First Post: Saturday, February 4, 2023

Comfort clothing

Nat’l Sweater Day now, and while you don’t really need this kind of cable-knit bulkiness for sunny Southern California even in the winter, it’s a different story in the tony-but-chilly resort town of Aspen, Colo., during the après-ski scene this time of year.

There’s an old saying about how you ‘learn to ski in the summer’. Well, we made our first attempt on the slopes just about a year ago, at the advanced age of 54, and we’re going back there tomorrow for a week, so we shall see if we have gotten any better at skiing after 51 weeks of not having done it: a spring, a summer, an autumn & half a winter of uninvolved instruction. So, let’s schuss! (Um, not really! It will be the opposite of that, of course, much slower & much more sinuous!)

’BestLine Racing Society Recap: 

Fair Grounds, Golden Gate, Gulf, Oaklawn, Santa Anita, Tampa from earlier.

In Race 2 at Golden Gate, #5 Bourbon Glaze (.300 Win Prob / 2.33-1 Fair Odds / 3.00-1 Premium Odds) had things covered at $10.40. 

In Race 3 at Santa Anita, #2 Newgate (.383 / 1.61 / 2.13) and runner-up #4 Hard to Figure (.274 / 2.65 / 4.11) combined for your winning $27.40 exacta whose premium price was $21.76.

BestLine Racing Society Nightcap:

Big night at Delta.

Strongshots

Race 5
#3 Guitar Slim (.503 / 0.99 / 1.39)

Race 8
#4 Ova Charged (.386 / 1.59 / 2.11)

Longshots

Race 2
#4 Empire Kid (.444 / 1.25 / 1.70)
#2 Half Full (.293 / 2.41 / 3.10)

Race 12
#6 Aztar (.155 / 5.45 / 6.74)
#7 Bibleman (.138 / 6.25 / 7.70)
#2 Baseball Lover (.135 / 6.41 / 7.89)
#1 Farewell Time (.118 / 7.47 / 10.86)
#10 Hostile Fleet (.115 / 7.70 / 11.17)

Back on the blogging beat probably on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Until then, Happy Valentine’s Day, Happy Stupor Bowl, Go Birds, etc.