GOOD AFTERNOON + WELCOME
TO SUPURRR SATURDAY @ BELMONT PARK
OUR FEATURE EVENT TODAY IS: THE RUFFARAMA STAKES
PRESENTED BY: LIL FLUFFY FRISKY TREATS
--- TO PUT THE FRISKY BACK INTO YOUR POOCH!
TODAY'S RACE WILL BE RUN AT: 1 1/8 M
THE HORSES ARE ENTERING THE TRACK
SO NOW LET'S MEET THE FIELD
PP #1 >> RUFFIAN {DC} ========== 5/2
PP #2 >> CRIMINAL TYPE ========= 20/1
-----------2011 + 2013 HOTY
PP #3 >> DUSTY =============== 7/2
---------- 2010 HOTY
PP #4 >> BLUNNY ============== 9/2
PP #5 >> CIGARSHOP ============ 4/1
PP #6 >> GOTADUN-QH =========== 6/1
PP #7 >> PEEPTOAD ============= 15/1
PP #8 >> JOHN HENRY ============ 5/2
PP #9 >> CATALINA ============== 3/1
PP #10 > TIGER DANCER =========== 15/1
THE HORSES ARE LOADING WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WE
NOW TURN YOU OVER TO OUR GUEST TRACK ANNOUNCER
** FELINICUS **
EVERYONE IS STANDING QUIETLY JUST WAITING FOR CIGARSHOP
TO ENTER HIS GATE --- WHICH HE IS NOT HAPPY TO DO ---
HE HAD THE SAME ISSUE LAST TIME
THE TRAINER TOLD US THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING GATE SCHOOLING
AND REPORTED THAT HE IS FINE IN THE PRACTICE SESSION ...
ONLY ACTS UP WHEN IT'S SHOW TIME - AND ONLY RECENTLY
SINCE HE IS VERY FOND OF HIS MINTS ... THAT IS ALL IT TOOK
NO BLINDFOLD NEEDED TODAY ===
AND HE IS IN AND WE ARE READY TO RUN
AND AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO
BREAKING SHARPLY IS TIGER DANCER
WHO TAKES COMMAND OF A SHORT LEAD
RIGHT AT HER TAIL IS CRIMINAL TYPE + JOHN HENRY
IT'S 5 LENGTHS BACK TO CIGARSHOP + BLUNNY
BACK ANOTHER 2 LENGTHS ARE RUFFIAN + GOTADUN
THERE'S A BIG GAP BACK TO CATALINA + DUSTY
AND WAY FAR BACK IS PEEPTOAD WHO HAS NOT
GOTTEN INTO HER BEST STRIDE YET
===== OUT OF THE TURN =====
TIGER DANCER ALONE ON THE LEAD NOW
BOTH CIGARSHOP + BLUNNY LOST A LITTLE GROUND ON THE TURN
AND HAVE DROPPED BACK
NOW SUDDENLY RUFFIAN HAS ROARED FROM FAR BACK WITH
AN INCREDIBLE TURN OF FOOT AND HAS PASSED EVERYONE
INCLUDING TIGER DANCER TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE LEAD!
SHE SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THAT SHE IS GOING FOR A REPEAT WIN
IT'S NOW SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO TIGER DANCER WHO IS UP
ON HER TOES TODAY AND RUNNING STRONGLY
IT'S A BREAK OF 7 LENGTHS BACK TO CIGARSHOP + BLUNNY
GOTADUN + CRIMINAL TYPE ARE NEXT
AND STILL BRINGING UP THE REAR ARE
DUSTY / JOHN HENRY / CATALINA + THE STRETCH RUNNING PEEPTOAD
===== THEY'VE REACHED THE TOP OF THE STRETCH =====
RUFFIAN STILL IN COMMAND BUT SHOWING SIGNS OF TIRING NOW
TIGER DANCER IS MOVING UP NOW AND IS TUCKED IN
JUST BEHIND THE FRONT RUNNING RUFFIAN
BUT SUDDENLY THERE IS A ROAR FROM THE CROWD AS 4 HORSES
FIRED LIKE A 4-BARREL CANNON AND ARE MOVING IN UNISON
NARROWING THE GAP TO THE FILLIES IN THE LEAD
CRIMINAL TYPE == JOHN HENRY == CATALINA + PEEPTOAD FROM LAST
AMAZING INCREDIBLE BURST OF SUPER SONIC SPEED FROM ALL FOUR
AS IF THEY THOUGHT THE GATE JUST OPENED
THEY ARE GAINING WITH EVERY STRIDE ON THE 2 FILLIES IN THE LEAD
DUSTY IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF LIFE FINALLY AND MOVING UP
AND JUST AS FAST AS THOSE 4 MOVED UP LIKE LIGHTNING ---
CIGARSHOP + BLUNNY SEEMED TO HAVE CLIPPED HEELS --
LOSING ALL MOMENTUM ---- NOW TRAILING THE FIELD
===== AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME =====
IT'S A WILD BATTLE ON THE FRONT END AS RUFFIAN IS STARTING TO
DROP BACK WITH THE HOPE OF A REPEAT WIN NOW DISAPPEARING
BUT WITH INCREDIBLE POWER IT'S NOW JOHN HENRY WHO HAS
TAKEN TOTAL COMMAND OF THE RACE
TIGER DANCER RIGHT ON HIS TAIL CONTINUES TO RUN STRONGLY
CRIMINAL TYPE IS JUST HAKF A LENGTH BEHIND TIGER DANCER
RUFFIAN STILL TRYING TO HOLD ON BUT NOT IMPROVING HER POSITION
NOW IT'S ALL JOHN HENRY ACCELERATING EVEN MORE WITH NEW FOUND
ENERGY + DETERMINATION LEAVING NO DOUBT WHO WILL HIT THE WIRE FIRST
YET ANOTHER DAZZLING DISPLAY BY THIS COLT
WHO HAS BEEN ON FIRE LATELY
AND APPEARS TO SHOW NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN
==== AT THE WIRE ====
** IT'S ALL JOHN HENRY **
TIGER DANCER JUST A LENGTH BEHIND THE WINNER
FINISHES STRONGLY AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE RUN FROM THE GATE
CRIMINAL TYPE -- SUPER STRONG IN THE FINAL FURLONGS FINISHES 3rd
RUFFIAN HOLDS ON TO ROUND OUT THE SUPERFECTA
-$$-THE OFFICIAL RESULTS-$$-
REPORT ERRORS TO RUFFIAN
1st ~ JOHN HENRY ======= $65.10
2nd ~ TIGER DANCER ========= $55.60
3rd ~ CRIMINAL TYPE ======== $52.10
4th ~ RUFFIAN {DC} ========= $48.90 **(PEEPERS.... THIS ONE'S FOR YOU!!)
~RING-BEARER~
LOSES THE REPEAT WIN BUT STEALS THE PRECIOUS!
=== ALSO RAN ===
5th ~ PEEPTOAD =============$38.80
6th ~ GOTADUN-QH =========== $38.20
7th ~ CATALINA ============== $31.90
8th ~ DUSTY================= $31.20
9 + 10 = DEAD HEAT IN THE DOG HOUSE
CIGARSHOP + BLUNNY ==============$26.40
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WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME
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