{"id":29100,"date":"2026-07-22T17:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=29100"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T00:33:21","slug":"first-post-wednesday-july-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/07\/22\/first-post-wednesday-july-22-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Wednesday, July 22, 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:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mr3rcaqcbc2i\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreig25hc36dfepmd7flivocdfwdisde7aiqam5dw4ktcdmlmerrlej4\"><p lang=\"en\">Papa! Papa! The refs are being mean to me!<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj?ref_src=embed\">Ben Collins (@bencollins.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj\/post\/3mr3rcaqcbc2i?ref_src=embed\">2026-07-20T16:58:23.137Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WAAAAAA! Rigged! WAAAAAA1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a lot of reasons to be circumspect about the sport depicted in today\u2019s graphic lede, but when the players themselves routinely try to pull-off this kind of nonsense, well, the derogatory sense of the world \u2018entitlement\u2019 just does not come close to doing that circumspection justice. We always believe that sports &amp; athletics is one of the last havens for fair play &amp; impartiality to rule over the cult of personality &amp; race-supremacy, but this guy really did try to ruin it for hundreds of years of links history. BOO! GET THE F OUT OF HERE! BOOSTRAPS, YA\u2019 BIG FAT BABY! BOOTSTRAPS! WHERE\u2019s YOUR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY! WHERE\u2019s THAT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY YOU ALWAYS DEMAND OF EVERYBODY ELSE? F THIS GUY. F OUTTA HERE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good amount of action for a Wednesday, including these outcomes&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your <strong>Cincinnati opener<\/strong> went to <strong>#6 Don\u2019t Cross Alexis<\/strong> (.284 Win Prob \/ 2.52-1 Fair Odds \/ 3.23-1 Premium Odds), who won it for supermodel Kim &amp; actress Bledel at <strong>$8.20<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stanton, Del.<\/strong>\u2019s, <strong>Race 2<\/strong> saw <strong>#6 Johnny G<\/strong> (.434 \/ 1.30 \/ 1.63) getting the W at a sorry-not-sorry <strong>$5.40<\/strong>. In <strong>Race 4<\/strong> there, <strong>#3 Good as He Gets<\/strong> (.327 \/ 2.06 \/ 2.58) won it for Jack Nicholson at <strong>$8-even<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$31.80 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#1 Ascendance<\/strong> (.245 \/ 3.08 \/ 3.90), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $25.28. In <strong>Race 8<\/strong>, your winning <strong>$16.80 exacta<\/strong> combined <strong>#2 Pride\u2019s Prince<\/strong> (.418 \/ 1.39 \/ 1.73) and <strong>#3 Speed Boat Beach<\/strong> (.291 \/ 2.44 \/ 3.12); the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) was $14.25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#4 That\u2019s Funny<\/strong> (.408 \/ 1.45 \/ 1.79) was no joke in taking <strong>Race 3<\/strong> on the <strong>Canandaigua, N.Y.<\/strong>, card at <strong>$5.28<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#9 R Doc<\/strong> (.165 \/ 5.06 \/ 6.27) operated successfully in <strong>Race 4<\/strong> from <strong>New Cumberland, W.Va.<\/strong>, at <strong>$16-even<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania now for your <strong>opener<\/strong> at <strong>Cornwells Hts.<\/strong>, in which <strong>#7 Fast Motion<\/strong> (.317 \/ 2.15 \/ 2.60) ran to that billing at <strong>$9.20<\/strong>. <strong>Next race<\/strong> there, <strong>#1 Tara\u2019s Talent<\/strong> (.194 \/ 4.15 \/ 5.19) and <strong>#3 Thelastbulletsmine<\/strong> (.412 \/ 1.43 \/ 1.77) combined on your winning <strong>$30.40 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $28.75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the other end of The Keystone State, it\u2019s <strong>Erie<\/strong>, whose <strong>Race 6<\/strong> was won by <strong>#4 Triple Start<\/strong> (.176 \/ 4.68 \/ 5.82) at <strong>$14.60<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three on the tree for your Wednesday perusal this time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" data-attachment-id=\"29110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/07\/22\/first-post-wednesday-july-22-2026\/nblwed0722asd4\/\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" data-attachment-id=\"29112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/07\/22\/first-post-wednesday-july-22-2026\/nblwed0722mnr8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NBLWed0722Mnr8.jpg?fit=612%2C792&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,792\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NBLWed0722Mnr8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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