**RESULTS**
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
MIDWEEK MAYHEM AT CHARLES TOWN RACETRACK
WHERE CRIMINAL TYPE WILL BE RUNNING FOR A REPEAT VICTORY GALLOP
OUR FIELD HAS BEEN DIMINISHED BY THREE MAJOR SCRATCHES OF:
JOHN HENRY WHO MAY HAVE HAD A RELAPSE
BLUNNY WHO MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN HIS STALL
CIGARSHOP WHO MAY HAVE COME UP LAME
AFTER HIS SHENANIGANS IN HIS LAST RACE
JUMPING OVER THE INFIELD FENCE
THIS HAS LEFT US WITH A SMALL FIELD OF EIGHT
THE HORSES ARE IN THE STARTING GATE
EVERYONE SEEMS CALM AND READY TO RUN
AND AWAAAAAAAAY THEY GO
ZOOMING OUT OF THE GATE LIKE A TRIO OF FIRECRACKERS ARE
CRIMINAL TYPE, RUFFIAN & STARK
WHO HAVE LEFT THE FIELD FAR BEHIND
OAKLAWN CAPPER IS NEXT BUT AT LEAST 10 LENGTHS BACK
CATALINA AND REAL QUIET SIDE-BY-SIDE ARE NEXT
AND TROTTING ALONG IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
ARE DUSTY AND TIGER DANCER
THEY'VE REACHED THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
THE RACE HAS TURNED INTO A 2-HORSE
BATTLE ON THE FRONT END BETWEEN
RUFFIAN & STARK WHO HAVE BEEN RUNNING
NECK & NECK FROM THE GATE
CATALINA AND REAL QUIET ARE QUICKLY
GAINING GROUND AS OAKLAWN CAPPER
HAS LOST HIS EARLY MOMENTUM
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
RUFFIAN & STARK LEADING THE WAY
AND NOW THERE IS A ROAR FROM THE CROWD
AS CATALINA SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE AND
IS GAINING GROUND QUICKLY
THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD
WAY TOO CLOSE TO CALL!
IT IS A PHOTO FINISH FOR THE WIN
OBJECTION LIGHTS ARE FLASHING
BOTH TRAINERS HAVE COME OUT ON THE FIELD
BOTH JOCKEYS ARE ON THE PHONE
THE STEWARDS TAKING A LOT OF TIME
REVIEWING THE REPLAY
FINALLY THE LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED FLASHING
THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS ARE UP
LOUD SHOUTS OF JOY CAN BE HEARD
FROM THE MEN IN THE CROWD
MOANS & GROANS FROM THE LADIES
HERE IS WHY....
ONLY $.80 CENTS WAS THE DIFFERENCE
OF GLORY OR GLOOM
"THE QUEEN OF THE HILL "
TURNED OUT TO BE A COLT...
AS THE ALMOST "DANGEROUS VIXEN"
LOST GLORY BY THE TINIEST OF WHISKERS
STARK ONCE AGAIN HAS EMERGED IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE
ON A WEDNESDAY THAT IS NOT A BOTS DAY!
RUFFIAN (MAYBE A "QUEEN" IN HER OWN MIND)
AND ACTUALLY LIVES ON A "HILL"
BUT ALSO CAN BE A "DANGEROUS VIXEN"
STRUGGLED WITH THE DECISION BETWEEN
THE 2 NAMES SO SIGNIFICANT TO HER
BUT THE FINAL DECISION PROVED TO BE WRONG
$$-OFFICIAL RESULTS-$$
STARK ================== $70.20
RUFFIAN ================= $69.40
(THE $.80 CENT DIFFERENCE = QUEEN OF THE HILL ($4.60)
CATALINA ================ $59.20
REAL QUIET =============== $46.80
STEALS THE PRECIOUS
==== ALSO RAN ====
OAKLAWN CAPPER ======= $41.80
CRIMINAL TYPE (DC) ====== $37.20
DUSTY =============== $24.00
TIGER DANCER ========== $23.20
(TUFF WAY TO GET INTO THE CAT HOUSE
WITH AN $.80 KEY CHARGE)
****************************************
WE NOW BID U A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME
****************************************
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
MIDWEEK MAYHEM AT CHARLES TOWN RACETRACK
WHERE CRIMINAL TYPE WILL BE RUNNING FOR A REPEAT VICTORY GALLOP
OUR FIELD HAS BEEN DIMINISHED BY THREE MAJOR SCRATCHES OF:
JOHN HENRY WHO MAY HAVE HAD A RELAPSE
BLUNNY WHO MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN HIS STALL
CIGARSHOP WHO MAY HAVE COME UP LAME
AFTER HIS SHENANIGANS IN HIS LAST RACE
JUMPING OVER THE INFIELD FENCE
THIS HAS LEFT US WITH A SMALL FIELD OF EIGHT
THE HORSES ARE IN THE STARTING GATE
EVERYONE SEEMS CALM AND READY TO RUN
AND AWAAAAAAAAY THEY GO
ZOOMING OUT OF THE GATE LIKE A TRIO OF FIRECRACKERS ARE
CRIMINAL TYPE, RUFFIAN & STARK
WHO HAVE LEFT THE FIELD FAR BEHIND
OAKLAWN CAPPER IS NEXT BUT AT LEAST 10 LENGTHS BACK
CATALINA AND REAL QUIET SIDE-BY-SIDE ARE NEXT
AND TROTTING ALONG IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
ARE DUSTY AND TIGER DANCER
THEY'VE REACHED THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
THE RACE HAS TURNED INTO A 2-HORSE
BATTLE ON THE FRONT END BETWEEN
RUFFIAN & STARK WHO HAVE BEEN RUNNING
NECK & NECK FROM THE GATE
CATALINA AND REAL QUIET ARE QUICKLY
GAINING GROUND AS OAKLAWN CAPPER
HAS LOST HIS EARLY MOMENTUM
AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME
RUFFIAN & STARK LEADING THE WAY
AND NOW THERE IS A ROAR FROM THE CROWD
AS CATALINA SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE AND
IS GAINING GROUND QUICKLY
THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD
WAY TOO CLOSE TO CALL!
IT IS A PHOTO FINISH FOR THE WIN
OBJECTION LIGHTS ARE FLASHING
BOTH TRAINERS HAVE COME OUT ON THE FIELD
BOTH JOCKEYS ARE ON THE PHONE
THE STEWARDS TAKING A LOT OF TIME
REVIEWING THE REPLAY
FINALLY THE LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED FLASHING
THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS ARE UP
LOUD SHOUTS OF JOY CAN BE HEARD
FROM THE MEN IN THE CROWD
MOANS & GROANS FROM THE LADIES
HERE IS WHY....
ONLY $.80 CENTS WAS THE DIFFERENCE
OF GLORY OR GLOOM
"THE QUEEN OF THE HILL "
TURNED OUT TO BE A COLT...
AS THE ALMOST "DANGEROUS VIXEN"
LOST GLORY BY THE TINIEST OF WHISKERS
STARK ONCE AGAIN HAS EMERGED IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE
ON A WEDNESDAY THAT IS NOT A BOTS DAY!
RUFFIAN (MAYBE A "QUEEN" IN HER OWN MIND)
AND ACTUALLY LIVES ON A "HILL"
BUT ALSO CAN BE A "DANGEROUS VIXEN"
STRUGGLED WITH THE DECISION BETWEEN
THE 2 NAMES SO SIGNIFICANT TO HER
BUT THE FINAL DECISION PROVED TO BE WRONG
$$-OFFICIAL RESULTS-$$
STARK ================== $70.20
RUFFIAN ================= $69.40
(THE $.80 CENT DIFFERENCE = QUEEN OF THE HILL ($4.60)
CATALINA ================ $59.20
REAL QUIET =============== $46.80
STEALS THE PRECIOUS
==== ALSO RAN ====
OAKLAWN CAPPER ======= $41.80
CRIMINAL TYPE (DC) ====== $37.20
DUSTY =============== $24.00
TIGER DANCER ========== $23.20
(TUFF WAY TO GET INTO THE CAT HOUSE
WITH AN $.80 KEY CHARGE)
****************************************
WE NOW BID U A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME
****************************************