** 2014 MEOW-MIX AWARDS ~ OFFICIAL CEREMONY **

[RUFFIAN]

**GOOD EVENING + WELCOME TO THE 2014 MEOW-MIX AWARDS**

         

    COMING TO YOU DIRECT FROM ....
     


OUR MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES THIS YEAR WILL BE ---> MISS PIGGY
                SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU HERE SHE IS
                 
"YES INDEED --  HERE I AM IN ALL MY GLORY ... READY TO THRILL YOU ALL"


BEFORE WE BEGIN THE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
PLEASE WELCOME THE SHINING STARS OF 2014
WITH A PROUD DISPLAY OF GLITZ -- GLAM --- BLING
      (AND THAT AIN'T JUST TIGER DANCER)

   

LED BY THE REIGNING HOTY ---> CRIMINAL TYPE


CRIMINAL TYPE

TIGER DANCER

CIGARSHOP

RUFFIAN

DUSTY

BLUNNY

CATALINA

GOTADUN-QH

JOHN HENRY

PEEPTOAD

REAL QUIET

TY88

RAVEN

EL PRADO


OUR FRACTURED FRACTIOUS FAIRY TALE AWARDS BEGIN WITH
     

THE DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD
AND HERE TO PRESENT THAT TROPHY IS
THE KING OF DISTORTED HUMOR ====> BUGS BUNNY
   
   " WHAAAAAAAAAAATS UP DOC? "
WHO BETTER THAN I TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINEES
        FOR THE ODDEST AWARD OF THE EVENING

   AND THE NOMINEES ARE:

  BLUNNY --- FOR HIS CLEVER RACE CALLS

  CIGARSHOP --- FOR HIS TRULY DISTORTED HUMOR

  TIGER DANCER --- (DC -- 2013) FOR HER GRAPHICATING WIT

AND THIS YEAR WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
WE HAVE A REPEAT WINNER IN ---> TIGER DANCER
WHOSE GRAPHICS + TWISTED WIT
KEEP US ENTERTAINED AND GRINNING ALL YEAR LONG
   



  OUR NEXT AWARD IS -- THE 'MOST IMPROVED' TROPHY
               AND HERE TO PRESENT THAT IS
THE LITTLE WOODEN TOY WHO TURNED INTO A REAL LIFE BOY: PINNOCHIO
             
THIS SEASON WE HAD SEVERAL NOMINEES WHO GREATLY IMPROVED
AND SINCE EACH DID SO IN DIFFERENT WAYS ITS A UNANIMOUS VOTE THAT
                              IT'S A DEAD HEAT FOR THE WIN!!

                BLUNNY = WON ALL 9 OF 9 RACES ON A SINGLE DAY

                      JOHN HENRY = WON THAT ELUSIVE 3-PEAT

             CATALINA = BROKE THE EXISTING TRACK RECORD
                          HELD FOR YEARS BY CRIMINAL TYPE

                                   




THE NEXT AWARD IS -- THE RISEN STAR --
PRESENTED BY: CINDERELLA
WHO ROSE FROM THE FIREPLACE ASHES ... TO BE A PRINCESS
   

IRONICALLY THE NOMINEES ARE THE SAME AS FOR MOST IMPROVED
                          BLUNNY / JOHN HENRY /  CATALINA

BUT BASED ON ADDITIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS,  THE WINNER IS: CATALINA
         




  OUR NEXT AWARD IS -- THE 'LOST IN THE FOG'
                             
  PRESENTED BY:  NONE OTHER THAN --> THE NEAR SIGHTED MR MAGOO           

THE CRITERIA FOR THIS AWARD ARE VERY DIVERSE AND SO THIS SEASON
       THE VOTE WAS DIVIDED FOR DIFFERENT REASONS:

         RUFFIAN + CRIMINAL TYPE
BOTH WON THE GOLDEN GOOSE EGG TROPHY
        FOR A ZERO $$$ IN AN ENTIRE DAY

TIGER DANCER WON A DAY WITH THE LOWEST $$$ OF THE YEAR:  $41.60
           




THE NEXT AWARD IS -- THE 'CAT HOUSE' TROPHY --
PRESENTED BY: GRUMPY CAT     
   
THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE FILLY WHO FINISHES LAST MORE THAN ANYONE

   RUNNER UP THIS SEASON WAS -- DUSTY -- WITH 13

BUT THE RUNAWAY FELINE FILLY -- WITH 23 -- INCLUDING THE GOLDEN GOOSE EGG
       IS RUFFIAN ... WITH A FINE SET OF TWISTED WHISKERS!
                 




THE COLT EQUIVALENT AWARD IS -- THE DOG HOUSE AWARD
         PRESENTED BY ---> DROOPY DOG
               
  AND ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE A REPEAT WINNER FROM LAST YEAR
CRIMINAL TYPE .... HELD THE KEY TO THE DOG HOUSE FOR 22 TIMES
           INCLUDING THE GOLDEN GOOSE EGG TROPHY
               




HERE TO PRESENT OUR NEXT AWARD -- THE GOLLUM TROPHY
IS ---> FRODO BAGGINS ... WHO HITCHED A RIDE WITH GANDALF
                      ALL THE WAY FROM THE SHIRE
       
"THE PRECIOUS"  IS WON BY THE PERSON FINISHING 4th
MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE AND THUS IS THE 'RING  BEARER' 

   THERE IS A TIE FOR RUNNER UP:
RUFFIAN + CIGARSHOP BOTH HAVING WON 12

IT WAS QUITE THE GAME OF KEEP-AWAY THIS YEAR.
THERE WERE ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS.....
BUT THE ULTIMATE "THIEF"
AND THE AWARD WINNER WITH 13 IS ===> TIGER DANCER
         



    FINISHING 4TH IS GOOD ....
BUT EVEN BETTER IS FINISHING 2nd MORE THAN OTHERS

HERE TO PRESENT -- THE 'BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR' AWARD
      ARE CINDERELLA'S TWO STEP SISTERS
                     
    WHO NEVER COULD MANAGE TO BE IN FIRST PLACE

AGAIN WE HAVE A TIE FOR THE RUNNER UP BRIDESMAID AWARD:
                CATALINA + DUSTY --- EACH HAVE 13

BUT THE CLEAR WINNER IS ==== > TIGER DANCER -- WITH 16
        



OUR NEXT AWARD IS OFTEN ALSO CALLED -- THE HEARTBREAKER TROPHY
           IT IS -- THE FROSTED WHISKER TROPHY -- AWARDED
   TO ALL WHO ATTEMPT TO WIN A 3-PEAT ----- YET FAIL TO DO SO

PRESENTING THE -- FROSTED WHISKER -- WINNERS IS
THE MASTER OF ALL FROSTED WHISKERS ---
NONE OTHER THAN SANTA CLAUS             
   

  SEVERAL HAD THEIR HEART BROKEN THIS YEAR
              WITH 2 FROSTED WHISKERS:
    TIGER DANCER /  CRIMINAL TYPE / PEEPTOAD

             WITH ONE FROSTED WHISKER:
DUSTY / CATALINA /  JOHN HENRY /  REAL QUIET
             



JUST ARRIVING ON THE GREYHOUND BUS TO PRESENT THE NEXT AWARD
   THE 'CAIXA ELETRONICA' TROPHY --- FOR THE MOST $$$ WON IN A DAY
    IS ---> MR BURNS DIRECT FROM THE SIMPSONS
              WHO KNOWS A BIT ABOUT HOARDING MONEY!
   

THIS SEASON WE SAW A  4-YEAR TRACK RECORD BROKEN
THAT WAS HELD BY: CRIMINAL TYPE ...
WITH A RETURN OF $244 FOR A SINGLE DAY EFFORT

   AND THE WINNER OF THE CAIXA ELETRONICA AWARD IS:
CATALINA ... WHO EARNED $293.40  ON JANUARY 22nd 2014
       



  HERE TO PRESENT THE CRAFTY PROSPECTOR AWARD
FOR THE MOST $$$ EARNED IN THE YEAR IS ===> RUMPLESTILTSKIN  WHO IS THE EXPERT ON HOARDING AWAY TONS O GOLD
           

  THE RUNNER UP THIS YEAR IS:  CIGARSHOP --- EARNING $1279

AND THE WINNER OF THE CRAFTY PROSPECTOR AWARD FOR 2014
IS THE 2013 REPEAT WINNER  ====>  CRIMINAL TYPE = $1383.30
       




OUR NEXT AWARD IS -- THE MIDWEEK MAYHEM TROPHY
PRESENTED BY ---> SYLVESTER + TWEETY BIRD
WHO ALWAYS MANAGE TO MAKE FEATHERS FLY
     

IN THE RUNNER UP SPOT IS:  BLUNNY -- WITH 7 VICTORIES

THERE WAS A TIE FOR THE WIN -- BETWEEN TIGER DANCER + CIGARSHOP
                                EACH HAVING WON 9

PER THE AWARDS RULES:  THE TIE BREAKER IS DETERMINED BY -- $$$ --
  BASED ON THAT FACTOR THE TOTALS ARE:

CIGARSHOP WITH  $823.30 + TIGER DANCER WITH $672.90
    SO THEREFORE OUR 2014 MIDWEEK MAYHEM WINNER = CIGARSHOP
       



  HERE TO PRESENT -- THE SUPURRR~SATURDAY AWARD
       IS NONE OTHER THAN -- SUPERMAN HIMSELF
--- FLYING IN FROM THE CLOUDS TO PRESENT THIS TROPHY
         

  THE RUNNER UP FOR THIS AWARD -- WITH 8 WINS IS ==> PEEPTOAD

AND THE GRAND WINNER OF THE SS TROPHY -- WITH 9 VICTORY GALLOPS:
      ======= CRIMINAL TYPE -- EARNING $835.70 =======
                   



        OUR NEXT AWARD IS -- THE BOTS TROPHY
   THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES  -aka-   FILLIES VS COLTS
     

AND WHO BETTER TO PRESENT THIS AWARD OF GENDER EXCELLENCE
   BUT MISS PIGGY + KERMIT THE FROG

SO COME ON OUT KERMIE AND HELP ME TELL THE FOLKS WHICH GENDER
PROVED TO BE SUPREME --- THO OF COURSE I KNOW WHO IT REALLY IS!
     

THE RUNNER UPS FOR THIS AWARD -- EACH HAVING WON 4 -- ARE:
         CATALINA ----- DUSTY ----- BLUNNY (The Lone Colt)

BUT SHOWING HER DETERMINATION ---
CLAWING HER WAY AS SHE ROARED TO THE FINISH LINE 5 TIMES
    WAS THE CHEETAH  -aka- ==> RUFFIAN
   **SO THE 2014 BOTS TROPHY -- GOES TO -- THE FILLIES**
           

     

WE NOW ARE COMING DOWN TO THE TOP HONORS OF THE YEAR....


THE FILLY OF THE YEAR AWARD
      WILL BE PRESENTED BY ---> WONDER WOMAN
           

IN THE SHOW SPOT FOR THIS TROPHY IS:   RUFFIAN = BOTS CHAMPION

   IN 2nd PLACE IS:   TIGER DANCER WINNING:
BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR  / GOLLUM TROPHY  / 2 FROSTED WHISKERS
DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD + RUNNER UP FOR MIDWEEK MAYHEM CHAMPION

           
BUT THE WINNINGEST FILLY OF 2014 IS ==> CATALINA
* CAIXA ELETRONICA AWARD --- NEW TRACK RECORD --- FROSTED WHISKER
     



HERE TO PRESENT -- THE COLT OF THE YEAR AWARD
IS THE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE
NOT JUST ON SATURDAYS,  BUT EVERY DAY = ROBIN HOOD   
     
               
TIED FOR RUNNER UP COLT OF THE YEAR ARE:

  CIGARSHOP =  MIDWEEK MAYHEM CHAMPION
  JOHN HENRY =  3 PEAT /   FROSTED WHISKER

BUT ONCE AGAIN,  LEADING THE WAY FOR THE COLTS AS REPEAT WINNER IS:
          ---> CRIMINAL TYPE <---
   * SUPURRR SATURDAY CHAMPION
   * CRAFTY PROSPECTOR AWARD
   * AND 2 FROSTED WHISKERS
   



THE NEXT AWARD IS -- THE AWESOME AGAIN TROPHY
WHO BETTER TO PRESENT
THAN MOI ~ MISS PIGGY ~
     WHO IS ALWAYS AWESOME AGAIN + AGAIN!
     

IT'S PROBABLY KINDA OBVIOUS WHO WINS THIS TROPHY
THAT HONORS THOSE WHO REPEAT THEIR PREVIOUS
AWARDS AND / OR HONORS THE NEXT SEASON
   
**REPEATING IN 2014 WITH
THE COLT OF THE YEAR AWARD + CRAFTY PROSPECTOR
    ===== CRIMINAL TYPE =====
       



  TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR RACE OF THE YEAR ...
IS THE ONE WHO SPARKLES IN EVERY RACE ....  BEEEEPE  BEEEEEP  BEEEEEEP
      HERE IS THE ROAD RUNNER
             

THERE WAS SUCH A KERFUFFLE AMONG THE VOTERS FOR THIS AWARD
       THAT THE ONLY FAIR THING TO DO WAS DECLARE A 3-WAY TIE!
        EACH IS DESERVING OF THE TITLE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS
                SO HERE ARE THE 2014 RACE OF THE YEAR WINNERS:

                         CATALINA = NEW TRACK RECORD = $293.40

                         JOHN HENRY = ONLY 3 PEAT OF THE YEAR

                BLUNNY -- WHO DID SOMETHING NOBODY ELSE EVER HAS
                                   ====> WIN ALL RACES IN A DAY
                     


      AND NOW FOLKS ...  THE MOMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE EVENING
THE TROPHY THAT REWARDS THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YEAR

   HERE TO PRESENT -- THE HOTY TROPHY --
      ARE SECRETARIAT + ZENYATTA
            


     ===> THE RUNNER UP FOR HORSE OF THE YEAR <===
                     ******   TIGER DANCER ******
                         * BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR
                         * GOLLUM AWARD
                         * 2 FROSTED WHISKERS
                         * DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD REPEAT                                 
             *RUNNER UP FOR:  FILLY OF THE YEAR + MM CHAMPION


YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY THERE ARE 2 PRESENTERS FOR ONE AWARD?
           THE REASON IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY ----
                    WE HAVE A TIE FOR THE HIGHEST AWARD HONOR!
                                           YES INDEED! 

     NOT JUST ONE --- BUT TWO -- WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS WERE EACH
        MORE THAN WORTHY OF THE HIGHEST HONOR OF THE YEAR
           SHARING THE HORSE OF THE YEAR TITLE FOR 2014 ARE:

                  ---> CRIMINAL TYPE + CATALINA <---
                               

CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH FOR BRINGING YOUR COURAGE,
  DETERMINATION AND WILL TO WIN
TO THE TRACK EACH WEEK & TRULY EARNING THIS AWARD

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WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING FROM THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
          WHERE WE JUST CROWNED THE HAPPIEST WINNERS OF 2014

HAVE A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING DRIVE HOME UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

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~Graphics By:  TIGER DANCER~

**Sorry this took me so long to complete. 
Life is total chaos and upside down right now.
I hope to be back in Full Force in a couple months.....

[peeptoad]

Thanks Ruff and Tiger Dancer for the awards show! 
Congrats to all who won, esp. Catalina and Criminal Type for their HOY victories.
CT, you beat me out of that Superman (er, woman) award, mate! Nice job!
:chickendance:

[Catalina]

Well now, that was indeed an extravaganza worth waiting for!  Thank you to Ruffian for masterminding the 2014 Meow Mix Awards, and to Tiger Dancer for the stellar graphics to go with the awards.  Congratulations and a big hand to my Co-HOY Criminal Type and to all the other winners and runners up! And, better luck in 2015 for all others!

[John Henry]

They say, all good things are worth waiting for.
Well, that was a GREAT ceremony. Tremendous job
Ruff and Tiger.
Congrats to all the winners, well deserved.
Special congrats to co-winners of Horse of the Year
CT and Catalina, Well done!!

       

[Cigarshop]

Standing ovation to Ruff, won't publicly tell you what body part is standing though...
So much thought and insight into your awards... Bravo, Bravo
My beloved Tiger your graphics were spectacular

Also big applause to Catalina and my partner in crime Criminal Type you're both so worthy of your awards.....

[Dusty]

MAJOR congrats to all WINNERS - THIS is a tough game and you have proven your dedication and intelligence I RESPECT you!


Thank you Ruffian and Tiger for providing the calls and th graphics


AND GUYS lets get em this year!!!!

[Real Quiet]

Congrats to the Lady Cat(alina) and Criminal Type for a stellar 2014. A well deserved pat on the back for deadheating for HOY. Congrats to the other award winners and kudos to Whinny and  Tigger for an outstanding award show.