No more Delpark, no more Suffolk, as the great Leonard Cohen put it: “Winter’s tuning up.”<\/p>\n
So what’s a Thoroughbred racing fanatic to do for pari-mutuel engagement during business hours on the second day of the workweek?<\/p>\n
Hello, Beulah! Time to get excited about Finger Lakes! Pharx, whatever we’re supposed to call ya, we’re on board!<\/p>\n
Beulah<\/strong> first. In the third<\/strong>, looks quite contentious, so the tossup call goes to third morning-line choice #2 Ms Sultry<\/strong>, who boasts dual confirmation atop both on V6 Betting Line and the LineLine Speed Column. …Could be a lock (as opposed to a shock) in the sixth<\/strong> there when #9 Revivalist<\/strong> looks to spring the gate-to-wire romp. …Wide-open in the eighth<\/strong>, prompting a trio of potential price options: #1 K Lynn<\/strong>, #10 Flying Felix<\/strong> and #9 Reds Chile<\/strong> (spicy!). …As well, the finale ninth<\/strong> has grab-bag status, and again the hedgers here find it prudent to choose from among three: #9 Such Fortune<\/strong>, #3 Badinkadink<\/strong> and #4 Griffen Avenue<\/strong>. …<\/p>\n Over at the Finger<\/strong>, it seems a walkover for prohibitive top selection #5 Saint Jen<\/strong> in the fifth<\/strong>. …Very tempting business in the sixth<\/strong> to try to defeat 4-5 morning-line cinch #2 Thunderized, but we have to do it with the crazy troika of #3 Out From Africa<\/strong>, #1A Seeking the Lead<\/strong> and #5 Spec’s Irish River<\/strong>. …However, normal service resumed in the eighth<\/strong> for #8 The Cuff Shooter<\/strong> as a strong single-type play. …<\/p>\n At Pharx<\/strong>, #9 D’oro Deelites<\/strong> has it all over the fourth<\/strong>. …But a chance to shake things up in the next race (that would be the fifth<\/strong>, where no one stands out but longshots #2 Judge Well<\/strong>, #3 Migrant <\/strong>and #1 King of the Tango<\/strong> have as good an outlook as any of the others. …Once again to try to beat the chalk in the eighth<\/strong>, and the hopefuls are #2 Weeper<\/strong>, #5 Robynthekoop<\/strong> and #7 Jemilyn<\/strong>. …<\/p>\n OK. Seacrest out. Play the races. Cash some tickets. Make some money. Best wishes! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No more Delpark, no more Suffolk, as the great Leonard Cohen put it: “Winter’s tuning up.”<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,13,9,7],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picks","tag-analysis","tag-commentary","tag-free","tag-longshots"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-5b","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","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=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}