First Post: Saturday, March 11, 2017

Good morning still on the Left Coast. Good morning now.

Free ones: Rundown…

Aqueduct 2, 3, 6, 7, 9
Gulfstream Park Proper 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13
Santa Anita 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Fair Grounds 2, 9
Golden Gate 6, 9
Hawthorne 3, 7
Sam Houston 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10
Laurel 4, 7
Mahoning 3, 4, 5, 8
Oaklawn 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9
Tampa 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12
Turfway 3, 9
Turf Paradise 2

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Santa Anita 9, 11 on the free page. Sam Houston 8, Oaklawn 8, Tampa 8, 9, 11 on the pay-side.

Tiptoeing around the morning-line fave in Aqueduct 8, going instead with #4 Chief Lion, #2 Green Gratto.

Hyperobvious #6 Stallion Heiress looks too good in Fair Grounds 4.

Tampa 7 now, and we again tiptoe around a morning-line fave to prefer #7 Bird’s Eye View, #9 Sonic Boom, #10 Holiday Stone.

Wild-open in Delta 8, wild-open. Getting a look are longshots #5 J J Queen and #10 Fantasy Queen.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Aqueduct (0/0) — Visiting Nets lose to Dallas, 105-96; Bklyn.’s Isaiah Whitehead led all scorers with 24 pts.

Chas. Town (1/1) — Race 5 was contentious, and players of all stripes found success with Nice Try, Fair Odds of 2½-1 and an 82 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he went gate-to-wire anyway, winning by a clean neck at $26.20. Good work.

Delta (2/1) — Race 4 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads saw Lil Becky having a reasonably big chance, thanks to her field-best 81 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; she raced ribcage-to-wire to win by 1½ at $34.60. Good work.

Fair Grounds (1/1) — Race 5 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were somewhat at home with Tuckaway, bare-minimum 80 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; he had to rally, and hard, though, winning by a clean nose at $21.20. Good work.

Fonner (0/0) — State basketball tourney attracts thousands to Lincoln.

Golden Gate (2/0) — Visiting Warriors edged by Minn., 103-102; The City’s Klay Thompson led all scorers with 30 pts.

Gulf (1/0) — Host Panthers outgunned by Minn., 7-4; Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist for Fla.

Hawthorne (1/½) — Race 7 was contentious, but only Old-School Champeens saw the skill in Lee’s Luck, Fair Odds of 5-1; he raced mane-to-wire to win by 1¾ at $22.40. Good work.

Sam Houston (1/½) — Old-School Champeens again for your Race 10, contentious, with Betonthepreacher at Fair Odds of 6-1; he won by 3¼ at $26.20. Good work.

Los Alamitos (0/0) — Visiting Ducks edged by St. Louis, 4-3; Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist for Anaheim.

Laurel (1/1) — The finale was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads foresaw quality hoofing from Baby’s Dancer, a field-best 95 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; she won by 2½ at $27.80. Good work.

Oaklawn (1/0) — Hot Springs mayor submits immediate resignation.

PennNat (1/0) — Visiting Peng-a-wins edge Edmonton in shootout, 3-2; Nick Bonino and Evgeny Malkin were Pgh.’s regulation-time goalscorers.

Santa Anita (1/0) — Host Los Doyers crush Tejas, 12-2, in Cactus League Spring Training action from Camelback Ranch in Glendale.

Tampa (2/1) — Race 9 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had Just My Game in play, 83 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; she rallied like the champion she should have been, winning by 3 at $22-even. Good work.

Turfway (1/0) — AMC Theatres to invest $8M in Newport location.

WMF Report:

Early
Chas. Town 6½f
Gulf 5f (T)
Sam Houston 5½f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Laurel 6f
Santa Anita 6f
Tampa 6½f
Turf Paradise 6f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Bye-bye.