
Woodbine 3, 4, 9

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Belmont 8 on the free page.

Yesterday’s Activity: This section will resume on Oct. 1. Thank you for your patience.

WMF Report:

Early
Arlington 6f
Assiniboia 6f
PennNat 6f

Rally
Gulf 7½f (T)
Woodbine 6½f (WMF 13)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

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