MIDWEEK MAYHEM ~ 2/27 + *RESULTS* @ CHARLES TOWN

[RUFFIAN]

                                                       

DUE TO EL PRADO OVERDOSING ON CATNIP IN THE CAT HOUSE ~
THE ROUSING ROUNDUP OF MIDWEEK MAYHEM SHENANIGANS
WILL BE PRESENTED BY SUBSTITUTE RACE ANNOUNCER                       
                                   ''MZ RUFFIN-IT''

UNFORTUNATELY ~ DUE TO A STUPID ERROR IN JUDGEMENT
OF WHERE TO PUT HER FOOT DOWN ON THE DECK ~ ~ ~ KABOOM!
       TYPING HAS BECOME A CHORE INSTEAD OF A JOY

SO THIS PRESENTATION BY THE DAUGHTER OF 'SHENANIGANS'
        SHALL BE SHORT & SWEET ~  {{ LIKE HER LIFE }} 
   
                WE ARE AT CHARLES TOWN RACETRACK
    WHERE COUNTRY ROADS TODAY SEEM TO BE A CHALLENGE

IRONY STARTS THE DAY AS ON *NATIONAL CIGAR DAY*
    GUESS WHO DID *NOT* MAKE IT INTO THE GATE!
                                   
       
       FEATURE EVENT: ''SMOKIN OR SNUFFED'' STAKES   

DEFENDING CHAMP ~ CATALINA HAS 8 CONTENTIOUS CHALLENGERS

THE FIRST HALF FINDS A SNAIL-SLOW FOURSOME LEADING THE WAY

          THUNDER CAT, TIGER DANCER, CATALINA, BLUNNY
                 

        RUFFIAN IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY DUSTY & EL PRADO

             ROAMIN & CRUZAN HANGIN OUT AT THE BACK

            THEY FINALLY REACH THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
                 IN THE SLOWEST FIRST HALF THIS YEAR

      THUNDER CAT ~ CATALINA & RUFFIAN LEAD THE WAY
                       
     
         THE PACE WOULDN'T CHALLENGE A SNAIL & A TURTLE

               DUSTY IS ANOTHER LENGTH BACK
BLUNNY IS NEXT RUNNING ON A BADLY CHARGED BATTERY
HE HAS A TIGER ON HIS TAIL WHICH HE DOESN'T SEEM TO MIND 
             
ANOTHER BIG GAP WE SEE EL PRADO & ROAMIN JUST
         MEANDERING ALONG IN NO HURRY AT ALL

            AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME

THUNDER CAT IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME SPEED
PULLING AWAY FROM DEFENDING CHAMP ~ CATALINA
                                        

CRUZAN IS NOW NECK & NECK WITH CATALINA
    RUFFIAN FOLLOWED BY DUSTY ARE NEXT

TIGER DANCER ~ EL PRADO & ROAMIN FAR BACK

AT THE WIRE IT'S ALL THE ROAR OF A THUNDER CAT
                       

DEFENDING CHAMP, CATALINA IN A PHOTO FOR 2ND
REVEALS SHE HOLDS ON BY THE SLIMMEST OF WHISKERS  =^..^=
FOR THE BRIDESMAID AWARD INSTEAD OF THE PENTHOUSE 

CRUZAN CATCHES THE 'BODACIOUS BOUQUET' 

RUFFIAN STEALS 'THE PRECIOUS' KEEPING A SHARP EYE
OUT FOR A LURKING GOLLUM IN THE BUSHES NEAR BY!   
                 
  $$$  ===== OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH ===== $$$
                         *** "SMOKIN OR SNUFFED"  S ***
         {{ SLOWEST SPEED FIGURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR!}}

THUNDER CAT = $46
*** NEW RECORD FOR THE 'LOST IN THE FOG' AWARD
          PREVIOUSLY HELD BY BLUNNY WITH = $46.20
     
{{DC}}  CATALINA = $36.40 
*Decent Effort: Struggled With Track Surface 

CRUZAN = $36
*Whisker Or Whiskey Time? 

RUFFIAN = $33.20
*Where's A Cheetah When Ya Need One!   
     
                              ===== ALSO RAN =====
DUSTY = $32

BLUNNY = $28

TIGER DANCER = $24.20

EL PRADO = $16

ROAMIN = $15.20

   WELCOME TO THE DOG HOUSE   
MILK BONE DOG BISCUITS ~ CHEW TOYS ~ VEGAS SHOWGIRLS
AND BEST OF ALL = THE CALCULATOR TO TALLY NEXT WEDNESDAY
                                  :chickendance:

WE NOW BID YOU A FAREWELL FROM WEST VIRGINIA
          TAKE US HOME,  COUNTRY ROADS
                                 

[Catalina]

Congrats, Thunder Cat!  Brief and to the point race call, my lady!

[blunny]

The Track clock Malfunctioned due to the slow times that they used an hour glass

[Dusty]

YAY - congrats Thunder Cat!!!

[ElPrado]

To be truthful, it was really underdosing. Head and heart drs need to speak civilly to each other. Right now they snarl at each other across a hospital cafeteria. Then screw with my meds.