GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO SUPURR SATURDAY AT BELMONT
OUR FEATURE EVENT TODAY IS THE ''TINKER BELL'' STAKES
WHERE DEFENDING CHAMP, REAL QUIET HOPES TO REPEAT
HIS SUPURR IMPRESSIVE VICTORY GALLOP OF LAST TIME!
WITH THE LATE SCRATCH OF TIGER DANCER ~ REAL QUIET
WILL HAVE 10 CHALLENGERS TRYING TO STOP HIS REPEAT
TEN ARE STANDING QUIETLY WAITING FOR THE RAMBUNCTIOUS RUFFIAN TO STOP HER 'SHENANIGANS'
AS THE FRISKY FILLY IS REFUSING TO GO IN WHICH MAY BE A 'CLUE' TO HOW SHE RUNS TODAY!
HER LOYAL 'CHEETAH-LOVIN-FANS' KNOW IT'S EITHER A VERY GOOD
SIGN OR A VERY BAD ONE ~ NEVER JUST MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!
SHE EITHER IS READY TO ROAR OR CONTENT TO LOLLYGAG AROUND!
WITH SOME CATNIP LACED HORSE TREATS, THE FILLY HAS
CONCEDED AND ENTERED HER GATE RELUCTANTLY
FINALLY WE ARE READY TO RUN
AND AWAAAAAAAAY THEY GO IN THE 'TINKER BELL' STAKES
IT'S A SUPURR SPEEDY PEEPTOAD LEAPING TO A BIG LEAD
TAKING THE FIELD INTO THE TURN
===== OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME =====
IT IS NOW THUNDER CAT IN COMMAND BY 10 LENGTHS OVER
PEEPTOAD WHO IS ABOUT 8 LENGTHS IN FRONT OF A COLT-QUARTET
COMPRISED OF: CIGARSHOP ~ CRUZAN ~ POST TIME MIKE & RAVEN
CATALINA HAS NOW JOINED THOSE 4 COLTS
THE FIELD IS REALLY STRETCHED OUT OVER A LONG DISTANCE
FROM THUNDER CAT AT THE FRONT TO A FEEBLE FOURSOME
SO FAR BACK IT'S LIKE WATCHING 2 DIFFERENT RACES!
TRAILING BY AT LEAST 20 LENGTHS ARE DEFENDING CHAMP, REAL QUIET
DUSTY ~ BLUNNY & A SLOTH SLOW RUFFIAN WHO MUST HAVE LEFT
HER ''INNER CHEETAH'' BACK AT THE BARN IN A SNOOZE FEST!
THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
THUNDER CAT CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY IMPRESSIVELY
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN YET
CIGARSHOP HAS TAKEN OVER 2ND AS PEEPTOAD BEGAN TO TIRE
SUDDENLY THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET SCREAMING LIKE BANSHEES
THE REASON FOR THIS HAS BECOME QUITE CLEAR AS CATALINA
WITH A SUPER-SONIC-SURGE OF SPEED HAS TOTALLY ROARED
RIGHT PAST PEEPTOAD, CIGARSHOP AND THUNDER CAT AS IF
THEY WERE JUST OUT FOR A BREEZING WORKOUT!
THE FRISKY FAST FILLY IS ON FIRE TAKING TOTAL COMMAND OF
THE RACE AS IF SHE WERE ALONE PUTTING ON AN EXHIBITION
REMINDING SOME FANS OF SECRETARIAT'S BELMONT RACE!
===== AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME =====
CATALINA IS SO FAR AHEAD OF THE REST THAT ONLY PEGASUS
WOULD BE ABLE TO FLY FAST ENOUGH TO PASS HER!
THUNDER CAT IS ALL OUT BUT NOT GAINING ON THE FIERCE FILLY
AS CATALINA IS AT LEAST 28 LENGTHS IN FRONT OF THE FIELD
WHO NOW ARE JUST RUNNING FOR A PIECE OF THE PURSE MONEY
THUNDER CAT IS STILL RUNNING STRONGLY
BUT ALL SHE CAN HOPE FOR IS THE ''BRIDESMAID'' PRIZE
CIGARSHOP IS MOVING ALONG NICELY BUT IS STILL 10 LENGTHS
BEHIND THUNDER CAT WITH A LEG WEARY PEEPTOAD ANOTHER 8 LENGTHS BEHIND CIGARSHOP AS BLUNNY FINALLY FOUND HIS "ENERGIZER BUNNY'' MOJO AND IS CLOSING QUICKLY ON PEEPTOAD
RAVEN IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY DEFENDING CHAMP, REAL QUIET, WHO
NOW IS SEEING ALL CHANCE OF A REPEAT VICTORY DISAPPEARING
INTO THE DISTANCE AS POST TIME MIKE JOINS REAL QUIET
CRUZAN IS ANOTHER 2 LENGTHS BACK FOLLOWED BY DUSTY
AND RUFFIAN WHO HAS APPARENTLY NO CLUE SHE IS IN A RACE
STALLING OUT OF THE GATE WHEN IT OPENED THEN MEANDERING
ALL OVER THE TRACK AS IF THIS WERE JUST A WALK IN THE PARK
AT THE FRONT CATALINA HAS ROARED PAST THE WIRE AND THE
JOCKEY IS TRYING HIS BEST TO PUT THE BRAKES ON BUT SO FAR
THAT ISN'T WORKING AS THE FILLY IS STILL FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS
THUNDER CAT IS A STRONG 2ND WITH AN EFFORT THAT ON ANY
OTHER RACE DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN A WINNING ONE
CIGARSHOP TAKES 3RD AS PEEPTOAD WITH 1 TINY 'LEAP'
JUST HOLDS ON TO OUTLAST THE ENERGIZER-BLUNNY ~
STEALING ''THE PRECIOUS'' MUCH TO THAT COLT'S DISMAY
SO THE STORY OF THE DAY IS CATALINA SPROUTING INVISIBLE WINGS
JUST LIKE THE 'TINKER BELL' ~ ~ ~ THE NAMESAKE OF THIS RACE
TO PUT HER BID INTO THE RECORD BOOK FOR
THE 'CAIXA-ELETRONICA' YEAR END MEOW MIX AWARD
===== OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH =====
CATALINA = $190.70
*Awesome Astounding Amazing
AAA Not Just An Auto Club
THUNDER CAT = $95.90
*Impressive Strong Effort Gate To Wire
CIGARSHOP = $70.70
*Consistent Performance
PEEPTOAD = $47.70
*Has Blunny & Gollum To Deal With, Stealing ''The Precious''
===== ALSO RAN =====
BLUNNY = $46.30
*Ouch! $1.40 Too Little Too Late!
RAVEN = $43.80
(DC) REAL QUIET = $39
POST TIME MIKE = $38
CRUZAN = $33.90
DUSTY = $14.60
RUFFIAN =$3.60
*Had Huge Feather Collection For Golden Goose Egg Nest
Until 'Always Sunshine' Caused The Feathers To Fly Away
So The 2017 Cat House Key Holder, Returns To Her Catnip Cache
WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING FROM TINKER BELL & BELMONT
WISHING ALL A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ~
EVEN IF YOUR 'KIDS' HAVE FOUR LEGS AND TAILS!
