GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO A SPECIAL SUPURR SATURDAY
PEGASUS DAY AT GULFSTREAM PARK
THE BIG QUESTION OF THE DAY IS
CAN THE FORMIDABLE, FLAMBOYANT FILLY ~ DUSTY
''FLY HIGH'' TO SOAR INTO THE RECORD BOOK
WITH A 3-PEAT VICTORY!
FEATURE EVENT:
HONORING PEGASUS DAY
''FLY HIGH OR CRY'' STAKES
AKA
{GLORY OR GRUMPY}
:celebrate: OR :flaming:
GOOD LUCK DUSTY!
THE FEARLESS FLAWLESS FILLY WILL HAVE A DOZEN
COMPETENT, CALCULATING, COMPETITIVE CHALLENGERS
TRYING TO PREVENT THE FIERCE FILLY FROM 3-PEAT GLORY
WILL SHE FLY HIGH OR CRY?
THE 'LUCKY 13' ARE IN THE GATE & READY TO RUN!
AS 'LUCK' WOULD HAVE IT, OUR DEFENDING CHAMP
DREW IN AT POST #13 ~ WILL IT BRING LUCK OR LOSS?
BEING ON THE FAR OUTSIDE MAY HAVE IT'S ADVANTAGES
THE CHAMP HAS GOOD EARLY SPEED TO MOVE OVER
IF THAT IS THE 'GAME PLAN' ?
OR LET HER SETTLE IN AT THE BACK,
THEN MAKE A 'ZENYATTA' TYPE CLOSING RUN!
THE NEXT FEW MINUTES WILL REVEAL THE ANSWER!
AND AWAAAAY THEY GO IN THE ''FLY HIGH OR CRY'' STAKES
IT'S A GOOD START FOR ALL EXCEPT RUFFIAN WHO STALLED
WHEN HER GATE OPENED ~
8 ACROSS THE TRACK ALMOST IN A STRAIGHT LINE
JUST 2 LENGTHS BACK TO THE REST ~
===== OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME =====
THE 8 HAVE NOW BEEN REDUCED TO A TALENTED TACTICAL TRIO
POST TIME MIKE ~ DEFENDING CHAMP DUSTY & REAL QUIET
THESE 3 LEAD THE WAY IMPRESSIVELY SHOWING SUPURR SPEED
IT'S 13 LENGTHS BACK TO ROAMIN WHO, AFTER A BRIEF R+R
APPEARS TO BE IN FINE FORM TODAY
CRUZAN NOW JOINS ROAMIN, AND THIS DUO ARE JUST 2 LENGTHS
AHEAD OF THUNDER CAT AND BLUNNY, WITH PEEPTOAD MOVING UP
IT'S SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO
CATALINA, TIGER DANCER & EL PRADO
MEANDERING ALONG BEHIND THE REST IS RUFFIAN
WHO FINALLY WOKE UP, AND IS SLOWLY ON THE MOVE
AS CIGARSHOP SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT HIS 'SMOKE-ALARM'
TURNED OFF AND IS DOING A SNOOZING SNAIL IMPRESSION
===== THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH =====
THE TENACIOUS TRIO NOW INCREASING THEIR LEAD
WITH NONE OF THE 3 SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF TIRING
SUDDENLY THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET
TIGER DANCER HAS 'ROARED' FROM THE CLOUDS
PASSING ONE AFTER ANOTHER WITH A 'ZENYATTA' MOVE~
JOINING THE THUNDERING TRIO CHANGING IT TO A
FEROCIOUSLY FAST FERVENT FOURSOME AT THE FRONT
BUT EQUALLY SHOCKING, IT'S DUSTY GETTING ALL THE
ATTENTION NOW ~ ~ ~ AS THE FORMIDABLE FILLY
HAS HER FOCUS FIERCELY ON HISTORY BOOK GLORY,
AND WITH A SUPURR-SONIC-SURGE OF SPEED, HAS
SPROUTED PEGASUS WINGS LEAVING THE REST BEHIND
REAL QUIET & TIGER DANCER ARE NEXT BUT NOT CLOSE
TO THE FLASHY FIERCE FILLY FAR AHEAD~
THE TORRENTIAL CONSTANT RAIN ALL DAY HAS TURNED
THE TRACK INTO A SLIP-N-SLIDE CHALLENGE
POST TIME MIKE JUMPED A HUGE PUDDLE LOSING HIS FOOTING
~ ALMOST TOSSING HIS JOCKEY,
JUST AVOIDING A MAJOR DISASTER
LOSING HIS EARLIER SUPER FAST MOMENTUM QUICKLY
OPENING UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BLUNNY WHOSE
ENERGIZER BATTERY SEEMS TO BE JUST HALF CHARGED
AND NOW RUFFIAN WHO FINALLY AWAKENED HER
'INNER CHEETAH' IS RIGHT THERE WITH BLUNNY
IT'S JUST A LENGTH BACK TO ROAMIN, CRUZAN & PEEPTOAD
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY THUNDER CAT
CATALINA & CIGARSHOP SIDE BY SIDE ARE NEXT
AND WAY FAR BACK IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE THAT
PEGASUS HAS NEVER FLOWN INTO IS EL PRADO
THE FRAZZLED, FRUSTRATED FILLY FROM THE START,
HAS STRUGGLED WITH THE RAIN, THE MUD, HUGE PUDDLES,
THE DIRT FLUNG INTO HER PRETTY FACE
JUST A-SLIPPIN & A-SLIDIN LIKE A RIDE AT WATER WORLD!
===== AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME =====
DUSTY ON HER WAY TO HISTORY
WITH NO CHALLENGERS IN SIGHT ~
IN TOTAL COMMAND OF A HUGE LEAD
REAL QUIET & TIGER DANCER NECK & NECK IN A BATTLE
FOR THE BRIDESMAID AWARD OR THE BODACIOUS BOQUET
POST TIME MIKE, STILL STRUGGLING TO REGAIN HIS COMPOSURE
IS NEXT WITH BLUNNY & RUFFIAN AT HIS TAIL
AS THIS TRIO IS ALL OUT TO STEAL 'THE PRECIOUS'
ROAMIN ~ CRUZAN & PEEPTOAD ARE JUST A HALF LENGTH BACK
THUNDER CAT, CATALINA & CIGARSHOP HAVE GIVEN UP
AND EL PRADO IS BEING EASED IN THE FINAL FURLONG
SHE MAY BE VANNED BACK TO THE BARN FOR AN EXAM!
THE ROAR OF THE CROWD, THE STANDING OVATION
SAYS IT ALL AS HISTORY IS MADE
THE FEARLESS, FLAWLESS, FLAMBOYANT FILLY HAS
INDEED ANSWERED THE QUESTION OF
''FLY HIGH OR CRY''
FLY HIGH SHE HAS, AND THE ONLY TEARS ARE OF JOY
PEGASUS WILL BE PROUD OF THIS FINISH TO A FRIGHTFULLY
WEATHER IMPOSING CHALLENGING DAY TO ALL
PROFOUND PUDDLES, SOAKED TO THE SKIN, SLIPPERY& SCARY
BUT ALL OF THAT COULD NOT STOP THIS FIERCE FILLY!
THE INCENTIVE TO RUN INTO HISTORY WAS ALL SHE NEEDED
AS THE SNL CHURCH LADY MIGHT QUIP ~
''NOW AIN'T THAT SPECIAL''
TO WHICH THE CROWD RESPONDS WITH A ROUSING: ''HELL YEH!''
$$$$$ THE OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH $$$$$
FOR THE PEGASUS 'FLY HIGH OR CRY' STAKES
DUSTY = $99.50
*Determination, Dedication, Dusted The Field Dramatically
REAL QUIET = $74.40
*Super Strong From The Start! Found Enuff To Fend Off Tiger Dancer
To Add Another Bridesmaid Gown To His Collection
TIGER DANCER = $70
*Amazing Awesome Late Closing Run To Get The 'Bodacious Bouquet'
POST TIME MIKE = $54.20
*Mother Nature Caused This Colt A Winning Effort
'' It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature! ''
BUT He Does Steal ''The Precious'
===== ALSO RAN =====
BLUNNY = $53
*Awwwwwww So Sad, JUST Misses His Precious By $1.20 ~
RUFFIAN = $50.50
ROAMIN = $46.20
CRUZAN = $45.40
PEEPTOAD = $40.20
THUNDER CAT = $37.20
CATALINA = $28.60
CIGARSHOP = $23.40
EL PRADO = $11.90
*** VANNED OFF, EXAMINED, NOTHING WRONG! GREAT NEWS
{EP Connections Deliberating NOT Running The Filly In The Rain Again}
WE NOW BID YOU A RAINY SOGGY FAREWELL FROM GULFSTREAM
REMINDING EVERYONE TO SLOW DOWN, STAY SAFE, BE ALERT
AND PUT THE CELL PHONE AWAY! NO CALL IS WORTH A LIFE!
*** BEGINNING WITH RACE #3 @ 12:30 PM ET ***