Yeah, so we were so busy flogging The 2024 BestLine Racing Society Membership Drive that we forgot to (or, more accurately, could not get around to) posting our usual Friday-night Video Song of the Week. So here it is now. Ladies & gentlemen, the unforgettable Al Hirt (another trumpeter from New Orleans!) & the equally unforgettable Arthur Fiedler in collaboration with the eternal Boston Pops Orchestra.
Al Hirt, Arthur Fielder & The Boston Pops: all staples of the middle-class record collections of the early 1970s. This album was a banger when powered over a vacuum-tube amplifier; the songs on it, first heard some 50-plus yrs. ago now, linger in the memory, hummable, all the dynamics still anticipated in the right places. Also staples of the middle-class record collections of this era: Leontyne Price, Jascha Heifetz, Van Cliburn. Take it easy, ya’ culture-vultures! Take it easy!
BestLine Racing Society Recap:
One post-press-time connection to report from last night’s late action: At Florence, Ky., #1 Book of Kells (.168 Win Prob / 4.95-1 Fair Odds / 6.14-1 Premium Odds) won the finale (Race 9) for Anglo-Saxons & Celts (yo, Boston, that’s a hard ‘C’ sound!) everywhere at $14.48; completing your winning $98-even exacta was #4 My Boy Tony (.286 / 2.50 / 3.20), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $51.57.
Today (Sunday) it was Laurel, Aqueduct, Oaklawn, Fair Grounds, Santa Anita & Golden Gate.
In Race 3 at Laurel, Md., #7 Lisa’s Palace (.242 / 3.13 / 4.79) was the seat of victory at $11.60. In a Race 6 lousy with first-time starters, the best of the experienceds, #7 Sweeterthanwhiskey (.333 / 2.00 / 3.20) had strong legs and a smooth finish at $40.60.
To Ozone Park, N.Y., now, for the finale (Race 8); in it, #9 Awesome Glo (.479 / 1.09 / 1.51) won at $5.60 as the best of the experienceds in a race lousy with first-timers.
At Hot Springs, Ark., Race 2 went to #10 Natural Touch (.199 / 4.03 / 5.03) at $15.80; completing your winning $46.80 exacta was #7 Street Painter (.300 / 2.33 / 3.00), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $40.24. In Race 5, #5 Fashion Idol (.204 / 3.90 / 4.88) won it for Karlie Kloss at $14.80; completing your winning $59.20 exacta was #3 Bump in the Night (.272 / 2.68 / 3.41), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $43.04.
Race 3 from Arcadia, Calif., saw #7 Lady Claypoole (.240 / 3.17 / 4.83) win it for Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell at $14.80; completing your winning $144-even exacta was #1 Well Funded (.263 / 2.80 / 4.32), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $51.39. In Race 9, #10 Getthemoney (.139 / 6.19 / 7.63) ran to that billing at $20.40.
BestLine Racing Society Nightcap:
One from Los Alamitos…
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