GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO
SUPURRR SATURDAY AT GULFSTREAM PARK
OUR FEATURE EVENT FIELD CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT
AS WE HAD 4 LATE SCRATCHES
TIGER DANCER WAS THE VICTIM OF A FLIGHT
CANCELLATION DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES
ALSO MISSING IN ACTION ARE
CIGARSHOP, OAKLAWN CAPPER & POST TIME MIKE
THE LATE SCRATCHES HAD LEFT US WITH A FINE FIELD OF 9
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME JOHN HENRY
BACK TO THE GATE AFTER SPENDING TIME AT THE EQUINE HOSPITAL
THE POST PARADE HAS JUST ENDED
AS THE HORSES ARE ENTERING THE STARTING GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT
STARK IS ACTING UP A LITTLE BIT -
BUT WITH A PEPPERMINT & A LITTLE COAXING HE
HAS AGREED TO GO IN
AND AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO
OUT FOR THE EARLY LEAD IS JOHN HENRY
AND JOINING HIM VERY QUICKLY IS PEEPTOAD
ALONG WITH CRIMINAL TYPE AND CATALINA
COMING OUT OF THE TURN ---
THE FRONT RUNNERS HAVE BEEN JOINED NOW BY
REAL QUIET & BLUNNY
DUSTY AND RUFFIAN ARE FARTHER BACK
AND SHOWING NO SPEED YET
TRAILING THE FIELD IS STARK WHO HAS NOT
GOTTEN INTO GEAR YET
THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
CRIMINAL TYPE SUDDENLY JUMPED A SHADOW ---
FADING BADLY ALMOST CLIPPING HEELS WITH RUFFIAN
THE SPEED HAS INCREASED DRASTICALLY
AS REAL QUIET & BLUNNY HAVE NOW TAKEN OVER COMMAND OF THE RACE
IT'S PRETTY FAR BACK TO CATALINA -
JOHN HENRY & PEEPTOAD WHO NOW ARE PLAYING A CATCH-UP GAME
WITH A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP
AFTER THE OTHER TWO COLTS FIRED LIKE TWIN MISSILES!
THERE IS A BIG GAP BACK TO
DUSTY, RUFFIAN AND CRIMINAL TYPE
EVEN FARTHER BACK IS STARK
WHO SEEMS TO BE HAVING AN ISSUE
WITH THIS TRACK SURFACE TODAY
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
IT NOW HAS TURNED INTO A TWO HORSE RACE
WITH REAL QUIET AND BLUNNY
BOTH COLTS ARE RUNNING NECK AND NECK ---
STRIDE FOR STRIDE --- EVENLY MATCHED
NEITHER ONE SHOWING ANY SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN
IT'S A CLOSE BATTLE FOR A PIECE OF THE PURSE
BETWEEN CATALINA AND JOHN HENRY
THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD
WHEN SUDDENLY THERE'S A ROAR FROM THE CROWD
AS REAL QUIET DECIDED TO PUT AN END TO THE "MATCH RACE"
AND ASSERT HIS SUPERIORITY OVER BLUNNY ....
WITH ONE FINAL POWERFUL MOVE
HIS NOSE TOUCHES THE WIRE FIRST
THERE WILL BE A PHOTO FINISH FOR THE SHOW SPOT
--------- BETWEEN CATALINA AND JOHN HENRY
THE PHOTO FINISH RESULT SHOWS
CATALINA TAKING THE SHOW SPOT
& JOHN HENRY TAKING HOME "THE PRECIOUS"
REAL QUIET AND BLUNNY BOTH RAN A POWERFUL RACE
LEAVING THE REST OF THE FIELD PLAYING CATCH UP
MOST OF THE TIME
$$-OFFICIAL RESULTS & PRICES-$$
REAL QUIET =========== $96.50
BLUNNY ============= $88.80
CATALINA ============ $47.10
JOHN HENRY =========== $46.00
STEALS THE PRECIOUS WITH AN AMAZING COMEBACK
OFF OF A LONG LAY OFF! WELL DONE!
====== ALSO RAN ======
PEEPTOAD =============== $43.20
DUSTY ========= ======== $39.00
RUFFIAN ================ $24.00
CRIMINAL TYPE (DC) ======== $21.80
STARK =========== ====== $14.00
EASED IN FINAL FURLONGS
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WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME
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**TIGER DANCER WILL BE BACK.... AND ADD GRAPHICS LATER**
