{"id":11868,"date":"2016-10-20T10:53:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T17:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2016-10-20T10:57:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T17:57:31","slug":"first-post-thursday-october-20-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2016\/10\/20\/first-post-thursday-october-20-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, October 20, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boys &#038; girls! If you thought the races were 100pc crooked, would you wager on them? Or else you drive by a casino, and the sign says &lsquo;Loaded Dice&rsquo;, &lsquo;Tight Slots&rsquo; etc. Do you go in and throw your shekels down? Probably not. But you know what&rsquo;s worse than that? Complaining the stuff is rigged and then continuing to play anyway! That takes a certain kind of &mdash; fill-in-the-two-blanks &mdash; privilege! Hoo-boy. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Actually, the <em>jai alai<\/em> at Newport, R.I., and Tijuana and just about everywhere else was notoriously shady. The bookies are right: Never take part in a game in which all the participants are human beings. Unfortunately for your arena of political racing, it&rsquo;s all human beings. Oh, well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont<\/strong> <em>6<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Calder<\/strong> (a&thinsp;k&thinsp;a Gulfstream Park West) 2, 5, <em>6<\/em>, <em>7<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> <em>2<\/em>, 6<\/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>Golden Gate<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> <em>2<\/em>, 6, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Keeneland<\/strong> 1, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Remington<\/strong> 4, <em>5<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, 7, 9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Keeneland 8<\/strong> on the pay-side. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><strong>Track (Win Mutuels $20+\/Gettable)<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont (1\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; The finale was ridiculously contentious, plenty of firsters, one of them being debutante Kim Royale, Fair Odds of 5-1 and possessing a slashline\/connection-line readout of 25pc\/12pc\/17pc; she went gate-to-wire to win by 6&frac14; at $79-even. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calder (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Zika testing urged for all pregnant women in Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; GOP legislative candidates decline NAACP invitation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delta (2\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; The opener was contentious, and all eligible players &mdash; Old-School Champeens, High-Octane Chancers, Progressive-Minded Eggheads &mdash; had a bead on Awesome Dancing, Fair Odds of 5-1 and a field-best number on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; but he had to rally like mad before winning by 1&frac14; at $20.60. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finger (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Victor roadwork takes a bit out of business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hawthorne (4\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 5 was contentious, and Dual Qualifier Nowthatsalady (83, 88) was acceptable by the High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads alike; Old-School Champeens had no truck with her. &rsquo;lady went gate-to-wire to win by 2 at $47.20. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indiana (4\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Kokomo officials condemn &lsquo;KKK&rsquo; graffiti on Dem. signs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keeneland (2\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; 4th suspect charged in the death of Trinity Gay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meadowlands (2\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Baroni says Kelly took a lead role in Bridgegate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mountain (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Traffic-stops net 2 more drug arrests in Wheeling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northlands (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Edmonton Catholic Board votes &lsquo;no&rsquo; to porn on TV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PennNat (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Lancaster Co. sawmill fire reaches 3 alarms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remington (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Okla. Tpke. Authority to test all-electronic toll in Jenks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woodbine (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Host Blue Jays blanked by Cleveland, 3-nil, and eliminated from further postseason participation; Jose Bautista had 2 hits for Toronto, including the team&rsquo;s only extra-base hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Finger<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Troll safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boys &#038; girls! If you thought the races were 100pc crooked, would you wager on them? Or else you drive by a casino, and the sign says &lsquo;Loaded Dice&rsquo;, &lsquo;Tight Slots&rsquo; etc. Do you go in and throw your shekels &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2016\/10\/20\/first-post-thursday-october-20-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,4,5,3],"tags":[8,13,7,6],"class_list":["post-11868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-picks","category-stakes","category-wmf","tag-analysis","tag-commentary","tag-longshots","tag-track-bias"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-35q","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11868"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11874,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions\/11874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}