GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME
TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM
COMING TO YOU FROM DELTA DOWNS
TODAY BEING THE 1st WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
IS ALSO A BOTS DAY: BATTLE OF THE SEXES
FIERCE FILLYS --VS-- CONTENTIOUS COLTS
WELCOMING IN THE NEW YEAR
OUR FEATURE EVENT WILL BE THE:
''WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT'' STAKES
MIDWEEK 'MAYHEM' IS EXACTLY WHAT TODAY HAS TURNED INTO!
DUE TO INCOMING WEATHER CHANGES
OUR RACE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED
FROM ORIGINAL 10 FURLONGS TO A 5 FURLONG SPRINT
DUE TO LATE SCRATCHES OF CRUZAN -&- ROAMIN
DEFENDING CHAMP ~DUSTY~
WILL HAVE JUST 7 CHALLENGERS
TRYING TO STOP ANOTHER 'DUST STORM' REPEAT
THE ENERGETIC EIGHT ARE IN THE GATE
AND AWAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO IN THE
''WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT'' STAKES
IT'S 2 FRISKY FILLYS LEADING THE WAY
DUSTY -&- THUNDER CAT
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY:
BLUNNY ~ CIGARSHOP ~ RUFFIAN
IT'S A LONG WAY BACK TO:
CATALINA ~ TIGER DANCER ~ EL PRADO
~~THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH~~
SUDDENLY ... THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET
LOOKING BACK AT THE TIRING TRIO IN THE DISTANCE
TIGER DANCER WITH A MIGHTY RESOUNDING ROAR
AND EL PRADO WITH AN EQUALLY ENERGIZED MOVE
HAVE FLOWN BY THE FIELD AS IF THEY WERE ALL OUT
FOR A MORNING WORKOUT JOG!
~~DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~~
TIGER DANCER -&- EL PRADO ....
NECK + NECK, WHISKER TO WHISKER
AS THE DYNAMIC DUO HEAD TO THE WIRE
THUNDER CAT IS ALL OUT TRYING TO CATCH
THE FEARSOMELY FAST FILLYS IN THE FRONT
BLUNNY IS NEXT -- BUT IT'S SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO
DUSTY ~ CATALINA ~ CIGARSHOP
TRAILING THE FIELD IS A FLUSTERED, FRUSTRATED, FRAZZLED FILLY
~RUFFIAN~ WANDERING ALL OVER THE TRACK
TRYING TO AVOID THE RAINDROPS
AS IF THEY WERE TINY ATTACK MODULES!
YOU MIGHT THINK SHE WAS AN ARABIAN, WITH THIS BEHAVIOUR!
SUDDENLY, TIGER DANCER DECIDES THAT ENUFF IS ENUFF!
SHAKING LOOSE FROM EL PRADO ... THE TIGER 2-STEP-DANCE
HAS TURNED INTO A TIGER RUNAWAY RUMBA
AS THE FORMIDABLE FLAMBOYANT FILLY
NOW MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE RACE
PUTTING A PRETTY TIGER WHISKER ON THE WIRE!
EL PRADO HOLDS ON FOR 2nd & THE BRIDESMAID TROPHY
THUNDER CAT WINNING THE BOUQUET OF *TIGER LILLYS*
~ AIN'T IRONY AWESOME!
THE ''ENERGIZER~BLUNNY'' PICKING RIGHT UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF
HAS YET AGAIN MANAGED TO STEAL ''THE PRECIOUS''
MAKING PEOPLE WONDER IF PERHAPS HE IS RELATED TO GOLLUM?
FIRST BOTS OF 2019 GOES TO THE FILLYS
$$--OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH--$$
1st ~ TIGER DANCER === $64.20
*In The Jungle, The Mighty Jungle, The TIGER Roars Tonight
~WINNER / EMPRESS OF THE DELTA NILE~
2nd ~ EL PRADO === $43.40
*Good Effort
~RUNNER-UP / BRIDESMAID~
3rd ~ THUNDER CAT === $35.80
*Take Time To Smell The Flowers {Not Eat Em!}
~FLOWER-BEARER~
.....
4th ~ BLUNNY === $35.40
*Watch Out: Gollum Spotted Lurking In Shed Row
~RING-THIEF~
~~ALSO RAN~~
{DC}DUSTY === $29.60
*Feather Dusters Fluster In The Rain!
CATALINA === $16.40
CIGARSHOP === $13.80
RUFFIAN === $6.40
*With 2 Year-End Cat House Keys In Her Paws
Looks Like She Is Goin For Cat-House-3Peat!
WE NOW BID YOU ADIEU FROM DELTA DOWNS
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN ON OUR HEADS
SO TAKE IT EASY ON THE DRIVE HOME
BETTER SLOW ~ SAFE ~ SOBER
THAN SPEEDY GONZALES TO THE AMBULANCE!
