{"id":5138,"date":"2013-10-25T10:30:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2013-10-25T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T17:30:30","slug":"first-post-friday-october-25-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/10\/25\/first-post-friday-october-25-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Friday, October 25, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"And<\/a>

And the ‘G’ stands for ‘gruff’!<\/p><\/div>\n

Also among our role models for sheer orneriness: Count Floyd, Yosemite Sam, John Rancont, R.I.P. <\/p>\n

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

Belmont<\/strong> 7, 9<\/em>, 10
\nCalder<\/strong> 2, 4, 5, 6<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry, Arcadia! Next time!<\/p>\n

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

Golden Gate<\/strong> 2, 6, 7<\/em>
\nHawthorne<\/strong> 2, 6<\/em>, 9
\nKeeneland<\/strong> 1<\/em>, 3, 4, 7, 8<\/em>
\nLaurel<\/strong> 7<\/em>, 9, 10
\nMeadowlands<\/strong> 1, 2<\/em>, 3, 4, 5<\/em>
\nRetama<\/strong> 4<\/em>, 6, 8, 9<\/em>
\nRemington<\/strong> 8, 9
\nWoodbine<\/strong> 3, 5<\/p>\n

Today’s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: RP 8 on the pay-side.<\/p>\n

And in Delta 8, #5 Bahnah appears too strong as one of ’em — yup, you guessed it — vaunted Triple Threat Horseys. Uh-oh.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s Activity<\/strong>: Ah, a quiet afternoon and evening. However, there was a Ned Reldem, Esq., sighting.<\/p>\n

Yea, verily, Att. Reldem ventured from his fortress in Loudon Co., Va., home of the plutogarchs and olicratsz, to an undisclosed OTB site near to his alma mater, Va. Poly. <\/p>\n

Again, Reldem, being taught to think like a lawyer, finds any way he can to get the longshots home. Even when a race looks noncontentious, he is willing to give reasonable doubt to any 20-1 or higher runner with even a shred of evidence in his or her favor. <\/p>\n

So it was in Kee 5, via Fleet Beat. The Betting Line dynamic looked solid for top-rated Homeboykris, 8-5 Fair Odds and with a large gap to the second-rated horsey whose Fair Odds were 3½-1. <\/p>\n

However, the star witness against Fleet Beat was a lowly LifeLiner Speed number. In the case of Homeboykris, a measly 70 in a race studded with high LifeLiner Speed Column performers. Now what?!<\/p>\n

For Reldem, Fleet Beat was good enough. Perhaps the Betting Line was off-kilter and LifeLiner was the way to go. And this time he was rewarded.<\/p>\n

For the record, no word on whether he hit the $171 exacta or the $1,962 trizacta, both quoted for $2. But, yes, the runner-up and the show-horse in this race indeed qualified on the LifeLiner Speed Column too.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Ned Reldem, Esq., for your innovative contributions and interpretations of the V6 output. We envy that oversized Ashkenazi brain of yours! Too bad quick-twitch muscle reflexes (buzzer reflexes! signaling-button reflexes! lockout-device reflexes!) don’t fetch as much on the open market!<\/p>\n

Outcome-oddity at Keeneland as three races were selected for touting, each with a single touted horsey. All three finished fourth! Come on, Lexington, Ky.! Firing up America! And the superfecta! Odds on the trio, respectively in Races 1, 7 & 9: 48-1, 29-1, 13-1. Next time!<\/p>\n

One solitary winner in RP 8: top-touted Track That Cat, $12-even. It happens.<\/p>\n

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

Early<\/em>
\nAlbuquerque<\/strong> 5½f, 7f
\nMountain<\/strong> 5f (WMF 525)
\nPennNat<\/strong> 6f
\nSanta Anita<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n

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

Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. ¡Adiós, caballeros del amor!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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