{"id":2826,"date":"2012-09-29T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2012-09-29T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T19:09:15","slug":"first-post-saturday-september-29-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2012\/09\/29\/first-post-saturday-september-29-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, September 29, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xn_XsOUC9s0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>National Coffee Day! Drink up! Another missed opportunity for the Rommey (Rommey!) campaign. Like what one of the commenters (a neocon, to boot!) said about this (filthy rich) poor guy: &ldquo;He makes J. Danforth Quayle look like ARISTOTLE&#8230;&ldquo; Yep, that&rsquo;s about right&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As for the video header today, it&rsquo;s a blast from the past, an innocuous pop song. Yet after all these years it provides some uplift. Feel good, people. Ditch the irony!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont<\/strong> <strong>1<\/strong>, <strong>2<\/strong>, <strong>3<\/strong>, <strong>4<\/strong>, <strong>10<\/strong>, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Calder<\/strong> <strong>7<\/strong>, <strong>11<\/strong>, 12<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 5, <strong>9<\/strong>, <strong>10<\/strong>, 11<\/p>\n<p>Hollow in the middle at Elmont, N.Y. But late life at all three.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLLS&#038;Category_Code=\">Pay-side<\/a><\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monmouth<\/strong> 7, 8, <strong>9<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> 1, 3, 4, <strong>5<\/strong>, <strong>7<\/strong>, 9, <strong>10<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Laurel<\/strong> 1, <strong>2<\/strong>, <strong>5<\/strong>, <strong>11<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Turfway<\/strong> 5, 7, <strong>9<\/strong>, <strong>10<\/strong>, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Arlington<\/strong> <strong>4<\/strong>, 7, 10, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Remington<\/strong> 1, <strong>2<\/strong>, <strong>4<\/strong>, <strong>6<\/strong>, 8<\/p>\n<p>(Bonkers Box races in <strong>bold<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: zOMG. Thirty-some-odd added-money events on the docket for your Saturday. How is this possible? <\/p>\n<p>First off, the freebies, since we all lurve freebies, right? The <strong>10th<\/strong> at <strong>Belmont<\/strong> (<strong>Grade I HRTV Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational Stakes<\/strong>), the <strong>ninth<\/strong> and <strong>10th<\/strong> at <strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> (respectively, the <strong>Grade I Rodeo Drive<\/strong>, the <strong>Grade I Awesome Again<\/strong> and the <strong>Unzip Me<\/strong>). Those are four outstanding opportunities available gratis on the vaunted <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Pick of the Day<\/a><\/strong> page. Have at &rsquo;em!<\/p>\n<p>And since we&rsquo;re all Good Time Charlies, here&rsquo;s some more. Mild upset on tap in <strong>Race 10<\/strong> at <strong>Calder<\/strong>, the <strong>Cassidy<\/strong>. We prefer Dos Equis &mdash; um, make that <strong>#8 Jewel in the Sky<\/strong>. Also in for the nap (as they say in the UK), it&rsquo;s <strong>#4 Cryptic Message<\/strong> in the <strong>eighth<\/strong> at <strong>Woodbine<\/strong>, the <strong>Victorian Queen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller-track action now, first at the <strong>Finger<\/strong>. It&rsquo;s the <strong>N.Y. Breeders&rsquo;s Futurity<\/strong> going as <strong>Race 8<\/strong>: <strong>#2 Shot Rock<\/strong> for the minor upset. A larger upset possible in the sixth at <strong>Hastings-Exhibition-Nootka Island<\/strong>; <strong>#2 Victorious Spirit<\/strong> can do OK in the <strong>CTHS Sales<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Really small track action at <strong>Lethbridge<\/strong>. Why bother going <em>there<\/em>? Because we can, ya Everest-climbersz! Except in this case it&rsquo;s like going to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. Try the <strong>sixth<\/strong> today, the <strong>B Cup Fillies and Mares Sprint<\/strong>, for <strong>#6 Mistress Bell<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>We stay in the Great White North, this time at <strong>Northlands<\/strong> for <strong>Race 9<\/strong>, the <strong>Speed to Spare<\/strong>. It&rsquo;s a chance for the fourth horse on the morning line, <strong>#4 Ready Racer<\/strong>, to surprise. <\/p>\n<p>Back to the United States here for <strong>Presque Isle<\/strong>&rsquo;s <strong>fifth<\/strong>, the <strong>Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile<\/strong>. Wide-open for <strong>#10 Xanthos<\/strong> to upset. <\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Speed<\/em><br \/>\nBelmont 6f, 1m<br \/>\nDelpark 6f<br \/>\nFinger 6f<br \/>\nHoosier 5&frac12;f<br \/>\nHastings 6&frac12;f<br \/>\nMountain 6f<br \/>\nMonmouth 6f<br \/>\nThistle 6f<br \/>\nZia 6f (WMF 600)<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\nPresque 6&frac12;f (WMF 5)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Looks ripe for the shock in <strong>Race 6<\/strong> at <strong>PennNat<\/strong> (8:20 p.m. EDT \/ 5:20 p.m. PDT); <strong>#7 First in Fashion<\/strong> can do it, and so can <strong>#6 Urloveisasymphony<\/strong>. &#8230;Pure gambling going on in the <strong>finale<\/strong> at the <strong>Presque<\/strong>, a 2&frac14;-mile Test of A Champion; the Bonkers-type scenario involves <strong>#13 Pretty Mr. D<\/strong> and <strong>#2 Blue Mon<\/strong>. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. 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