MIDWEEK MAYHEM + BOTS ~ 2/7 *RESULTS* @ GULFSTREAM PARK

[RUFFIAN]

CONGRATS TO REAL QUIET WHO MAY CONSIDER A NAME CHANGE
~ AS ONCE AGAIN HE WAS ANYTHING BUT QUIET AS HE ROARED TO THE WIRE,
DEPRIVING THUNDER CAT OF A REPEAT VICTORY


NOW THE 'NOT-SO-QUIET-ONE' WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE
TO BRING HOME BOTS GLORY FOR THE COLTS


VENUE CHOICE: GULFSTREAM PARK

POST TIME: 12:35 ET ~ 11:35 AM CT ~ 10:35 AM MT ~ 9:35 AM PT

SCOREKEEPER

BACK AGAIN IN YE OLE CAT HOUSE WILL BE RUFFIAN
WITH HER CALCULATOR ~ CATNIP ~ MEOW MIX-ANCHOVY BUFFET AND ~
THE AUSSIE DANCERS ~ ''THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER!''

NO WONDER THE CAT LADY TRIES SO HARD TO BE LAST!

[RUFFIAN]

**RESULTS**




GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM
**OUR FEATURE EVENT TODAY: BOTS**
BATTLE OF THE SEXES CHALLENGE:
COLT DOGS -VS- FILLY KITTIES



WITH CATALINA ON R-&-R BREAK
AND PEEPTOAD -&- POST TIME MIKE
DOING THEIR WORKOUTS IN PREP FOR SATURDAY
WE WILL HAVE 8 IN THE GATE
AS 7 WILL CHALLENGE REAL QUIET
RUNNING FOR A REPEAT VICTORY GALLOP

THE 8 ARE EVENLY DIVIDED: 4 COLTS + 4 FILLYS
SO THE BATTLE FOR ''GENDER-GLORY'' IS
BALANCED EQUALLY FAIR NOT FRIVOLOUS!

THE 8 ARE IN THE GATE AND READY TO RUN

AND AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO ....



OFF LIKE A ROCKET IS DUSTY, LEAVING 7 IN HER DUST
AS SHE LEADS THE FIELD INTO THE TURN



DEFENDING CHAMP, REAL QUIET IS NEXT
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY TIGER DANCER RIGHT AT HIS TAIL
(IS THAT A GRIN WE SEE ON HIS FACE?)

IT'S SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO THUNDER CAT -&- CRUZAN
AS THE EARLY TRAILING SLOWPOKES ARE
BLUNNY WITH NO-CHARGED-BATTERY
FOLLOWED BY A TURTLE-TEMPO CIGARSHOP



AND WAY BACK IS RUFFIAN WHO APPARENTLY LEFT HER
'INNER-CHEETAH' BACK AT THE BARN NAPPING!


OR IS SHE SECRETLY PLANNING A RETURN TRIP
TO YE OLE CAT HOUSE WHERE CATNIP -&- AUSSIE MALE DANCERS
ARE AN INTRIGUING INCENTIVE TO RUN POORLY!


~~OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME~~


THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY AS THE FILLY IN FRONT
SUDDENLY VEERED SHARPLY ALMOST LOSING HER JOCKEY



AT THE SAME TIME, COLT CRUZAN TOOK OFF
LIKE A BEE JUST STUNG HIS BUTT,
AND HAS LEFT THE REST IN THE 'REAR-VIEW-MIRROR'
*NO --> THINGS ARE 'NOT CLOSER THAN THEY SEEM' IN THIS CASE!



THE COLT IS SO FAR IN FRONT -- THAT THE RACE
IS VIRTUALLY OVER WITH HALF OF IT YET TO RUN
SO UNLESS THERE IS A SECRET 'ZENYATTA' IN THE FIELD
WE KNOW WHO WILL STAND IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE TODAY

MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF DEFENDING CHAMP REAL QUIET
WHO MAY ONLY ADD A BRIDESMAID GOWN TO HIS COLLECTION


~~DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~~


THE RACE HAS TURNED INTO A 1-HORSE EXHIBITION
AS CRUZAN IS DOING HIS OWN INTERPRETATION
OF SECRETARIAT'S BELMONT



REAL QUIET AND A QUICKLY CLOSING THUNDER CAT ARE NEXT
BUT ONLY RUNNING FOR 2nd PLACE MONEY

TIGER DANCER IS NEXT BUT NOT GAINING MUCH GROUND

BLUNNY -& DUSTY ARE NEXT FOLLOWED BY THE DUO OF
CIGARSHOP -&- RUFFIAN -- WHO APPEAR TO BE DOING
A SLOTH-SNAIL-SHOWDOWN IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE



THE WIRE ONLY HAS ONE NOSE TOUCHING IT
AS CRUZAN IMPRESSIVELY WINS BOTS GLORY FOR THE COLTS



DEFENDING CHAMP, REAL QUIET INDEED ADDS ANOTHER
BRIDESMAID GOWN TO HIS HUGE COLLECTION AS
THUNDER CAT BRINGS HOME THE SHOW SPOT TO SAVE FILLY EGOS

TIGER DANCER HOLDS OFF A LATE-ENERGIZED-BLUNNY TO
STEAL THE 'PRECIOUS' FROM THE CURRENT TITLE HOLDER


$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$
**REPORT ANY $$ OBJECTIONS TO THE SUPURR-INTENDENT
( RUFFIAN333@webtv.net )


1st ~ CRUZAN === $78.40
*Race Over By Halfway Point
~WINNER ... It's Good To Be The King~


2nd ~ {DC}REAL QUIET === $49.60
*Decent Effort: But Nobody Could Catch Cruzan Today!
~RUNNER-UP / BRIDESMAID~


3rd ~ THUNDER CAT === $42.90
*Strong Stretch Drive
~FLOWER-BEARER~


4th ~ TIGER DANCER = $35.60
(*Gollum Seen Lurking In The Shed Row!)
~RING-BEARER~


~~ALSO RAN~~


BLUNNY === $28.10

DUSTY === $24.40

CIGARSHOP === $17.40

RUFFIAN === $15.80
*Indeed! A Repeat Return To The Cat House!
Does Someone Need An 'Intervention'
Has Catnip -&- Those Naughty Boys From ''Aussie Land''
Affected Her Desire To Win?



**PURRR A CERTAIN -- SEMI ANONYMOUS REQUEST...
~~Graphics By: TIGER DANCER~~