WHERE THE SKY IS DAPPLED BLUE
WE HAD A FEW LATE SCRATCHES
LEAVING 9 IN THE GATE WHEN THRU
WHEN ALL WERE STANDING NICELY
WE HEARD --- 'AWAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO''
OUT OF THE NINE ------ 3 WERE SPEEDY
BUT THE REST WERE MIGHTY SLOW
THEN OUT FOR AN EARLY LEAD
REAL QUIET + CATALINA FAST
RUFFIAN RIGHT THERE WITH EM
WITH SPEED THAT COULDN'T LAST
NOBODY WAS EVEN CLOSE YET
UNTIL THEY REACHED THE TURN
WHEN CIGARSHOP PICKED UP SPEED
WITH FRACTIONS THAT COULD BURN!
EL PRADO WAS JUST AS SPEEDY
PICKED UP THE PACE SO FAST
NOW THESE 2 JOINED THE LEADERS
BUT WHICH OF THEM WOULD LAST?
THE REST OF THE FIELD WERE STRUGGLING
WITH FIVE AT THE VERY BACK
WHEN SUDDENLY JOHN HENRY FIRED
HIS HOOVES LIT UP THE TRACK
IT WAS SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO DUSTY
CRIMINAL TYPE + PEEPTOAD LAST
IT APPEARED RRIHT FROM THE START
THESE 3 WOULD NOT RUN FAST
NOW AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
IT WAS SIX ACROSS THE TRACK
THE OTHER THREE SHOWED LITTLE
AND REMAINED WAY AT THE BACK
AND AS THE WIRE DREW CLOSER
ONE HORSE EMERGED TO LEAD
HE GOBBLED UP THE GROUND LIKE
A HORSE SCARFING DOWN HIS FEED
THE OTHER FIVE BEHIND HIM
WERE GIVING ALL THEY HAD
BUT THE ONE WHO LED THE PACK
MADE HIS BACKERS MIGHTY GLAD
HE WAS LIGHTNING FROM THE GATE
AT THE WIRE STILL THE SAME
THE GLORY WAS ALL HIS
AND REAL QUIET IS HIS NAME
A PHOTO WAS REQUIRED
TO NAME THE PLACE AND SHOW
AND WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER
THESE ARE THE NAMES TO KNOW
REAL QUIET + EL PRADO
THEN CIGARSHOP FINISHED THIRD
DEFENDING CHAMP CATALINA
STOLE THE PRECIOUS FROM THE HERD
JOHN HENRY + THE RUFFIAN
JUST A NOSE BEHIND THOSE FOUR
CRIMINAL TYPE, DUSTY + PEEPTOAD
DUG DEEP BUT FOUND NO MORE
ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY WINNER
WITH HIM WE'RE NEVER BORED
HIS FOCUS SEEMS DETERMINED
ON A MEOW MIX YEAR AWARD!
SO HERE ARE THE FINAL TOTALS
IF U THINK THEY'RE WRONG JUST SAY
GO TELL THE CAT IN CHARGE
BEFORE THE END OF DAY
REAL QUIET ============== $80.50
EL PRADO ======= ======== $66.30
CIGARSHOP ============== $61.30
(DC) CATALINA ============ $60.20 (Steals The Precious)
========== ALSO RAN ===========
JOHN HENRY ====== ====== $59.60
RUFFIAN =============== $56.20
CRIMINAL TYPE =========== $31
DUSTY ======== ======== $27.60
PEEPTOAD ============== $11.80
HOSTING IN THE CLASSY CAT HOUSE
WITH PLENTY OF CATNIP + CHAMPAGNE
AND THE HOT CHIPPENDALE DANCERS
TO HELP EASE THE DAY OF PAIN!
