{"id":3259,"date":"2013-01-26T12:42:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T20:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2013-01-26T12:42:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T20:42:50","slug":"first-post-saturday-january-26-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/01\/26\/first-post-saturday-january-26-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, January 26, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The manhole-cover thief in Florida, they caught him.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As much as a thief can be admired, the manhole-cover thief had to be it. Better than the white-collar types, at least by us. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 5, <strong>6<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Gulf<\/strong> <strong>6<\/strong>, 9, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 6, <strong>10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLLS&#038;Category_Code=\">Pay-side<\/a><\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong> <strong>5<\/strong>, <strong>7<\/strong>, 9, 11, <strong>12<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Oaklawn<\/strong> 3, <strong>6<\/strong>, <strong>9<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Turfway<\/strong> <strong>2<\/strong>, <strong>3<\/strong>, <strong>4<\/strong>, <strong>6<\/strong>, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> 7, 8, <strong>9<\/strong>, <strong>11<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 1, <strong>8<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sam Houston<\/strong> <strong>3<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sunland<\/strong> 8, <strong>11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> page includes GP 10 and SA 6. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLLS&#038;Category_Code=\">Pay-side<\/a> includes FG 7, 9.<\/p>\n<p>Mild upset for <strong>Aqu 8<\/strong>, the <strong>Affectionately<\/strong>: <strong>#2 Withgreatpleasure<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>But in <strong>FG 8<\/strong>, the <strong>Gaudin Mem<\/strong>., it&rsquo;s the chalky <strong>#1 Delaunay<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Better upset in store for <strong>Hou 6<\/strong>, the <strong>Allen&rsquo;s Landing<\/strong>, in which the returning <strong>#2 Desert Ransom<\/strong> has the <em>bona fides<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The old warrior <strong>#1A Chamberlain Bridge<\/strong> is a turf-sprint legend contesting the <strong>Energy Services<\/strong>, <strong>Hou 7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#7 Halo Dolly<\/strong> can take the <strong>SA 5<\/strong>, <strong>Valentine Dancer<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tampa 10<\/strong> is the <strong>Lightning City<\/strong>, another turf sprint, but minus the usual craziness: <strong>#5 Madame Giry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Atrocious programming (read: race-construction) of the Thoroughbreds in North America yesterday. Maybe a single, solitary handful of opportunities among all the operating hippodromes. That left the other fist free to shake at The Establishment for trotting out such a shambolic product. It would not have been entirely incorrect to prefer the chariot racing last night. However, it shall never be enough to consider laying down even a penny on the Quarters. The Wild West has the wrong variant on the flats. Steeplechasing and hunt meetings and even point-to-point marathons are superior to 50-yard Quarters. Keep that in mind. Aristocratsz over cowpokesz. Jodhpurs over jeans. Jonathan Sheppard over Wayne D. Lukasz.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it was obviously a slow day, but one nearly quickened by the runner-up performance in Sunland&rsquo;s 10th, in which the touted (!) You Follow Me was indeed followed, at a lusty 33-1, by every horse in the field bar one; yup, that one was the 13-10 fave. So if you liked playing the saver perfactor, the 33-1 outsider to the romping public-choice, it came back a healthy $118 for $2. That&rsquo;s the kind of consolation payoff worth the bother, just about 6X better than the $20.80 place payoff.<\/p>\n<p>But, hey, it&rsquo;s your choice. We are not ashamed to tout. Somebody&rsquo;s got to do it. As long as it&rsquo;s done with reasonable honour and modesty (yea, verily, where has all the modesty gone from this world?), so be it. Amen. Shantih, shantih, shantih.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\nAqueduct 6f<br \/>\nGulf 6f<br \/>\nPennNat 6f, 1m (WMF 250)<br \/>\nKeystone 6f, 1m<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\nSanta Anita 1m (T) (WMF 15)<br \/>\nTampa 1 1\/16m (T)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Night off&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. 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