{"id":10387,"date":"2016-03-17T12:32:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T19:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=10387"},"modified":"2016-03-17T12:32:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T19:32:35","slug":"first-post-thursday-march-17-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2016\/03\/17\/first-post-thursday-march-17-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, March 17, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HP3A2NGyxFE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Famous for the always appropriate line: <em>&lsquo;The best lack all conviction, while the worst\/Are full of passionate intensity&rsquo;.<\/em> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So many other good works owe their title to this poem: <em>Things Fall Apart<\/em>. <em>Slouching Towards Bethlehem<\/em>. Another good line: <em>&lsquo;The centre cannot hold&rsquo;.<\/em> Fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>W.B. Yeats #1 always. The Waterboys #1 always. Bono? Who he? A poseur? Probably. U2? What&rsquo;s that? Ugh.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Samuel Beckett Line of The Day: &lsquo;I can&rsquo;t go on. I&rsquo;ll go on&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 6, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> <em>11<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, 7, <em>8<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side (<a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLLS&#038;Category_Code=\">Weekend<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLL1&#038;Category_Code=\">Weekday<\/a>)<\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong> <em>6<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 2, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Oaklawn<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, 9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: None today, but the Blueshirt Rangers journey up I-5 to Staples Centre to take on your La La Land Kings; last night, the New Yorkers defeated the Ducks in Orange Co., 1-2. Besides the certainty of green jerseys and green beer inside the arena this evening, much public brawling and rampantly overt promiscuity are strong possibilities. Trust, but verify.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><strong>Track (Win Mutuels $20+\/Gettable)<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; WVU Mountaineers travel to Brooklyn for first-round NCAA men&rsquo;s hoopball tournament romp against Stephen F. Austin on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulf (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; The U opens in Providence, R.I., to face Buffalo in NCAA men&rsquo;s hoopball tournament first round today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahoning (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; The Ohio St. Univ. Buckeyes host Univ. of Fla. in the second round of the NIT men&rsquo;s hoopball tournament on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PennNat (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Flyers continue playoff surge, defeat host Blackhawks, 3-2; Philalala&rsquo;s Claude Giroux was the game&rsquos; No. 1 Star. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tampa (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Rays resume Grapefruit League schedule tooday with a trip to Clearwater to face the Phillies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turf Paradise (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; UofA Wildcats open NCAA men&rsquo;s hoopball tournament today against Wichita St. in Providence, R.I.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The WRD (1\/&frac12;)<\/strong> &mdash; Imalittlehazey won Race 7 at $78.20, and High-Octane Chancers would have gotten all of that. How so? He was second-best on the Betting Line, Fair Odds of 4&frac12;-1. Though the race was not contentious, the connection-line readout on the first-timer Imalittlehazey was a satisfactory 10pc\/15pc\/15pc &mdash; good enough for the High-Octane Chancers in the room to get all of that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gulf<\/strong> 1 1\/16m (T)<\/p>\n<p>Nocturnal Submission: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. 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