{"id":28740,"date":"2026-05-08T17:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=28740"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:39:23","slug":"first-post-friday-may-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/05\/08\/first-post-friday-may-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, May 8, 2026"},"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\/31TeixSrv5k?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\">A Philly Institution&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, and for a long time in the Delaware Valley, and then later on via syndication, Friday meant \u2018Friday with Frank\u2019 as presented by the gentleman in today\u2019s video lede: Mistah Sid Frank. His flagship station was the old WWDB-FM 96.5, a reactionary talk-radio outlet that undoubtedly was a precursor to the fashy AM radio of the 1990s and beyond. But on Friday night, and a couple of days later (via \u2018Sunday with Sinatra\u2019), it was going to be Sid Frank taking down the rhetorical temperature with the immortal sounds of what they used to call \u2018easy listening\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Some late-issues to report from yesterday\u2019s (<strong>Thursday<\/strong>\u2019s) nighttime action: at <strong>Louisville, Ky.<\/strong>, your <strong>Race 8 finale<\/strong> went to <strong>#10 Turner\u2019s Charm<\/strong> (.130 Win Prob \/ 6.69-1 Fair Odds \/ 8.23-1 Premium Odds) who won it for Ted Turner on the Day of His Death at <strong>$18.38<\/strong>; at <strong>Opelousas, La.<\/strong>, <strong>#6 Molto Vino<\/strong> (.183 \/ 4.46 \/ 5.56) had plenty of wine to go along with his win in <strong>Race 4<\/strong> at <strong>$16.40<\/strong>; in <strong>Race 7 there<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Tensas Camp Road<\/strong> (.154 \/ 5.49 \/ 6.60) led to the winner\u2019s circle at <strong>$20-even<\/strong>; at <strong>Grantville, Penna.<\/strong>, <strong>Race 6<\/strong> went to <strong>#3 Paterno<\/strong> (.317 \/ 2.15 \/ 2.69), who won it for the long lost JoePa at <strong>$7.60<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for today (<strong>Friday<\/strong>) some of your races went like this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>Hallandale Beach, Fla.<\/strong>, <strong>#5 Das Ist Alles Ally<\/strong> (.253 \/ 2.95 \/ 3.62) was all enemy to his foes in <strong>Race 2<\/strong> at <strong>$11.20<\/strong>. In <strong>Race 6<\/strong>, <strong>#6 Moonstrocity<\/strong> (.347 \/ 1.88 \/ 2.37) won it for Luna at <strong>$9.40<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>Laurel, Md.<\/strong>, <strong>#5 Impressiveness<\/strong> (.360 \/ 1.78 \/ 2.25) took the <strong>fifth <\/strong>at an unimpeachable <strong>$6.20<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#5 Danzig Til Dawn<\/strong> (.189 \/ 4.29 \/ 5.35) won <strong>Race 7<\/strong> for Gdansk at Sunrise at<strong> $14.60<\/strong>; <strong>#7 Gogotiz<\/strong> (.264 \/ 2.79 \/ 3.43) completed your winning <strong>$55.60 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $47.40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really late in the evening for this quartet from <strong>Century Mile Thoroughbreds<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Prairie<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" data-attachment-id=\"28742\" 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