{"id":10745,"date":"2016-05-22T13:56:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T20:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=10745"},"modified":"2016-05-22T13:57:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T20:57:42","slug":"first-post-sunday-may-22-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2016\/05\/22\/first-post-sunday-may-22-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, May 22, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.covermesongs.com\/MP3s\/FiveGoodCovers\/TowerOfSong\/RFTower.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

The natural and obvious poet-lyricist predecessor to David Berman of Silver Jews: Mistah Leonard Cohen, of course.<\/p>\n

Hard to go wrong covering Cohen, and probably you and we could do it without AutoTune or other recording-booth tricks. <\/p>\n

Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown…<\/p>\n

Belmont<\/strong> 5, 6<\/em>, 7
\nSanta Anita<\/strong> 5, 10<\/em><\/p>\n

Pay-side (Weekday<\/a>\/Weekend<\/a>)<\/strong>: Today…<\/p>\n

Arlington<\/strong> 6
\nChurchill<\/strong> 9, 10<\/em>
\nGolden Gate<\/strong> 9
\nLone Star<\/strong> 7<\/em>, 9<\/em>, 10<\/em>
\nMonmouth<\/strong> 10<\/em>
\nWoodbine<\/strong> 10<\/em><\/p>\n

Today’s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: Wild-open in Arapahoe 8<\/strong>, wild-open. Nearly a Bonkers Box for yourself: #6 Goodnight Spooner<\/strong>, #10 I’m a Big Deal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Down to two horseys in Brown County Fair 7<\/strong>: #2 Higher Ed<\/strong>, #6 Just a Morgan<\/strong>. That’s Brown County Fair. Make a note of it.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Track (Win Mutuels Gettable $20+\/Gettable)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arlington (1\/1)<\/strong> — Well, how often do you get to tout the same horse twice on the same card? Not often! Yet here’s Race 7 shocker Trace Creek, now a Graded stakes champeen, entered also in the earlier Race 2 on the program, a classified-allowance test. You think they scratched from the right spot? Howzat! So we were able to publicly top-tout Trace Creek twice, in Race 2 and 7, and he is withdrawn from the Race 2 allowance to go in the Grade 3 Race 7. A seeming suicide-mission! Yet Trace Creek, good enough on V6 in the classified allowance, also is good enough in the Graded race? How is this possible! Race 7 was contentious, and Trace Creek barely qualified via a slight 82 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis. He rallied like the Grade 3 champion he now is, winning by 1 at $90.40. Good work.<\/p>\n

Arapahoe (0\/0)<\/strong> — Rockies get back to .500, beat host Pittsburgh, 5-1; Cristhian Adames had a 2-run HR.<\/p>\n

Assiniboia (2\/1)<\/strong> — Southern Nights won Race 6 for Glen Campbell; it was contentious, and ’Nights was a Dual Qualifier (84, 82). He won by a clean neck at $20.40. Good work.<\/p>\n

Belmont (0\/0)<\/strong> — Visiting Jankees beat Oaktown, 5-1; Masahiro Tanaka went 7 strong innings to move to 2-0 on the season.<\/p>\n

Belterra (0\/0)<\/strong> — Reds blanked at home by Seattle, 4-nil; Billy Hamilton had 2 of Cincy’s 4 hits.<\/p>\n

Canterbury (1\/1)<\/strong> — Race 2 was contentious, and Congratulate Me had the skimpy but sufficient 81 on the LifeLiner Spread Column; he went gate-to-wire for a score by 3 parts of a length at $25.40. Good work.<\/p>\n

Churchill (0\/0)<\/strong> — Police respond to shooting near Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n

Chas. Town (1\/0)<\/strong> — Cicadas are back in Ohio, W. Va.<\/p>\n

Delpark (0\/0)<\/strong> — Wilmington City Council votes down mayor’s budget.<\/p>\n

Emerald (0\/0)<\/strong> — See Belterra commentary.<\/p>\n

Evangeline (3\/0)<\/strong> — St. Martinville man dead after car strikes telephone pole.<\/p>\n

Finger (1\/0)<\/strong> — Canandaigua man accused of stealing more than $24k.<\/p>\n

Fairmount (0\/0)<\/strong> — Road Blues double-up San Jose, 6-3; Kyle Brodziak and Troy Brouwer each scored twice.<\/p>\n

Golden Gate (0\/0)<\/strong> — Giants beat visiting Cubs, 5-3; Buster Posey had a 2-run HR, his 5th of the season, for San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Gulf (3\/2)<\/strong> — High-Octane Chancers were needed for Race 9, won by You Can’t Stop Me at $22.80; he had a eked-out 80 on the LifeLiner Spread Column in a noncontentious race — tough one. Blazing Diamond took the finale at $28-even; she was one of ’em Dual Qualifier (94, 84) horses in a contentious race. Good work.<\/p>\n

Horsemen’s Park (0\/0)<\/strong> — Omaha 360 celebrates Harmony Week.<\/p>\n

Hastings (0\/0)<\/strong> — Gunshot fired at Abbotsford hotel.<\/p>\n

Indiana (1\/0)<\/strong> — Indiana Dunes State Park to make changes to curb incidents.<\/p>\n

Los Alamitos (1\/0)<\/strong> — Angels lose at home to Balto., 3-1; Gregorio Petit had 3 hits in the loss.<\/p>\n

Louisiana (2\/2)<\/strong> — Publicly touted Cherokee High won Race 3 at $30.20; the race was contentious, and ’Cherokee had the competitive 87 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis. He went gate to wire to win by 3 parts of a length. In Race 6, not contentious, High-Octane Chancers were called upon to play Alexander, who had a field-best rating on the LifeLiner Spread Column; he went all the way to a 5-length surprise at $20.80 straight. Good work.<\/p>\n

Lethbridge (0\/0)<\/strong> — Man killed, another injured in OHV rollover northwest of Sundre.<\/p>\n

Lone Star (3\/1)<\/strong> — Publicly touted Uncle Ron (!) won the opener at $23.80; this was an easy get for all types (Old-School Champeens, High-Octane Chancers, Progressive-Minded Eggheads) since ’Ron was second-best on the conventional, contentious V6 Betting Line, Fair Odds of 4-1, while also having Dual Qualifier (99, 83) status. Good work.<\/p>\n

Miles City (0\/0)<\/strong> — Billings man stabbed multiple times in altercation.<\/p>\n

Mountain (1\/1)<\/strong> — A contentious maiden race for first-timer Dream for Life, top of the V6 Betting Line at Fair Odds of 2½-1 and a connection-line readout of 12pc\/16pc\/N\/A, good enough to back. She won by 6¼ at $30.60. Good work.<\/p>\n

Monmouth (0\/0)<\/strong> — Jersey Shore Walk to Defeat ALS draws hundreds to Long Branch.<\/p>\n

Northlands (0\/0)<\/strong> — RCMP investigate fatal crash southwest of Edmonton.<\/p>\n

PennNat (1\/0)<\/strong> — Fightin’ Phils lose second-straight to visiting Atlanta, 2-nil; Tyler Goeddel had 1 of Philalala’s 2 base hits in the game.<\/p>\n

Keystone (3\/1)<\/strong> — A real King of The NetCapper Bullies<\/del> Nightcap special here. Race 10 went to Arepeatee, $101-even for your win. The race was not contentious, so High-Octane Chancers were necessary to dig down deep for the good-enough 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis on Arepeatee. They found it, Arepeatee went gate-to-wire to win by a clean head. Good work.<\/p>\n

Pimlico (2\/0)<\/strong> — Ugh. See Los Alamitos commentary.<\/p>\n

Prairie (1\/1)<\/strong> — Not a contentious Race 4, but Chuck had a fine 92 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis, and he won by a clean half-length at $21-even. Good work.<\/p>\n

Santa Anita (2\/1)<\/strong> — Race 2 was won by Ladies Man, $20.40; the race was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers saw the squeaking-by 80 on the LifeLiner Spread Column, and they had a slight opportunity. Good work. <\/p>\n

SunRay (0\/0)<\/strong> — Ex-Farmington police officer found not guilty of sex crimes.<\/p>\n

Thistle (0\/0)<\/strong> — Cavs lose for first time in this year’s Big-League Hoopball Tournament, 99-84 in Toronto; LeBron scored 24 pts. in the loss.<\/p>\n

Woodbine (4\/1)<\/strong> — Seffeara won Race 3 at $21.40. The race was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers saw Seffeara as a Dual Qualifier (84, 88), and she won by half a length. Good work.<\/p>\n

The WRD (1\/0)<\/strong> — Northwest Expressway reopens after May Avenue Bridge collapse.<\/p>\n

WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Early<\/em>
\nChurchill<\/strong> 6f
\nLos Alamitos<\/strong> 4½f
\nKeystone<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n

Rally<\/em>
\nGolden Gate<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n

Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Night off…<\/p>\n

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. So long now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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