First Post: Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Hoboken’s very own lo-fi geniuses. For eternal slackers and the hopelessly art-damaged.

Remember Tom Courtenay at the end of The Loneliness of The Long-Distance Runner? Only a few metres from immortality and glory, the winning post within touching distance, and all he can do is laugh at the absurdity of it all, ending up back in trade school instead of the Olympics, never rallying like the champion he should have been. Oh, well.

Free ones: Rundown…

Gulfstream 4, 5, 6, 9

Pay-side (Weekday/Weekend): Today…

Delpark 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Louisiana 1, 5
Woodbine 3, 4

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: One today at Gulf, already past. Otherwise, the City of Cleveland in Ohio hangs its hopes on the brave, broad shoulders of LeBron this evening at home v. The City. Hoo-boy. Also, Dr. J. said the ’83 Sixers (himself, Moses, Mo Cheeks, Andrew Toney, Bobby Jones, etc.) could have taken Steph, KD & the rest of the Golden State Boys. As well, Mike Schmidt said that Odubel Herrera was not someone the current Fightin’s could build around. Old-Timey Philalala Sporting Heroes bringing the smack hard and strong! Next, Polish Pop Gun Ronny Yaworsky will say Karson Wents needs to go back to the Kraken in the Dakotas and start wildcatting oil wells instead of taking snaps from centre. These olds are getting loopy — quick, feed them their Geritol. Their contributions live forever, though, true.

Yesterday’s Activity:

Track (Win Mutuels $20+/Gettable)

Fort Erie (0/0) — Smith out as Wainfleet’s CAO.

Finger (1/0) — Shortsville woman crashes into a ditch after trying to avoid deer.

Fairmount (0/0) — Visiting Cardinals savaged by Scooter Gennett Cincy, 13-1; Stephen Piscotty’s solo HR accounted for the St. Louis scoring.

Indiana (1/0) — Ball St. approves smallest tuition hike in 40 years.

Louisiana (1/0) — New stretch of I-49 opens in Shreveport.

Mountain (1/0) — Delegates take aim at (greyhound) Breeders Fund.

Keystone (1/½) — Old-School Champeens had Fair Odds of 4-1 in a contentious Race 5 on Offlee Cloudy, who broke through anyway and won by 2¼ at $34.40. Good work.

Presque (0/0) — Boscov’s Dept. Store to open this fall in Millcreek Mall.

WMF Report:

Early
Gulf 5f (T)
Indiana 6f, 1m
Louisiana 5½f
Mountain 6f
Northlands 6f
PennNat 6f
Thistle 6f

Rally
Gulf 1m (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. ‘As the music swells somehow stronger from adversity/Our hero finds his inner peace’.