First Post: Friday, October 9, 2026

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What’s been going on? The Phightin’ Phils got beat by the Bravos in the Wild Card round, but they were the only team eliminated in that round to win a game — w00t! The Bravos then got beat in the Divisional round by the Los Doyers, 3 games to 1. The Philly Sick-Sirs debuted their world-beating lineup in a couple of preseason games already, while the Iggles seem to have begun a tanking of their season quite early after being meh on both sides of the ball en route to a meh 2-2 record so far — meh & mid. And the Flyers, who were touted as young up-and-comers in this big-league hockey season have not delivered that hype, going winless in their first four games now.

As for the horseys, plenty of action earlier on this Friday, and here are some of the outcomes…

Starting at Elmont, N.Y., whose opener had a stranger-danger foreign import making her first U.S. start, leading #5 Long Good Cry (.300 Win Prob / 2.33-1 Fair Odds / 2.90-1 Premium Odds) to a sorry-not-sorry $8.16 win; next race there, #3 Kay Cup (.284 / 2.52 / 3.23) was your low-priced-overlay winner in a five-horse tilt at $8.08; your winning $44.44 daily double had a premium price of $32.99; next race there (Race 3 if you lost track), #9 Mischievous Jo (.122 / 7.20 / 8.84) bedeviled a bunch of foes at $20.38; your winning $326.79 pick 3 (for $1) had a premium price of $277.79 (again for $1); as well, your winning $179.66 Race 3 exacta was completed by #3 Sparks Will Fly (.122 / 7.20 / 8.84), with the premium price there being $173.97; exhale!

Race 5 out of Zinzinnati was taken off the turf and left with five starters, including #6 Ready to Roll (.257 / 2.89 / 3.67), who ran to that billing at $10-even. Next race there, #7 Sheltowees Bling (.195 / 4.13 / 5.15) won it for Dan’l. Boone at $19.20.

Your Chas. Town, W.Va. opener had #1 Forever Hustlin (.184 / 4.43 / 5.52) getting to the wire in time at $14-even.

Vinton, La., back in action these days, and #7 West Island (.206 / 3.85 / 4.68) took Race 4 there at $13-even.

Stanton, Del.’s Race 2 was won by #2 Happy Tears (.252 / 2.97 / 3.76) at $9.40. then in Race 6, it was #3 Swaging (.292 / 2.42 / 2.90) swinning at $7.80. Then in your Race 9 finale, #1 Country Economics (.144 / 5.94 / 7.13) won it for J.M. Keynes & David Ricardo at $16.20.

#5 Azam (.284 / 2.52 / 3.12) and #7 Irish Adieu (.371 / 1.70 / 2.07) combined on your winning $19.20 exacta in Race 8 at Hallandale Beach, Fla.

Over to Lexington, Ky., now for its opener, which #6 Horsetron Supreme (.160 / 5.25 / 6.50) ran to that billing at $15.74; completing your winning $103.32 exacta was #2 Musical (.183 / 4.46 / 5.56), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $85.28.

In Race 6 from Laurel, Md., #8 Brie’s in Town (.136 / 6.35 / 8.19) was the big cheese at $36-even. In your Race 10 finale, #7 Over My Cents (.300 / 2.33 / 2.90) paid a sufficiently pretty penny at $7.20; completing your winning $27.20 exacta was #2 Say You Love Me (.294 / 2.40 / 2.98), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $23.08.

#2 Penn Franklin (.281 / 2.56 / 3.16) won Grantville, Penna.’s Race 5 for Philala & Benjamin at $8.80.

#7 Pavel Is Appealing (.199 / 4.03 / 4.88) made a winning case in Race 7 at Arcadia, Calif., at $11-even.

Finally, it was #1 Saucy Name (.207 / 3.83 / 4.80) and #4 Prima (.177 / 4.65 / 6.06) combining on your winning $113.30 exacta in your Etobicoke Int’l. opener; the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) was $67.77.

Three on the closing-trio tree from the OKC, whatever that means…