{"id":9957,"date":"2016-01-24T13:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T21:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=9957"},"modified":"2016-01-24T13:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T21:18:03","slug":"first-post-sunday-january-24-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2016\/01\/24\/first-post-sunday-january-24-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, January 24, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Full, or close to it<\/p><\/div>\n

Neither ice nor snow but luna. <\/p>\n

Free ones<\/strong>: Rundown…<\/p>\n

Gulfstream Park Proper<\/strong> 8, 9
\nSanta Anita<\/strong> 6, 7<\/em>, 9<\/em><\/p>\n

Pay-side (Weekday<\/a>\/Weekend<\/a>)<\/strong>: Today…<\/p>\n

Fair Grounds<\/strong> 6, 7, 9<\/em>
\nGolden Gate<\/strong> 4, 6, 7, 9
\nOaklawn<\/strong> 6<\/em>, 9<\/em>
\nTampa<\/strong> 9
\nTurfway<\/strong> 5
\nTurf Paradise<\/strong> 5<\/em><\/p>\n

Today’s Stakes Pageantry<\/strong>: On the free<\/a><\/strong> page is Santa Anita 7<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday’s Activity<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Track (Win Mutuels $20+\/Gettable)<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Delta (3\/1)<\/strong> — It probably required a high-octane chancer to run down Race 8’s upsetter, Smudge ($25-even). Smudge was no worse than any of the others in a blurry LifeLiner Spread column analysis lineup, though the race did not appear contentious via the conventional Betting Line. Marginal playability for most, likely stab for high-octane chancers.<\/p>\n

Fair Grounds (1\/1)<\/strong> — Uh-oh. There was Plug Catcher, 15-1 winner of the sixth. A dual-qualifier (82 on LifeLiner Speed, 86 on LifeLiner Spread), ’Plug was buried at the bottom of the plain-old Betting Line, a Betting Line with a supposedly strong 9-5 Fair Odds top pick. Now what? High-octane chancers would have had to swallow hard, rip off the rearview and run over some other legitimate contenders to get there. A brave proposition, but not without some backing numbers in his defense. <\/p>\n

Golden Gate (0\/0)<\/strong> — Hyper Bowl L set for two weeks’ time in NorCal.<\/p>\n

Gulfstream (1\/1)<\/strong> — Race 5 was contentious — the Betting Line started at 5-1, and the fourth horse on it was listed at 6-1 Fair Odds! — so the whole thing was up for grabs. Thunder Run was one of the ones, a very good 89 in the LifeLiner Speed Column analysis putting him second in that category. Thunder Run won at 17-1, $37.20 up top. This was not that hard to blow-up. A single, struck matchstick with a nontrembling hand put to the touchpaper would have done it, no octane, butane, methane or Howard Sartinez, Ph.D. in Compulsive Gambling Truckdrivers Masquerading As Dancing Bananas, needed.<\/p>\n

Sam Houston (2\/0)<\/strong> — <\/p>\n