First Post: Saturday, August 5, 2017

Wholesome entertainment

No cursing, no nudity, etc. However, heavy drinking, which always is acceptable.

Never forget Humphrey Bogart’s famous dictum: ‘I can’t trust a man who doesn’t drink.’ You know who doesn’t drink? All these Local Milk People and Milk Drinkers of the Wash., D.C., area, that’s who!

Free ones: Rundown…

Saratoga Race Course 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
Gulfstream Park Proper 4, 5, 9, 10
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Arlington 2, 8
BelTerra 5
Delpark 3
Ellis Park 5, 6, 9
Louisiana 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Laurel 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
Monmouth 1, 4, 6, 11
Suffolk 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12
Woodbine 2, 10

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Saratoga 7, 8, 10, Del Mar 6 on the free page. Pay-side has Louisiana 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, Laurel 5, 8, 10.

Tiptoeing around the morning-line fave in Gulf 12, going instead with #8 Soutache, #4 Phantom Ro.

Big day over there in W. Va., at The Mountain. Race 2 is wild-open, wild-open, and #4 Duff, #2 Maximus Obsession, #6 Gliding Alone can sneak in. #7 Luckysdream and #6 Jasizzle can do better than expected in Race 4. Singling-out #8 Judge Carr in the sixth. Race 8 is the equine equivalent of a galactic lotto-ball hopper, and #9 Silver Dust, #1 Game Over, #7 Colonelsdarktemper can turn up.

Should be OK for #1 Little Dipper in Monmouth 10.

Sidestepping the morning-line fave in Suffolk 13, preferring #1 Dynatail, #6 Bellavais.

WMF Report:

Early
Arlington 6f
Assiniboia 6f
BelTerra 6f
Canterbury 6f
Chas. Town 6½f, 7f
Delpark 5½f
Emerald 6f
Evangeline 6f, 6½f
Finger 6f, 1m40y
Fairmount 6f
Gulf 5f (T), 6f
Marquis 6f
Northlands 6f, 6½f
PennNat 6f
Prairie 5f
Thistle 6f

Rally
Gulf 7½f (T)

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Next time!