{"id":12851,"date":"2017-05-05T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=12851"},"modified":"2017-05-05T11:17:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:17:14","slug":"first-post-friday-may-5-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2017\/05\/05\/first-post-friday-may-5-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, May 5, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"130\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/widgets\/ondemand_player\/wnyc\/#file=\/audio\/json\/753635\/&#038;share=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A good episode of a fine programme here. Leonard Lopate remains a top role model for the non-smug, the well-read and the well-rounded. He knows a lot but is never a dilettante. He says smart things without being an overbearing know-it-all. Thank you, Leonard Lopate. We can all learn from your example. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont<\/strong> 1, 2, 4, <em>5<\/em>, 6, <em>7<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 7, <em>10<\/em><\/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>Arlington<\/strong> <em>5<\/em>, 6, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>BelTerra<\/strong> 1, <em>3<\/em>, <em>4<\/em>, 5, <em>6<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 1, <em>6<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Laurel<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, 4, 5, <em>6<\/em>, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Lone Star<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> 3, 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: Kentucky Oaks Day today at Churchill, which has five other added-money events on the undercard. Have a blast. Elsewhere, Belmont 7 appears on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">free<\/a><\/strong> page. Should be OK for <strong>#7 Bermuda Star<\/strong> in <strong>Evangeline 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p>Track (No. of Actual $20+ Win Mutuels at That Track\/&lsquo;Gettable&rsquo; No. of Those)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Host Blueshirt Rangers trounce Ottawa, 4-1, even series at 2 gms. apiece; Oscar Lindberg scored twice for Nueva Jork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BelTerra (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Host Reds double-up Pgh., 4-2; Joey Votto and Adam Duvall each drove-in 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Churchill (4\/2)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 4 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads staked their hopes on Dual Qualifier Small Fortune (89, 87); he went mane-to-wire to win by 1&frac12; at $20.20. Race 8 was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads shook hands with Dual Qualifier Mayor Mac (86, 86); he went gate-to-wire to win by a clean half-length at $44.20. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town (1\/&frac12;)<\/strong> &mdash; Old-School Champeens alone had a contentious Race 7 under control via Immediate Release, Fair Odds of 3&frac12;-1; she went gate-to-wire to win b a clean half-length at $26.40. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evangeline (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Evangeline Parish schools to resume class on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden Gate (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Athletics beat Minn., 8-5; Ryon Healy went 2-for-5 witha solo HR, his 4th HR of the season, in the win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulf (0\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Marlins clubbed by Tampa Bay, 5-1; Dee Groton went 2-for-4 and drove-in Miami&rsquo;s run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurel (1\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; The finale was contentious, but only High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads believed in Dual Qualifier Faith &rsquo;n Works (84, 86); she raced mane-to-wire to win by a clean neck at $25.80. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PennNat (1\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Fightin&rsquo; Phils edged by host Cubs in 13 inn., 5-4; Maikel Franco went 2-for-5 with a solo HR, his 5th HR of the season, for Philalala.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prairie (2\/1)<\/strong> &mdash; Race 5 was not contentious, but High-Octane Chancers and Progressive-Minded Eggheads found happy motoring with Rock City Roadhog, a fine 93 on the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis; he had to rally a little to win by 1 at $32.80. Good work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Santa Anita (2\/0)<\/strong> &mdash; Visiting Angels larruped by Seattle, 11-3; Juan Graterol drove-in 2 for Anaheim. <\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Chas. Town<\/strong> 7f<br \/>\n<strong>Gulf<\/strong> 5f (T), 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Laurel<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 1m<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 5&frac12;f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. &iexcl;Adi&oacute;s!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good episode of a fine programme here. Leonard Lopate remains a top role model for the non-smug, the well-read and the well-rounded. He knows a lot but is never a dilettante. He says smart things without being an overbearing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2017\/05\/05\/first-post-friday-may-5-2017\/\">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-12851","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-3lh","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851","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=12851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12854,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12851\/revisions\/12854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}