{"id":4985,"date":"2013-10-13T12:04:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T19:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=4985"},"modified":"2013-10-13T12:05:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T19:05:52","slug":"first-post-sunday-october-13-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/10\/13\/first-post-sunday-october-13-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, October 13, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow. Two one-nil games in the American major-league béisbol<\/em> yesterday. With every pitch, with every swing, the chance to decide the outcome, poised on a knife-edge. This is America’s beautiful game, baseball. No Rube Goldberg complexity, no surfeit of complicated moving parts. Just a pitcher, a hitter, one ball, one bat and nine gloves waiting to catch that ball. Thank you, MLB. Please do not aspire to become the bloated Moloch\/Mammon\/Behemoth of the American Thanatos Death Gridiron Throwball. Please. <\/p>\n

Kickers and punters, they will be the ones who outlive their fellow Throwballers. They will escape Thanatos Kultur of NFL Death.<\/p>\n

Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown…<\/p>\n

Belmont<\/strong> 5, 7<\/em>, 8<\/em>
\nCalder<\/strong> \/ Gulf<\/strong> Calder 7, Gulf 2<\/em>, Gulf 3, Gulf 5, Gulf 7, Gulf 8<\/em>
\nSanta Anita<\/strong> 6, 8, 9<\/p>\n

Pay-side<\/a><\/strong>: Today…<\/p>\n

Hawthorne<\/strong> 2, 7<\/em>, 8
\nKeeneland<\/strong> 2, 3<\/em>, 4, 5, 6<\/em>, 7, 9<\/em>
\nWoodbine<\/strong> 4, 5, 6<\/em>, 7<\/em>, 8<\/em>
\nZia<\/strong> 8<\/em><\/p>\n

Today’s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: WO 8<\/strong>, the Grade I Neartic<\/strong>, is on the pay-side.<\/p>\n

Uh-oh. Triple Threat Horsey status given to third-choice on the morning line, #5 Cadron<\/strong> (picture a Hispanic guy with a thick, tough, bristly moustache muttering, “¡Cadrón!”<\/em>) in SA 3<\/strong>, the Anokia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Big Fresno<\/strong> Fair now, the ninth<\/strong>, the Bull Dog<\/strong> (two words). It’s #7 Fire With Fire<\/strong> ready to fight, fight, fight!<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s Activity<\/strong>: As always, Welcome to The Home of The Runner-Up Finish. A fine specimen of such emerged in Haw 2. Bonkersmate Rhodsey, 15-1 in real life from a morning line of 10-1. Rhodsey closed per his 70-68-80 LifeLiner array, beaten by one-tenth of 1 length (what? approx. 1 foot or 1.2 feet?). The winning 2½-1 fave was no good on any measure, though he did go gate-to-wire via a LifeLiner Early of 99 and a LifeLiner Pace of 98. Regretsz!<\/p>\n

First Bonkersmate Slander (!) came through in Kee 2. Morning line on her was 12-1, and she was a little higher than that on the toteboard, up to 15-1. Slander rallied to her 60-74-83 LifeLiner array and paid $32.40 on top. <\/p>\n

Next race there, Bonkersmate Katie O. nearly posted the upset at 20¢ shy of 30-1. Katie O. was a first-timer whose morning line was 20-1, and she had a connection line of 13pc\/15pc\/14pc. Not stellar, but sufficient.<\/p>\n

Only one touted race at the Laurel in Maryland, and Silent Appeal did the winning as the top-touted horsey. This was a mild $12-even mutuel<\/p>\n

Meadowlands Racetrack’s opener on Saturday went to the lone-touted Who’dathunk, 8-1 on your morning line and 11½-1 in actuality. She paid $25-even for the win. <\/p>\n

At Retama, Borealis Star showed the way in the sixth at $10-even. He was 8-1 on the morning line.<\/p>\n

Top-touted Peanut Jr. was beaten half a length in the sixth at Remington. Peanut Jr. was 10-1 in real life off a 12-1 morning line. The winner was the 3-1 second-choice and OK on LifeLiner. The hedge exacta was 3-1 on top of 10-1 in a 10-horse field for a payoff of 40¢ shy of $100. <\/p>\n

Then in the finale there, it was a win, but hardly a King of The NetCapper Bulliesz special. Top-touted Lil R’slast paid $7.40<\/p>\n

The mutuel of the day came in Race 9 at Suffolk, courtesy of Uncle Calvin. Uncle Calvin, 20-1 on the morning line and 26½-1 when the gates opened, was second-choice on the Betting Line, Fair Odds of 4-1, and with the qualifying 82 on LifeLiner Speed. Uncle Calvin won by better than 4 lengths, returning $55-even. The top three spots in the vertical exotics were all OK on LifeLiner: $253.20 for the exacta, $712-even for the trifecta, all for $2.<\/p>\n

One race, one touted horsey at Zia, and he won: Cage the Krew ($15.40) in the 10th.<\/p>\n

Hope you had some of these!<\/p>\n

WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Early<\/em>
\nAlbuquerque<\/strong> 5½f
\nBelmont<\/strong> 6f
\nCalder<\/strong> 6f
\nMountain<\/strong> 5½f
\nKeystone<\/strong> 6f
\nPortland<\/strong> 6f
\nSanta Anita<\/strong> 6f
\nThistle<\/strong> 6f
\nZia<\/strong> 1m<\/p>\n

Rally<\/em>
\nBelmont<\/strong> 7f (T)<\/p>\n

Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage…<\/p>\n

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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