{"id":8438,"date":"2015-04-04T01:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T08:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=8438"},"modified":"2015-04-04T01:41:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T08:41:06","slug":"first-post-saturday-april-4-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2015\/04\/04\/first-post-saturday-april-4-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, April 4, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pn-meo_-o5k?list=PL2AEFB63C7721F8F9\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today, a post-Good Friday elegy: <em>Cold is the wind that blows through my headstone&#8230;<\/em> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>No better way to mark the First Night of The Passover than by downing a big bacon-and-blue-cheese burger on a brioche bun risen high with obscene amounts of leavening, all of it washed down with cold beer fermented with some more yeast. It&rsquo;s a real mitzvah. Thank you, Yahweh. Shalom. And, by the way, Good Job dispatching of all those obdurate Egyptiansz. That&rsquo;ll learn &rsquo;em! <\/p>\n<p>As well, Yahweh, thank you for making the streets of The La-La Land wide open last night. Not only was it the First Night of The Passover, it was one of &rsquo;em Good Shabbos nightsz, and the roadways were free and clear, owing to the First Night of The Passover and its falling on one of &rsquo;em Good Shabbos nightsz. Tyvm. <em>Toda raba<\/em>. <em>Dayenu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 1, <em>2<\/em>, 4, 5, 7, <em>12<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 2, 4, 8, <em>9<\/em>, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 1, <em>2<\/em>, 4, <em>10<\/em>, <em>11<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side (<a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLLS&#038;Category_Code=\">Weekend<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/mm5\/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&#038;Store_Code=THS&#038;Product_Code=WLL1&#038;Category_Code=\">Weekday<\/a>)<\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 2, <em>4<\/em>, 7, 8, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 7<br \/>\n<strong>Keeneland<\/strong> 2, 4, 7, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Oaklawn<\/strong> 1, <em>6<\/em>, 7, <em>8<\/em>, 9, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Pimlico<\/strong> 4, <em>5<\/em>, 8, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Sunland<\/strong> 8, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> <em>1<\/em>, <em>3<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>, <em>12<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, 7, 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Santa Anita 10<\/strong>, <strong>11<\/strong> on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">free<\/a><\/strong> page. <strong>Keeneland 7<\/strong>, <strong>8<\/strong>, <strong>Oaklawn 9<\/strong>, <strong>Tampa 10<\/strong>, <strong>Turf Paradise 7<\/strong> on the pay-side. <\/p>\n<p>Quintuple Qualifying Horsey <strong>#10 Daredevil<\/strong> won&rsquo;t be much of one on the toteboard in <strong>Aqueduct 10<\/strong>. In <strong>Race 11<\/strong>, sidestepping the top two morning-line choices for the unholy trinity of <strong>#1 Dads Caps<\/strong>, <strong>#6 Palace<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Clearly Now<\/strong>. Hoo-boy.<\/p>\n<p>Live fourth-choice on your morning line in <strong>Gulfstream 7<\/strong>: <strong>#1 Joann&rsquo;s Wildcat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Too good for Shinji Kagawa, Marco Reus, Ilkay Gundogan and all the other players of Quntuple Qualifying Horsey <strong>#1 Borussia Dortmund<\/strong> in <strong>Santa Anita 8<\/strong>. Quadruple Qualifying Horsey <strong>#8 Prize Exhibit<\/strong> goes in <strong>Race 9<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Another Quadruple Qualifier is <strong>#6 Star Harbour<\/strong> in <strong>Tampa 2<\/strong>. Triple Threat Horsey <strong>#7 Prince Vincenzo<\/strong> seems best in the <strong>fifth<\/strong> there. And in <strong>Race 8<\/strong>, shooting for a fave-mild longshot pairing of <strong>#5 Dogwood Trail<\/strong> and <strong>#8 Coco&rsquo;s Wildcat<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 Lady Sabelia<\/strong> is one of &rsquo;em Quadruple Qualifiers in <strong>Keeneland 6<\/strong>. Should be OK for <strong>#5 Carpe Diem<\/strong> in the <strong>10th<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 Jungle Java<\/strong> is a Quadruple Qualifier in <strong>Turf Paradise 2<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Extra for experts: <strong>Fonner 10<\/strong> tiptoes around the fave to prefer <strong>#6 Nic a Jack<\/strong>, <strong>#1 Balooga Bull<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Diamond Joe<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Unsaddled Glory<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p>Tam 6, Sole-touted (after raceday scratch) Princessa Mia, $72-even<br \/>\nTam 10, top-touted My Sweet Dove, $19.40<\/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>Gulfstream<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Keystone<\/strong> 6f, 1m70y<br \/>\n<strong>Los Alamitos<\/strong> 4&frac12;f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. 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