Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

CONGRATS TO THE ''ENERGIZER BLUNNY'' WHOSE BATTERIES
WERE FULLY CHARGED AS HE HOPPED RIGHT ON BY A
'THUNDERING CAT' IN THE FINAL STRIDES TO THE WIRE

VENUE CHOICE: GULFSTREAM PARK
NO SNOW! NO ICE! NO BITTER TEMPS!
BRING YOUR SUN SCREEN, SUNGLASSES & YOUR 'A' GAME

***COLTS VS FILLIES TO START OFF THE YEAR! ***

POST TIME: 12:35 PM ET ~ 11:35 AM CT ~ 10:35 AM MT ~ 9:35 AM PT

WELCOMING IN A BRAND NEW YEAR ~ OUR FEATURE EVENT
*** THE HIGH HOPES STAKES ***

SCOREKEEPER

SCORING FROM YE OLE DOG HOUSE WILL BE
OUR 3-PEAT SUPURRR-STAR, CRUZAN, WHO VAULTED FROM THE PENTHOUSE TO THE COZY COMFORT OF THE ''CANINE CRASH CELLER''

THIS WILL BE A FIRST TIME CHALLENGE FOR THE COLT
SO WE ALL WISH HIM WELL IN HIS 'MAIDEN VOYAGE' RACE CALL

RULES ARE ON THE MENU
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BETTER TO DO IT RIGHT
THAN ERRR THEN SEE D.Q.

DUE TO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES ~
CRUZAN IS UNABLE TO PRESENT RESULTS

THEREFORE, THE CATZILLA IS STEPPING IN TO HELP

GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO OUR FIRST
MIDWEEK MAYHEM & BOTS DAY OF 2018 @ GULFSTREAM PARK

OUR FEATURE EVENT WILL BE: THE HIGH HOPES STAKES

DEFENDING CHAMP, THE ENERGIZER BLUNNY WILL HAVE
8 CHALLENGERS TRYING TO STOP A REPEAT HOP TO THE WIRE

AND AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO FOR BOTS GLORY!

ZOOMING OUT FOR A BIG LEAD RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE
ARE CRUZAN & CATALINA TAKING THE FIELD INTO THE TURN

OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME AS A FILLY TRIO NOW HAS
JOINED THE FRONT RUNNING DUO

RUFFIAN ~ TIGER DANCER & THUNDER CAT

IT'S A FEW LENGTHS BACK TO DUSTY ~ BLUNNY & REAL QUIET
AS CIGARSHOP TRAILS THE FIELD, SHOWING NO SPEED YET

THEY'VE REACHED THE TOP OF THE STRETCH

THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUICKLY AS BOTH CATALINA & CRUZAN
ALMOST CLIPPING HEELS, CAUSING BOTH TO DROP BACK

THIS HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR THUNDER CAT TO TAKE COMMAND

DUSTY WITH AN INCREDIBLE TURN OF FOOT FOUND HER MOJO
MOVING UP RIGHT BEHIND THUNDER CAT ~

CATALINA SEEMINGLY HAS RECOVERED A LOT BETTER THAN CRUZAN
FROM THEIR NEAR COLLISION, NOW JUST A FEW LENGTHS BEHIND
DUSTY WITH REAL QUIET RIGHT ON HER TAIL

BLUNNY, CRUZAN, & CIGARSHOP ARE NEXT

POOR TIGER DANCER LOST ALL FOCUS FROM HER STRONG START
BEING DISTRACTED BY A FLOCK OF BIRDS IN THE INFIELD
AND NOW TRAILS THE FIELD

AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME

THUNDER CAT LEADS THE WAY WITH DUSTY JUST 2 LENGTHS BACK
CATALINA & REAL QUIET LOCKED IN A BATTLE OF THEIR OWN ARE NEXT

SUDDENLY THE CROWD HAS EXPLODED WITH A GIGANTIC ROAR
AS RUFFIAN HAS TURNED HER 'INNER CHEETAH' LOOSE ~
PASSING EVERYONE IN FRONT OF HER, INCLUDING THUNDER CAT
AS THE FIERCE FILLY IS ON HER WAY TO BOTS GLORY ~

THUNDER CAT HOLDS ON FOR 2ND WITH DUSTY TAKING 3RD
AND CATALINA STEALING THE PRECIOUS FOR A FAB-FILLY-FURFECTA

SO CONGRATS TO THE FEARSOME FOURSOME AS THEY TAKE
THE FIRST BOTS DAY OF THE NEW YEAR

OFFICIAL RESULTS

RUFFIAN = $67.60
(*High Hopes = High Glory! A Magickal ''Master Manipulator'')

THUNDER CAT = $52.40
*Good Effort

DUSTY = $47.80
*Consistent Gate To Wire

CATALINA = $39.80
Superb Start ~ Lost Energy 2nd Half But ~ Steals The Precious From RQ

ALSO RAN

REAL QUIET = $39.60

(DC) BLUNNY = $36

CRUZAN = $34.20

CIGARSHOP = $33.20

TIGER DANCER = $32.20 (Where's A Buck When Ya Need One!)
*First Key To The 2018 Cat House
*Fresh Catnip & Chippendale Dancers on Stand By

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