{"id":6828,"date":"2014-07-02T10:36:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T17:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=6828"},"modified":"2014-07-02T10:36:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T17:36:37","slug":"first-post-wednesday-july-2-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2014\/07\/02\/first-post-wednesday-july-2-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Wednesday, July 2, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DOFZ6QdBxM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We don&rsquo;t normally succumb to the prepackaged hype previews dispensed by the marketers, but this one really set things up in a good way.<\/p>\n<p><em>They are the children of immigrants, the grandchildren of immigrants&#8230;<\/em> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Eat it, ya ugly, gawky, enlarged-Adam&rsquo;s-Apple opinion columnist! Your skull needs some clearance, courtesy of a double-fist-punching away by the incomparable Tim Howard. Yup, he&rsquo;s an individual. Yup, goalkeepers are people, too.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that Adam&rsquo;s Apple so big, anyway? What is she hiding?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Belmont<\/strong> 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side<\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delpark<\/strong> 3, 6<br \/>\n<strong>Suffolk<\/strong> 9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: Good one in <strong>Indiana 5<\/strong>, a race in which we again sidestep the morning-line fave. <strong>#9 Ol Army<\/strong> is not out of it, and sensible savers are <strong>#6 Donoharm<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Quiet Force<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Two live longshots emerge from <strong>Race 7<\/strong> there: <strong>#3 Rise Up<\/strong>, <strong>#9 Got Shades<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If two bombs are not sufficient, how about an extra one? Three live longshots in <strong>Mnr 3<\/strong> are <strong>#1 Key to Power<\/strong>, <strong>#5 Keg Power<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Chairman Garey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And if three crazy issues doesn&rsquo;t elicit the proper response, hit the dosage up! Four nutso horseys lurk in Mnr 4: #11 Monster Sleeping, #4 Wardelle, #12 Dreamin Big, #3 Sharp Sally, #1 Karola&rsquo;s Dance. <\/p>\n<p>N.B. The Mountain races are touted without knowledge of raceday scratches or any inclement-weather surface-switches. If touting seven horseys in two races didn&rsquo;t give you the willies, certainly touting blind without knowledge of scratches and surface will make you want to hit up the dosage. Hit up the dosage!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Sugarpova OUT! Rafa &lsquo;The Bull&rsquo; OUT! Luckily, the beautiful and talented S. Halep &#038; S. Lisicki remain. Unluckily, they face each other in the Quarters. Hoo-boy. <\/p>\n<p>OK stuff from the original &lsquo;Tuesday Sniping&rsquo; post, making up for the two follow-up &lsquo;Tuesday Sniping&rsquo; posts.<\/p>\n<p>As always, hope you had &rsquo;em!<\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Les Bois<\/strong> 5f<br \/>\n<strong>Chas. Town<\/strong> 4&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>Delpark<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Evangeline<\/strong> 6f, 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Northlands<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Suffolk<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Thistle<\/strong> 1m<\/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>We don&rsquo;t normally succumb to the prepackaged hype previews dispensed by the marketers, but this one really set things up in a good way. 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