SUPURRR SATURDAY ~ 9/01 *RESULTS* @ SARATOGA

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RUFFIAN

:forruffian:   **SARATOGA-SWAN-SONG RESULTS**




GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME
    TO SUPURRR SATURDAY
RUNNING TODAY AT SARATOGA
ON THE TRACK'S LAST WEEKEND



OUR FEATURE EVENT:
THE ' SARATOGA-SWAN-SONG' STAKES

 


DUE TO A LATE SCRATCH OF EL PRADO ....
     DEFENDING CHAMP ~CATALINA~
            WILL HAVE 10 CHALLENGERS
TRYING TO PREVENT A REPEAT RUN TO THE WIRE

THE EXCITING ENERGIZED ELEVEN ARE READY TO RUN

AND AWAY THEY GO IN ......
                THE 'SARATOGA-SWAN-SONG- STAKES




LIKE TWIN METEORS OUT OF THE GATE ~
IT'S POST TIME MIKE -&- REAL QUIET
    BLAZING A GIGANTIC LEAD 
BUT THAT LASTS ONLY A BRIEF MOMENT
WHEN PEEPTOAD QUICKLY JOINS THE 'DYNAMIC DUO'
AS THIS TENACIOUS TRIO HEADS INTO THE TURN



BLUNNY -&- THUNDER CAT ARE NEXT -- BUT WAY FAR BACK
     FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY
RUFFIAN ~ TIGER DANCER ~ CATALINA

ITS A HUGE GAP BACK TO THE REST OF THE FIELD

DUSTY ~ CIGARSHOP -&- A 'CLUELESS' CRUZAN
   WHO SOMEHOW MISSED THE BREAK
      STANDING THERE AT THE OPEN GATE
        WONDERING WHAT TO DO NEXT?
     


     ~~OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME~~


PEEPTOAD HAS QUICKLY LEAPED TO THE LEAD
AND POST TIME MIKE IS SPEEDING ALONG IN 2nd
  REAL QUIET DRASTICALLY DROPPING BACK
AFTER NOT HANDLING THE TURN WELL AT ALL 
   


LEAVING THE 3rd PLACE OPENING TO
  A THREATENING TIGER DANCER
     GAINING QUICKLY ON THE
THUNDERING TWO-SOME IN THE LEAD
     


THUNDER CAT HAS STEALTHFULLY
  SOARED ON BY REAL QUIET
....


RUFFIAN IS NEXT -- SHOWING NO SIGNS OF
AN APPEARANCE BY HER 'INNER CHEETAH' YET ~
FOLLOWED BY CIGARSHOP -&- CATALINA

IT'S ANOTHER GAP BACK TO BLUNNY
    WHOSE 'ENERGIZER BATTERY'
IS RUNNING ON HALF-CHARGE SO FAR



DUSTY IS NEXT WITH A CONFUSED CAREFREE CRUZAN JUST
MEANDERING ALONG, STILL NOT AWARE HE IS ACTUALLY IN
A RACE, AND NOT JUST OUT FOR A LIGHT BREEZING WORKOUT


     ~~THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH~~


FEELING THE PROFOUND PRESSURE OF A POWERFUL PEEPTOAD ~
POST TIME MIKE SUDDENLY FOUND HIS INNER-POWER-MOJO
AND HAS PROPELLED HIS WAY TO THE LEAD PASSING A PERPLEXED
PEEPTOAD WHOSE SIZZLING SPEED IS NOT WAVERING AT ALL

TIGER DANCER CONTINUES TO RUN STRONGLY IN 3RD
WITH THUNDER CAT 5 LENGTHS BEHIND HER

DUSTY BEGINNING TO AWAKEN FINALLY IS MOVING UP
JUST A STRIDE AHEAD OF REAL QUIET TRYING TO REGAIN
   HIS EARLIER MOMENTUM FROM BEFORE THE TURN

IT'S A LONG WAY BACK TO THE REST OF THE FIELD

*BLUNNY WHOSE ENERGIZER-BATTERY IS RAPIDLY DEPLETING
*RUFFIAN WHOSE 'INNER-CHEETAH' IS STILL BACK AT THE BARN
*CIGARSHOP WHOSE SMOKE IS JUST A TINY WISP
*CATALINA WHOSE HOPE FOR A REPEAT WIN ~ NOW HOPELESS
*A CALAMITOUS 'NON-CRUISING-CRUZAN' FINALLY REALIZING
HE IS IN A RACE ~ BUT IS IT TOO LATE TO WAKE UP -&- RUN?


     ~~AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~~


POST TIME MIKE IN THE LEAD BUT STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF
LEG-WEARINESS AS THE PERSISTENT PEEPTOAD CONTINUES TO
HANG TUFF STAYING RIGHT WITH THE CONVINCINGLY COMPETITIVE     
   COLT IN THE LEAD ~ NOW RIGHT AT HIS TAIL

TIGER DANCER CONTINUES HER TENACIOUS-2-STEP IN 3rd
WITH A HOT-TO-TROT THUNDER CAT ONLY 3 LENGTHS BACK

SUDDENLY A HUGE ROAR ERUPTS FROM THE CROWD AS
THE CREEPING-ALONG-CRUZAN AWAKENED TO TURN INTO
  A CONFRONTATIONAL CONFIDENT CHALLENGER!
     


WAS THERE SOME 'CAFFFEINNE-ENERGY-DRINK'
IN HIS MORNING FEED THAT HAS NOW KICKED IN  ;)
         
 

HE IS PASSING ONE AFTER ANOTHER
ON HIS WAY FROM ANOTHER TIME ZONE
   INTO POSSIBLE CONTENTION FOR
     SOME OF THE PURSE MONEY!
 


MEANWHILE DEFENDING CHAMP  ~CATALINA~
SEEMS TO BE HEADING FOR THE CAT HOUSE
INSTEAD OF THE PENTHOUSE AND POSSIBLY,
    A YO-YO TO ENTERTAIN HER THERE
     


BACK AT THE FRONT OF THE FIELD
THE RACE HAS TURNED INTO
A CONTENTIOUS COMBATIVE CHALLENGE
BETWEEN A FEISTY FEARLESS FILLY
AND A CONFIDENT COURAGEOUS COLT

  POST TIME MIKE FREAKISHLY FAST FROM THE START
PEEPTOAD LEAPING TO JOIN HIM RIGHT FROM THE GATE

   

TIZ A MAGNIFICENT MATCH RACE TO THE WIRE
  AS THESE 2 LEADERS HAVE LEFT THE REST
           RUNNING FOR SHOW
BUT WHOSE NOSE WILL TOUCH THE WIRE FIRST?

THE ANSWER CAME WITH ONE FINAL SUPER SURGE OF SPEED
       AND A DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF DETERMINATION

A FLAMBOYANT FERVENT FILLY HAS PUT THAT QUESTION TO REST
  AS PEEPTOAD PERSISTS WITH A LATE LOFTY LUCRATIVE LEAP
    TO PUT HER FORMIDABLE FILLY NOSE ON THE WIRE FIRST!
           


POST TIME MIKE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE RUN GATE TO WIRE
COMES UP 2nd BEST TODAY WITH AN EFFORT THAT CLEARLY
ON ANY OTHER DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN A WINNING ONE

BUT CONFRONTED WITH A PERSISTENTLY PASSIONATE PEEPTOAD
         ONE CAN ONLY HOPE FOR THE BRIDESMAID TROPHY

**TRULY ONE OF THE BEST 'MATCH-RACES' THIS YEAR**

TIGER DANCER -- WITH A RESOUNDING ROAR FROM THE TURN
     RAN ONE OF HER BEST RACES
             BUT CAME UP JUST A FEW WHISKERS SHORT
             


THUNDER CAT -- WITH A GOOD BEGINNING IN THE FIRST HALF
    LACKED ENOUGH MOMENTUM IN THE FINAL FURLONGS
        BUT STAYED STRONG ENOUGH TO STEAL 'THE PRECIOUS'
                     


    $$--OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH--$$


1st ~ PEEPTOAD === $111.30
Persistent ~ Persuasive ~ Powerful
~SWAN OF SARATOGA / WINS THE SPARKLING SWAN~
......


2nd ~ POST TIME MIKE === $106.50
Gallant Gate To Wire!
A Run That On Any Other Day Would Have Won
~BRIDESMAID / BLACK SWAN~


3rd ~ TIGER DANCER === $86.60
Supurrr-Speedy At The Start ~
Lost A Little 'Tiger-Tenacity' 2nd Half
~FLOWER-BEARER~   


4th ~ THUNDER CAT === $74.50
Consistently Good Effort
~RING-THIEF~


     ~~ALSO RAN~~


CRUZAN === $65.40
*Headed For A Golden Goose Egg Nest Till Final Furlong!

DUSTY === $59.80

REAL QUIET === $57.80

BLUNNY === $39.10
 
RUFFIAN === $30.60

CIGARSHOP === $30.50

{DC}CATALINA === $29.10
*YO-YO-MAMA TROPHY
BOUNCING FROM PENTHOUSE TO CAT HOUSE
 


WE NOW BID YOU A 'SWAN-SONG' FAREWELL FROM SARATOGA
         ~UNTIL NEXT SUMMERTIME FUN RETURNS THERE~
   WISHING ALL A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME
               **NO PHONE CALL IS WORTH A LIFE**


~~Graphics By: TIGER DANCER~~
     
....




MAY THE PURRRRRRRRRR BE WITH YOU
                      =^,,^=


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Catalina

Congrats to Peeptoad for a hard-fought win. Great race call, Miz Ruffian, a excellent graphics, Miz Tiger Dancer!

Cigarshop

Peepers tore it up, well done

Fantastical race call

Super duper graphications from me lady Le Tigre

Dusty

WOWZA - What race for the top TWO! Congrats on the win PEEPTOAD!!!! and way to hang in there PostTime Mike! Oh and an excellent call and graphics!!!!
May they run with the wind

ElPrado

Sorry I didn't make it, guys. Something was coming up. I spent from Sunday night through Tuesday being entertained by drs, nurses and machinery at Tampa General Hospital again. This time by the heart bunch... who eventually told me to get the Hell out, accompanied by another shelf full of pills I don't want. False alarm. EMS around here won't let me sit and be ouchy. A neighbor got shook up over something I told her was a pulled back and shoulder muscle. Haha! I was right. I did manage to critique IV insertion skills. That fireman did it right, and was a cutie to boot!

ElPrado

Oh, congrats, peeps!!!

Real Quiet

Congrats on the win Peeptoad. You get to be the reigning Saratoga chompion until 2019.
One of these days I will understand "Ruff's Rules". The 12th of Never is that day.

peeptoad

Thanks all!
And thanks for the fantastic race call and graphics! :thumbsup:

Quote from: Real Quiet on September 05, 2018, 09:41:43 AM
Congrats on the win Peeptoad. You get to be the reigning Saratoga chompion until 2019.

Good thing my chompers still work! ;) :chickendance:

PostTimeMike

Good form peep!!! ;D That's 2 weeks in a row you ran me down in the stretch!!! :OMG:

Good call on the "feature"!! :thumbsup:

I got off to a good start with Signalman!! ;D "Half Dollar" Bill was a signalman in the Pacific during WW2.

So it's farewell to the "Spa"!! Maybe on to "greener" pastures?? :rhrse:

Major props to Lady Cat and Tiger Dancer for their outstanding weekly contribution!!! :thanks:

Until next time....see ya'll in the Starting Gate!!! 8) :rhrse:

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