{"id":4490,"date":"2013-08-24T11:14:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T18:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=4490"},"modified":"2013-08-24T11:14:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T18:14:06","slug":"first-post-saturday-august-24-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/08\/24\/first-post-saturday-august-24-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, August 24, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gI4d5bvxJzg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Man, that TCM is a good channel. Elizabeth Taylor in back-to-back heartwrenchers last night: The movie in the above clip, then what was left of the nerves were completely shredded by her tour de force in <em>Who&rsquo;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?<\/em> Lots o&rsquo; drama. Lots. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Then when we turned on the channel this morning, it was screening the <em>Green Grass of Wyoming<\/em>, a sentimental little flick about a sulky horse and his lovable-loser driver! Harness! In Wyoming! Harness! TCM #1 alwayszzz!<\/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> 1, 5, 7, <em>11<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Calder \/ Gulf<\/strong> <em>Calder 2<\/em>, Calder 10, <em>Gulf 8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Del Mar Thoroughbred Club<\/strong> <em>1<\/em>, <em>2<\/em>, 3, 5, 6, <em>7<\/em>, <em>9<\/em>, 10<\/p>\n<p>Come on, San Diego! Filner out! One time, San Diego! 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>Arlington<\/strong> 6, 7, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Ellis Park<\/strong> 2, <em>5<\/em>, 6, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Louisiana<\/strong> 1, 5, 6, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Monmouth<\/strong> 5, 8, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Remington<\/strong> 6, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> <em>6<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Calder 10<\/strong>, the eponymous <strong>Turf Dash<\/strong> there, is on the free page. <\/p>\n<p>So is <strong>Saratoga 11<\/strong>, the Grade I <strong>King&rsquo;s Bishop<\/strong>. Today is your big day, Saratoga. Have a wonderful time over there!<\/p>\n<p>Should be good for <strong>#8 Brothersofthetime<\/strong> in <strong>Calder 5<\/strong>, the <strong>Seacliff<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Open deal in the <strong>next race there<\/strong>, the <strong>Lindsay Frolic<\/strong>: <strong>#6 Flat Out Charming<\/strong> complements the morning-line fave and strong contender <strong>#2 Light Bringer<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, that&rsquo;s precisely the price-dynamic going on in the <strong>Crc 7<\/strong>, the <strong>Catcharisingstar<\/strong>: <strong>#1 Secret Kitten<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Solitary<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Uh-oh. Triple Threat Horsey status befalls <strong>#1 Scandalous Act<\/strong> in <strong>Calder 8<\/strong>, the <strong>Susan&rsquo;s Girl<\/strong>. That&rsquo;s also the case in <strong>Gulf 7<\/strong>, the <strong>Eight Miles East<\/strong>: <strong>#1 Where&rsquo;s Sterling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Looks contentious in <strong>Mth 11<\/strong>, the <strong>Omnibus<\/strong>: <strong>#4 Valiant Girl<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Explainable<\/strong> constitute our nonfavoured pairing.<\/p>\n<p>Another nonfavoured pairing involves <strong>#6 Southoftheborder<\/strong> and <strong>#2 Tallys Sundance<\/strong> in <strong>Suffolk 8<\/strong>, the <strong>First Episode<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Siding with the second-choice on the morning line in the <strong>eighth<\/strong> at <strong>Woodbine<\/strong>, the <strong>Swynford<\/strong>: <strong>#6 Tuscan Getaway<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Alb 5<\/strong>, the <strong>Don Juan De Onate<\/strong> (ONATE!), has <strong>#5 Joker&rsquo;s Touch<\/strong> ready to make an impression. Pretty random in the <strong>seventh<\/strong> there, the <strong>Chief Narbona<\/strong>: <strong>#4 Hennessy Road<\/strong> can lead to Victory Lane. In the <strong>eighth<\/strong>, the <strong>Carlos Salazar<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Tricky R.<\/strong> and <strong>#4 Western May<\/strong> comprise yet one more nonfavoured duo. Likewise <strong>#4 Playin Tough<\/strong> and <strong>#7 Rosa&rsquo;s Catena<\/strong> in the ninth, the <strong>Lineage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Oustide chance for <strong>#3 She Arose<\/strong>, longest shot on your morning line at 5-1 (5-1!), in <strong>Columbus 7<\/strong>, the eponymous <strong>Maturity\/Matron<\/strong> there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 Jax and JILL<\/strong> dominates the <strong>eighth<\/strong> at <strong>Chas. Town<\/strong>, the <strong>Sylvia Bishop Memorial<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Too strong for <strong>#4 Amy Marie<\/strong> in the opener at <strong>Marquis<\/strong>, the <strong>Parkland Heritage<\/strong>. Then in the <strong>fifth<\/strong>, the <strong>Shortgrass Heritage<\/strong>, we try to tiptoe around the faves, with <strong>#6 Stealth Ride<\/strong> not out of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 Mr Know It All<\/strong> (!) appears worthy in <strong>NP 6<\/strong>, the <strong>Birdcatcher<\/strong>; also in that one, longshot <strong>#4 Wild Legend<\/strong> can be an interloper.<\/p>\n<p>OK. Exhaling now. Too much horseys sometimes. Sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: A good one yesterday in WO 8, with Top the Podium winning at nearly 20-1.<\/p>\n<p>&rsquo;Podium was 8-1 on your morning line and 3&frac12;-1 on the V6 Fair Odds Betting Line, second-ranked on the latter. Wide-open race, with a loose scattering of win-probabilities and all but two of the entrants getting sanctioned by the LifeLiner Speed Column.<\/p>\n<p>The win mutuel was CA$41.20, the exactor paid $249.20, the $2 triactor returned $930.30 and the $1 super-duper came back $1,584.25.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Columbus<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Chas. Town<\/strong> 7f<br \/>\n<strong>Delpark<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Del Mar<\/strong> 6&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>Ellis Park<\/strong> 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Emerald<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Finger<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Fairmount<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Marquis<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Mountain<\/strong> 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Northlands<\/strong> 6f, 6&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Keystone<\/strong> 6f, 7f<br \/>\n<strong>Saratoga<\/strong> 7f<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Del Mar<\/strong> 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Monmouth<\/strong> 1 1\/16m (T)<br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> 7f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Whatever we find, it will be posted in a freestander later on. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Shalom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man, that TCM is a good channel. Elizabeth Taylor in back-to-back heartwrenchers last night: The movie in the above clip, then what was left of the nerves were completely shredded by her tour de force in Who&rsquo;s Afraid of Virginia &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/08\/24\/first-post-saturday-august-24-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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,"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-4490","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-1aq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490","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=4490"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4500,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490\/revisions\/4500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}