First Post: Saturday, October 15, 2016

The Captain

Regular-season big-league ice hockey returned to La-La Land last night, but the home side did not get one of ’em so-called Hollywood endings; Claude Giroux & The Rest of The Philalala Flyers defeated the Kings, 4-2. It was the season-opener for the winners, and the losers are 0-2 so far.

Free ones: Rundown…

Belmont 5, 7, 8, 9
Calder (a k a Gulfstream Park West) 5, 6, 8
Santa Anita 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Delpark 10
Hawthorne 6, 7, 8
Keeneland 7, 8, 9, 10
Laurel 10
Meadowlands 4, 6
Retama 4, 5, 8, 9
Remington 6, 7, 8, 9
Turf Paradise 3, 5, 7, 9
Woodbine 7, 8

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Belmont 8 on the free page. Pay-side has Keeneland 9, Retama 8, Woodbine 8.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Belmont (0/0) — Twin boys conjoined at head successfully separated at Bronx hospital.

Calder (1/½) — Old-School Champeens had Fair Odds of 3½-1 and nothing on LifeLiner on Guero in a contentious Race 3; he won by a clean half-length at $20.80. Good work.

Chas. Town (0/0) — Resident troubled by fire department’s response to house fire.

Big Frenso Fair (1/0) — Big Fresno Fair draws-in workers from across the world.

Hawthorne (1/0) — Blackhawks lose again, this time getting edged by host Nashville, 3-2; Marcus Kruger and Niklas Hjalmarsson scored for Chicagoland.

Indiana (2/1) — Race 5 was contentious, and all comers were OK with Grand Passage, 5-1 Fair Odds and a Dual Qualifier (85, 89), too; he went gate-to-wire to win by 5 at $31.60. Good work.

Keeneland (0/0) — Fire damages Lexington home.

Los Alamitos (1/0) — Anaheim man sentenced to 30 yrs. for conspiring to aid Daesh.

Laurel (4/1½) — Race 4 was for the High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads, who had a just-good-enough 80 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis on Jarvis Steel, who had no Fair Odds in a contentious lineup; he went gate-to-wire to win by 2¼ at $32.60. In Race 7, Old-School Champeens avenged themselves with Fair Odds of 4½-1 but no LifeLiner backing on Daniel Le Deux, who won by a clean nose at $24.40. Good work.

Meadowlands (2/0) — So. Bergen students score high in PARCC.

PennNat (0/0) — See lede.

Retama (1/1) — High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were in on Topcatmark in a contentious Race 6, thanks to his good 84 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; he went gate-to-wire to win by 1¼ at $37-even. Good work.

Remington (2/0) — Destructive beetle detected in N.E. Okla.

Santa Anita (1/1) — The finale was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads could see Dual Qualifier Queenofhercastle (89, 85), who was in front by the furlong-grounds before winning by a clean nose at $21.20. Good work.

Thistle (3/0) — Host Indians blank Toronto, 2-nil; Francisco Lindor had a 2-run HR.

Woodbine (1/0) — See Thistle commentary.

WMF Report:

Early
Chas. Town 4½f
Hastings 6½f
Indiana 6f
Mountain 6f
PennNat 6f
Keystone 6f

Rally
Woodbine 7f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Next time!