{"id":9753,"date":"2015-12-31T12:49:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T20:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=9753"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T21:57:49","slug":"first-post-thursday-december-31-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2015\/12\/31\/first-post-thursday-december-31-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, December 31, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9754\" style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9754\" data-attachment-id=\"9754\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2015\/12\/31\/first-post-thursday-december-31-2015\/img_1057\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1057.jpg?fit=341%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"341,341\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"guylombardoandhisroyalcanadians\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;guylombardoandhisroyalcanadians&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;All class&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1057.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1057.jpg?fit=341%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1057.jpg?resize=341%2C341\" alt=\"guylombardoandhisroyalcanadians\" width=\"341\" height=\"341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1057.jpg?w=341&amp;ssl=1 341w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1057.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1057.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All class<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nFxjnUPRwx4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here he is, The Man of The Hour, ready to ring out a most interesting year in which many of us wound up screaming while some fewer of us simply looked on, unable to even speak. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of this cheeky tune, how exactly do you enjoy yourself if you&rsquo;re always chasing your next screaming-fit and punching-down session? GUY LOMBARDO &#038; HIS ROYAL CANADIANS #1 ALWAYS!!!!!11<\/p>\n<p>As well, openly weeping (with gratitude) at midnight on New Year&rsquo;s Eve remains a display of good-breeding and pure sentiment. In this way, John Boehner could not have been all that bad. Really. A good and honest ethnic Catholic there. So, don&rsquo;t forget to tear-up a little at midnight. It&rsquo;s a good sign of the open spirit, absence of ever-present guile. Think Miyagi at the end of the original <em>Karate Kid<\/em>, or Geo. Bailey in the final frames of that famous holiday movie. Weep and pray. Pray and weep.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Happy New Year over there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free ones<\/strong>: Rundown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aqueduct<\/strong> <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> <em>6<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, <em>10<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Santa Anita<\/strong> 6, 7, 8<\/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>Fair Grounds<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, 5, <em>6<\/em>, <em>7<\/em>, 8, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Golden Gate<\/strong> 2, 3, <em>4<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Laurel<\/strong> <em>8<\/em>, <em>9<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Turfway<\/strong> <em>4<\/em>, 5, 6, 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&rsquo;s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: <strong>Fair Grounds 7<\/strong> on the pay-side. <strong>Santa Anita 7<\/strong> on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiapublishing.com\/pick.html\">free<\/a><\/strong> page. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday&rsquo;s Activity<\/strong>: Some OK ones along the way. 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>Turfway<\/strong> 6f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nocturnal Submission<\/strong>: Maybe something later from the Delta. Still sifting through the wreckage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. Best wishes. Goodbye. Take care, A.D. 2015 C.E.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here he is, The Man of The Hour, ready to ring out a most interesting year in which many of us wound up screaming while some fewer of us simply looked on, unable to even speak.<\/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-9753","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-2xj","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753","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=9753"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9759,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753\/revisions\/9759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}