GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO SUPURR SATURDAY
TODAY WE ARE IN 'BAYOU COUNTRY' AT THE FAIR GROUNDS
THE TENACIOUS TIGER DANCER WILL BE DEFENDING HER
CROWN AGAINST 11 EQUALLY DETERMINED TO STOP HER
CELEBRATING NEW ORLEANS OUR FEATURE EVENT WILL BE
THE 'MARIE LAVEAU' STAKES
VOODOO QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS
Voodoo on the Bayou - Marie Laveau
www.voodooonthebayou.net/marie_laveau.html
Marie Laveau lived in New Orleans and became the Queen of the Voodoos
The beautiful Marie Laveau, was born a Free Woman of Color in 1794
and died an old woman in 1881
THE DYNAMIC DOZEN ARE IN THE GATE
AND WE ARE READY TO RUN
AWAAAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO IN THE MARIE LAVEAU STAKES
LIKE A PAIR OF FILLY FIRECRACKERS, DUSTY & EL PRADO
LIGHT UP THE BOARD WITH FEROCIOUSLY FAST FRACTIONS
TO LEAD THE FIELD INTO THE TURN
OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME
DUSTY STILL IN COMMAND NOW JOINED BY CATALINA
AS EL PRADO FAILED TO HANDLE THE TURN WELL LOSING MOMENTUM
THESE 3 FRISKY FILLYS ARE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER FEISTY FILLY TRIO
THUNDER-CAT ~ PEEPTOAD & DEFENDING CHAMP TIGER DANCER
WITH NOT A COLT TO BE SEEN ~ YET!
CIGARSHOP ~ ROAMIN & BLUNNY NOW ON THE MOVE TRYING TO
GIVE COLT FANS SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT BECAUSE SO FAR
IT'S ALL THE LADIES IN THE CROWD CHEERING ON THE FILLYS
TAKING COMPLETE COMMAND OF THE RACE
THERE'S A GIGANTIC GAP BACK TO THE REST OF THE RUNNERS
POST TIME MIKE ~ RUFFIAN & CRUZAN
THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
DUSTY CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY
CATALINA BEGINNING TO LOOK TIRED
EL PRADO IS STILL THERE JUST AT CATALINA'S TAIL
ROAMIN & CIGARSHOP ARE NEXT WITH A LONG WAY BACK TO THE REST
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
DUSTY SHOWING A NEW FERVENTLY FAST ENERGY IN FRONT
SUDDENLY A HUGE ROAR ERUPTS FROM THE CROWD
WITH SCREAMS OF:
''THE CLOSERS ARE COMING ~ THE CLOSERS ARE COMING''
AND YES FOLKS HERE THEY COME LIKE A SATURDAY STAMPEDE
AT A WICKEDLY WILD HORSE ROUNDUP
CIGARSHOP ~ RUFFIAN & POST TIME MIKE WITH A RESOUNDING FURY
OF SPEED AND POWER, CLOSING ON THE FORMIDABLE FILLY IN FRONT
CATALINA JOINS THOSE 3 AS THIS FIERCE FOURSOME NOW MAKING
A REAL RACE OUT OF WHAT HAS BEEN JUST A 'DUSTY EXHIBITION'
THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD BUT CAN ANY OF THESE FRISKY 4
CATCH THE DYNAMIC, DETERMINED DUSTY ON THE LEAD?
THE ANSWER CAME QUICKLY = NO THEY CANNOT!
THE TOTE BOARD IS LIT UP LIKE AN XMAS TREE!
NOT AGAINST THE WINNER BUT FOR PLACE / SHOW / SUPURR
4 TRAINERS RUNNING OUT ONTO THE FIELD
4 JOCKEYS ON THE PHONE
FANS ANXIOUSLY AWAIT, HOLDING THEIR TICKETS WITH HOPE
WHAT SEEMS LIKE A TACITURNLY TIME BY THE STEWARDS ~
THE FANS WAIT IN ALMOST AN EERIE SURPRISINGLY SILENCE
THE STEWARDS ANNOUNCE THAT THE DELAY IS DUE TO AN
ALMOST 4-WAY DEAD HEAT FOR PLACE / SHOW / SUPER SPOTS
WILY WHISKERS SEPARATING ALL FOUR HORSES!
HOLD ALL TICKETS: WE COULD SEE AN UNHEARD OF '4-WAY'
{{ NO NOT 'THAT' KIND OF 4-WAY: HOLD ALL PUNS PLEASE! }}
$1.40 SEPARATES #2 / #3
$.40 SEPARATES #3 / #4
$.20 SEPARATES #4 / #5
* AND JUST $9.50 DISTINGUISHES THE TOP FIVE! *
LIGHTS FINALLY STOPPED FLASHING
HIGH TONED SCREAMS OF UNBRIDLED DELIGHT FROM THE LADIES
AS DUSTY AS HOLDS ON TO HER LIONHEARTED LEAD FROM THE START
DEEP TONED SHOUTS FROM THE MEN IN THE CROWD AS IT IS
CIGARSHOP EMERGING BY A WISP OF A WHISKER OVER RUFFIAN
WHOSE FACIAL EXPRESSION IS ONE OF FELINE FURY & FRUSTRATION
EQUALLY SOMEWHAT DRAMATICALLY DISTURBED IS POST TIME MIKE
LOSING THE BODACIOUS BOUQUET BY A MINUSCULE $.40
$$$ THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE ''MARIE LAVEAU'' STAKES $$$
MAY BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE VOODOO QUEEN
INTERFERENCE FROM BEYOND ~ CAUSING CHAOS & CONFUSION
DUSTY = $91.10
* NO Confusion On WHO Is The Clear Champion Today! Gate To Wire
CIGARSHOP = $83.60 ~ Bridesmaid
* A 'Lucky' Turn Of Events In Final Furlong
RUFFIAN = $82.20 ~ Bodacious Bouquet
* Ruffled Feathers + Fierce Frustrated Feline Fury
POST TIME MIKE = $81.80 ~ Steals The Precious
* Capricious, Calculated Closing Kick
$$$ ALSO RAN $$$
CATALINA = $81.60
{When Just 20 Cents Makes A Difference Of A Golden Ring}
EL PRADO = $73.80
{Ran Well Gate To Wire}
ROAMIN = $63.80
{Good Effort}
{{DC}} TIGER DANCER = $40.20
{ 3 X PurrrFect 20/20 Vision }
THUNDER CAT = $39.10
{Thunder Storm 1st Half ~ Spring Showers Later On}
PEEPTOAD = $35.30
{Leaping Then Languishing}
CRUZAN = $24.80
{Late To The Gate ~ Late To The Wire}
BLUNNY = $21.50
{Energizer-Bunny-Battery Blew A Fuse}
WE NOW BID YOU A FOND FAREWELL FROM THE BAYOU
WISHING ALL A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME
REMINDING ALL THAT TODAYS STATISTICS SHOW
MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES TO PHONES NOT BOOZE!
ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALL IS WORTH A LIFE
OTHER THAN TO CALL THE AMBULANCE FOR THE ACCIDENT U CAUSED
=^,,^=
VENUE: FAIR GROUNDS ===> R2 -- 13* 
THE 'MARIE LAVEAU' STAKES 