{"id":24149,"date":"2024-05-17T19:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T02:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=24149"},"modified":"2024-05-17T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T02:10:41","slug":"first-post-friday-may-17-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/05\/17\/first-post-friday-may-17-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, May 17, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJR6my7A_Vk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Good Day, Dundalk!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Preakness Weekend! Old Bay! Esskay Frankfurters! Natty Bo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gratuitous Horse Racing Tweet of Your Day<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1989 Preakness Stakes &#8211; Sunday Silence<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/egsUTAcscn\">pic.twitter.com\/egsUTAcscn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; History of Horse Racing (@horsevault) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/horsevault\/status\/1791354436809277924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All-time ding-donger!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not really gratuitous, because THIS WAS A HORSERACE! WRIT LARGE! AND WE WERE THERE! IN THE BOMB-SHELTER-hyphen-UNDERGROUND STATION beneath the grandstand proper. What a time. Miss those days once in a while!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Recap<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting as we frequently do at <strong>Ozone Park, N.Y.<\/strong>, where <strong>Race 4<\/strong> went to <strong>#3 Poseidon\u2019s Mist<\/strong> (.290 Win Prob \/ 2.45-1 Fair Odds \/ 3.14-1 Premium Odds) at a sea-worthy <strong>$15-even<\/strong>. In <strong>Race 6<\/strong> there, <strong>#4 Light Man<\/strong> (.279 \/ 2.58 \/ 3.30) played the heavy to his flyweight rivals at <strong>$18.40<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over to <strong>Cincinnati<\/strong> now for the <strong>opener<\/strong> there, which was won by <strong>#2 Dooq<\/strong> (.296 \/ 2.38 \/ 3.73) at <strong>$10.60<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another<strong> opener<\/strong>, this one from <strong>Louisville, Ky.<\/strong>, with <strong>#1 Special Dispatch<\/strong> (.346 \/ 1.89 \/ 2.47) and <strong>#2 Coach Campbell<\/strong> (.219 \/ 3.57 \/ 4.48) combining on your winning <strong>$27.34 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $27.07. In <strong>Race 6<\/strong>, <strong>#6 Mauna Kea Bound<\/strong> (.248 \/ 3.03 \/ 3.84) won it for Hawaii at <strong>$10.60<\/strong>. <strong>Next race<\/strong>, <strong>#3 On a Spree<\/strong> (.369 \/ 1.71 \/ 2.25) ran to that billing, unstoppable at <strong>$7.06<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>Race 1<\/strong> on the <strong>Opelousas, La.<\/strong>, card, <strong>#2 Kajun Karma<\/strong> (.206 \/ 3.85 \/ 5.80) had retributive justice going for her at <strong>$12.40<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$97.80 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#7 River Raft<\/strong> (.243 \/ 3.12 \/ 4.76), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $66.81. In <strong>Race 3<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Martinized<\/strong> (.310 \/ 2.23 \/ 2.87) took the rest of the field to the cleaners (!) at <strong>$10-even<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>Hallandale Beach, Fla.<\/strong>, <strong>#1 Into You<\/strong> (.157 \/ 5.37 \/ 7.92) also was into winning <strong>Race 2<\/strong> at <strong>$18.80<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big day this time from <strong>Old Hilltop, Balto., Md.<\/strong>, where <strong>#2 Irish Hero<\/strong> (.266 \/ 2.76 \/ 3.51) won <strong>Race 3 <\/strong>for Parnell at <strong>$9.80<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Altoona, Iowa<\/strong>\u2019s, <strong>Race 5<\/strong> went to <strong>#3 Scott City<\/strong> (.223 \/ 3.48 \/ 4.38) at <strong>$25.80<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Race 6<\/strong> in <strong>Arcadia<\/strong> in <strong>Los Angeles Co., Calif.<\/strong> went to <strong>#7 Please Focus<\/strong> (.327 \/ 2.06 \/ 2.67), who was tack-sharp at <strong>$27.40<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$113.40 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#6 Idaho Once<\/strong> (.262 \/ 2.82 \/ 4.34), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $28.51. In <strong>Race 8<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Strikingly<\/strong> (.230 \/ 3.35 \/ 4.22) ran to that billing at <strong>$11.80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, from <strong>Etobicoke Int\u2019l.<\/strong>, <strong>Race 2<\/strong> went to <strong>#2 Smoken Chloe<\/strong> (.421 \/ 1.38 \/ 1.85) at <strong>$5.80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Nightcap<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last North American stop for the Thoroughbreds tonight is <strong>Exhibition Hastings<\/strong>, in B.C., Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strongshots<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" data-attachment-id=\"24170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/05\/17\/first-post-friday-may-17-2024\/fri0517hst1\/\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fri0517Hst3.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fri0517Hst3.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 17May24 3Hst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Longshots<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"463\" data-attachment-id=\"24172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/05\/17\/first-post-friday-may-17-2024\/fri0517hst4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fri0517Hst4.jpg?fit=2044%2C1478&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2044,1478\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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