SUPURRR STAKES SATURDAY! 9/30 + *RESULTS* @ BELMONT // SA

[RUFFIAN]

CONGRATS TO REAL QUIET WHO DEMOLISHED THE COMPETITION
TAKING COMMAND WITH AWESOME AUTHORITY GATE TO WIRE

THE VENUE WILL BE AN IMPRESSIVE DAY OF ALL STAKES
(WITH A BUFFET OF VEGGIES FOR THE VEGANS IN THE CROWD)

WE BEGIN THE DAY AT BELMONT WITH RACE 7 (VOSBURGH)

POST TIME: 4:04 PM EDT
(Don't Ya Just Love The :04 Part! NOT 4 PM: NOT 4:15 NOT Even 4:05)

9 STAKES ALMOST ALWAYS ENSURES NO VAMPIRES!

RACE ORDER FOR ENTRY AS FOLLOWS

BELMONT

1. Race 7 Bel --- Vosburgh (4:04 EDT)
2. Race 8 Bel --- Pilgrim
3. Race 9 Bel --- Beldame
4. Race 10 Bel - Joe Hirsch

SANTA ANITA

5. Race 5 SA --- Zenyatta

*** (Skip the 6th race at SA) ***

6. Race 7 SA --- Chandelier
7. Race 8 SA --- Front Runner
8. Race 9 SA --- Rodeo Drive
9. Race 10 SA - Awesome Again

RULES ARE ON THE MENU
WHY NOT TAKE A BITE
BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY
THEN ERRR & WHINE ALL NITE!

=^,,^=

[RUFFIAN]

**RESULTS**

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GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME TO SUPURR~SATURDAY
IN CELEBRATION OF SEPTEMBER = 'HAPPY CAT MONTH'
OUR FEATURE EVENT WILL BE -- THE MERRY-MEOWS-MARATHON




**WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME A NEW RUNNER TODAY
IN HIS MAIDEN VOYAGE ---> KY BLUE CATS :thumbsup:

~{CATS / CATFISH / SPORTS TEAM / OTHER??}~


ALSO, FANS ARE DELIGHTED TO SEE ~
CIGARSHOP BACK FROM HIS TIME AWAY
AS WELL AS RAVEN FLYING IN
BOTH COLTS GOT A STANDING OVATION AS THEY PASSED BY
THEIR DEVOTED FANS IN THE POST PARADE




PEEPTOAD CONNECTIONS HAD PREVIOUSLY ADVISED US THAT
THE FILLY WOULD BE TAKING SOME TIME OFF ~
YET WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SHE INDEED
MANAGED TO MAKE THE TRIP AND WILL RUN TODAY!

STARK -&- CATALINA ARE STILL M.I.A
AND WE HOPE TO SEE THEM
BOTH BACK IN THE GATE VERY SOON!

OAKLAWN CAPPER AWAY IN THE 'BREEDING SHED' MAY NOT
RETURN FOR AWHILE BUT HE IS DEFINITELY MISSED

SO -- DEFENDING CHAMP ~REAL QUIET~
WILL FACE 10 CHALLENGERS IN HIS ATTEMPT
TO REPEAT HIS LAST 'VICTORY GALLOP'

10 ARE IN THE GATE STANDING QUIETLY
AS THEY WAIT FOR THE FUSSY FRISKY FILLY, RUFFIAN...
WHO SEEMS DETERMINED NOT TO GO INTO HER GATE,
TO SETTLE DOWN AND STOP HER 'SHENANIGANS'

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WITH NO INTEREST IN PEPPERMINTS, THE ALTERNATIVE OPTION
IS THE BLINDFOLD -- WHICH NOW SEEMS TO BE WORKING ~


FINALLY WE ARE READY TO RUN!
AND THEY'RE OFF IN THE 'MERRY-MEOWS MARATHON'......




OUT FOR AN EARLY LEAD -- IS POST TIME MIKE
SETTING FAIRLY FAST FRACTIONS
WHICH DOESN'T SCARE OFF THUNDER CAT
AND 1st TIME STARTER -- KY BLUE CATS,
WHO HAVE CAUGHT UP QUICKLY TO THE COLT IN FRONT

THESE 3 TAKE THE FIELD INTO THE TURN WITH A DECISIVE LEAD

~OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME~


THUNDER CAT NOW TAKING COMMAND BY A LENGTH
OVER POST TIME MIKE -&- KY BLUE CATS

CIGARSHOP IS A FEW LENGTHS BACK
FOLLOWED BY PEEPTOAD AND REAL QUIET
WHO ARE JUST A LENGTH IN FRONT OF
BLUNNY ~ RAVEN -&- TIGER DANCER

WAY FAR BACK ARE DUSTY -&- RUFFIAN ~
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SPEED OR DESIRE TO RUN YET!

~THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH~


THUNDER CAT ALONE ON THE LEAD
AS POST TIME MIKE IS BEGINNING TO FADE
AND KY BLUE CATS -- THO STILL MOVING WELL
IS NOT GAINING GROUND ON THE FIERY FILLY IN FRONT

CIGARSHOP FINDING HIS BEST STRIDE
IS MOVING UP QUICKLY NOW

REAL QUIET SUDDENLY WITH A SURGE OF SPEED -&- POWER
HAS FLOWN RIGHT ON BY CIGARSHOP JUST IN BEHIND KY BLUE CATS


~AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~


THUNDER CAT LEADS THE WAY WITH 5 COLTS ON HER TAIL!
NOT A FILLY IN SIGHT AS THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD!

REAL QUIET, WHO'S ANYTHING BUT ''QUIET'' -- JOINS KY BLUE CATS,
BOTH COLTS MOVING WITHIN JUST A LENGTH
OF THE FAST FLYING FILLY IN FRONT ~
HAVE NOW TURNED WHAT HAD SEEMED TO BE A RUNAWAY VICTORY
INTO A FIERCE 3-WAY MATCH RACE --- BRINGING THE CROWD
TO THEIR FEET SCREAMING LIKE A PACK OF WILD BANSHEES!


~HERE COMES THE WIRE ~ WAY TOO CLOSE TO CALL~
HOLD ALL TICKETS: OBJECTION LIGHTS FLASHING
**PHOTO FINISH REQUIRED**




3 TRAINERS RUNNING OUT ON THE TRACK
3 JOCKEYS ON THE PHONES

STEWARDS LISTENING TO ALL OBJECTIONS
AS THEY REVIEW THE REPLAY
OF THE FINAL FURLONG TO THE WIRE

DID THE FIERCE FILLY HOLD ON?
DID THE DEFENDING CHAMPION REPEAT HIS VICTORY??
DID THE FIRST TIME STARTER MAIDEN STEAL THE SHOW???

THE LIGHTS HAVE FINALLY STOPPED FLASHING
THE OFFICIAL RESULTS NOW ON THE TOTE BOARD HAVE BROUGHT
BOTH DEEP SHOUTS OF JOY BY THE MEN IN THE CROWD ~
ALONG WITH HIGHER TONES OF MOANS FROM THE LADIES

INDEED THE PHOTO REVEALS THAT
DEFENDING CHAMP ---> REAL QUIET
BY A TINY KITTY WHISKER,
HAS REPEATED HIS VICTORY GALLOP

THUNDER CAT -- BRILLIANT IN DEFEAT IS 2nd

KY BLUE CATS -- WITH AN AMAZING FIRST TIME EFFORT IS 3rd

CIGARSHOP BY A NOSTRIL HAIR
OUTRUNS POST TIME MIKE
TO STEAL THE PRECIOUS
AS GOLLUM IS SEEN LURKING BY THE TREES


$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$

**WITH PRICES THIS CLOSE ~ PLEASE CHECK ALL TICKETS**
REPORT ANY ERRORS OR OBJECTIONS TO 'THE RUFF-INTENDENT'
RUFFIAN333@webtv.net


1st ~ REAL QUIET === $55.80
~WINNER~


2nd ~ THUNDER CAT === $54.60
~RUNNER-UP / BRIDESMAID~


3rd ~ KY BLUE CATS === $54.30
~FLOWER-BEARER~


4th ~ CIGARSHOP === $46.00
~RING-BEARER~
**DEDICATED TO HUGH HEFNER**


~ ALSO RAN ~


POST TIME MIKE === $45.50

BLUNNY === $38.70

RAVEN === $37.30

TIGER DANCER === $33.10

PEEPTOAD === $32.40

DUSTY === $31.50

RUFFIAN === $13.20
* HOLDS ONTO THE CAT HOUSE KEY!
* CATNIP ADDICTION PERHAPS? OR THOSE HOT CHIPPENDALES?
(THE DANCERS NOT THE RODENTS!)
~~~

~~SINCE 4 OF THE 5 KITTY FILLYS FINISHED IN THE BOTTOM 4
THEY'VE ALL JOINED RUFF IN THE CAT-HOUSE~~


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WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING AND
A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME!
RECENT STATS SHOW
MORE ACCIDENTS DUE TO CELL PHONES THAN BOOZE!
~NO PHONE CALL IS WORTH A LIFE~



~Graphics By: TIGER DANCER~