First Post: Saturday, December 17, 2016

On the verge of tipping over to 60°F here in sunnie Studio City, Calif., but we might not make it. The next 2 hrs. will tell the tale. How’s things going on in the Rust Belt & Bible Belt over there? The Left Coast has got it on lock.

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 6
Gulfstream Park Proper 9, 11
Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 1, 7, 8

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Fair Grounds 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11
Hawthorne 6, 8
Mahoning 9
Tampa 8
Turfway 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
Turf Paradise 4

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Pay-side has Fair Grounds 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, Tampa 8, Turfway 6.

Going with #5 Flatter Up in Fair Grounds 9. Also singled-out is #7 Tuttipaesi in Gulf 10.

#10 California Chrome is always #1 in your hearts, though (right?) in Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds 9.

Live third-choice on your morning line in Sunland 8: #2 Chief Cicatriz.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Aqueduct (0/0) — Visiting Islanders lose to Buffalo, 3-2, in OT; Ryan Strome and Alan Quine were the goalscorers for the Island.

Chas. Town (0/0) — Church St. project moves forward, causes roadblocks.

Delta (1/0) — 18 graduate from Lake Chas. firefighter academy.

Fair Grounds (2/1) — Debut-issue Girvin, Fair Odds of 6-1 and with a connection-line/slashline readout of 15pc/15pc/11pc, was open to all comers in a crazy-contentious Race 8; he raced ribcage-to-wire to win by a clean head at $20.20. Good work.

Gulf (2/2) — Race 2 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had a sufficient rating on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis on Gracielita, who was a stalking-horse throughout before winning by 2 at $22-even. In a contentious Race 4, players of all stripes took the gamble on Mai Ty One On, a first-timer at Fair Odds of 2½-1 and a connection-line/slashline readout of 21pc/17pc/24pc; he raced mane-to-wire to win by a clean half-length at $24.80. Good work.

Hawthorne (1/1) — Race 8 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads saw the sparkle in Dual Qualifier Lagoon of Diamonds (84, 80), who was a stalking-horse throughout before winning by a clean half-length at $26.60. Good work.

Los Alamitos Nighttime (0/0) — Disneyland’s oldest employee celebrates Diamond Anniversary with company.

Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds (3/1) — Race 7 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had the minimum-qualifying 80 on the LifeLiner Speed Column on Yoked, who rallied like the champion he should have been, winning by a clean nose at $26.40. Good work.

Laurel (0/0) — Visiting Capitals edge Carolina, 4-3, in shootout; Matt Niskanen had 2 assists for Wash., D.C.

PennNat (0/0) — Host Penguins blanked by La-La Land, 1-nil, in OT; Pgh. goalie Matt Murray stopped 27 of 28 shots.

Sunland (0/0) — Doña Ana Co. Treasurer guilty of gross immorality, removed from office.

Tampa (1/0) — Visiting Lightning doubled-up by Vancouver, 4-2; Victor Hedman had a goal an assist for Tampa Bay.

Turfway (0/0) — Man admits to Erlander hit-skip incident.

WMF Report:

Early
Delta 7f
Hawthorne 6f
Los Alamitos Nighttime 4½f
Keystone 6f
Tampa 6f
Turfway 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. UV Index 3 today.