GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO
SUPURRR~SATURDAY AT KEENELAND RACETRACK
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR RACE DAY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REFLECT UPON THE TRAGIC LOSS
OF ZENYATTA'S NEW BORN COLT
THIS SORROW IS MAGNIFIED EVEN MORE BY HER HAVING LOST
HER YOUNG FILLY IN A PADDOCK ACCIDENT PREVIOUSLY
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH Mr. & Mrs. MOSS AT THIS TIME
THEY SAY "BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE"
APPARENTLY IT ALSO HAPPENS TO HORSES
WHAT DID ZENYATTA EVER DO TO DESERVE THIS
WHAT SHE DID DO WAS BRING EXCITEMENT, JOY & THRILLS
EVERY TIME SHE RAN ....
CREATING A TREMENDOUS FAN BASE OF ADMIRERS
WE NOW TURN YOU OVER TO OUR TRACK ANNOUNCER
FOR THE RACE CALL OF TODAY'S FEATURE EVENT:
"THE BABY Z STAKES"
WE HAVE A QUALITY FIELD OF 12 RUNNERS TODAY
BUT WE ALSO HAD 2 SCRATCHES:
PEEPTOAD & OAKLAWN CAPPER
WERE LEFT IN A HOLDING PATTERN ABOARD THEIR FLIGHT
TRYING TO LEAVE ARKANSAS AND GET TO KENTUCKY
THE HORSES ARE ENTERING THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT
EXCEPT FOR REAL QUIET WHO IS BEING A PRETTY NAUGHTY BOY
AND GIVING THE HANDLERS A HARD TIME
HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN PEPPERMINTS
HE'S NOT INTERESTED IN ENTERING THE GATE
SO HERE COMES THE BLINDFOLD
THEY HAVE OPENED THE FRONT OF THE GATE TO BACK THE BIG BAD BOY IN!
WE ARE FINALLY READY TO RUN
....... AND THEY'RE OFF IN THE BABY Z STAKES
OUT FOR THEIR EARLY LEAD WE HAVE 5 ACROSS THE TRACK
EL PRADO ...BLUNNY ... TIGER DANCER... CATALINA
AND OUR DEFENDING CHAMPION STARK
IT IS JUST ANOTHER 2 LENGTHS BACK TO RUFFIAN ~ DUSTY & CIGARSHOP
IT'S ANOTHER SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO
CRIMINAL TYPE ... JOHN HENRY ... POST TIME MIKE
EVEN FARTHER BACK IS REAL QUIET WHO HAS NOT YET BEGUN TO RUN
COMING OUT OF THE TURN
THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY
AS A TRIO OF HORSES SUDDENLY TURNED UP THE HEAT
TAKING COMMAND OF THE LEAD:
CRIMINAL TYPE ...... BLUNNY ...... EL PRADO
JOHN HENRY & CATALINA ARE A COUPLE OF LENGTHS BEHIND THAT TRIO
DUSTY ......TIGER DANCER...... STARK ...... CIGARSHOP
AND POST TIME MIKE ARE VERY FAR BACK
BUT NOT AS FAR BACK AS REAL QUIET
WHO SEEMED DISGRUNTLED EVEN IN THE POST PARADE -----
THEN REFUSING TO GO INTO THE GATE ---
AND NOW SHOWING NO INTEREST AT ALL IN RUNNING
THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
AND NOW SUDDENLY THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET SCREAMING
AS 2 COLTS SUDDENLY SPROUTED WINGS LIKE PEGASUS
LEAVING THE REST OF THE FIELD IN THEIR WAKE
CRIMINAL TYPE WAS THE FIRST TO FIRE LIKE A ROCKET
AND TAKE OVER TOTAL COMMAND OF THE RACE
JOHN HENRY QUICKLY FOLLOWED TO MOVE UP TO WITHIN A LENGTH OF
THE LIGHTNING FAST MASTER THIEF WHO WAS TRYING TO STEAL THE RACE
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
CRIMINAL TYPE HAVING THINGS ALL HIS OWN WAY
AND STILL IN COMMAND
JOHN HENRY CLOSING QUICKLY ON THE LEADER
BLUNNY INCREASING HIS SPEED & NOT OUT OF IT YET
WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SOME MONEY
DUSTY & EL-PRADO NEXT STILL RUNNING STRONGLY
IT'S A FEW LENGTHS BACK TO STARK
WHO IS SHOWING VERY LITTLE SPEED
AND A VERY SLIM CHANCE OF A REPEAT VICTORY
IT'S ANOTHER TRIO BEHIND HIM
WITH NO CHANCE OF A PAY OFF
CIGARSHOP ... POST TIME MIKE...TIGER DANCER
RUFFIAN HAD SPOOKED AT SOMETHING ON THE TRACK
COMING OUT OF THE TURN AND LOST ALL MOMENTUM
AND "RUNNING" IN A TORTOISE RACE OF HIS OWN
REAL QUIET JUST MOSEYING ALONG IN NO HURRY
TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE
THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD AS CRIMINAL TYPE
STILL RUNNING STRONGLY HAS HIS EYE ON THE PRIZE
HOLD ON FOLKS
THE CROWD IS SUDDENLY GOING WILD
JOHN HENRY SUDDENLY FIRED UP HIS MOJO
GAINING ON THE FRONT RUNNER WITH EVERY STRIDE
BUT CAN HE GET THERE IN TIME
HE IS SHOWING AN AMAZING WILL TO WIN ESPECIALLY
AFTER SUCH A LONG LAY OFF AT THE EQUINE HOSPITAL
AND IT IS NOW A TWO HORSE MATCH RACE
JOHN HENRY HAS CAUGHT UP & THESE TWO COLTS
ARE NECK & NECK ............ NEITHER ONE GIVING UP
IT WILL TAKE A PHOTO TO DETERMINE
WHICH NOSE HIT THE WIRE FIRST
TOO CLOSE TO CALL
IT WILL BE ANOTHER PHOTO TO DETERMINE
3rd & 4th PLACE BETWEEN CATALINA & BLUNNY
**HOLD ALL TICKETS**
OBJECTION LIGHTS FLASHING
TRAINERS OUT ON THE TRACK
JOCKEYS ON THE PHONES
FINALLY THE LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED FLASHING
AND HERE ARE THE OFFICIAL RESULTS
JOHN HENRY -- BY A NOSE HAS STOLEN THE WIN
FROM THE "MASTER THIEF" CRIMINAL TYPE
CATALINA ROARED AT THE LAST MOMENT
TO OUT WHISKER BLUNNY FOR THE SHOW SPOT
BUT BLUNNY DOES TAKE HOME THE COVETED
"PRECIOUS" TROPHY AS WE THINK WE CAN SEE
GOLLUM LURKING IN THE BUSHES NEAR BY
$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$
1st ~ JOHN HENRY ========= $106.00
2nd ~ CRIMINAL TYPE ======= $95.20
3rd ~ CATALINA ============= $79.20
4th ~ BLUNNY =============== $74.90
.... (A DETERMINED CONTENDER FOR THE GOLLUM AWARD!)
==== ALSO RAN ====
DUSTY ============== $70.90
EL PRADO ============ $64.90
STARK (DC) =========== $51.00
CIGARSHOP =========== $47.10
(NEEDS TO SCHOOL HIS CADDY ON HANDICAPPING)
POST TIME MIKE ======== $46.80
TIGER DANCER ========= $41.60
RUFFIAN ============= $22.80
REAL QUIET =========== $20.50
A RARE EVENT INDEED TO SEE THIS COLT
WITH THE KEY TO THE DOG HOUSE!
CONGRATS BIG TIME TO ---> JOHN HENRY -- WHO IN SPITE OF BEING KNOCKED DOWN OVER & OVER BY 'LIFE'
HAS REFUSED TO LET IT DEFEAT HIM BY REBOUNDING
WITH PROFUSE POWER & DYNAMIC DETERMINATION
TO STAND PROUDLY IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE
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WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE - SOBER - NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME
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..... WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU SNOW.... MAKE A SNOWMAN.... THEN EAT HIM
