First Post: Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Sunny skies for the weekend and beyond…

Shirtless outdoor tennis this morning here on the public courts of Studio City, Calif., upper-60s°F. Rain coming, though, for your Thursday & Friday, according to Jackie’s forecast. How’s it by you over there in the Rust Belt & Bible Belt?

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 4, 5, 6
Gulfstream Park Proper 7, 8, 9, 10

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Mahoning 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
Tampa 2, 3, 7, 9
Turfway 8, 9
Turf Paradise 3, 5, 8

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: None today, but your Rivalry Wednesday in the Big-League Ice Hockey has Pgh., Penna., hosting Boston.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Mahoning (0/0) — Ohio Gov. OKs 20-week abortion ban, nixes heartbeat bill.

Keystone (3/1) — All comers were in-the-black with Dual Qualifier Red Razzo (95, 87), Fair Odds of 5-1 in a contentious Race 8; he was a stalking-horse throughout, winning by 2¼ at $23.20. Good work.

Portland (2/0) — Trail Blazers wallop OKC, 114-95; Mason Plumlee had 18 pts. to lead Portland.

Turf Paradise (0/0) — Visiting Coyotes thrash Detroit, 4-1; Arizona goalie Mike Smith was the game’s first star, stopping 37 of 38 Red Wing shots.

Zia (0/0) — N.M. traffic deaths on the rise.

WMF Report:

Early
Mahoning 6f
Turfway 6f

Rally
Turf Paradise 7½f (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Chas. Town 8 (10:15 p.m. EST / 7:15 p.m. PST) has #4 Raggedy Peak rising as not the worst-looking 30-1 morning-line shot in the annals of Thoroughbred prognostication. Or something like that. …

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Remember, in tennis as in horseracing and as on all the game-shows, you’re only as good as your next winner. From Southern California, everybody, goodnight!