MIDWEEK MAYHEM + BOTS ~ 8/17 *RESULTS* @ DEL MAR

[RUFFIAN]

CONGRATS TO CIGARSHOP WHO FOUND NEW MEANING
IN THE TERM > BIZARRE BETTING METHODOLOGY!
WHATEVER WORKS TO GET TO THE WINNER'S CIRCLE
AND THIS 'METHOD' WORKED WONDERS

VENUE: DEL MAR

* FEATURE EVENT *
THE DESTINY STAKES
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HORSE
14 YEARS OF PERFECTION
TILL COLIC TOOK HER FROM ME

POST TIME: 2 PM PACIFIC / 3 PM MT / 4 PM CT / 5 PM ET

SCOREKEEPER
SCORING FROM THE CAT HOUSE IS: RUFFIAN
CHIPPENDALES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED

RULES ARE ON THE MENU
TIZ WISE TO READ EM THRU
NOT WORTH TO RISK IT ALL
AND THEN POUT WHEN SEE D.Q.

[RUFFIAN]

DAZZLING OR DISASTROUS @ DEL MAR
OR

R1 >>> 2 4 6 1 5
ADIOS PRINCESS (DESTINY)
(Gone ~ But Never Forgotten)

KHALAYA
YOU SLEEP ON IT


R2 >>> 7 5 2 4 1
(TUFF CHOICE! Each Would Be #1 In Diff Races)

ALPHA UNO

DA CATS A GEM
BLOW ME AWAY


R3 >>> 2 5 3 1 4
EVER QUEEN

CODACIOUS
SNOW CLOUD


R4 >>> 4 5 3 6 1
CUDDLE ALERT (QrFluffl)

CHEROKEE IN ME
STOLE A KISS


R5 >>> 9 1 4 3 6
AMAZING LOVE

HOWDY KING KOWBOY
SUPREME GIANT


R6 >>> 1 3 10 9 7
PROFICIENTLY

OUT OF THE ORDINARY
WARM ENDOWMENT


R7 >>> 4 5 3 6 7
(TUFFEST CHOICE OF DAY
EACH WOULD BE #1 IN DIFF RACES)

ENCHANTING LADY

PRETTY N COOL
SENSITIVELY


R8 >>> 6 3 1 7 9
THE BIG TRAIN
(Amtrak: Fla To Colorado)

MONTEREY SHALE
HE COULD

[Criminal Type]

BOTS = Battle Of The Super-Studs!

R1
6/3/4/1/5 = Sleep / Song / Khalaya

R2
2/1/3/7/6 = BlowEmAway / War / Beantown

R3
6/3/1/5/4 = BCZ / Snow / Holiday (In Dog House?)

R4
6/3/2/4/5 = Profit / Kiss / Jack

R5
1/4/7/9/8 = KingKowboy / Giant / Mitchum

R6
10/8/9/4/2 = Endowment / Smoke / Reality

R7
1/6/3/4/5 = Bus / Coniah / Sensitively

R8
4/1/3/8/9 = Evicted / He Could (Cigarshop Win With His System)
Monterey Shale / Mintenized


Luck to all -- extra to Cigarshop to repeat for Colts
Sardine & Swordfish Salad for Supreme CatZilla

[RUFFIAN]

**RESULTS**



GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO
MIDWEEK~MAYHEM AT DEL MAR
FEATURING "THE BOTS CHALLENGE"

OUR SPECIAL EVENT IS "THE DESTINY STAKES"
IN LOVING MEMORY OF A VERY SPECIAL HORSE



WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL LATE SCRATCHES:
...CATALINA ... WHO IS TAKING A WEEK OFF FOR R-n-R

...OAKLAWN CAPPER WHO IS TEMPORARILY QUARANTINED
IN ARKANSAS BUT SHOULD RETURN TO THE TRACK SOON

...REAL QUIET IS MIA BUT WE HAVE HAD NO INFORMATION
GIVEN TO THE TRACK SUPERINTENDENT AS TO REASON

THESE SCRATCHES HAVE LEFT US WITH
A SMALLER BUT TALENTED FIELD OF EIGHT
AS CIGARSHOP SEEKS TO REPEAT
HIS LAST EFFORT TO THE WINNER'S CIRCLE




THE HORSES HAVE ALL BEEN LOADED WITHOUT INCIDENT
AND WE ARE READY TO RUN IN THE DESTINY STAKES


AND AWAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO....





OUT FOR THE EARLY LEAD WE HAVE A TRIO OF
RUFFIAN --- STARK --- BLUNNY

TIGER DANCER IS NEXT

FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY CIGARSHOP & DUSTY

TRAILING THE FIELD IN THE EARLY GOING
ARE JOHN HENRY & CRIMINAL TYPE

OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME

THINGS HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED
AS TIGER DANCER NOW HAS ACQUIRED THE LEAD
WITH CIGARSHOP & DUSTY ABOUT 3 LENGTHS BACK

IT'S ANOTHER SEVERAL LENGTHS TO BLUNNY & STARK


COMING OUT OF THE TURN

RUFFIAN SPOOKED AT SOMETHING ON THE TRACK ~
CAUSING HER TO DROP FAR BACK ... LOSING HER EARLIER MOMENTUM

JOHN HENRY & CRIMINAL TYPE ARE STILL "TRAILING"
THE FIELD SHOWING NO SPEED AT ALL YET
...JUST MOSYING ALONG


THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH


TIGER DANCER HAS INCREASED HER LEAD OVER CIGARSHOP ....
AND SHE IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF TIRING




STARK IS PICKING UP HIS SPEED NOW
GAINING GROUND ON THE SPEEDY DUO IN THE LEAD

AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME


TIGER DANCER WITH YET ANOTHER SURGE OF ACCELERATION
HAS WIDENED THE GAP OVER THE REST OF THE FIELD
WHO ARE ALL TRYING TO CATCH THE RUNAWAY TIGER




CIGARSHOP IS ALL OUT BUT LOSING GROUND

TIGER DANCER APPEARS TO BE ON HER WAY
TO A VICTORY GALLOP FOR THE FILLYS .....

BUT HOLD ON FOLKS ....

SUDDENLY THE CROWD IS UP ON THEIR FEET SCREAMING
AS SOMEONE IS FLYING UP THE RAIL WITH INCREDIBLE SPEED

IT'S RUFFIAN WHO APPARENTLY JUST REGAINED HER ENERGY
AND IS ROARING DOWN THE TRACK PASSING EVERYONE IN HER WAY
AND CLOSING THE GAP ON TIGER DANCER
WHO SEEMED A SURE WINNER A MOMENT AGO
BUT WHO NOW HAS A SERIOUS CHALLENGE AS
RUFFIAN HAS RELEASED HER "INNER CHEETAH" AND
HAS TURNED THE RACE INTO ANOTHER EDITION OF
"THE BIG CAT DIARIES"




TIGER DANCER & RUFFIAN NOW ENGAGED IN A
MATCH RACE ~ NECK & NECK ~ STRIDE FOR STRIDE...

-vs-


IT'S GONNA BE A FILLY BOTS VICTORY - BUT WHICH ONE?
A BIG CAT WHISKER SEPARATES THE 2 FILLYS
AS THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD

JUST AS IT LOOKED LIKE A PHOTO WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE ~
RUFFIAN DECIDED NOT TO WASTE TIME WITH A CAMERA
TURNING UP THE HEAT WITH ANOTHER MIGHTY "CHIRP"
CROSSING THE WIRE BY DAYLIGHT
A CHEETAH PROVING TO BE FASTER THAN A TIGER ....{ TODAY } --

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TIGER DANCER WITH A VERY IMPRESSIVE 2nd PLACE FINISH

CIGARSHOP 3rd -- WITH A GOOD EFFORT FOR THE COLTS
BUT JUST NO CHALLENGE FOR THE 2 FRISKY FAST FILLYS
...{BUT I DON'T THINK HE MINDS THE VIEW } --

STARK CLOSED STRONGLY WITHIN A NOSE OF CIGARSHOP
TO ROUND OUT THE SUPERFECTA & STEAL THE PRECIOUS



LOOKS LIKE "DESTINY" WAS MEANT TO BELONG TO RUFFIAN
**AS THE BOTS GLORY GOES TO THE FILLYS**
OUTNUMBERED BUT NOT OUT RUN



$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$


1st ~ RUFFIAN ========== $82.00



2nd ~ TIGER DANCER ======= $74.20


3rd ~ CIGARSHOP (DC) ====== $59.00


4th ~ STARK ============= $58.60


==== ALSO RAN ====


DUSTY ============ $36.60

JOHN HENRY ======== $30.40

BLUNNY =========== $23.60

CRIMINAL TYPE ======= $16.20
HEADING BACK TO HIS FAVORITE LAIR
GAINING THE KEY TO THE DOG-HOUSE



**PLEASE REPORT ANY OBJECTIONS TO: THE SUPURRR-INTENDENT
RUFFIAN333@WEBTV.NET

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WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME
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