{"id":7929,"date":"2014-12-21T01:30:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=7929"},"modified":"2014-12-21T01:30:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T09:30:34","slug":"first-post-sunday-december-21-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2014\/12\/21\/first-post-sunday-december-21-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, December 21, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7930\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0009a.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7930\" data-attachment-id=\"7930\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2014\/12\/21\/first-post-sunday-december-21-2014\/img_0009a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0009a.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SX20 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1387721322&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"betfail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;And BetFail remains BetFail&amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0009a.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0009a.jpg?fit=480%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0009a.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" alt=\"betfail\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0009a.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0009a.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And BetFail remains BetFail&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A year-on tomorrow, The End of HollyPark&#8230;R.I.P. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also dead, your 2014 Philalala Igglesz. Just like a year ago, a couple of missed field goals will keep them from prolonging their season. Where&rsquo;s Tony Franklin &#038; Dick Vermeil when you need &rsquo;em? Hard times for the Southeast Penna. pro-sports fansz. Hard-up city these days. Keystone Racetrack a lone bright spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 1, <em>3<\/em>, 5, <em>6<\/em>, 7, 9, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds<\/strong> (Daytime) <em>5<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side<\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong> <em>8<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Sunland<\/strong> 7, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> 5, 6, 9, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Turfway<\/strong> <em>1<\/em>, 3, <em>5<\/em>, <em>6<\/em>, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> 4, 5, 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: Only two for your Sunday, both at <strong>Fair Grounds<\/strong>, and one of them, <strong>Race 8<\/strong>, is on the pay-side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Earlier in the week, Gulfstream was running hot. The last two days, it&rsquo;s been the Laurel Park in Laurel, Md. <\/p>\n<p>Race 7 there was a doozie. In it, Bonkersmate Last Confession, a first-time starter at 8-1 on your morning line, admitted to larceny while winning at $67-even up top. V6 could not separate out three of the first-timers, setting them up at Fair Odds of 3-1 or 3&frac12;-1 in a contentious race. &rsquo;Confession had a sufficient connection line (18pc\/14pc\/17pc) and the edge was obviously there. <\/p>\n<p>The 8-5 fave was the top experienced runner in the field, and that may have tempered some enthusiasm, though the staunchest of longshot sadists will not want to have missed this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream<\/strong> 6f, 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Los Alamitos Thoroughbreds<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Keystone<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Portland<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Turfway<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. 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