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TAKE ME HOME --- COUNTRY ROADS
TO THE TRACK THAT I CALL HOME
MOUNTAINEER IS WHERE WE'LL RUN
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK WE'LL ROAM

SADLY WE HAD 3 MAJOR SCRATCHES
PEEPTOAD -- TIGER DANCER + BLUNNY
WHICH LEFT US WITH 9 HOPEFUL RUNNERS
ALL HOPING FOR SOME OF THE MONEY
$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$

WE HEARD THE CALL TO THE POST
WE HEARD "AND AWAAAAAAY THEY ALL GO"
BUT WHEN THE GATES FINALLY OPENED
ALL NINE CAME OUT WAY SUPER SLOW

DEFENDING CHAMP HORSE CRAZY GAL
JOHN HENRY ---- CIGARSHOP AND RQ
TOOK OVER THE EARLY SLOW LEAD
BUT THE OTHER FIVE STILL HAD NO CLUE

IT WAS OUT OF THE TURN THAT THINGS CHANGED
WHEN THE CROWD WERE UP ON THEIR FEET
JOHN HENRY TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET
SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE THAT HE COULD BE BEAT

BUT TWAS ONLY THE HALFWAY POINT THEN
AND WE KNOW THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
BUT EVEN AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
MOST OF THE REST WERE JUST NAPPIN

THEN DUSTY BEGAN TO SHOW SPEED
POST TIME MIKE SUDDENLY GOT TUFF
AND WAY FAR BACK BY A MILE WERE
CATALINA -- CRIMINAL TYPE + THEN RUFF

AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY ALL CAME
WITH JOHN HENRY STILL LEADING THE WAY
THEN CIGARSHOP PICKED UP HIS PACE
IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE'S NOT HERE TO 'PLAY!'

AND SO THE MATCH RACE HAD BEGUN
WHEN REAL QUIET LET OUT A ROAR
THEN DUSTY FLEW INTO THE MIX
BUT WHO AT THE WIRE WOULD SCORE?

THE LEAD BY JOHN HENRY DIMINISHING
WITH EACH STRIDE CIGARSHOP DID FIRE
REAL QUIET AND DUSTY RIGHT THERE
BUT WHO OF THOSE FOUR WOULD SOON TIRE?

JOHN HENRY APPEARED TO BE TIRING
BUT CIGARSHOP + REAL QUIET WERE NOT
DUSTY WITH A NEW FOUND ENERGY
SHOWING A FILLY STILL HOT

THE REMAINING FIVE WERE STILL FLOUNDERING
THEY NEVER COULD FIRE A FAST PACE
RUNNING IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE NOW
AND NEVER A REAL PART OF THE RACE

AND AS THE WIRE FINALLY DREW CLOSER
JOHN HENRY THEN DUG DEEP WITHIN
TO FEND OFF THE 3 ON HIS TAIL
AT THE WIRE INDEED HE DID WIN


SO THE COLTS PROVED TO BE STRONGER
THE FILLYS TODAY NOT SO TUFF
DUSTY AT LEAST GOT THE PRECIOUS
AND THE CAT HOUSE WILL BE HOSTED BY 'RUFF'


SO HERE IS THE ORDER OF FINISH
WITH 3 COLTS RIGHT AT THE TOP
A FEW TRIED HARD TO DISTRACT HIM
BUT JOHN HENRY REFUSED TO BE STOPPED!


JOHN HENRY ========== $79.70 => KING OF THE MOUNTAIN-EER

CIGARSHOP === ======= $51.60
(DENYING RQ ANOTHER BRIDESMAID GOWN BY A MERE $5.50)

REAL QUIET ==== ====== $46.10 (FLOWERS BUT NO GOWN)

DUSTY ======= ====== $44.30
(STEALS THE PRECIOUS AS GOLLUM + RUFFIAN LURK IN THE BUSHES)


========== ALSO RAN OR MOSTLY TROTTED ==========

POST TIME MIKE (OFF A LONG LAYOFF) ========= $32

HORSE CRAZY GAL (DC) ========= ========= $27.60
(THREW A SHOE COMING OUT OF THE TURN

CATALINA ============== ============= $27.40

CRIMINAL TYPE ======================== $13.40
(JUST MISSING HIS MAN CAVE => AKA = DOG HOUSE BY $2.80)

RUFFIAN ============================ $10.60
(WHO SEEMS AS IF SHE IS TRYING FOR A REPEAT CAT HOUSE AWARD!)

WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME
FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINEER HIGH ZONE

CIGARSHOP SAYS >>> Thanks for ALL you do Ruff
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IT'S EASY WHEN SURROUNDED BY SUCH A
FUN LOVIN FORUM FAMILY!


SOMEHOW THIS SEASON ~ FOR REASONS UNKNOWN
MY PREVIOUS ''TRADITIONAL'' RACE CALLS SUDDENLY
HAD A MIND OF THEIR OWN TURNING INTO POETIC
''PURRRSNICKETY'' RECAPS OF THE DAY'S EVENTS


I SUPPOSE IT MUST HAVE BEEN MY INNER MUSE / MEWS
DEMANDING THAT I DO WHAT I DO BEST
LEAVE THOSE ORDINARY TRADITIONAL RACE CALLS
TO THE PROFESSIONALS ~ TREVOR + THE REST

I JUST HOPE THAT MY POETIC RACE RESULTS
ARE GENUINELY ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED
CAUSE WITHOUT YOUR KINDLY FEEDBACK
THERE'S NO SENSE OF ESTIMATION