First Post: Friday, September 1, 2017

Good morning still here on the Left Coast. Everywhere else on the continent, good afternoon this time. Either way, welcome again.

Free ones: Rundown…

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

Pay-side (Weekend/Weekday): Today…

Arlington 6
BelTerra 3, 4, 7, 9
Ellis Park 6, 7, 8
Golden Gate 6, 7
Retama 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Remington 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9
Woodbine 2, 5, 7, 8

Today’s Stakes Pageantry: Del Mar 7 appears on the free page.

Yesterday’s Activity: A couple of good ones yesterday. Now, if you’ve been poking your nose around this here Web log for the last week or so, you know we are hyped about just-started tracks. The best example currently is the great Remington Park in Oklahoma City in the Sooner State of — yup, you guessed it! — Oklahoma. Well done.

Last night at the Remington, Race 6, the race was classically contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had a read on 20-1 morning-line shot Lady, not the same thing as the song by Kenny Rogers. Lady was a respectable 84 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis in a wild 10-horse field, and she stalked the pace throughout before prevailing in the straight by three parts of a length at $32.60. Good work, Remington. Keep it up.

Honourable mention in Del Mar 6 to Pulpit Rider, scouted and touted, outed and abouted to the email groupies (you know who you are!). Pulpit Rider was tops on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis and won by 8½ (!) at $28.40.

But back to the just-opened-tracks theme. Remington still in the early stages. Get some of it today and all weekend. Same goes for Northern Cal. stalwarts Ferndale (!) and Golden Gate Fair. Plus the emergence now of Retama in the City of San Antonio in the Lone Star State of Tejas will give us all some more new-meet ammunition at the mutuels. Take aim. Shoot for the big targets. Take some down. Thank you.

WMF Report:

Early
Columbus 6f
Del Mar 6f
Ellis Park 6f
Hastings 6½f
Los Alamitos 4½f
Marquis 6f
Northlands 6f, 6½f
PennNat 6f
Ruidoso 5½f
Saratoga 6½f

Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage…

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Later!