{"id":28969,"date":"2026-07-08T17:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=28969"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:53:48","slug":"first-post-wednesday-july-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/07\/08\/first-post-wednesday-july-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Wednesday, July 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:xuemqxr2ddetamkekhpst3wg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mq6eb22n6c2o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiem4dsbdqv3agfz5s4bn7mh2l5tdukhzvynfq4vrcyj4fcvltir2m\"><p lang=\"en\">The Halfway PostTop GOP officials are reportedly terrified Kentucky Democrats will grow a pair and announce, \u201cWe\u2019re assuming Mitch McConnell is completely incapacitated, and will now replace him,\u201d to have courts force them to prove he&#39;s not a vegetable or let Beshear replace him.<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:xuemqxr2ddetamkekhpst3wg?ref_src=embed\">Paul Eric (@pauleric70.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:xuemqxr2ddetamkekhpst3wg\/post\/3mq6eb22n6c2o?ref_src=embed\">2026-07-09T00:17:51.526Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why the F not? Good ol\u2019 Mitch will pull himself up by his bootstraps or he will be dead. Either way, this proverbial \u2018personal responsibility\u2019 the rightwing Libertariats are so fond of insisting of everybody else, well, then, now it will be insisted upon the putative senior U.S. Senator of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky! PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: GIVE ME BOOSTRAPS OR GIVE ME DEATH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday now, with some of your Thoroughbred contests in North America shaking out thusly&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>Cincinnati<\/strong>, <strong>#4 Lamporghini<\/strong> (.348 Win Prob \/ 1.87-1 Fair Odds \/ 2.28-1 Premium Odds) won <strong>Race 4<\/strong> for Ferrucci0 at <strong>$6.40<\/strong>. <strong>Next race<\/strong> there, <strong>#5 Perfect Pink<\/strong> (.271 \/ 2.69 \/ 3.32) finished in-the-black at <strong>$14.60<\/strong>; <strong>#6 Doc\u2019s Luv<\/strong> (.286 \/ 2.50 \/ 3.09) completed your winning <strong>$40-even exacta<\/strong>, which had a premium price of $27.15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your <strong>Stanton, Del., Race 10 finale<\/strong> found <strong>#5 Lilliput<\/strong> (.148 \/ 5.76 \/ 7.11) running away from that billing and coming-up big enough at <strong>$16-even<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Shelbyville, Ind.<\/strong>, <strong>opener<\/strong> had <strong>#2 Pernicious <\/strong>(.171 \/ 4.85 \/ 6.02) and <strong>#7 Staymistyforme<\/strong> (.199 \/ 4.03 \/ 4.88) combining on your winning <strong>$72.80 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $70.79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now to The Keystone State for your <strong>Race 6<\/strong> from <strong>Grantville<\/strong>, in which <strong>#3 Cruzin Anna<\/strong> (.261 \/ 2.83 \/ 3.60) sailed to victory at <strong>$13-even<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$54.20 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#2 Sacred Love<\/strong> (.290 \/ 2.45 \/ 3.14), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $29.80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another stop in Pennsylvania, this time via <strong>Race 7<\/strong> from <strong>Cornwells Hts.<\/strong>, <strong>Penna.<\/strong>, which had <strong>#2 I Can Run<\/strong> (.263 \/ 2.80 \/ 3.56) running to that billing and also being able to win at <strong>$9.80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, there are three Thoroughbred ovals in the Commonwealth named for Wm. Penn, and it\u2019s situated at the western edge, specifically <strong>Erie<\/strong>, where in your <strong>Race 3<\/strong> it was <strong>#1 Eye Candy Warrior<\/strong> (.330 \/ 2.03 \/ 2.64) and <strong>#2 Triple R Rated<\/strong> (.334 \/ 1.99 \/ 2.59) combining on your winning <strong>$22.60 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $18.95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#6 Harbour Bridge<\/strong> (.283 \/ 2.53 \/ 3.24) crossed into the <strong>Race 4<\/strong> winner\u2019s circle at <strong>No. Randall, Ohio<\/strong>, paying <strong>$11-even<\/strong> up top. <strong>#5 Coastertothemoon<\/strong> (.354 \/ 1.82 \/ 2.31) was your runner-up to complete your winning <strong>$24.20 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $21.44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two to recommend at the tippy-tail end of your Wednesday evening now&#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=\"551\" 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Good ol\u2019 Mitch will pull himself up by his bootstraps or he will be dead. Either way, this proverbial \u2018personal responsibility\u2019 the rightwing Libertariats are so fond of insisting of everybody else, well, then, now it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/07\/08\/first-post-wednesday-july-8-2026\/\">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-28969","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-7xf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28969","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=28969"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28980,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28969\/revisions\/28980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}