{"id":3435,"date":"2013-03-23T12:18:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T19:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2013-03-23T12:19:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T19:19:26","slug":"first-post-saturday-march-23-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/03\/23\/first-post-saturday-march-23-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, March 23, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5vNReqUGtsc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Saturday morning. We pick more winners (oh, OK, <em>some<\/em> winners?) when the familiar Metropolitan Opera live broadcast comes over the airwaves, sponsored by Toll Bros., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brothers Koch. Not really on any of these counts, but yes to the opera sometimes. It keeps you honest. You get to hear something real and undoctored, music as was originally intended. Today brings an archival broadcast from 1977 featuring Leontyne Price and Placido Domingo. How can you not listen? Verdi was born 200 years ago this year. Who else will we be playing 200 years from now? Verdi? Of course. F-u-n-period, Gotye, Fred Mumford &#038; Son? Ummmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&rsquo;s a short film meant to entertain highbrow, lowbrow and, like us, nobrow alike. Kulture vulturesz 4-evah!<!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 10<br \/>\n<strong>Gulf<\/strong> 1, 3, <em>4<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, 9, <em>10<\/em>, <em>11<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 6, 7, 9<\/p>\n<p>Hallandale Beach again! One time!<\/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>Turfway<\/strong> <em>2<\/em>, 4, <em>5<\/em>, 6, <em>7<\/em>, 8, <em>9<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>, <em>11<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong> 5, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> <em>2<\/em>, <em>6<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Oaklawn<\/strong> 1, 2, <em>4<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> 4, 5<br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 2, 4, 6, 8<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, Tampa. No good when it&rsquo;s wet. Regretsz!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones are <strong>GP 10<\/strong>, the <strong>Grade II Pan American<\/strong>; and <strong>SA 7<\/strong>, the <strong>Grade III Tokyo City Cup<\/strong>. <\/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> smorgasbord includes all three at Turfway. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair Grounds 10<\/strong>, the <strong>Red Camelia<\/strong>, seems contentious but <strong>#5 Ladyzarbridge<\/strong> might be a tad too good for them.  <\/p>\n<p>Rare to have a fourth-choice on the morning line be listed at 3&frac12;-1, but such is the case at <strong>Oaklawn<\/strong> for the <strong>ninth<\/strong>, the <strong>Hot Springs<\/strong>. In it, <strong>#1 Picko&rsquo;s Pride<\/strong> can post the mild upset.  <\/p>\n<p>Extra for experts in <strong>Fonner 10<\/strong>: low-priced <strong>#1 Song of Humor<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Hope you were playing the Gulf yesterday &mdash; finally!<\/p>\n<p>In Race 1 there was the top-touted Pleiadian, the best of the experienceds in a maiden-claimer on turf. Those are never easy for any horsey, nevermind lukewarm 2&frac12;-1 faves without the requisite LifeLiner Speed Column score. So Pleiadian, 10-1 on the morning line and 8-1 actual, took over between calls and held sway at $18.80. Unfortunately, the two listed Bonkersmates ran to their higher odds, finishing thoroughly beaten. Runner-up was too low on the morning line to mention, but he also qualified on LifeLiner, with the $2 exacta returning $146.80. <\/p>\n<p>Race 7 was your Big Kahuna Burger Hit of the Day. It&rsquo;s always guessing when you have to tout five runners in a single race. Usually the five runners are like the makeweights in a five-for-one trade, the half a team you&rsquo;d have to throw in to get one Koobie Brian or one Mike Trout. In other words, it looks impressive on paper, quantitatively, even though qualitatively the whole of them are way less than the sum of the parts. Or something like that.<\/p>\n<p>Race 7, then. Top-touted Stormin Wildcat, 44-1. Next-touted Double Judge, 18-1. Next-touted Zip It Nance, 12-1. Next-touted On Appeal, 23-1. Next-touted Longer Terms Doug, 58-1. You get the idea. Except it was one-sided in favor of the nonsensical issues. On Appeal won straight at $48.80. Runner-up was Double Judge, and the $2 perfecta paid $615.40. With our compliments! How does this happen? Who&rsquo;s giving away the store? Favored Pot of Gold was third, and of course qualified on LifeLiner, with your trizactor returning $1,803 for a buck. Ack! The fourth-placer was not in the reckoning. <\/p>\n<p>Race 8 capped a $415 daily double when 5-1 In the Beat took it, way bet-down from 12-1 on the morning line. <\/p>\n<p>Hawthorne 8 found Work All Week winning ($9.40) and getting much more support than his 12-1 morning-line odds.<\/p>\n<p>Four touted in Oaklawn 8, and one of those four was Second Bonkersmate Speighter Man, 15-1 on the morning line at 13-1 at off-time. &rsquo;Speighter was a fighter, leading in deep stretch before yielding late to the 3&frac12;-1 winner. Yes, that winner was LifeLiner-approved, but unmentionable due to modest 4-1 odds on the morning line; the exacta returned $152 for $2. Third-placer was 4&frac12;-1, only 5-1 on the morning line, and was tops LifeLiner, with the triactor coming back 693-1. Fourth-placer another LifeLiner contender, and the super-duper was not a wagering option in the race. Maybe your friendly neighborhood Turf Accountant Nick the Fish was able to accommodate you there.<\/p>\n<p>Race 9 at Oaklawn featured an Honourable Mention from Sweet Ruby Kate, 15-1 on the morning line and 20-1 in the real wagering. She was best of the rest but well-behind the winner. Hahahaha! The winner was your favourite, too, but LifeLiner shook its head. Boo! Hiss! Kill the Ump!<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\nAqueduct 6f<br \/>\nBeulah 6f<br \/>\nFonner 6f<br \/>\nGulf 6f<br \/>\nHawthorne 6f<br \/>\nLos Alamitos 4&frac12;f<br \/>\nLaurel 6f<br \/>\nMountain 6f<br \/>\nPennNat 1m<br \/>\nKeystone 6f<br \/>\nSanta Anita 6f<br \/>\nSunland 6f<br \/>\nTampa 1m40y<br \/>\nTurf Paradise 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Ripe for a surprise in <strong>Delta 5<\/strong> (8:04 p.m. EDT \/ 5:04 p.m. PDT) via <strong>#2 Sherrylee&rsquo;s Barbie<\/strong>. &#8230;Back for <strong>Race 10<\/strong> (10:19 \/ 7:19): <strong>#8 Hot Argument<\/strong>. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Bye-bye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday morning. We pick more winners (oh, OK, some winners?) when the familiar Metropolitan Opera live broadcast comes over the airwaves, sponsored by Toll Bros., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Brothers Koch. 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