SUPURR SATURDAY: 8/17 ***RESULTS***

[RUFFIAN]

                                             


             GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO SUPURR SATURDAY
                                                     
                     TODAY WE ARE AT DELIGHTFUL DEL MAR
                                'WHERE SURF MEETS TURF'

              TODAY IS WORLD HONEY BEE DAY   
              CELEBRATING THAT HOLIDAY ~ OUR FEATURE EVENT
                                ''BUZZ OR BEMOAN'' STAKES
                                            OR   

                 WHO WILL 'BUZZ' WITH A 'BOO-YAH - YEE HAW'!
WHO WILL BEMOAN CHOICES ON THE WAY TO CAT OR DOG HOUSE
                                               

DEFENDING CHAMP, THUNDER CAT, WILL HAVE 10 CONNIVING CHALLENGERS
                  ALL TRYING TO PREVENT ANOTHER CAT ROAR VICTORY
                                             

               THE ENTHUSIASTIC ENERGIZED ELEVEN ARE IN THE GATE

           AND AWAAAAAAAY THEY GO IN THE 'BUZZ OR BEMOAN' STAKES

                       IT'S A SPEEDY DUO OUT FOR AN EARLY LEAD
               PEEPTOAD & ROAMIN TAKE THE FIELD INTO THE TURN
                                       

                               OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME

         O NO!    ROAMIN STUMBLED ON THE TURN LOSING GROUND

       PEEPTOAD QUICKLY MOVES ON BUT IS SUDDENLY OVERTAKEN
BY DUSTY ~ NOW WITH ALL THE MOMENTUM TAKING OVER THE LEAD
                                                

THUNDER CAT + BLUNNY HAVE JOINED PEEPTOAD AS THIS TRIO
ARE ONLY 3 LENGTHS BACK BEHIND THE FRONT RUNNING FILLY
                                     

ANOTHER LENGTH BACK IS CIGARSHOP, STARTING TO 'SMOKE'
       IT'S A BIG GAP BACK TO CATALINA & POST TIME MIKE

AND TRAILING IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE ARE THE TARDY TRIO OF
              CRUZAN  ~  TIGER DANCER  ~  RUFFIAN

                  THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH

           DUSTY IS STARTING TO LOOK LEG WEARY 
AS THUNDER CAT ~ BLUNNY & PEEPTOAD ARE QUICKLY
       CATCHING UP TO THE FILLY IN THE LEAD
WITH A SMOKIN HOT CIGARSHOP RIGHT AT THE TRIO TAILS
                                 

ROAMIN & CRUZAN STILL FAR BACK SHOWING NO SPEED
CATALINA ~ POST TIME MIKE ~ TIGER DANCER & RUFFIAN
  MEANDERING ALONG AS IF OUT FOR A MORNING TROT

                    AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME!

IT'S A FRISKY FOURSOME ACROSS THE TRACK
DUSTY ~ THUNDER CAT ~ BLUNNY & PEEPTOAD
           IT'S ANYONE'S RACE TO WIN NOW
           

BUT HOLD ON FOLKS!  SUDDENLY THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET
WITH ALL EYES TURNED AWAY FROM THE 4 IN FRONT TO THE
3 IN THE BACK FLYING UP THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK LIKE A
        TRIO OF ZENYATTA ~ CRYPTOCLEARANCE & WINX!
                                       

      RUFFIAN HAS LET HER 'INNER-CHEETAH' OUT TO RUN   
CATALINA SHOWING HOW MUCH SOME R+R HAS HELPED HER     
             CIGARSHOP SMOKIN LIKE A BONFIRE   


  THE 4 JOCKEYS IN FRONT ALL HAVE THEIR HEADS TURNED
LOOKING BEHIND THEM TO SEE WHAT ALL THE COMMOTION IS

                      AND AS THEY ARE LOOKING BACK
        THE TENACIOUS TRIO FLIES RIGHT ON BY THEM!
                       THE CROWD IS GOING WILD!
                                           
     
    RUFFIAN ~ CIGARSHOP + CATALINA HAVE TOTALLY TAKEN COMMAND
THE RACE IS UP FOR GRABS AS ANY OF THE 3 CAN 'BUZZ' WITH KITTEN JOY

             DUSTY IS TRYING TO HOLD ON FOR SOME PURSE MONEY

DEFENDING CHAMP, THUNDER CAT, WITH A QUIET PURRRRRR  NOT ROAR
      SEEING HER CHANCES OF REPEAT GLORY DISAPPEARING QUICKLY
                                                         

THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD WITH ONLY A WHISKER SEPARATING
    THE TEMERARIOUS TRIO WITH VICTORY POSSIBLE FOR ALL 3
              MAYBE WE MIGHT EVEN SEE A 3-WAY DEAD HEAT?

THE CROWD IS SCREAMING LIKE A BUNCH OF BANSHEES
       HIGH TONED LADIES FOR RUFFIAN & CATALINA
                DEEP TONED MEN FOR CIGARSHOP

      WITH ONE LAST MIGHTY ROAR OF THE CHEETAH ~
            IT IS RUFFIAN'S NOSE ON THE WIRE FIRST
                                     

WITH A PERSUASIVE PUFF OF SMOKE, CIGARSHOP LIGHTS UP FOR 2ND
    CATALINA PURRRRRS ON HOME FOR THE BODACIOUS BOUQUET
                 DUSTY HOLDS ON TO STEAL 'THE PRECIOUS'

IT WILL BE RUFFIAN ''BUZZZZZZZZING''  IN THE WINNER CIRCLE   
                TIGER DANCER 'BEMOANING' IN THE CAT HOUSE   
          DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT VERSION OF 'BIG-CAT-DIARY'
                                               

                $$$$$ OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH $$$$$   
                              BUZZ OR BEMOAN STAKES

RUFFIAN = $68.60   
*A ''Higher Power''  Purrrred The Cheetah To A 'Buzzzzzzzing' Victory

CIGARSHOP = $67.80
*So Close ~ But Not Close Enuff To OutRun A Cheetah!   
 
CATALINA = $65
*Proving What R+R Can Produce   

DUSTY = $56.60
*Supurr Speedy Start ~ Faltering Final Furlongs
  Heads to The Shire To Steal 'The Precious' From Gollum!   

                                    $$$ ALSO RAN $$$

{{DC}} THUNDER CAT = $46.90

BLUNNY = $43.30

PEEPTOAD = $42.60

ROAMIN = $39.40

CRUZAN = $33.80

POST TIME MIKE = $23.20

TIGER DANCER = $21.20
*NO BUZZ JUST BEMOAN IN CAT HOUSE         
Plenty Of Catnip To Sooth Wilted Whiskers

WE NOW BID YOU A FOND FAREWELL FROM DEL MAR
WISHING ALL A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME!
                                   

[Catalina]

Great win, Miz Ruffian!  And, as always, entertaining race call!

[Dusty]

RUFFIAN ROARS!!! Congrats!!! Excellent call too