{"id":22773,"date":"2023-12-24T16:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T00:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=22773"},"modified":"2023-12-24T16:17:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T00:17:54","slug":"first-post-sunday-december-24-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2023\/12\/24\/first-post-sunday-december-24-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, December 24, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Christmas Time Is Here 2023\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/897651446?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Yo! Happy Xmas Eve now!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Recap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>A couple of post-press-time connections to report from yesterday\u2019s (<strong>Saturday<\/strong>\u2019s) late-night action: At&nbsp;<strong>New<\/strong> <strong>Orleans<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>#6 Five Star General<\/strong> (.236 Win Prob \/ 3.24-1 Fair Odds \/ 4.08-1 Premium Odds) commanded a success <strong>Race 11 <\/strong>campaign at <strong>$26.60<\/strong>; at&nbsp;<strong>Florence, Ky.<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>#7 Secretary of War<\/strong> (.239 \/ 3.18 \/ 4.02) kept-up the military theme by defeating his <strong>Race 2 <\/strong>enemies at <strong>$27.86<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$194.62 exacta<\/strong> was another martial-named runner, <strong>#3 Warrior\u2019s Place<\/strong> (.171 \/ 4.85 \/ 6.02), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $56.44.<\/p>\n<p>Only the Two Floridas early-on on Christmas Eve now, today,&nbsp;<strong>Sunday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First, it\u2019s south to <strong>Hallandale Beach.<\/strong>, for <strong>Race 5<\/strong>; in it,&nbsp;<strong>#6 Ashima<\/strong> (.368 \/ 1.72 \/ 2.26) won it for the goddess of fate or else the famous rock-climbing Ms. Shiraishi at&nbsp;<strong>$10.40<\/strong>. In&nbsp;<strong>Race 7<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>#7 Gullfaxi<\/strong> (.544 \/ 0.84 \/ 1.21) won it for the Golden Mane of Norse mythology at&nbsp;<strong>$4.60<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, northwest of there, at&nbsp;<strong>Oldsmar<\/strong>, it was&nbsp;<strong>#6 Star Kanoo&nbsp;<\/strong> (.240 \/ 3.17 \/ 4.00) paddling into the winner\u2019s circle in&nbsp;<strong>Race 5<\/strong> at&nbsp;<strong>$20.20<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Nightcap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Night off for the Thoroughbreds; however, maybe you can root home some reindeer or some such \u2014 though it seems that that darned Rudolph (not to be confused with Rudolf Juliano!) seems to get that blasted big red nose of his down at the wire first every year!<\/p>\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Precap<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over here, the annual breakfast feast of Grand Marnier French toast. Eat \u2019em up! But, there will be an emergency Xmas Day edition of \u2018First Post\u2019 with the Strongshots\/Longshots recommendations for the five tracks running on Boxing Day, annually also known as Dec. 26.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Yo! 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