{"id":17778,"date":"2020-01-04T11:41:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=17778"},"modified":"2020-01-04T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:42:25","slug":"first-post-saturday-january-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2020\/01\/04\/first-post-saturday-january-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, January 4, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zIAK4Qh-zek\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As always on this date, we remember the events that took place on the railroad tracks at Chase, Md., on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 1987. We hadn&rsquo;t seen this one before, and it brings back a lot. Indeed, at the moment of impact (the 3:28 mark), something uncontrollable went off in the right frontal and temporal lobes. And yet here we are today, still in the game! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We ended up, shivering and somehow shoeless (!), in triage nearby, practically in the backyards of the homes situated alongside the tracks. Thank you to the citizens of Chase, Md., for their concern and hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Today, 33 years later, another backyard, this time in the quiet tranquility of Upper Nichols Canyon in La-La Land, warm and in shirtsleeves in the glow of the low winter sun, playing fetch with Kevork K. Kanine. Tell us that anyone ever knows ahead of time how it turns out. Tell us. We&rsquo;ll wait.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hawthorne 2<br \/>\n#5 Romeo O Romeo ($84, BestLine Fair Odds 9.42-1)<\/p>\n<p>Hawthorne 4<br \/>\n#6 Tio Chuy ($27, BestLine Fair Odds 3.93-1)<\/p>\n<p>Santa Anita 9<br \/>\n#9 Flying to the Line ($52, BestLine Fair Odds 8.62-1)<\/p>\n<p>Turfway 8<br \/>\n#12 Begotten ($29, BestLine Fair Odds 5.76-1)<\/p>\n<p>There were three selected Gulf races yesterday. There were nine win-overlay wagers, none producing a good outcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report \/ Track-Trend Notes<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WMF Report \/ Track-Trend Notes for Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fairgroundsnola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fairgroundsnola<\/a> 6f, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GulfstreamPark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GulfstreamPark<\/a> 6f, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/parxracing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@parxracing<\/a> 6 1\/2f, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TampaBayDownsFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TampaBayDownsFL<\/a> 6f, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TurfwayPark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TurfwayPark<\/a> 6f, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/turf_paradise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@turf_paradise<\/a> 6f, 1m are the front-end specials now; on the rally side, it&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNYRA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNYRA<\/a> 6 1\/2f, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TampaBayDownsFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TampaBayDownsFL<\/a> 1m (T).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cynthia Publishing Company (AIO V6 \/ BestLine) (@cpcbestline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpcbestline\/status\/1213323588494692352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Follow directly: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpcbestline\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct 9<\/strong>, <strong>Gulf 7<\/strong>, <strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> (!) <strong>3<\/strong>, <strong>Laurel 8<\/strong>, <strong>Turf Paradise 5<\/strong>. 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