{"id":9748,"date":"2015-12-30T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T20:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=9748"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:58:44","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:58:44","slug":"first-post-wednesday-december-30-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2015\/12\/30\/first-post-wednesday-december-30-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Wednesday, December 30, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OzRUPJP0Lrc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ecclesiastes 3:8 said it best: <em>&lsquo;A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace&rsquo;.<\/em> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Optional: The Byrds added the rest. <\/p>\n<p>And speaking of Birds, why should an Iggle &lsquo;fly on the road to victory&rsquo;? Maybe they fly on a &lsquo;route to victory&rsquo;, but not on a &lsquo;road&rsquo;. After all, you don&rsquo;t fly on a road. Faulty fight song!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">Free<\/a> ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> 7, <em>8<\/em>, 9<br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> <em>7<\/em>, <em>8<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 4, 7, 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay-side (Weekday\/Weekend)<\/strong>: Today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hawthorne<\/strong> 4, 7<br \/>\n<strong>Mahoning<\/strong> <em>6<\/em>, 8<br \/>\n<strong>Tampa<\/strong> <em>7<\/em>, 8, 9, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Turf Paradise<\/strong> 4, <em>8<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Turf Paradise 4<\/strong> on the pay-side. Sadly, the <strong>sixth<\/strong> at <strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> seems a shootout between the two obvious horseys. Regrets!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Bad days all around for Chip Kelly, Affluenza Family, Geo. Pataki, &lsquo;Tuesday Sniping&rsquo; (the last of which went nil-rainout-nil). Hoo-boy. At least with the first three, their races have been run; the fourth of them will continue in perpetuity in defiance of Ecclesiastes 3:8! Now what? We might need a restorative and recuperative stay at Minnie&rsquo;s Haberdashery soon. Yeah, that&rsquo;ll learn us!<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Ecclesiastes 3:6 says that there indeed &lsquo;is a time to get&rsquo;. How long, o lord, how long?<\/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>Mahoning<\/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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