{"id":1173,"date":"2011-07-02T09:56:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T16:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2011-07-02T09:56:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T16:56:34","slug":"first-post-saturday-july-2-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2011\/07\/02\/first-post-saturday-july-2-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, July 2, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of course, there are always a few duds when it comes to weekend fireworks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Boo on Minnehaha! What self-respecting state shuts its racetrack down during the biggest summer holiday? Very bad.<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, the person in charge of N.J. (kindly refrain from calling him &ldquo;guv&rsquo;ner&rdquo;) has pretty much doomed the Thoroughbreds in the Garden State. Doomed. Go take off in your helicopter, ya donut-eater! Go get serviced by your casino-lobby buddies, ya donut-eater! A curse on you, a big fat hole in the middle!<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the intersection of racing and politics generally yields life-threatening accidents. <\/p>\n<p>Boo on you, Gov. Krispy Kreme! Is this what the Founding Fathers truly wanted for their horseracing? For proof, check this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehousehistory.org\/whha_exhibits\/whitehouse_horses\/04.html\">article<\/a>. George Washington would have saved racing; why not you, Gov. Krispy Kreme? Go fly off in your helicopter and eat some donuts with plenty of trans-fats. You&rsquo;re no patriot; you&rsquo;re a panderer. Go pull on your slot machines, you donut-loving, helicopter-flying, casino-tool.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, don&rsquo;t really feel better after all that, but, as always, we do it for the lulz. Now that that&rsquo;s out of the way, we can concentrate on the important stuff, where the hooves meet the dirt, the synthetic or the grass. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones: <\/p>\n<p>Rundown<br \/>\n<strong>Belmont<\/strong> 5, 7, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Calder<\/strong> 4, 7, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Hollypark<\/strong> 5, 7, 8<\/p>\n<p>Have at &rsquo;em!<\/p>\n<p>Pay-side:<\/p>\n<p>Rundown<br \/>\n<strong>Churchill<\/strong> 10, 11, 13<br \/>\n<strong>Monmouth<\/strong> 4, 5, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> 4, 6, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Colonial<\/strong> 7, 8, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Arlington<\/strong> 5, 8, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Louisiana<\/strong> 5, 7, 8<\/p>\n<p>zOMG. Clearly the best single day of racing yet in 2011. Try that Race 10 at Woodbine if you should like to pull your hair out &mdash; before the race and most likely after it, too!<\/p>\n<p>WMF Report: <\/p>\n<p><strong>Speed<\/strong><br \/>\nAssiniboia 6f<br \/>\nBelmont 6f<br \/>\nChas. Town 4&frac12;f, 6&frac12;f<br \/>\nEvangeline 6f, 1m<br \/>\nFairmount 6f<br \/>\nHastings 6&frac12;f<br \/>\nLone Star 5f (T)<br \/>\nMountain 6f<br \/>\nMonmouth 6f<br \/>\nNorthlands 6&frac12;f<br \/>\nKeystone 6f<br \/>\nPresque 6&frac12;f<br \/>\nRiver 6f, 1m<br \/>\nSunRay 4&frac12;f, 6&frac12;f<br \/>\nSuffolk 6f<br \/>\nThistle 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rally (Honourable Mention)<\/strong><br \/>\nChurchill 1 1\/16m (WMF 27)<br \/>\nColonial 1m (InT) (WMF 26)<\/p>\n<p>Nocturnal Submission: <strong>Race 8<\/strong> at <strong>Chas. Town<\/strong> (10:25 p.m. EDT \/ 7:25 p.m. PDT) finds <strong>#7 He&rsquo;s a Prize<\/strong> with the favourable upset bid. &#8230;In the <strong>fourth<\/strong> at <strong>Evangeline<\/strong> (8:06 \/ 5:06), word to <strong>#8 Tortuga Straits<\/strong> in a hellacious tossup; also in that frame is <strong>#10 Toro Bravo<\/strong>. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Kindly continue to have a safe and sane Independence Day long weekend. And send angry letters to Trenton early and often. 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