{"id":12640,"date":"2017-02-26T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T20:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=12640"},"modified":"2017-02-26T13:09:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T21:09:16","slug":"first-post-sunday-february-26-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2017\/02\/26\/first-post-sunday-february-26-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, February 26, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLfVYYlhkfY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>&lsquo;Range-rovin&rsquo; with the cinema stars&#8230;&rsquo;<\/em> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yea, verily, this was the album that defined lo-fi, Gen-X slackerdom, all right, 1994. As well, take a closer look at the cover art, which shows the official-track-program page for the third race someplace, two hands clutching above the caption: <em>&lsquo;Luck on every finger&#8230;&rsquo;<\/em>. Yup. <\/p>\n<p>Tagline: L.A.&rsquo;s Desert Origins.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 8<br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 3, 7, <em>8<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>, 12<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 8, <em>9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side (<a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLL1&#038;Category_Code=\">Weekday<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLLS&#038;Category_Code=\">Weekend<\/a>)<\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong> 2, 3, 6, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> <em>5<\/em>, 6<br \/>\n<strong>Laurel<\/strong> <em>7<\/em>, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Oaklawn<\/strong>  2, <em>5<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> 3, <em>4<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Santa Anita 8<\/strong> is on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">free<\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rillito<\/strong> (!) near Tucson, Ariz., has a wide-open <strong>Race 7<\/strong>, and projected longshots <strong>#8 Rock It Star<\/strong> and <strong>#5 Silver Pride R F<\/strong> are not out of it. That&rsquo;s Rillito near Tucson, Ariz. Make a note of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p>Track (Win Mutuels $20+\/Gettable)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Blueshirt Rangers edge N.J., 4-3, in OT; Mika Zibanejad had the decider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town (2\/1&frac12;)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 3 was contentious, but only Old-School Champeens could see past the red in Ruddy, Fair Odds of 2-1; she won by 3 parts of a length at $20.20. Race 6 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were in on the Secret Six, 83 on the LifeLiner Spread Column analysis; she went gate-to-wire to win by 2&frac12; at $29.20. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delta (2\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; 53 compete at Lake Chas. &lsquo;World Famous Cajun Extravaganza Gumbo Cook-Off&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair Grounds (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Pelicans lose to Dallas, 96-83; New Orleans&rsquo; Anthony Davis led all scorers with 39 pts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fonner (3\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Polar Plunge in Lincoln brings big crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden Gate (1\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 6 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were drawn to Dual Qualifier Cartoonist (91, 94); he went gate-to-wire to win by 1&frac14; at $20.20. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulf (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Host Heat beat Indpls., 113-95; Miami&rsquo;s Hassan Whiteside led all scorers with 22 pts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Houston (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Host Rockets outgun Minn., 142-130; James Harden had 24 pts. for Houston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Alamitos (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Ducks thrashed by La-La Land, 4-1; Andrew Cogliano had the Anaheim goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurel (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Capitals whipped by Nashville, 5-2; Tom Wilson and Evegeny Kuznetsov were the goalscorers for Wash., D.C.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahoning (2\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 4 not contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads were digging Plantingtheseed, 87 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he was never far back before winning by a clean nose at $25-even. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oaklawn (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Forest managers conducting prescribed burns in Ark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PennNat (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Flyers doubled-up by Pgh. in Stadium Series Penna. Edition, 4-2; Jakub Voracek and Shayne Gostisbehere scored for Philalala.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keystone (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; See PennNat commentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rillito (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Man in critical condition after hash oil fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Santa Anita (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; See Los Alamitos commentary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunland (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Sunland Park man pleads guilty in heroin-trafficking case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tampa (1\/&frac12;)<\/strong> &mdash; Old-School Champeens fell in line behind G. I. Girl, Fair Odds of 5-1 in a contentious Race 9; she led the troops all the way around, winning by 2&frac12; at $22-straight. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turfway (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Ark Encounter launches new exhibit. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Turf Paradise (3\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 6 was contentious, and players of all stripes agreed that My Best Bet, Fair Odds of 4-1 and a field-best 96 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis, could run to that billing; he rallied like the champion he should have been, winning by a clean half-length at $27.80. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Los Alamitos<\/strong> 4&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. To the Rust Belt &#038; Bible Belt, it&rsquo;s good to remember Libertariat Russ Roberts&rsquo; famous dictum, paraphrased herewith: Sometimes the best thing you can give a man is not a government policy or paternal help; sometimes the thing they really need is&#8230;a suitcase. Until next time, bye-bye from La-La Land!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lsquo;Range-rovin&rsquo; with the cinema stars&#8230;&rsquo;<\/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-12640","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-3hS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12640","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=12640"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12649,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12640\/revisions\/12649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}