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CONGRATS TO THE ''ENERGIZER-BLUNNY''
WHOSE BATTERY SEEMS TO BE ON XTRA-HIGH CHARGE LATELY!

VENUE: CHARLES TOWN RACE TRACK ~ DOO DAH DOO DAH
WITH 9 STAKES CULMINATING WITH THE $1,200,000 CT CLASSIC

*** OUR FEATURE EVENT: EARTH DAY STAKES ***

HONORING NATIONAL EARTH DAY THAT BEGAN IN 1970
GIVING VOICE TO EMERGING CONSCIOUSNESS AGAINST
OIL SPILLS, TOXIC DUMPS, PESTICIDES, LOSS OF WILDERNESS
LEADING TO EXTINCTION OF WILDLIFE!

POST TIME: 12:30 EDT // 11:30 AM CT // 10:30 AM MT // 9:30 AM PT

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GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME
TO SUPURRR-SATURDAY
TODAY WE ARE AT CHARLES TOWN RACETRACK

''Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah river
Life is old there, Older than the Trees
Younger than the Mountains, blowing like a Breeze''

**OUR FEATURE EVENT: THE 'EARTH DAY' STAKES**

'EARTH DAY' IS CELEBRATED BY MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE
TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT ~ CLEAN AIR + WATER

DEFENDING CHAMP --> BLUNNY THE ''ENERGIZER-BUNNY''
WILL HAVE 10 CHALLENGERS TRYING TO PREVENT
A REPEAT 'BUNNY-HOP' VICTORY

ALL THE HORSES ARE STANDING QUIETLY IN THE GATE

AND AWAAAAAAAAY THEY GO IN THE 'EARTH DAY' STAKES....

ROARING OUT OF THE GATE ......
RUFFIAN'S 'INNER-CHEETAH' HAS LEFT THE REST WONDERING
IF THEIR GATE HAD MALFUNCTIONED, AS SHE HAS TAKEN
A GIGANTICUS LEAD HEADING INTO THE TURN!

~~OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME~~

RUFFIAN'S LEAD HAS BEEN DESTROYED QUICKLY
AS REAL QUIET AND PEEPTOAD ARE NOW RIGHT AT THE FILLY'S TAIL!

IT'S JUST 2 LENGTHS BACK TO THUNDER CAT -&- CATALINA
CRUZAN -&- CIGARSHOP ARE NEXT JUST A LENGTH AHEAD
OF DUSTY AND TIGER DANCER

DEFENDING CHAMP, BLUNNY IS SEVERAL LENGTHS FARTHER BACK

TRAILING THE FIELD IN THE EARLY GOING IS POST TIME MIKE

~~THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH~~

RUFFIAN SUDDENLY SPOOKED BADLY
AT SOMETHING SHE SAW ON THE TRACK ~
THO I CANNOT SEE WHAT IT IS FROM HERE
SHE IS DROPPING BACK QUICKLY,
LOSING ALL HER EARLY MOMENTUM

AND NOW IT IS PEEPTOAD ......
WHO HAS TAKEN COMMAND OF THE LEAD
WITH A RELENTLESS REAL QUIET NIPPING AT HER HEELS!

CATALINA IS RIGHT THERE GAINING GROUND QUICKLY
WITH A TENACIOUS THUNDER CAT JUST A HALF LENGTH BACK

~ IT'S SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO CIGARSHOP ~
DEFENDING CHAMP -- BLUNNY IS NEXT -- BUT APPEARS
TO BE RUNNING WITH A HALF-CHARGED BATTERY TODAY,
FAILING TO MOVE UP INTO CONTENTION FOR A REPEAT VICTORY

RUFFIAN IS RIGHT AT BLUNNY'S TAIL
BUT HER EARLY SPEED HAS GONE THE WAY OF THE DODO BIRD!

WHATEVER 'SPOOKED' THE FILLY HAS AFFECTED HER DRAMATICALLY!

IT'S ANOTHER 2 LENGTHS BACK TO TIGER DANCER
FOLLOWED BY DUSTY ~ CRUZAN AND

A LETHARGIC POST TIME MIKE

~~AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~~

REAL QUIET IS TURNING UP THE HEAT ON PEEPTOAD
AND NOW IS RIGHT AT HER NECK
AS THESE TWO HEAD TO THE WIRE TOGETHER
IN WHAT HAS TURNED INTO A THRILLING MATCH RACE
~~ FILLY -VS- COLT ~~

IT'S A 'MISNOMER' THAT COLTS ARE ALWAYS
STRONGER, FASTER AND MORE LIKELY TO WIN IN A MATCH-UP!

CAN THE FIERCE FILLY HOLD ON?
CAN THE COURAGEOUS COLT MAKE ONE LAST WINNING MOVE?

THE ANSWER TO BOTH QUESTIONS IS ==> YES + NO

YES ==> THE FILLY'S DYNAMIC DETERMINATION WAS SUPREME
WITH ONE FINAL LEAP OF POWER -- PEEPTOAD CLAIMS THE VICTORY!

NO ==> THE COLT COULD NOT PASS HER

REAL QUIET ~ VALIANT IN DEFEAT IS AN IMPRESSIVE 'BRIDESMAID'
CATALINA TAKES THE SHOW
AS THUNDER CAT STEALS 'THE PRECIOUS'


$$--OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH--$$


1st ~ PEEPTOAD ==== $100.20
*Her BEST Effort Of This Season!

2nd ~ REAL QUIET ===== $94.60
*A Colt/Dog Sandwich Between A Toad & A Cat! --
Not sure about the Bird Tho
~BRIDESMAID~

3rd ~ CATALINA ===== $84.00
*Good Energy Gate To Wire
~FLOWER-BEARER~


4th ~ THUNDER CAT ==== $70.60
*Steals The Precious As A Glaring Blunny Looks On
Thinking 'MY PRECIOUS'??
~RING-BEARER~

~~ALSO RAN~~

CIGARSHOP === $58

{DC}BLUNNY === $49.60

RUFFIAN === $48.60

TIGER DANCER === $42.20

DUSTY === $38.60

CRUZAN === $36.20

POST TIME MIKE === $35.80
*Seems He Heard About Those Dog House Las Vegas Dancers ~
Which Held A Stronger Incentive Than The Penthouse