SUPURRR SATURDAY ~ 7/30 *RESULTS* @ SARATOGA
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:00 am
**RESULTS**
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO
SUPURRR~SATURDAY AT SARATOGA
OUR FEATURE EVENT IS -- THE MIDSUMMER STAKES
WE HAVE HAD THREE LATE SCRATCHES
EL PRADO -- STARK & PEEPTOAD
LEAVING US WITH A TALENTED FIELD OF 11 RUNNERS
LED BY DEFENDING CHAMPION -- DUSTY
THE HORSES HAVE REACHED THE STARTING GATE
JUST WAITING FOR DUSTY WHO SEEMS TO BE A BIT AGITATED
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT SHE HAS GONE IN
AND WE ARE READY TO RUN
AND ...... THEY'RE OFF IN THE MIDSUMMER STAKES!
AWAY LIKE TWIN SPEEDING BULLETS
CRIMINAL TYPE & CIGARSHOP OUT FOR THE EARLY LEAD
BUT EQUALLY FAST
JUST A LENGTH BEHIND THAT DUO
ARE RUFFIAN & OAKLAWN CAPPER
TIGER DANCER IS NEXT
THEN THERE IS A BIG GAP BACK TO
BLUNNY --- REAL QUIET --- POST TIME MIKE
AND EVEN FURTHER BACK ---
JOHN HENRY -- DUSTY & CATALINA
OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME
THINGS HAVE NOW CHANGED DRAMATICALLY
AS WE HAVE A NEW LEADER IN COMMAND
OAKLAWN CAPPER LEADS THE WAY BY AT LEAST 10 LENGTHS
BLUNNY IS NEXT SHOWING VERY GOOD EARLY SPEED
JUST ANOTHER 2 LENGTHS BACK ARE
CIGARSHOP --- TIGER DANCER --- & REAL QUIET
TUCKED IN BEHIND THAT TRIO ARE
POST TIME MIKE - RUFFIAN - CRIMINAL TYPE & JOHN HENRY
EVEN FARTHER BACK IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE
ARE DUSTY & CATALINA WHO ARE SHOWING
NO SIGNS OF INTEREST IN RUNNING
THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
OAKLAWN CAPPER STILL VERY MUCH IN COMMAND
LEADING THE WAY & SETTING VERY FAST FRACTIONS
CIGARSHOP CONTINUES TO RUN STRONGLY ~
KEEPING UP WITH THE FRONT RUNNER & IS JUST A LENGTH BACK
BLUNNY RUNNING VERY WELL
TUCKED IN BEHIND THE SPEEDY 2 COLTS AHEAD
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
OAKLAWN CAPPER SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN
AS HE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY
CIGARSHOP & BLUNNY NECK & NECK
STRIDE FOR STRIDE LOCKED IN A BATTLE OF THEIR OWN
BOTH COLTS STILL IN WITH A SHOT AT VICTORY
SUDDENLY THERE IS A THUNDERING ROAR FROM
THE CROWD AS EVERYONE IS UP ON THEIR FEET
SOMEONE IS FLYING UP THE RAIL FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET ...
IS IT A BIRD? .... IS IT A PLANE? ... IS IT A PEGASUS?
NO --- NO --- & NO!
IT'S CRIMINAL TYPE --
WHO HAS SOARED FROM THE CLOUDS
PASSING EVERYONE IN HIS WAY
OAKLAWN CAPPER APPEARS STUNNED AS THE NEW LEADER FLIES BY
JUST AS THE WIN APPEARED TO BE A 'SURE THING'
BUT AS THEY SAY....
"IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE STOUT LADY SINGS"
AND SHE IS SINGING LOUD & STRONG
AS CRIMINAL TYPE CROSSES THE WIRE BY DAYLIGHT
LEAVING THE REST OF THE FIELD IN HIS MIGHTY WAKE ---
ONCE AGAIN LIVING UP TO HIS NICK-NAME = "MASTER THIEF"
STEALING THE RACE IN THE FINAL DRAMATIC MOMENTS!
OAKLAWN CAPPER HOLDS ON FOR 2nd
CIGARSHOP WILL FINISH A STRONG 3rd
BLUNNY ROUNDS OUT THE SUPERFECTA
AND ONCE AGAIN STEALS THE PRECIOUS
(HE IS ACQUIRING QUITE A COLLECTION!)
GOLLUM ALERT!
$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$
1st ~ CRIMINAL TYPE ======= $110.00
~WINNER / THE CAPED CRUSADER~
2nd ~ OAKLAWN CAPPER ========== $75.70
~RUNNER-UP / BRIDESMAID...
.... {AND HIS UNIQUE SENSE OF STYLE}
3rd ~ CIGARSHOP =========== $69.80
~FLOWER-BEARER~
4th ~ BLUNNY ========= $59.80
~RING-BEARER~
==== ALSO RAN ====
TIGER DANCER ======== $54.00
JOHN HENRY ========= $48.50
POST TIME MIKE ======= $48.40
REAL QUIET ========== $43.80
RUFFIAN ============ $29.40
DUSTY (DC) ========== $25.00
CATALINA ============ $4.60
STUMBLED OUT OF THE GATE AT THE BREAK
SHE MAY HAVE HURT HERSELF THEN ---
PULLED UP IN HOME STRETCH
WILL BE EXAMINED BACK AT THE BARN
....THEN OFF TO THE CAT-HOUSE
(A NICE MODERN / CONTEMPORARY)
****************************************
WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME
****************************************
~Graphics By: TIGER DANCER~
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO
SUPURRR~SATURDAY AT SARATOGA
OUR FEATURE EVENT IS -- THE MIDSUMMER STAKES
WE HAVE HAD THREE LATE SCRATCHES
EL PRADO -- STARK & PEEPTOAD
LEAVING US WITH A TALENTED FIELD OF 11 RUNNERS
LED BY DEFENDING CHAMPION -- DUSTY
THE HORSES HAVE REACHED THE STARTING GATE
JUST WAITING FOR DUSTY WHO SEEMS TO BE A BIT AGITATED
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT SHE HAS GONE IN
AND WE ARE READY TO RUN
AND ...... THEY'RE OFF IN THE MIDSUMMER STAKES!
AWAY LIKE TWIN SPEEDING BULLETS
CRIMINAL TYPE & CIGARSHOP OUT FOR THE EARLY LEAD
BUT EQUALLY FAST
JUST A LENGTH BEHIND THAT DUO
ARE RUFFIAN & OAKLAWN CAPPER
TIGER DANCER IS NEXT
THEN THERE IS A BIG GAP BACK TO
BLUNNY --- REAL QUIET --- POST TIME MIKE
AND EVEN FURTHER BACK ---
JOHN HENRY -- DUSTY & CATALINA
OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME
THINGS HAVE NOW CHANGED DRAMATICALLY
AS WE HAVE A NEW LEADER IN COMMAND
OAKLAWN CAPPER LEADS THE WAY BY AT LEAST 10 LENGTHS
BLUNNY IS NEXT SHOWING VERY GOOD EARLY SPEED
JUST ANOTHER 2 LENGTHS BACK ARE
CIGARSHOP --- TIGER DANCER --- & REAL QUIET
TUCKED IN BEHIND THAT TRIO ARE
POST TIME MIKE - RUFFIAN - CRIMINAL TYPE & JOHN HENRY
EVEN FARTHER BACK IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE
ARE DUSTY & CATALINA WHO ARE SHOWING
NO SIGNS OF INTEREST IN RUNNING
THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
OAKLAWN CAPPER STILL VERY MUCH IN COMMAND
LEADING THE WAY & SETTING VERY FAST FRACTIONS
CIGARSHOP CONTINUES TO RUN STRONGLY ~
KEEPING UP WITH THE FRONT RUNNER & IS JUST A LENGTH BACK
BLUNNY RUNNING VERY WELL
TUCKED IN BEHIND THE SPEEDY 2 COLTS AHEAD
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
OAKLAWN CAPPER SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN
AS HE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY
CIGARSHOP & BLUNNY NECK & NECK
STRIDE FOR STRIDE LOCKED IN A BATTLE OF THEIR OWN
BOTH COLTS STILL IN WITH A SHOT AT VICTORY
SUDDENLY THERE IS A THUNDERING ROAR FROM
THE CROWD AS EVERYONE IS UP ON THEIR FEET
SOMEONE IS FLYING UP THE RAIL FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET ...
IS IT A BIRD? .... IS IT A PLANE? ... IS IT A PEGASUS?
NO --- NO --- & NO!
IT'S CRIMINAL TYPE --
WHO HAS SOARED FROM THE CLOUDS
PASSING EVERYONE IN HIS WAY
OAKLAWN CAPPER APPEARS STUNNED AS THE NEW LEADER FLIES BY
JUST AS THE WIN APPEARED TO BE A 'SURE THING'
BUT AS THEY SAY....
"IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE STOUT LADY SINGS"
AND SHE IS SINGING LOUD & STRONG
AS CRIMINAL TYPE CROSSES THE WIRE BY DAYLIGHT
LEAVING THE REST OF THE FIELD IN HIS MIGHTY WAKE ---
ONCE AGAIN LIVING UP TO HIS NICK-NAME = "MASTER THIEF"
STEALING THE RACE IN THE FINAL DRAMATIC MOMENTS!
OAKLAWN CAPPER HOLDS ON FOR 2nd
CIGARSHOP WILL FINISH A STRONG 3rd
BLUNNY ROUNDS OUT THE SUPERFECTA
AND ONCE AGAIN STEALS THE PRECIOUS
(HE IS ACQUIRING QUITE A COLLECTION!)
GOLLUM ALERT!
$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$
1st ~ CRIMINAL TYPE ======= $110.00
~WINNER / THE CAPED CRUSADER~2nd ~ OAKLAWN CAPPER ========== $75.70
.... {AND HIS UNIQUE SENSE OF STYLE}
3rd ~ CIGARSHOP =========== $69.80
4th ~ BLUNNY ========= $59.80
==== ALSO RAN ====
TIGER DANCER ======== $54.00
JOHN HENRY ========= $48.50
POST TIME MIKE ======= $48.40
REAL QUIET ========== $43.80
RUFFIAN ============ $29.40
DUSTY (DC) ========== $25.00
CATALINA ============ $4.60
STUMBLED OUT OF THE GATE AT THE BREAK
SHE MAY HAVE HURT HERSELF THEN ---
PULLED UP IN HOME STRETCH
WILL BE EXAMINED BACK AT THE BARN
....THEN OFF TO THE CAT-HOUSE
(A NICE MODERN / CONTEMPORARY)
****************************************
WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME
****************************************