First Post: Saturday, December 10, 2016

3-1 to the Arsenal

Here’s Alex Iwobi (17) beating Stoke keeper Lee Grant all ends up to seal a 3-1 win for the Gunners at The Emirates.

Piers — such a posh name: Piers! — Morgan is truly a headscratching bloke. He suffers cerebral hemorrhages every other day on SOcial MEdia over Arsène Wenger’s handling of the Arsenal, frequently calling for his sacking at even the slightest missteps; yet Piers certainly enjoys licking Don Trump Sr.’s boots every chance he gets, just because. Piers should go hack Trump’s phones; we hear Piers is good at hacking phones. Let’s see what he finds. As well, in this situation, we might have a Baptists & Bootleggers Coalition between ourselves and the NRA, actually. We admit it. If the NRA would like to show Piers how to handle firearms up-close, and should some Dick Cheney-type accident just happen to cause bodily injury to Piers, well, we would shed nary a tear.

Gasp! How insensitive! Such incompassion! That said, we now admit that we do have some lack of patience when it comes to a select few of our fellow human beings. Yea, verily, we presently acknowledge our shortcomings in this area — sad, but true. However, it is a fact — really!

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 7
Gulfstream Park Proper 10, 11
Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 7, 8, 9

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Fair Grounds 11, 12, 13
Golden Gate 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
Laurel 9
Remington 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Tampa 10
Turfway 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
Turf Paradise 8

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Gulf 10, Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 8 on the free page. Pay-side has Fair Grounds 11, 12, Laurel 9, Turf Paradise 8.

Golden Gate 6 should be OK for the obvious #9 Lady Valeur.

Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 6 accords all its respect to #1 Dangerfield, we hope, I tell ya!

Wild-open in Chas. Town 7, wild-open. We tiptoe around the morning-line fave and go instead with #2 Lady Bearoness, #3 Honeymoon Cruise.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Aqueduct (0/0) — Visiting Blueshirt Rangers edge Chicagoland, 1-nil, in OT; Nueva Jork’s Antti Raanta stopped all 26 shots he faced.

Chas. Town (0/0) — Berkeley Co. sheriff’s deputy on administrative leave after inappropri3/ate communication.

Delta (1/0) — 3 shot at Lake Chas. nightclub.

Fair Grounds (1/1) — Race 7 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads could see Fort Rally living up to her name, courtesy of his good 84 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; she ran on in the final furlong to win by 1 at $33.40. Good work.

Golden Gate (2/1) — Lucky in Race 4, but only for the High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads. Shari had a fine 92 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis in a noncontentious race; she rallied hard but fell short by a dirty head. However, the horse crossing the wire first was disqualified and Shari paid $33.60 to win. Good work.

Gulf (4/1) — Race 10 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads could feast on the haute cuisine provided by Fried Baloney, the field-best rating on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; however, he had to rally like crazy to win by 2¼ at $23.40. Good work.

Hawthorne (1/1) — Race 7 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads took the ride on the Rickshaw Express, a field-best 91 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; he was a stalking-horse throughout, winning by 1½ at $20.60. Good work.

Los Alamitos Nighttime (0/0) — Host Ducks edge San Jose, 3-2; Hampus Lindholm’s first goal of the season was the gamewinner.

Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds (2/0) — See Los Alamitos Nighttime commentary.

Laurel (1/0) — Capitals cruise at Buffalo, 4-1; T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist.

PennNat (3/1) — Race 4 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had a powwow with Dual Qualifier Siena Indian (94, 96); he went gate-to-wire to win by 1 at $28-even. Good work.

Remington (3/0) — Host Thunder edged by Houston, 102-99; Russell Westbrook had his 7th straight triple-double (27-10-10) for OKC.

Tampa (1/0) — Magic trounced at Charlotte, 109-88; Evan Fournier led Orlando with 14 pts.

Turfway (1/0) — Boone Co. road finds path to pedestrian-friendliness.

WMF Report: Check out the stats for Remington now…

Early
Fair Grounds 6f
Hawthorne 6f
Mahoning 6f
Remington 5½f, 6f, 1m70y
Tampa 6f
Turf Paradise 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Toodles!