Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

CONGRATS TO CIGARSHOP WHO FOUGHT OFF A LATE CLOSING
CHALLENGE BY DUSTY, TO WIN BY A WHISKER

VENUE SHOULD BE HIS CHOICE ~ BUT NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF
HIS TRACK CHOICE AFTER 2 EMAILS, BY THE DEADLINE ~
I AM FORCED TO CHOOSE
SO IF YOU ARE LESS THAN PLEASED WITH THE CHOICE ~
DO NOT BLAME HIM
I'M ALMOST SURE THAT IF HE NOTIFIED ME OF HIS OWN CHOICE
IT WOULD NOT MATCH MY OWN

VENUE: EVANGELINE

POST TIME: 5:40 CENTRAL TIME ZONE / 6:40 EDT

SCOREKEEPER

CALCULATING FROM THE CATHOUSE WILL BE RUFFIAN
PLENTY OF FRESH CATNIP HAS BEEN SHIPPED IN
CHIPPENDALE DANCERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED
SO ~ MEOW MEOW MEOW

RULES ARE WISE TO READ
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY
DO IT RIGHT THE 1ST TIME
THEN NO NEED TO WORRY!

EBULLIENT & EFFERVESCING @ EVANGELINE

I KNOW I'M ''UNCONVENTIONAL''
A ''LION WARRIOR'' INDEED
A ''BIG RISQUE'' WITH MY LONG-SHOTS
CAUSE TO MY HEART I HEED

R1 >>> 6 7 4 5 1
UNCONVENTIONAL (Guilty As Charged!)

MISS RIPPIN LIPS (Non Stop!)
PLAY THAT SONG


R2 >>> 5 3 7 4 1
APPOINT ME KING

SQUIRT SQUIRT (Layla & Einstein)
ONESIMUS


R3 >>> 6 7 8 4 5
FAREWELL TIME

TIP TO TAIL
UNBRAIDED


R4 >>> 9 5 4 2 1
TUFF DECISION TWEEN CAT & LION

LION WARRIOR

CAT SHOES (SIZE 3)
10 TO MIDNIGHT


R5 >>> 1 5 4 7
Z BONITA (Z OBSESSION RULES AGAIN)
*Always Called My Destiny = Pretty (Bonita) Girl

QUEEN OF THE WALK (aka: Alpha Mare / Control Freak)
RING NECK DOVE


R6 >>> 4 10 7 8 5
BIG RISQUE (These Picks!)

SOUTHERN BIRD
GO ANTE


R7 >>> 7 1 10 8 3
SCAT DADDY'S CAT

MASTERLY
OUT OF THIS GALAXY


R8 >>> 1 4 2 8 6
SWEET PEA MAMA VE

INDIAN WIND
TUJUACAGOFAST


R9 >>> 9 3 2 1 5
TWO CENTS

LUCAME
PEAR SHAPED MUNRO

TIZ MIDWEEK MAYHEM ONCE AGAIN
BUT NOT A BOTS TODAY
TEN ARE IN THE STARTING GATE
EACH HOPING TO FIND A WAY ...

OF STOPPING CIGARSHOP'S REPEAT WIN
EACH ONE WILL DO THEIR BEST
TO GET THEIR 'MOJO' WORKING
AND BE BEST OF ALL THE REST

OUT OF THE GATE THE TEN ALL COME
CIGARSHOP & THUNDER CAT LEAD
THE OTHER 8 NOT FIRING YET
TO FIND THE SPEED THEY NEED

OUT OF THE TURN THINGS HAVE CHANGED
AS THUNDER CAT LEADS THE WAY
CIGARSHOP & RUFFIAN AT HER TAIL
BUT IS THIS HOW IT ALL WILL STAY?

THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
THUNDER CAT IS LOOKIN STRONGER
SOME OF THE OTHERS WAY FAR BACK
WISHIN THIS RACE WAS LONGER!

CATALINA & EL PRADO NOW
ARE FINALLY FINDING MORE
WHEN SUDDENLY FROM THE CROWD
WE HEAR A MIGHTY ROAR

IT'S RUFFIAN WITH HOOVES ON FIRE
TIGER DANCER RIGHT THERE TOO
A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP NOW
IS IT TOO MUCH LEFT TO DO?

AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
THUNDER CAT STILL LEADS THE WAY
RUFFIAN, CIGARSHOP, TIGER DANCER
IS THIS HOW WE END THE DAY?

EL PRADO, CATALINA, REAL QUIET
ARE NEXT BUT SO FAR BACK
IT'S NOW OR NEVER FOR THEM
BUT SPEED IS WHAT THEY LACK

AND EVEN FARTHER BACK WE SEE
STARK ~ DUSTY & BLUNNY
NONE PRESENTING A CHALLENGE
OR GETTING ANY OF THE MONEY

THE WIRE LOOMS JUST UP AHEAD
THUNDER CAT IS LOOKING TUFF
BUT NEVER COUNT THE 'CHEETAH' OUT
CAUSE AT HER NECK NOW IS RUFF!

A DIFFERENT VERSION OF ''BIG CAT DIARY''
THUNDER CAT & RUFF'S 'CHEETAH'
WHEN SUDDENLY THE THUNDER ROLLED
CAUSE NOBODY WAS GONNA BEAT HER!

THE THUNDER ROLLED & LIGHTNING STRUCK
AS THUNDER CAT DECIDED 'ENUFF!'
WITH ONE LAST POWERFUL SURGE OF SPEED
SHE PUT AWAY 'THE RUFF'

CIGARSHOP FOUND NO REPEAT WIN
BUT HELD ON TO FINISH THIRD
TIGER DANCER STOLE THE PRECIOUS
IS THAT GOLLUM WE JUST NOW HEARD?

SO HERE IS HOW IT ALL SHAKES OUT
IN THE MIDWEEK MAYHEM SHOW
THUNDER CAT / RUFFIAN / CIGARSHOP
TO THE CAT HOUSE DUSTY WILL GO

OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH

THUNDER CAT ======== $72.70

RUFFIAN ============ $47.40

(DC) CIGARSHOP ====== $40.40
(IS THAT LIKE PERFECT VISION IN BOTH EYES)

TIGER DANCER ======== $35.20

====== ALSO RAN ======

EL PRADO ========== $32.60

CATALINA ========== $32

REAL QUIET ==== ==== $27.40

STARK ====== ====== $22.70

BLUNNY =========== $16.50
(Energizer Blunny Batteries Runnin Low!)

DUSTY ============ $12.20
aka ''Yo-Yo Mama'' Rides Again!
WINS SUPURR SATURDAY & MONEY TALKS
Then Bounces Back To The Cat House
Could She Be Getting Catnip Addicted
OR Needs A Chippendales Fix?