{"id":5167,"date":"2013-10-27T11:20:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T18:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2013-10-27T11:20:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T18:20:22","slug":"first-post-sunday-october-27-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2013\/10\/27\/first-post-sunday-october-27-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, October 27, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lPur9ni9XZ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Again&#8230;sometimes you just have to rock out&#8230; <!--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>1<\/em>, 2, <em>3<\/em>, 6, 7, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Calder<\/strong> \/ <strong>Gulf<\/strong> Calder 7, Gulf 1, Gulf 3, <em>Gulf 5<\/em>, <em>Gulf 8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 4, <em>9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLL1&#038;Category_Code=\">Pay-side<\/a><\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Churchill<\/strong> 2, 3, <em>4<\/em>, 7, 9, <em>11<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 6, 7, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 1, 5, <em>7<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> 6, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, 6, <em>7<\/em>, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Zia<\/strong> 6, <em>7<\/em>, 8, 9, <em>10<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: Bel 6 &#038; 8 on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">free<\/a> page. CD 9 on the pay-side. Likewise WO 8 and Zia 6-10.<\/p>\n<p>Uh-oh. Vaunted Triple Threat Horsey status bestowed upon <strong>#4 Ride On Curlin<\/strong> in <strong>CD 5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>How to tackle <strong>SA 8<\/strong>, the <strong>Lure<\/strong>? A read headscratcher, this one! Your NBCSN Upset Alert Upset Alert involves the Quadruple Stumper of <strong>#5 Willyconker<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Sirocco Strike<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Huntsville<\/strong>, <strong>#6 El Commodore<\/strong>. Yooks!<\/p>\n<p>As well, a Colonial Penn Stakes Double Stumper in <strong>WO 10<\/strong>, the Grade I <strong>Canadian International<\/strong>: <strong>#3 Lucayan<\/strong>, <strong>#11 Slumber<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And upset potential lurks in <strong>Zia 12<\/strong>, the <strong>N.M. Classic Cup Championship<\/strong>, sponsored by Los Pollos Hermanosz. The tricky trio: <strong>#10 Playin Tough<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Dueling Dom<\/strong>, <strong>#1 Spinning Touch<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: A couple at the Belmont, including top-touted Wicked Strong in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Wicked Strong, third-ranked on the Betting Line with Fair Odds of 3&frac12;-1 and a much higher 8-1 on the morning line, went off at 4-1 in real life as the best LifeLiner Speed Column horsey in the race. He won square by 2 length and paid $10.20.<\/p>\n<p>Then in the last race of the card there at Elmont, a patented King of the NetCapper Bulliesz special via Bonkersmate Precious Metal. Precious Metal, rated eighth on the Betting Line without any Fair Odds, was 15-1 on the morning line and was sent off at 10-1 when the gates opened. The Betting Line for the race was hella &mdash; is that the word the cool kids are using this week&#8230;hella? &mdash; hella contentious, and Precious Metal was in with the highest LifeLiner Speed Column rating in your 12-horse field. <\/p>\n<p>This time, the dirty nose went our way, and Precious Metal paid $23.20 up top in the upset. <\/p>\n<p>As always, Welcome to The Home of The Runner-Up Finish, including Alasharchy in the fourth at the &rsquo;Gate. Alasharchy, 12-1 on the morning line and 11-1 in real life, was involved every step of the way and opened up after hanging tough all the way around. Yet he was overcome by the even-money chalk in the dying stages, and had to settle for second. Slight consolation via the saver exacta &mdash; even-money over 11-1 in a six-horse stakes race &mdash; which paid $29.40.<\/p>\n<p>Another 11-1 nearly-was at the &rsquo;Gate, this time in Race 7. That was in the form of Mandala. Mandala, the top-rated experienced runner in the 10-horse field and the only LifeLiner qualifier present, was 8-1 on the morning line off a 10-month layoff. <\/p>\n<p>Clearly the winner (if runners-up can be termed that) of The Runner-Up Finishes yesterday was found in the eighth at Keeneland. This was a horse named Braveman, but not quite brave enough.<\/p>\n<p>Braveman, third-choice on the Betting Line but with no fair odds, did score sufficiently high on the LifeLiner Speed Column. Braveman, 20-1 on the morning line, went off at better than twice that: 10&cent; shy of 46-1. Braveman was dogged on the lead almost all the way around, then got a breather up top late, giving it up late to finish second by 1 length. Good try, Braveman! You pretty much lived up to that billing!<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the winner, the 3-1 fave, was excellent on LifeLiner, and the fave-longshot exacta,  3-1 on top of 45-1 in a 12-horse field, paid $386.40, for $2. The show-horse was the second-public-choice, and another LifeLiner qualifier, with the trifecta returning $2,054, again for $2. Fourth-place runner also was OK on LifeLiner, with the super-duper coming back $9,071, as always, for $2. <\/p>\n<p>All that for a runner-up finish! Sounds like it turned out OK nonetheless, maybe?<\/p>\n<p>But if you are winner-oriented: $26-even for Bonkersmate Vigorous Titan in Ret 8; Bonkersmate Heykittykittykitty, $13.80 in RP 8; and $10.40 via Penny Ante Cat in the ninth at Zia.<\/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>Mountain<\/strong> 5f<br \/>\n<strong>Keystone<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Portland<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><em>Rally<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 1 1\/16m<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> @6&frac12;f (T)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. 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