{"id":22610,"date":"2023-12-01T16:23:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=22610"},"modified":"2023-12-01T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:23:06","slug":"first-post-friday-december-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/12\/01\/first-post-friday-december-1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, December 1, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-xfb4M6hm-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='640' height='360' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/xfb4M6hm?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Kevork K. Kanine gifted us a nice speed-oriented bicycle last Father\u2019s Day, a 20-speed shifter with the skinnie tyres, the kind with the newfangled Presta valve. It\u2019s a smooth ride, surely smoother than the decades-old cruiser-beater with the pedal brake we used to have to labor on. Now that swimming season is well &amp; truly over, maybe cycling will be the cold-month cross-training replacement. It felt pretty good today!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Recap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>One post-press-time score from <strong>Thursday\u2019s<\/strong> late action: At&nbsp;<strong>Grantville, Penna.<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>#2 In Good Trouble<\/strong> (.484 Win Prob \/ 1.07-1 Fair Odds \/ 1.89-1 Premium Odds) proved a winning overlay in a three-horse&nbsp;<strong>Race 6<\/strong> at&nbsp;<strong>$6.20<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, <strong>Friday<\/strong>, it was Aqueduct, Delta, PennNat &amp; Tampa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From&nbsp;<strong>Vinton, La.<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>#9 Zultan<\/strong> (.171 Win Prob \/ 4.85-1 Fair Odds \/ 6.02-1 Premium Odds) won <strong>Race 2 <\/strong>for the Sultan of Oman at&nbsp;<strong>$27-even<\/strong>; completing your winning&nbsp;<strong>$87.60 exacta<\/strong> was&nbsp;<strong>#5 Itwasthisbig<\/strong> (.197 \/ 4.08 \/ 5.09), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $73.32.<\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp;<strong>Race 6<\/strong> from&nbsp;<strong>Oldsmar, Fla.<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>#7 Conspiracy Fact<\/strong> (.166 \/ 5.02 \/ 7.43) won it for A-through-P-Anon and then R-through-Z-anon at&nbsp;<strong>$16.80<\/strong>; yes, this was 6\u00a2 shy of the premium price, but we cannot blame you if you sacrificed those half-dozen pennies to the God of Doing Business via The Parimutuels \u2014 after all, it was the same 7-1 on the toteboard. We report, you decide!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Nightcap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chas. Town<\/strong> again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strongshots<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22613\" style=\"width: 1816px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22613\" data-attachment-id=\"22613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/12\/01\/first-post-friday-december-1-2023\/fri1201ct2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?fit=1806%2C1428&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1806,1428\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fri1201CT2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;fri1201CT2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;BestLine Output: 1Dec23 2CT&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?fit=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?fit=640%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22613\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?resize=640%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fri1201CT2\" width=\"640\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?w=1806&amp;ssl=1 1806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1215&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BestLine Output: 1Dec23 2CT<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22614\" style=\"width: 1818px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22614\" data-attachment-id=\"22614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/12\/01\/first-post-friday-december-1-2023\/fri1201ct3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?fit=1808%2C1150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1808,1150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fri1201CT3\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;fri1201CT3&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;BestLine Output: 1Dec23 3CT&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?fit=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?fit=640%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22614\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?resize=640%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fri1201CT3\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?resize=1536%2C977&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT3.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BestLine Output: 1Dec23 3CT<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Longshtos<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22615\" style=\"width: 1824px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22615\" data-attachment-id=\"22615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/12\/01\/first-post-friday-december-1-2023\/fri1201ct7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?fit=1814%2C1430&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1814,1430\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fri1201CT7\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;fri1201CT7&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;BestLine Output: 1Dec23 7CT&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?fit=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?fit=640%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22615\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?resize=640%2C505&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fri1201CT7\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?w=1814&amp;ssl=1 1814w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?resize=1536%2C1211&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT7.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BestLine Output: 1Dec23 7CT<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22616\" style=\"width: 1820px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22616\" data-attachment-id=\"22616\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/12\/01\/first-post-friday-december-1-2023\/fri1201ct8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?fit=1810%2C1154&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1810,1154\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fri1201CT8\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;fri1201CT8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;BestLine Output: 1Dec23 8CT&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?fit=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?fit=640%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22616\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?resize=640%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fri1201CT8\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?w=1810&amp;ssl=1 1810w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?resize=1536%2C979&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fri1201CT8.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BestLine Output: 1Dec23 8CT<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevork K. Kanine gifted us a nice speed-oriented bicycle last Father\u2019s Day, a 20-speed shifter with the skinnie tyres, the kind with the newfangled Presta valve. It\u2019s a smooth ride, surely smoother than the decades-old cruiser-beater with the pedal brake &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/12\/01\/first-post-friday-december-1-2023\/\">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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-5SG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22610","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=22610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22619,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22610\/revisions\/22619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}