{"id":5054,"date":"2013-10-19T11:15:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T18:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2013-10-19T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T18:15:52","slug":"first-post-saturday-october-19-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/10\/19\/first-post-saturday-october-19-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, October 19, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3LVg5FZqi20\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ridiculous. Some basketball teams could not even do this &mdash; and they&rsquo;re allowed to use their hands! Truly, this is f&uacute;tbol the Arsenal Way. Magnificent. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont<\/strong> <em>5<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Calder<\/strong> \/ <strong>Gulf<\/strong> Calder 5, Gulf 2, Gulf 3, Gulf 4, Gulf 5<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> <em>8<\/em><\/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>Golden Gate<\/strong> 3, <em>4<\/em>, 5, 6, <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 2, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Keeneland<\/strong> 2, 5, <em>6<\/em>, 7, 8, <em>9<\/em>, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Laurel<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>, 6, 10, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Meadowlands<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, 4, 5<br \/>\n<strong>Retama<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Remington<\/strong> 1, <em>6<\/em>, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Suffolk<\/strong> 4, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> 1, 2, 4<br \/>\n<strong>Zia<\/strong> 9, <em>10<\/em>, 12<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, Phoenix. No qualifiers from Bell Rd. today! Larry Fitzgerald sympathizes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Bel 8<\/strong>, <strong>10<\/strong>, <strong>11<\/strong> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">free<\/a> page. And so is <strong>SA 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On the pay-side are <strong>GG 6<\/strong>, <strong>Kee 9<\/strong>, and <strong>Lrl 6<\/strong>, <strong>10<\/strong> &#038; <strong>11<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Uh-oh. Vaunted Triple Threat Horsey status assigned to the 2-5 (2-5!) morning-line MOTO <strong>#5 Cluster of Stars<\/strong> in <strong>Bel 4<\/strong>. Go get &rsquo;em. <\/p>\n<p>Favorite-nonfavorite pairing in <strong>Lrl 7<\/strong>: <strong>#7 Monster Sleeping<\/strong>, <strong>#8 Mystic Love<\/strong>. Then in the <strong>eighth<\/strong>, scraping by as an unlikely Triple Threat Horsey is <strong>#5 Ju Ju Eyeballs<\/strong>. Also the same for <strong>#8 Ben&rsquo;s Cat<\/strong> in the <strong>ninth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Straight-up upset call to <strong>#3 Whiz Hit<\/strong> in <strong>TuP 8<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The rest are at night, including <strong>CT 2<\/strong> (<strong>#8 Amherst Street<\/strong> prohibitively), <strong>CT 3<\/strong> (<strong>#6 Hidden Canyon<\/strong> same), <strong>CT 4<\/strong> (<strong>#8 Jax and JILL<\/strong> ditto), <strong>CT 7<\/strong> (<strong>#4 Down Town Allen<\/strong> also), <strong>CT 9<\/strong> (<strong>#10 Windsor&rsquo;s Graduate<\/strong>, a nonfavorite!).<\/p>\n<p>Then at <strong>Indiana<\/strong>, the <strong>eighth<\/strong> (<strong>#6 Bisque<\/strong>, obvious), the <strong>10th<\/strong> (<strong>#1A Northern Candyride<\/strong>, nonfavored), the <strong>11th<\/strong> (nonfavored duo of <strong>#6 Yeardley<\/strong>, <strong>#2B Dreamin Big<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>OK. Exhale. Too much horseys sometimes. Sometimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: As always, Welcome to The Home of The Runner-Up Finish, this time led by top-touted Best Actor in the second at Belmont. Best Actor, 12-1 on the morning line and 10&cent; shy of 14-1 in real life, did not have to accept the statuette or thank the academy, namely due to the presence of Daniel Day Lews &mdash; er, make that a 3-5 prohibitive public-choice named Mister Pippit. Nonetheless, Best Actor ran creditably, closing well enough to get second, just three parts of a length behind the superfavourite. Ah, what are you going to do? Of course, Mister Pippit was OK on LifeLiner and top on the Betting Line, and the consolation exacta of 3-5 over 13-1 in a 10-horse field was $28. Ehh. <\/p>\n<p>One for the win column came later at Elmont via Isn&rsquo;tlovejustgrand in the seventh. &rsquo;grand was 12-1 on the morning line and took more action than that to finish at 8-1 on the toteboard. &rsquo;grand rallied violently (per his 61-65-81 LifeLiner array) and barely hit the wire in front of the others; he paid $18-even to win. No good on the exotics. No good, Chollie. No good.<\/p>\n<p>A mild 7-1 score in the sixth at Keeneland via General a Rod, $16.80 to win. General a Rod, a first-time starter at 8-1 on the morning line, had a qualifying connection line of 23pc\/21pc\/26pc. The runner-up was the 2&frac12;-1 public-choice and top Betting Line and top LifeLine horsey in the field. This exotic pairing of 7-1 on top of just under 3-1 (fave) in an 11-horse field paid $96.20. <\/p>\n<p>Similar-priced winner in Meadowlands 2. In it, lone-touted Sky Walk was 8-1 on the morning line as a first-time starter. Again, a live connection line of 18pc\/17pc\/26pc sent her through to contendership. (Contenderhood? Contenderdom? Contenderville?) She closed like the champion she&rsquo;s on her way to becoming (!), paying $17.80 in the process. <\/p>\n<p>Dishonourable mention for a third-place (!) finish in Remington 7. Lone-touted Holy Missile, 43-1 in real life, was third of 12, beaten less than 2 lengths. Crazy race. Krz. Cray. Patsy Cline &#038; Seal could have done a duet, it was that crazy. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, one last 7-1 winner for yourselves. His name was Prized Humour, and he paid $16.20 up top in Race 9 at Woodbine. The morning line on Prized Humour was 8-1, and he closed as befit his 60-70-81 LifeLiner array. Indeed, the four finishers in this one were unquestionable LifeLiner qualifiers: $79.80 exactor, $286 triactor (both of those for 2 looniesz), $683 superfactor (for a lone loonie).<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Albuquerque<\/strong> 5&frac12;f, 7f<br \/>\n<strong>Belmont<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Chas. Town<\/strong> 6&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>Mountain<\/strong> 5f, 5&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Keystone<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Suffolk<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ridiculous. Some basketball teams could not even do this &mdash; and they&rsquo;re allowed to use their hands! Truly, this is f&uacute;tbol the Arsenal Way. 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