{"id":12220,"date":"2016-12-08T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=12220"},"modified":"2016-12-08T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T19:01:13","slug":"first-post-thursday-december-8-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2016\/12\/08\/first-post-thursday-december-8-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, December 8, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C_XkQ2ffNxI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All right, all right, ya Roman Catholics &mdash; even the lapsed ones such as ourselves. Take it easy! If you still practice the faith, don&rsquo;t forget that today is a Holy Day of Obligation: the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Amen. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 3, <em>4<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 2, 4, 6, <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, 9, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds<\/strong> <em>Pending<\/em>&#8230;<\/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> 1, <em>7<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 5, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 5, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Turfway<\/strong> 1, <em>3<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, 9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: None today, but a pair of similar-record Big-League Ice Hockey teams face-off this evening in Philalala, with the Flyers (33 pts. in 28 games) hosting the Oilers (32 in 28). Skate safely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p>Track (Win Mutuels $20+\/Gettable)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct (3\/1&frac12;)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 2 was contentious, but only Old-School Champeens could find the bomb on Battle Midway, Fair Odds of 3-1; he won by 2&frac12; at $24-even. In the finale, also contentious, it was time for the High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads to get in on Justenufflaughter, a field-best 91 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he won giggling by 3 at $39.80. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town (2\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Historic McFarland House opens new upscale restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delta (3\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Blood left at burglary scene leads to arrest of Lake Chas. man.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulf (2\/&frac12;)<\/strong> &mdash; Old-School Champeens struck again via Loving Valentina, Fair Odds of 6-1 in a contentious ninth; she won by 1&frac14; at $33.40. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahoning (2\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; The opener was contentious and open to all comers, courtesy of Dual Qualifier Alphonse (sans Gaston, 82, 87), Fair Odds of 5-1; he went gate-to-wire to win by 4&frac34; at $29-straight. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PennNat (2\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; 3 accused drug-dealers arrested in Lebanon Co.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tampa (2\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 4 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had a good-enough 81 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; he was a stalking-horse throughout, winning by 1&frac12; at $26.20. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turfway (3\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 7 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads had a fine 84 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis on Leave It in Vegas, who had to rally, though, before winning by a clean nose at $26.40. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turf Paradise (1\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; A victory for all in Race 6, with Nevadan, Fair Odds of 4-1 and a field-best 86 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis in a contentious lineup, going gate-to-wire to win by 3&frac34; at $25.20. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Delta<\/strong> 7f<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 1m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. <em>Salve regina<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All right, all right, ya Roman Catholics &mdash; even the lapsed ones such as ourselves. Take it easy! If you still practice the faith, don&rsquo;t forget that today is a Holy Day of Obligation: the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2016\/12\/08\/first-post-thursday-december-8-2016\/\">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-12220","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-3b6","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220","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=12220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12222,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220\/revisions\/12222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}