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CONGRATS TO RUFFIAN WHO TURNED HER 'INNER-CHEETAH' LOOSE
AS SHE WAS DETERMINED TO WIN THE ''COULDA-WOULDA-SHOULDA''
POST DERBY BLUES STAKES!

VENUE: EVANGELINE DOWNS

HER 'CATITUDE' BELIEVES IN THE THEORY OF
''IF IT WORKED GOOD ONCE ~
WHY NOT SEE IF IT CAN WORK GOOD AGAIN''

POST TIMES: 6:50 ET // 5:50 CT // 4:50 MT // 3:50 PT

FEATURE EVENT: THE ''HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUSTY'' STAKES

REMEMBER ~ IT IS A BOTS DAY SO BRING YOUR BEST RUNNING SHOES
TO SEE WHO IS HOT-TO-TROT OR COLD AS CLAMS!

SCOREKEEPER

HOLDING THE KEY TO THE CAT HOUSE IS TIGER DANCER
A FRESH CASE OF MEOW MIX & CATNIP CAKE IS ON ITS WAY
THE CHIPPENDALES DANCERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED

RULES ARE ON THE MENU
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BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY
THEN ERRR & SEE D.Q.

GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME
TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM: BOTS EDITION


TODAY WE ARE AT EVANGELINE DOWNS
WHERE OUR FEATURE EVENT WILL BE:
"THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUSTY STAKES"


WE HAVE 7 AT THE READY TO RACE TODAY
AND ANOTHER LATE SCRATCH OF --- RQ
RQ .... RQ .....
WHERE ARE YOU
HOW ARE YOU
WE MISS YOU


BUT... THIS SAVORY SHOW MUST GO ON ....
IT'S ANOTHER MM BOTS DAY
AND THE CHALLENGE IS ON ....
LIKE A FIERY EDITION OF 'IRON CHEF'
WHO WILL BE HOT AS HABANEROS
OR COLD AS CAJUN CLAMS
AND WHOSE RACING CUISINE WILL REIGN SUPREME??


HORSES ARE LOCKED AND LOADED, READY TO RACE....
AND THEY'RE OFF AND AWAY
IN THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUSTY STAKES


THE PACE IS A BIT SLOW...
BUT NOT AS SLOW AS --> TIGER DANCER
SHE SHOWED UP TO WISH DUSTY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BUT AFTER ENJOYING A WEEK IN THE CAT-HOUSE .....
TIGER DECIDED TO STAY ANOTHER WEEK
AND ENJOY ALL IT'S TASTY OFFERINGS


THE "ENERGIZER BLUNNY" ....
WAS LACKING THE USUAL PEP-IN-HIS-STEP
HE KEPT GOING.... JUST NOT AS FAST
{IT'S RUMORED THAT 'SOMEONE' MAY HAVE
'FIDDLED WITH HIS EQUIPMENT' -- O MY}


.... EB -- FINISHES JUST AHEAD OF TIGER DANCER


RUFFIAN IS NEXT ---
AND SEEMS TO HAVE A BIT OF "CATITUDE" TODAY
HER INNER CHEETAH IS NOT RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS
SHE SHOULD HAVE HAD 'A-KAT in this FIGHT' ....
BUT SOMETHING ELSE WAS DISTRACTING HER


PURRR-HAPS IT WAS DUE TO TIGER DANCER TAKING OVER THE CAT-HOUSE
AND .... TIGER'S KEY SEEMS MUCH BIGGER THAN RUFF'S

NOW ON TO THE TOP FAB 4 .......


FINISHING JUST A WHISKER AND .90 CENTS AHEAD OF RUFF
~~CATALINA~~ TAKING THE 4th SPOT AND "THE RING"
~RING-BEARER~
**WEARING HER SPECIAL 'FEATHER DUSTER'
IN HONOR OF DUSTY'S BIRTHDAY

COMING IN 3rd .... IS THE BIRTHDAY GIRL HERSELF
~~DUSTY~~ THE BEARER OF FLOWERS
.....


PUTTING ON THE HEAT, FLAMES RISING HIGHER
BUT NOT QUITE HOT ENOUGH TO CATCH THE FRONT-RUNNER
~~THUNDER-CAT~~ IN 2nd ....
~RUNNER-UP / BRIDESMAID~


THE RACE FOR 1st PLACE WAS CONTENTIOUS
BUT AT THE WIRE, TAKING THE WIN AND **BOTS GLORY ....
~~CIGARSHOP -- THE HOT TAMALE~~


$$--TANTALIZING -&- TASTY TOTALS--$$


1st ~ CIGARSHOP === $53.40

2nd ~ THUNDER CAT === $49.30

3rd ~ DUSTY === $45.40

4th ~ CATALINA === $42.50


~~ALSO RAN~~


RUFFIAN === $41.60

BLUNNY === $37.50

TIGER DANCER === $21.10 {Down .20 cents from last week} :lmao:
KEY TO CAT HOUSE ~
A BOWL OF TIGER CHOW ~
AND SUNFLOWER SEED FOR HER FEATHERY FRIENDS ~
.