First Post: Sunday, February 26, 2017

‘Range-rovin’ with the cinema stars…’

Yea, verily, this was the album that defined lo-fi, Gen-X slackerdom, all right, 1994. As well, take a closer look at the cover art, which shows the official-track-program page for the third race someplace, two hands clutching above the caption: ‘Luck on every finger…’. Yup.

Tagline: L.A.’s Desert Origins.

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 8
Gulfstream Park Proper 3, 7, 8, 10, 12
Santa Anita 8, 9

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Fair Grounds 2, 3, 6, 8
Golden Gate 5, 6
Laurel 7, 8
Oaklawn 2, 5, 6, 9
Tampa 3, 4, 5, 7, 10
Turf Paradise 6

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Santa Anita 8 is on the free page.

Rillito (!) near Tucson, Ariz., has a wide-open Race 7, and projected longshots #8 Rock It Star and #5 Silver Pride R F are not out of it. That’s Rillito near Tucson, Ariz. Make a note of it.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Aqueduct (0/0) — Visiting Blueshirt Rangers edge N.J., 4-3, in OT; Mika Zibanejad had the decider.

Chas. Town (2/1½) — Race 3 was contentious, but only Old-School Champeens could see past the red in Ruddy, Fair Odds of 2-1; she won by 3 parts of a length at $20.20. Race 6 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were in on the Secret Six, 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; she went gate-to-wire to win by 2½ at $29.20. Good work.

Delta (2/0) — 53 compete at Lake Chas. ‘World Famous Cajun Extravaganza Gumbo Cook-Off’.

Fair Grounds (0/0) — Visiting Pelicans lose to Dallas, 96-83; New Orleans’ Anthony Davis led all scorers with 39 pts.

Fonner (3/0) — Polar Plunge in Lincoln brings big crowd.

Golden Gate (1/1) — Race 6 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were drawn to Dual Qualifier Cartoonist (91, 94); he went gate-to-wire to win by 1¼ at $20.20. Good work.

Gulf (1/0) — Host Heat beat Indpls., 113-95; Miami’s Hassan Whiteside led all scorers with 22 pts.

Sam Houston (0/0) — Host Rockets outgun Minn., 142-130; James Harden had 24 pts. for Houston.

Los Alamitos (0/0) — Visiting Ducks thrashed by La-La Land, 4-1; Andrew Cogliano had the Anaheim goal.

Laurel (0/0) — Visiting Capitals whipped by Nashville, 5-2; Tom Wilson and Evegeny Kuznetsov were the goalscorers for Wash., D.C.

Mahoning (2/1) — Race 4 not contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were digging Plantingtheseed, 87 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he was never far back before winning by a clean nose at $25-even. Good work.

Oaklawn (1/0) — Forest managers conducting prescribed burns in Ark.

PennNat (0/0) — Visiting Flyers doubled-up by Pgh. in Stadium Series Penna. Edition, 4-2; Jakub Voracek and Shayne Gostisbehere scored for Philalala.

Keystone (1/0) — See PennNat commentary.

Rillito (0/0) — Man in critical condition after hash oil fire.

Santa Anita (0/0) — See Los Alamitos commentary.

Sunland (0/0) — Sunland Park man pleads guilty in heroin-trafficking case.

Tampa (1/½) — Old-School Champeens fell in line behind G. I. Girl, Fair Odds of 5-1 in a contentious Race 9; she led the troops all the way around, winning by 2½ at $22-straight. Good work.

Turfway (1/0) — Ark Encounter launches new exhibit.

Turf Paradise (3/1) — Race 6 was contentious, and players of all stripes agreed that My Best Bet, Fair Odds of 4-1 and a field-best 96 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis, could run to that billing; he rallied like the champion he should have been, winning by a clean half-length at $27.80. Good work.

WMF Report:

Early
Los Alamitos 4½f
Turf Paradise 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. To the Rust Belt & Bible Belt, it’s good to remember Libertariat Russ Roberts’ famous dictum, paraphrased herewith: Sometimes the best thing you can give a man is not a government policy or paternal help; sometimes the thing they really need is…a suitcase. Until next time, bye-bye from La-La Land!