{"id":4152,"date":"2013-07-20T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2013-07-20T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T17:47:01","slug":"first-post-saturday-july-20-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/07\/20\/first-post-saturday-july-20-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, July 20, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of issues (!) (read: touted equines) right now, so let&rsquo;s get straight to the action. Giddy-up! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saratoga Race Course<\/strong> <em>1<\/em>, <em>3<\/em>, 4, 5, <em>6<\/em>, 7, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Gulf<\/strong> <em>2<\/em>, 4, 6, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Del Mar Thoroughbred Club<\/strong> 3, <em>4<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>, 6, <em>7<\/em>, 8, 9, 10<\/p>\n<p>Ah, one of those excellence-or-serious-injury kind of days at Swampatoga, DMTC. We will march on a road of bones, or else become the bones.<\/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>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arlington<\/strong> 4, <em>6<\/em>, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Ellis Park<\/strong> 1, 5, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Louisiana<\/strong> 5, <em>9<\/em>, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Monmouth<\/strong> 4<br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> 2, <em>4<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Sar 3<\/strong> and <strong>Dmr 5<\/strong> &#038; <strong>8<\/strong> all on the free page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AP 7<\/strong> &#038; <strong>ElP 8<\/strong> on the pay-side.<\/p>\n<p>Uh-oh. Vaunted Triple Threat Horsey in <strong>Crc 6<\/strong>: <strong>#1 My Brown Eyed Guy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Tension builds for <strong>Mth 11<\/strong>, the <strong>Jersey Derby<\/strong> (R.I.P., Garden State Park). Default Box candidates are <strong>#1 Gun Point<\/strong>, <strong>#4 Vegas No Show<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Not wholly sold on the prohibitive chalk in <strong>Sar 9<\/strong>, the Grade III <strong>Shuvee<\/strong>. Maybe <strong>#4 Moon Philly<\/strong> can sneak in somewhere. However, <strong>#4 Princess of Sylmar<\/strong> seems too good in the <strong>10th there<\/strong>, the Grade I <strong>HRTV-Racing Channel Alabama<\/strong>. Go, HRTV! Go, Racing Channel!<\/p>\n<p>More chalk in <strong>WO 3<\/strong>: <strong>#5 Conquest Two Step<\/strong>. But in the <strong>eighth<\/strong>, the Grade III <strong>Ont. Matron<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Logan&rsquo;s Peak<\/strong> and <strong>#4 Pure Blue Sky<\/strong> don&rsquo;t seem entirely ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>Going for the second-choice on the morning line in <strong>Delpark 7<\/strong>: <strong>#3 Evening Show<\/strong>. Normal favourite service resumed in the big feature, <strong>Race 9<\/strong>, the Grade I <strong>Del. Hcp.<\/strong>: <strong>#3 Royal Delta<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Also a one-horse showdown in <strong>GP 8<\/strong>: <strong>#2 Sr. Quisqueyano<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Fave-longshot pairing in <strong>Suf 9<\/strong>, the <strong>Rise Jim<\/strong>: <strong>#10 Victor Laszlo<\/strong>, <strong>#6 Same Day Pleasure<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Another default scenario in <strong>AsD 7<\/strong> via <strong>#6 Divine Wisdom<\/strong>, <strong>#4 Iwuz Indy Pool<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>#6 Lesson in Deceit<\/strong> (!) has a legitimate-fave tag in the <strong>10th<\/strong> at <strong>Les Bois<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>If it stays on your turf, <strong>#1 Touch Magic<\/strong> is qualified in <strong>EvD 9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, Swampatoga doesn&rsquo;t have a monopoly on contentious-race activity in the Empire State. Canandaigua, represent! <strong>FL 7<\/strong> is hellacious: <strong>#2 Smitten by Gold<\/strong>, <strong>#9 Sweet Hot Toddy<\/strong>, <strong>#5 Sing Dixie Sing<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>One last added-money upset candidate in <strong>Sac&rsquo;to, Northern Cal<\/strong> (Sac&rsquo;to, Northern Cal!). It&rsquo;s in the <strong>eighth<\/strong>, and it&rsquo;s <strong>#7 Fightin Mean Mad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a lot of horseys. Some might win!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Downtown Domonic Brown!<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Arlington<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Arapahoe<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Assiniboia<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Les Bois<\/strong> 5f<br \/>\n<strong>Delpark<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Emerald<\/strong> 6f, 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Evangeline<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Finger<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Fairmount<\/strong> 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Marquis<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Monmouth<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 6f, 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Suffolk<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Thistledown<\/strong> 5&frac12;f, 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Later in a Saturday Night Special, a freestanding edition.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of issues (!) (read: touted equines) right now, so let&rsquo;s get straight to the action. Giddy-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":[11,4,5,3],"tags":[8,13,7,6],"class_list":["post-4152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-picks","category-stakes","category-wmf","tag-analysis","tag-commentary","tag-longshots","tag-track-bias"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-14Y","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152","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=4152"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4157,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions\/4157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}