First Post: Friday, July 31, 2020

Suppress your hiccups!

If it’s late-July, it’s the start of Del Mar, Saratoga, The Hollywood Bowl Friday Night subscription series. But in 2020, annus horribilis, the last of those is not taking place. Pity.

It’s always a heady experience to mix and mingle with the citizens on the concourse, the twinkling twilight serving as the perfect mood lighting to the murmur of the crowd anticipating friends, running to their seats, waiting in line for a bite to eat or to get a glass of vino. And then, to work off the stultifying effects of all that food and wine, ascending the steep steps inside the amphitheater itself, from the Pool Circle to the uppermost row, sitting a few minutes at the tippy-tippy top so as not to be overcome by vertigo, then stepping lively back down again, watching the human pageant as you yourself take part in it, admiring the fashion, chuckling at the nerds with their light sabres on certain nights, envying some other party’s haute cuisine in the boxes. Good times. Next year in the Cahuenga Pass!

Yesterday: 

Arlington 2
#3 Cooler Schedule ($23.80, BestLine Fair Odds 2.68-1)

Arlington 7
#3 One Way Home ($23.20, BestLine Fair Odds 7.40-1)

Delpark 7
#10 Noble Intentions ($23.40, BestLine Fair Odds 6.94-1)

Emerald 5
#9 Sassy Edie ($77.80, BestLine Fair Odds 8.52-1)

Emerald 7
#1 Time for Gold ($27.40, BestLine Fair Odds 0.76-1)

Evangeline 5
#7 Wabash Cannonball ($26.20, BestLine Fair Odds 7.62-1)

Gulf 5
#4 Little Nesso ($28, BestLine Fair Odds 1.39-1)

Woodbine 1
#2 Bossalina ($38.90, BestLine Fair Odds 2.06-1)

There were seven selected races yesterday. There were 16 win-overlay wagers, and there was a runner-up finish, at 13-10 (?!).

WMF Report / Track-Trend Notes: 

WMF Report / Track-Trend Notes for Friday, July 31, 2020 – @HollywoodCCTR 4 1/2f, 6 1/2f, @cntymile 6f, @EllisParkRacing 6f, @EVDRacing 6f, @MonmouthPark 6f, @HollywoodPenn 6f, @TheNYRA 6f conveyor-belting the frontrunners to the winner’s circle. Or victory lane. Up to yourself.

— Cynthia Publishing Company (AIO V6 / BestLine) (@cpcbestline) July 31, 2020

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Today: 

The Zongo Race Club suggests something later in the Comments. Next year in Jerusalem. Next year in the Cahuenga Pass.