As threatened a couple of months ago on this here Web log, here is Mother Nature making good on showing-out with her annual La-La Land trademark display of Jacaranda mimosifolia, mostly known just by the first name: jacaranda!
A little later than usual for these 2024 blooms now. But here they are! And now that the holiday is over, here are some floral fireworks for you if you’re in withdrawal, to add a little color, beauty & vibrancy to the otherwise drab & dull whitebread Christofascist existence that Project 2025 is ready to inflict upon U-S-A! U-S-A!
Gratuitous Horse Racing Tweet of Your Day:
Not even Day 1 of the 2024 Saratoga meet proper, and the annual near-daily angst over the weather forecast for the southern Adirondacks has gotten underway big-time. On this coast, the Left Coast, Del Mar maybe has zero days (one, tops) of tossup forecasts during the summertime. Lots of angst, lots of agita, lots of Brioschi needed to get through that Swampatoga precip!
BestLine Racing Society Recap:
Some post-press-time connections to report from last night’s (Sunday’s) action: At New Cumberland, W.Va., #7 Manchester (.358 Win Prob / 1.79-1 Fair Odds / 2.35-1 Premium Odds) won Race 3 for New Order, The Smiths & Happy Mondays at $10.40. At Pleasanton, NorCal, #3 Lammas (.272 / 2.68 / 3.41) won Race 8 for Loaf Mass Day at $10.40. Next race there, #1 Kitten’s Kid (.206 / 3.85 / 5.80) clawed her way to the $40.40 upset; completing your winning $165.20 exacta was #5 Vulin (.223 / 3.48 / 5.28), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $72.84. As well, your winning $178.80 daily double had a premium price of $59.97.
As for today (Monday), some of the 66 races (Louisiana canceled its races; Assiniboia runs later) went like this…
Starting as we almost never do, outside the U-S-A! U-S-A! for a change, this time in Fort Erie, Ont., whose opener went to #1 Fajardo (.428 / 1.34 / 1.80) at $6.90.
Back stateside at Canandaigua, N.Y., where Race 5 had #1 The Delaware Boyz (.345 / 1.90 / 2.48) won it for male members of the DuPont clan at $10.20.
In Race 5 from Bensalem Twp., Penna., #7 Uncle Water Flow (.280 / 2.57 / 3.29) won it for Wm. Mulholland at $10.60. Next race there, #1 Bartlett (.228 / 3.39 / 4.26) grew a pear (!) at $11.20; your winning $67.20 daily double had a premium price of $45.13.
To the other end of The Keystone State now for Race 2 out of Erie, which #5 Metanoia (.309 / 2.24 / 2.88) won for Saul / St. Paul at $15.40.
Ending as we almost never do, inside The Hawkeye State of Iowa, in the hick burg of Altoona (different from the one in Penna.), where Race 8 featured #7 Gonzaga Bay (.249 / 3.02 / 3.82) and #6 Lazarus (.239 / 3.18 / 4.02) combining on your winning $77.20 exacta whose premium price was $38.35.
BestLine Racing Society Nightcap:
Assiniboia as usual to begin the new workweek…
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