Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

CONGRATS TO THUNDER CAT
THE FIERCELY DETERMINED FILLY REFUSED TO LET A
SMOKIN HOT CIGARSHOP GET PAST HER IN THE FINAL STRIDES!

VENUE: LAUREL
7 STAKES ALMOST GUARANTEES NO VAMPIRES

FEATURE EVENT
THE ''EASTER BUNNY HOP'' STAKES

WHO WILL HOP ACROSS THE FINISH LINE FIRST?
AND WHO WILL HOP INTO THE CAT OR DOG HOUSE?

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GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO SUPURR SATURDAY
COMING TO YOU FROM LAUREL PARK WHERE THE
CRAB CAKES USUALLY ''RULE THE DAY''

BUT TODAY IT's THE EASTER BUNNY CLAIMING ALL THE ATTENTION
''CARROTS INSTEAD OF CRAB CAKES'' HE PROCLAIMS!

THUS: THE FEATURE EVENT WILL BE
THE ''EASTER BUNNY HOP'' STAKES

DEFENDING CHAMP, THUNDER CAT, WILL HAVE 11 CALCULATING
COMPETITIVE CHALLENGERS, ALL TRYING TO PREVENT ANOTHER
'HOP' TO VICTORY OFFERING 'CRAB-CAKE INSTEAD OF 'CARROT-CAKE'

A DYNAMIC DOZEN ARE IN THE GATE & READY TO RUN

MISSING THE OPEN GATE, RUFFIAN JUST STOOD THERE WONDERING
WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT
SEEING 11 ENERGIZED TAILS OFF AND RUNNING!

PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THAT 'CHEETAH' ROARING!

OUT FOR A SHORT EARLY LEAD, IT'S THE 'ENERGIZER-BLUNNY'
ALONG WITH DEFENDING CHAMP, THUNDER CAT

CATALINA WITH A SUDDEN SURGE OF SPEED HAS CAUGHT UP
ALONG WITH CIGARSHOP SHOWING GOOD EARLY ENERGY

THIS FRISKY FOURSOME LEAD THE FIELD INTO THE TURN

OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME

IT APPEARS THAT SOMEHOW, THE ''ENERGIZER-BLUNNY''
HEARD THE NAME OF TODAY'S RACE, ''EASTER-BUNNY-HOP''
PROBABLY THINKING IT WAS NAMED FOR HIM!

HE HAS COME TO RUN WITH A FULLY CHARGED ENERGIZER-BATTERY
LEADING THE WAY WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL ENERGY DISPLAY!

6 LENGTHS BACK IS CIGARSHOP SHOWING SUPURR-SMOKIN-SPEED
WITH A ROARING THUNDER CAT RIGHT ON HIS TAIL
CATALINA IS RIGHT THERE

ROAMIN IS ANOTHER FEW LENGTHS BACK
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY PEEPTOAD ~ CRUZAN
EL PRADO IS ANOTHER SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK

TRAILING THE FIELD FAR BACK ARE
DUSTY ~ TIGER DANCER ~ POST TIME MIKE & RUFFIAN

THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH

THE 'ENERGIZER-BLUNNY' CONTINUES TO HOP ALONG AT AN
IMPRESSIVE PACE INCREASING THE DISTANCE BACK TO CIGARSHOP

THUNDER CAT IS ON THE MOVE ROARING AHEAD PASSING
CIGARSHOP AND NOW IN PASSIONATE PURRRSUIT OF THE BUNNY

PEEPTOAD, PERHAPS THINKING OF THOSE MARSHMALLOW 'PEEPS'
IS FULL OF RUN AND NOW PASSING CATALINA

CRUZAN IS NEXT JUST AT CATALINA'S TAIL

THERE'S A BIG GAP BACK TO THE REST OF THE RUNNERS

ROAMIN, EL PRADO WHO ARE 8 LENGTHS IN FRONT OF
POST TIME MIKE & DUSTY

EVEN FARTHER BACK IN A DIFFERENT VERSION OF 'BIG-CAT-DIARY'
ARE TIGER DANCER & RUFFIAN, JUST PURRRRRING ALONG
IN NO HURRY TO DO ANYTHING RESEMBLING RUNNING IN A RACE!

AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME

THE 'ENERGIZER BLUNNY' JUST HOPPING MERRILY ALONG

DEFENDING CHAMP, THUNDER CAT IN A HOTLY CONTESTED
BATTLE WITH CIGARSHOP BUT NOT GAINING GROUND
ON THE BLATANTLY BOLD BUNNY IN FRONT!

PEEPTOAD TRYING TO STAY ONE 'GIANT LEAP FOR TOADS'
AHEAD OF CATALINA IN PURSUIT OF SOME PURSE MONEY

CRUZAN STILL RUNNING WITH GOOD ENERGY BUT NOT GAINING

ROAMIN & EL PRADO ARE NEXT
ANOTHER SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK ARE POST TIME MIKE + DUSTY

IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE, TIGER DANCER & RUFFIAN ~
THE 2 FEROCIOUS FELINE FILLYS CONTINUE TO LOLLYGAG
AND MEANDER ALONG, APPARENTLY SEARCHING FOR
EASTER BUNNY EGGS THAT RUMOR SUGGESTED HAD BEEN
HIDDEN IN THE INFIELD BUT CLOSE TO THE DIRT TRACK!

MEANWHILE UP AT THE FRONT OF THE RACE, ENEGIZER-BLUNNY
HAS HOPPED HIS WAY INTO THE WINNER CIRCLE BY A HUGE MARGIN
OVER DEFENDING CHAMP, THUNDER CAT, WHO HAD NO CHANCE OF COMPETING WITH A FULLY-CHARGED-ENERGIZER-BUNNY-BATTERY

JUST MISSING OUT ON THE BRIDESMAID TROPHY, CIGARSHOP
CATCHES THE 'BODACIOUS BOUQUET''

PEEPTOAD STEALS ''THE PRECIOUS'' BUT APPEARS SOMEWHAT
APPREHENSIVE AND WARY, LOOKING AROUND TO SEE
IF THAT GRUESOME GOLLUM IS LURKING NEARBY?

$$$$$ OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH $$$$$
EASTER BUNNY-HOP STAKES

WHAT'S THE ODDS OF THE ''ENERGIZER-BLUNNY''
WINNING THE EASTER BUNNY-HOP STAKES?

BLUNNY = $115
* A Brilliant, Breathtaking Display Of Bunny-Power!

{DC} THUNDER CAT = $79.10
* Tenacious Thundering Hooves ~
Just Not Enuff To Catch The Energizer-Blunny

CIGARSHOP = $72
* Smokin Hot Effort ~ No Bridesmaid Gown But A 'Bodacious Bouquet!'

PEEPTOAD = $58.60
* Steals 'The Precious' From Catalina

ALSO RAN

CATALINA = $54.30

CRUZAN = $46.20

ROAMIN = $38.70

EL PRADO = $38.20

POST TIME MIKE = $19.80

DUSTY = $17.90

TIGER DANCER = $10.70

RUFFIAN = $5.20
''Mrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrow! 1 Feather Away From Golden Goose Egg Nest!
Move Over Grumpy Cat! There's A New 'Grump' In Town!

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