Nat’l Grammar Day now. We were brought-up & educated to stan the Oxford comma, or the serial comma; however, the old-timey sensibilities of U.S. American advertising & journalism rackets whipped that way of punctuation right out of us. Nonetheless, we do not deny the disambiguation the Oxford comma provides.
BestLine Racing Society Recap:
Today it was Keystone / Phila. Park / ParXXX, Mahoning, Turf Paradise, Santa Anita (!) & The WRD (Opening Day!).
Starting with the opener from Bensalem Twp., Penna., in which #4 Sunset Town (.269 Win Prob / 2.72-1 Fair Odds / 3.46-1 Premium Odds) and #1 Tatum (.265 / 2.77 / 3.53) combined on your winning $31.40 exacta whose premium price was a close-shave $31.34!
Over to Youngstown, Ohio, for Race 3; in it, #5 El Bandido (.346 / 1.89 / 2.47) and #3 Father of Lies (.482 / 1.07 / 1.49) combined on your winning $13-even exacta whose premium price was $12.30. Ina Race 7, #1 Shewearsmyring (.674 / 0.48 / 0.78) scored as a low-priced overlay in a three-horse free-for-all at $4.60.
At Bell Rd., Phoenix, #2 Bluegrass Ryder (.437 / 1.29 / 1.75) and #5 Ranger Joe (.359 / 1.79 / 2.90) combined on your winning Race 5 $21.40 exacta whose premium price was $13.65.
Race 5 on the Arcadia, Calif., card went to #3 Avoir (.504 / 0.98 / 1.38) at $5.40. In Race 7, #8 Granny Budgie (.235 / 3.26 / 4.11) won it for elderly female parakeets everywhere at $20.40. Then in the finale (Race 9), #8 Gold Foot (.223 / 3.48 / 4.38) turned-in a glittering effort at $16.60; completing your winning $85.40 exacta was #1 When Heroes Fly (.221 / 3.52 / 4.43), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $47.56.
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