GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME
TO SUPURRR SATURDAY AT TAMPA BAY
WE HAVE 11 RUNNERS TO CONTEST OUR FEATURE EVENT
BUT MISSING FROM TODAY'S RACE IS PEEPTOAD
WHO WAS REPORTED AS RUNNING A SLIGHT FEVER
WE WISH HER WELL AND HOPE TO SEE HER IN THE GATE
AT OUR NEXT EVENT
THE HORSES ARE ENTERING THE GATE AND WE ARE
ALMOST READY TO RUN, ONCE JOHN HENRY CAN BE
CONVINCED TO GO IN
ADDITIONAL HANDLERS & PEPPERMINTS SEEM TO BE
THE ANSWER AS HE HAS NOW GONE IN
WE ARE FINALLY READY TO RUN!
AND AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO.....
IT'S 4 ACROSS THE TRACK TO TAKE THE EARLY LEAD
RUFFIAN ... DUSTY ... STARK ...REAL QUIET
TUCKED IN JUST BEHIND THOSE 4 ARE
BLUNNY ... OAKLAWN CAPPER & CRIMINAL TYPE
A FEW LENGTHS BACK WE SEE
TIGER DANCER ... POST TIME MIKE ... CATALINA
TRAILING THE FIELD IN THE EARLY GOING IS JOHN HENRY
===OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME===
AND THE COMPLEXION OF THE RACE HAS SUDDENLY CHANGED
BLUNNY HAS TAKEN TOTAL COMMAND OF THE RACE
WITH SUPER SONIC SPEED
LEAVING THE REST OF THE FIELD STUNNED
DEFENDING CHAMP STARK IS NEXT
TRYING TO NOT LET BLUNNY GET TOO FAR AHEAD
AND LOSE ALL HOPE OF A REPEAT VICTORY
OAKLAWN CAPPER IS RUNNING RIGHT WITH STARK
AND NOW IT'S THESE 3 COLTS TAKING COMPLETE
CONTROL OF THE RACE
=== THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH ===
BLUNNY HAS BEEN A POWERHOUSE FROM THE GATE
AND NOT ONLY ISN'T HE SLOWING DOWN BUT NOW
HE HAS PICKED UP SPEED AND IS LEAVING THE FIELD
ONLY RUNNING FOR A PIECE OF THE PURSE
OAKLAWN CAPPER HAS MOVED INTO 2nd
WITH STARK A FEW LENGTHS BACK TRYING TO
GAIN GROUND ON THE DUO IN FRONT
IT'S ANOTHER SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO REAL QUIET
AND THEN A HUGE GAP TO THE REST OF THE FIELD
WHO HAVE SHOWN LITTLE SPEED SO FAR
=== AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME ===
BLUNNY LEADS THE WAY LEAVING THE REST OF
THE FIELD WITH LITTLE HOPE OF CATCHING HIM
OAKLAWN CAPPER STILL RUNNING STRONGLY
STARK IS LOOKING A BIT LEG WEARY NOW AND
DROPPING BACK
REAL QUIET STILL TRYING TO KEEP UP
TIGER DANCER IS NEXT BUT FAR BACK
CRIMINAL TYPE / RUFFIAN / DUSTY / POST TIME MIKE
ARE RUNNING IN A LINE ACROSS THE TRACK
SHOWING LITTLE SPEED AT ALL
AND EVEN FARTHER BACK IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE ---> PST --
ARE CATALINA & JOHN HENRY
THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD BUT THERE IS
NO DOUBT WHOSE NOSE WILL TOUCH IT FIRST
IT'S BEEN BLUNNY FROM THE START
AND IT WILL BE BLUNNY AT THE FINISH
OAKLAWN CAPPER RAN VERY WELL AND ON ANY
OTHER DAY MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE
DEFENDING CHAMP, STARK ALSO RAN STRONGLY
BUT COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE RECORD SETTING
FRACTIONS RUN BY BLUNNY
$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$
1st ~ BLUNNY ============ $123.60
2nd ~ OAKLAWN CAPPER === $70.20
3rd ~ STARK {DC} ========= $56.40
4th ~ REAL QUIET ====== $48.00
(STEALS THE PRECIOUS)
ALSO RAN / THO NOT MUCH
TIGER DANCER ======= $35.40
CRIMINAL TYPE ======= $29.80
RUFFIAN =========== $29.20
DUSTY ============ $28.40
POST TIME MIKE ====== $23.40
CATALINA ========== $12.60
.... (Threw A Shoe In The Turn)
JOHN HENRY ========= $10.20
....AND OFF TO THE DOG-HOUSE HE GOES
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WAS A TUFF DAY FOR ALL BUT FOUR
WHO CAME VERY READY TO RUN
AS THE OTHER SEVEN TRIED HARD
BUT DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH FUN
WE ALL HAVE DAYS OF GOOD AND BAD
SOME WE STRUGGLE TO GET THRU
AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE RUN
IT'S THE OTHERS CRYING "BOO HOO"
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WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME
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