{"id":8785,"date":"2015-06-06T00:25:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T07:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=8785"},"modified":"2015-06-06T00:25:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T07:25:12","slug":"first-post-saturday-june-6-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2015\/06\/06\/first-post-saturday-june-6-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Saturday, June 6, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/97764762\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/97764762\">2014 Belmont Mashup<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user20693549\">Steven Unite<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even if we get a long-awaited Triple Crown champion today, the call of the race will not be anywhere as good as Durkin&rsquo;s final stab with the disappointing Cali Chrome last year. There may be a good Belmont call again with the announcer who takes over for the current announcer, Two announcers removed from Durkin, whenever that may be. But for now, Durkin remains untouched. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><strong>Albuquerque<\/strong> <em>5<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, 8, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 1, 3, 4, 5, <em>6<\/em>, 8, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 2, 5, 8, 11<\/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>Arlington<\/strong> <em>1<\/em>, 3, <em>7<\/em>, 8<br \/>\n<strong>BelTerra<\/strong> 8<br \/>\n<strong>Churchill<\/strong> <em>2<\/em>, 3, 5, 7, <em>8<\/em>, <em>9<\/em>, 10<br \/>\n<strong>Delpark<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, <em>5<\/em>, <em>6<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, 6, 7, 8, 9, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Louisiana<\/strong> <em>3<\/em>, 4, 6, <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Lone Star<\/strong> 5, <em>7<\/em>, 8, <em>9<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>, 11<br \/>\n<strong>Monmouth<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, 5, 8, 9, <em>12<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Pimlico<\/strong> <em>1<\/em>, 3, <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, <em>9<\/em>, <em>10<\/em>, <em>11<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Woodbine<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, 5, <em>7<\/em>, 8, <em>10<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: Ten big-money events on tap today for your Belmont. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Gulfstream 4<\/strong>, <strong>8<\/strong> on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">free<\/a><\/strong> page. <\/p>\n<p>Pay-side has <strong>Churchill 10<\/strong>, <strong>Woodbine 8<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Should be OK for <strong>#5 Madd Edition<\/strong> in <strong>Assiniboia 5<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Wild-open in <strong>Canterbury 9<\/strong>, as long as it stays on the turf. If so, <strong>#4 Magic D&rsquo; Oro<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Az Ridge<\/strong>, <strong>#6 Number Five<\/strong> comprise the longshot trizacta stab. <\/p>\n<p>Also up for grabs in <strong>Evangeline 7<\/strong>, in which <strong>#4 Shunned<\/strong> and <strong>#13 Cajun Spirit<\/strong> are no worse than any of the others. Similar head-scratcher in <strong>Race 8<\/strong>: <strong>#9 Ide Be Cool<\/strong>, <strong>#10 F J Uncle Vic<\/strong>. Longshot-fave pairing in the <strong>ninth<\/strong>: <strong>#10 Thiscatcanjam<\/strong>, <strong>#4 Persaude Me Lady<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Sidestepping the top two morning-line choices in <strong>Keystone 1<\/strong>0, going instead with <strong>#7 Truth in Lies<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Lindisfarne<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>A longshot to consider in <strong>Santa Anita 4<\/strong>: <strong>#8 China Prince<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, tiptoeing around the chalk in <strong>Thistle 8<\/strong>: <strong>#9 Pretty Much Mine<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Needmore Flattery<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Blazing Bling<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Arapahoe was canceled. <\/p>\n<p><strong>WMF Report<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><em>Early<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>BelTerra<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Churchill<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Emerald<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Fairmount<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Finger<\/strong> 1m<br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Hastings<\/strong> 6&frac12;f<br \/>\n<strong>Lone Star<\/strong> 5f<br \/>\n<strong>Northlands<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>PennNat<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Keystone<\/strong> 1m70y<br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 6f<br \/>\n<strong>Thistle<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Drive safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 Belmont Mashup from Steven Unite on Vimeo. Even if we get a long-awaited Triple Crown champion today, the call of the race will not be anywhere as good as Durkin&rsquo;s final stab with the disappointing Cali Chrome last year. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2015\/06\/06\/first-post-saturday-june-6-2015\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,4,5,3],"tags":[8,13,7,6],"class_list":["post-8785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-picks","category-stakes","category-wmf","tag-analysis","tag-commentary","tag-longshots","tag-track-bias"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-2hH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8785"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8789,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8785\/revisions\/8789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}