{"id":1494,"date":"2011-09-01T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2011-09-01T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T18:00:03","slug":"first-post-thursday-september-1-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2011\/09\/01\/first-post-thursday-september-1-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, September 1, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r5CoAIAfK50\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;SEP-TEM-BER! NO-VEM-BER!&rdquo;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Who&rsquo;s not a sucker for a Kurt Weill song, right, Mackie Messer? At the height of his powers, circa 1984, the great Ian McCulloch made a splendid diversion from the Bunnymen to do the version posted in the lede above. Full drama awaits! And it&rsquo;s a fitting beginning to the end of Saratoga and Del Mar for another year: &ldquo;And these few precious days&#8230;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saratoga Race Course<\/strong> 4, 7, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Calder<\/strong> 3, 6, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Del Mar Thoroughbred Club<\/strong> 2, 4, 6<\/p>\n<p>Pretty good, on the whole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>River<\/strong> 5, 6, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Arlington<\/strong> 3, 6, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Louisiana<\/strong> 3, 4, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Remington<\/strong> 1, 5, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Retama<\/strong> 4, 5, 9<\/p>\n<p>Not as bad as usual at River, and every place else has decent potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: Two new rally-type trips to consider&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speed<\/strong><br \/>\nEvangeline 6f<br \/>\nHastings 6&frac12;f<br \/>\nLouisiana 6f<br \/>\nRiver 1m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rally<\/strong><br \/>\nArlington @1m (T) (WMF 17)<br \/>\nPresque 1m70y (WMF 15)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Tame in the <strong>third<\/strong> at <strong>Hoosier<\/strong> (6:22 p.m. EDT \/ 3:22 p.m. PDT), but a stab against the fave nonetheless. <strong>#5 No Evidence<\/strong> figures a live third-choice on your morning line. &#8230;<strong>Race 4<\/strong> at <strong>Hastings<\/strong> (7:50 \/ 4:50) looks like an open affair, with two 10-1 hopes: <strong>#7 Marketize<\/strong>, <strong>#1 Passion Red<\/strong>. &#8230;In the <strong>third<\/strong> at <strong>Presque<\/strong> (6:20 \/ 3:20), <strong>#4 Letthetigerparty<\/strong> has a chance in the Thoroughbred arena even if his golf game has dissipated. &#8230;End the evening with a silent Hail Mary in the <strong>finale<\/strong> at <strong>Presque<\/strong> (8:25 \/ 5:25): <strong>#10 Unspeakable<\/strong>. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. 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