{"id":29362,"date":"2026-08-24T16:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=29362"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T23:26:56","slug":"first-post-monday-august-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2026\/08\/24\/first-post-monday-august-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Monday, August 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Just about quarter-past the 4 p.m. hour here in roasting Southern California generally, and specifically at elev. approx. 1,150-ft above sea level at latitude 34.07\u00ba N longitude 118.21\u00ba W and the hyperlocal temperature sits at about 96\u00baF. And the thermometer won\u2019t dip below 80\u00baF anytime before 8:30 p.m., with something approximating 75\u00baF forecast at midnight straight-up. The temperature shown in today\u2019s snapshot lede was recorded just before 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Some past-bedtime issues to report from the night before last night\u2019s (Saturday\u2019s) late action: at Chas. Town, W.Va.<\/strong>, #1 Love the Lad<\/strong> (.303 Win Prob \/ 2.30-1 Fair Odds \/ 2.86-1 Premium Odds) showed none to his foes in Race 7<\/strong> at $11.20<\/strong>; completing your winning $65.80 exacta<\/strong> was #3 Truth and Justice<\/strong> (.318 \/ 2.14 \/ 2.68), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $24.93; at Edmonton, Alb.<\/strong>, #4 Quarry<\/strong> (.144 \/ 5.94 \/ 7.13) was predator not prey at Race 11<\/strong> at $21.40<\/strong>; at Oklahoma City<\/strong>, Race 8<\/strong> found #7 Birdie\u2019s Legacy<\/strong> (.202 \/ 3.95 \/ 4.79) and #2 Gift of Grace<\/strong> (.159 \/ 5.29 \/ 6.35) combining on your winning $82.20 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $72.32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for yesterday (Sunday), some results here…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#7 Hard to Figure<\/strong> (.293 \/ 2.41 \/ 2.89) made it difficult on his rivals in Del Mar, Calif.<\/strong>\u2019s Race 3<\/strong> at $7.40<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Race 2<\/strong> out of Hendo., Ky.<\/strong>, it was old head #6 Prince of Light<\/strong> (.320 \/ 2.13 \/ 2.66) prevailing in a race with a couple of firsters at a sorry-not-sorry $9.80<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Auburn, Wash.<\/strong>, a five-horse field in Race 5<\/strong> resulted in #3 Candy Caballo<\/strong> (.245 \/ 3.08 \/ 4.10) scoring as a low-priced-overlay at $10.60<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Thoroughbred opener<\/strong> on the Altoona, Iowa<\/strong>, card was Race 5<\/strong>, and #1 Elusive d\u2019Oro<\/strong> (.276 \/ 2.62 \/ 3.35) grabbed the gold in a five-horse lineup at $8.60<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Race 3<\/strong> from Saratoga Spgs., N.Y.<\/strong>, #7 Tennessee Belle<\/strong> (.199 \/ 4.03 \/ 5.03) won it for Dolly Parton, Reese Witherspoon & Miley Cyrus at $12.30<\/strong>. In your Race 10 finale<\/strong>, which was rained-off the turf and laden with late scratches, it was #7 Franklin Delano<\/strong> (.233 \/ 3.29 \/ 4.15) winning it for the 32nd<\/sup> president of the United States at $12.72<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally from Etobicoke Int\u2019l<\/strong>., Race 2<\/strong> had a firster, so #3 Top of D Mountain<\/strong> (.426 \/ 1.35 \/ 1.68) won it for retired MLB pitcher Rich Hill at a sorry-not-sorry $5.60<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we arrive at today (Monday), for these outcomes…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting with Canandaigua, N.Y.<\/strong>, specifically the opener<\/strong>, which #4 Shortsinthewinter<\/strong> (.283 \/ 2.53 \/ 3.13) came up anything-but-short in the summer at $8.44<\/strong>; completing your winning $58.10 exacta<\/strong> was #2 Catch a Tiger<\/strong> (.280 \/ 2.57 \/ 3.18), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $26.16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another opener<\/strong>, this time from Hallandale Beach, Fla.<\/strong>, where #2 Operation Torch<\/strong> (.261 \/ 2.83 \/ 3.48) lit a path to victory lane at $9.40<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pulling out all the after-dark spots now for these potential bangers from Assiniboia<\/strong> & Mountain<\/strong>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just about quarter-past the 4 p.m. hour here in roasting Southern California generally, and specifically at elev. approx. 1,150-ft above sea level at latitude 34.07\u00ba N longitude 118.21\u00ba W and the hyperlocal temperature sits at about 96\u00baF. And the thermometer … Continue reading →<\/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,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-7DA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29362","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=29362"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29381,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29362\/revisions\/29381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}