MIDWEEK MAYHEM: 5/8 RESULTS @ Evangeline

[RUFFIAN]

                                           

        GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM
                                AT EVANGELINE DOWNS
   
                          TODAY OUR FEATURE EVENT IS
          THE ''SMOKE-EM-IF-YA-GOT-EM'' STAKES  {SEIYGE}
                CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF CIGARSHOP

                 WITH THE LATE SCRATCH OF CATALINA ~
DEFENDING CHAMP, CRUZAN, WILL HAVE 8 WORTHY CHALLENGERS
        ALL TRYING TO PREVENT A REPEAT VICTORY GALLOP
                                             

                       THE NAUGHTY NINE ARE IN THE GATE
   
           AND AWAAAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO IN THE ''SEIYGE'' STAKES

IT'S A HALF DOZEN OUT OF 9 IN A LINE ACROSS THE TRACK
                         HEADING INTO THE TURN

     RUFFIAN ~ CIGARSHOP ~ EL PRADO ~ THUNDER CAT
            TIGER DANCER & THE 'ENERGIZER BLUNNY'
     

      ROAMIN & DUSTY ARE NEXT JUST A LENGTH BACK

IT IS CRUZAN WHO WENT TO HIS KNEES OUT OF THE GATE
ALMOST LOSING THE JOCKEY AND LUCKY TO BE STANDING!
                                         

                          ***  OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME  ***

   THE FIRST 6 HAVE SORTED THEMSELVES OUT WITH EL PRADO
COMING OUT WAY AHEAD OF THE REST, TAKING A HUMONGOUS LEAD!
                                                                   

           THE REST OF THE RUNNERS WILL NEED TO SPROUT WINGS

         RUFFIAN & ROAMIN ARE NEXT BUT AT LEAST 18 LENGTHS BACK
            AND ANOTHER BIG GAP BACK TO THUNDER CAT & BLUNNY

                      CIGARSHOP IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY DUSTY

TRAILING THE FIELD WAY FAR BACK ARE TIGER DANCER & CRUZAN

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

        EL PRADO IS TURNIN UP THE HEAT INCREASING HER LEAD

      RUFFIAN IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY THUNDER CAT & ROAMIN
             DUSTY IS JUST A LENGTH BEHIND THAT TRIO

ANOTHER FEW LENGTHS BACK IS THE 'NOT-SO-ENERGIZED-BLUNNY'

AND A LONG WAY BACK TO TIGER DANCER, CIGARSHOP AND 
DEFENDING CHAMP, CRUZAN ~ WHO STILL HAS NOT MANAGED
TO RECOVER FROM HIS MISFORTUNATE EXIT FROM THE GATE

                    *** AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME  ***

EL PRADO WITH AN 'UNCATCHABLE' LEAD SHOWING NO SIGNS
OF GETTING TIRED, EVEN THE OPPOSITE AS SHE IS INCREASING
   HER MOMENTUM AND HER LEAD OVER THE REST WHO NOW
     ARE RUNNING FOR THE PLACE / SHOW + 'THE PRECIOUS'

RUFFIAN IS A CLEAR 2ND WITH THUNDER CAT, ROAMIN & DUSTY
A FEW LENGTHS BEHIND HER, AS SHE APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY
ONE WITH A VERY SLIM CHANCE OF CATCHING THE RUNAWAY EL PRADO

                          AS THE FINISH LINE COMES ~
NO SURPRISE COMES WITH IT AS EL PRADO GATE TO WIRE
SHOWS SUPREME SPEED & PERSISTENT POWER ALL THE WAY
                                         

SHE ALSO GARNERS A YO-YO-MAMA TROPHY FOR LEAVING
THE CAT HOUSE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PENTHOUSE
                           

                       RUFFIAN IS A STRONG SECOND

A PHOTO WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE SHOW SPOT BETWEEN
                       THUNDER CAT ~ ROAMIN & DUSTY

           $$$ OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH $$$   
                    ''SMOKE EM IF YA GOT EM''  STAKES
             
               REPORT ANY $$$ OBJECTIONS TO CATZILLA AT
                               [email protected]

EL PRADO = $129.30   
*Supurrr Speed To "Smoke Em"  Gate To Wire
'YO YO MAMA' Award = Cat House To Penthouse

RUFFIAN = $60.60
*Is That 60-60 3x Purrrfect Vision 20-20 {Apparently NOT} 

THUNDER CAT = $56.20
*Good Effort   

ROAMIN = $52.50
*Just Barely Manages To Steal 'The Precious' from Dusty!   

                                   *** ALSO RAN ***

DUSTY = $52.10

BLUNNY = $44.60

TIGER DANCER = $26.20

CIGARSHOP = $24.80
*Didn't 'Smoke Em' on His Birthday But Seems Contented On Tiger Tail   

{{DC}}  CRUZAN = $18
*Penthouse To Dog House = YO YO DUDE Award! 
                   His 3rd This Season Already!

WE NOW BID YOU A FOND FAREWELL FROM CAJUN COUNTRY
    WISHING ALL A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME
                                     

[Cigarshop]

Congrats to El Prado

Very nice race call & in such a timely matter

I got me some Tiger "tail" which is the best birthday gift ever

[Dusty]

CONGRATS El Prado!!!