{"id":29302,"date":"2026-08-18T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=29302"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:24:04","slug":"first-post-tuesday-august-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/08\/18\/first-post-tuesday-august-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Tuesday, August 18, 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:ftlk7gnhdbanlgm2db6lmpsj\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mtfbsquqoc2l\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifolmqwapokvqmk6xnqvy6egsb3haplhj3ca3q57oy47wsby2s7lq\"><p lang=\"en\"><\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ftlk7gnhdbanlgm2db6lmpsj?ref_src=embed\">Melissa Combs (@melissacombs.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:ftlk7gnhdbanlgm2db6lmpsj\/post\/3mtfbsquqoc2l?ref_src=embed\">2026-08-18T22:38:17.695Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading <em>used to be<\/em> fundamental. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No late ones from yesterday (Monday), so here\u2019s how some of the races from today (Tuesday) turned-out&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#6 Mitole\u2019s Secret<\/strong> (.203 Win Prob \/ 3.93-1 Fair Odds \/ 4.91-1 Premium Odds) was well-kept-enough to return <strong>$17-even<\/strong> up top while taking <strong>Race 6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong>Grantville, Penna.<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Thick as Thieves<\/strong> (.193 \/ 4.18 \/ 5.06) made off with <strong>Race 3<\/strong> at <strong>$14.80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your <strong>Erie, Penna.<\/strong>, <strong>opener<\/strong> had <strong>#4 Body by Carvel<\/strong> (.329 \/ 2.04 \/ 2.65) and <strong>#5 Big Run<\/strong> (.325 \/ 2.08 \/ 2.69) combining on your winning <strong>$22.60 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $19.55. In <strong>Race 7<\/strong>, <strong>#6 Kid Cairo<\/strong> won it for Egypt &amp; Illinois at <strong>$11.20<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$91.20 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#8 Triple Start<\/strong> (.142 \/ 6.04 \/ 7.45), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $78.58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally from <strong>No. Randall, Ohio<\/strong>, it was <strong>#5 Swayback Mobil<\/strong> (.207 \/ 3.83 \/ 5.04) reaching the wire in front in <strong>Race 3<\/strong> at <strong>$14.40<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s your nightcap from <strong>Assiniboia<\/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=\"547\" data-attachment-id=\"29307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/08\/18\/first-post-tuesday-august-18-2026\/screenshot-476\/\" 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