MIDWEEK MAYHEM: 2/26 *** RESULTS *** @ TAMPA BAY

[RUFFIAN]

                                             

            GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM
                         UNDER RAINY SKIES & UMBRELLAS
                                           

                                 OUR FEATURE EVENT
              IN ANTICIPATION OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME 
                                WELCOMING SPRING

                 THE HOPE ''SPRINGS' ETERNAL STAKES

                        WITH THE SCRATCHES OF BRI & CATALINA
DEFENDING CHAMP, REAL QUIET, WILL HAVE 7 CONTENTIOUS CHALLENGERS
              TRYING TO PREVENT A REPEAT ROAR TO THE WIRE

            THE EBULLIENT EIGHT ARE IN THE GATE READY TO RUN









              AND AWAY THEY GO IN THE 'HOPE "SPRINGS" ETERNAL' STAKES

LEAVING THE REST IN THE DUST ~ DUSTY HITS THE GROUND RUNNING
             SEPARATING HERSELF FROM THE FIELD BY DAYLIGHT
                                   HEADING TO THE TURN
                                                                                             


       
    

                       
           
                      OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME

DUSTY CONTINUES TO SHOW THE WAY WITH IMPRESSIVE SPEED
     NOBODY IS EVEN CLOSE ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE ~ YET

IT'S AT LEAST 17 LENGTHS BACK TO THE ENERGIZER-BLUNNY
                 AND THUNDER CAT,  NECK AND NECK

ANOTHER 13 LENGTHS BACK ARE ROAMIN & REAL QUIET

THIS DUO IS FAR AHEAD OF THE TRAILING TURTLES TRIO
            CRUZAN ~ TIGER DANCER  ~  RUFFIAN

                            THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH

               DUSTY CONTINUES ALONG ON HER MERRY WAY
                          WITHOUT A CHALLENGER IN SIGHT
                                         

THUNDER CAT IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF LIFE NOW
INCREASING SPEED  ~ MOMENTUM & POWER GAINING GROUND

BLUNNY ALSO HAS RE-CHARGED HIS ENERGIZER BATTERY
MOVING RIGHT ALONG SIDE BY SIDE WITH THUNDER CAT
                                                                                 



DEFENDING CHAMP, REAL QUIET, BEING VERY QUIET TODAY
SHOWING NO ENERGY OR INTEREST AT ALL SEEMINGLY
     NOT LIKING THE RAIN AND THE MUD IN HIS FACE!
                                 

ROAMIN, RUFFIAN AND CRUZAN STRUGGLING IN SNAIL SPEED

                      AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME

DUSTY SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN
    CONTINUES TO LEAD BY OPEN DAYLIGHT

SUDDENLY A ROAR FROM THE CROWD AS THUNDER CAT
HAS SPROUTED INVISIBLE WINGS FLYING UP THE RAIL

THE ENERGIZER-BLUNNY HAS HOPPED INTO HIGH-CHARGE-BATTERY MODE
       MOVING RIGHT ALONG WITH THUNDER CAT AS THIS DRAMATIC   
   DUO IS GAINING GROUND ON THE RUNAWAY FILLY IN THE LEAD
                                                                                         
             


TIGER DANCER ALSO HAS FOUND HER BEST TIGERIFFIC ROAR
   MOVING UP QUICKLY AND NOW JUST 7 LENGTHS BEHIND
THUNDER CAT & BLUNNY WHO ARE IN HOT PURSUIT OF DUSTY
                                                                                           
                               
                           
       

THE ONE-FILLY-SHOW OF SUPREMACY IS QUICKLY TURNING INTO
A 3~WAY MATCH RACE NOW AS THUNDER CAT & BLUNNY ARE
RIGHT AT THE TAIL OF THE DYNAMIC DUSTY ONE AT THE FRONT!
                                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                   
                 
                        THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD
DUSTY ALL OUT DESPERATELY TRYING TO HOLD ON GAMELY

    THUNDER CAT WITH A THUNDERING ROAR OF POWER
              GAINING GROUND WITH EVERY STRIDE
                     BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?
                                           

THE ANSWER CAME DELIVERED WITH A MIGHTY SURGE OF SPEED
        AS THE 'THUNDER ROLLS'  ON TO A VIVACIOUS VICTORY
                                             
A DISAPPOINTED DOWNHEARTED DUSTY, FAILING TO HOLD ON
TO THE IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF POWER FROM THE GATE
   LOSING BY A WILD WHISKER OF THE THUNDERING CAT
                                       

THE ENERGIZER BLUNNY HOPPING BOLDLY IN THE FINAL FURLONGS
              STAYS STRONG TO LAND IN THE SHOW SPOT

TIGER DANCER WITH AN AMAZING FINAL FURLONGS ROAR
            HEADS TO THE SHIRE TO STEAL 'THE PRECIOUS'   

                          $$$$$ OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH $$$$$
                                     HOPE ''SPRINGS'' ETERNAL
               {{REPORT ALL $$$ OBJECTIONS TO THE RUFFLED ONE}}
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          Catnip, Chippendales & Calculator Can Spell Confusion & Calamity

THUNDER CAT = $82.50   
*Dramatic, Dazzling Determination!

DUSTY = $79.80   
*Sensational Speed From The Start ~ Too Much To Sustain 

BLUNNY = $73.50
*Energized Gate To Wire   
  Catches The Bodacious Bouquet

TIGER DANCER = $46.40
*Snail From The Gate ~ Soaring To The Wire! 

                   $$$$$ ALSO RAN $$$$$

ROAMIN = $34.30

RUFFIAN = $33.60

{{DC}} REAL QUIET = $20.10
   * Rain, Mud In The Face = Disaster 

CRUZAN = $6.50
*Heads To The Dog House For Milk Bone Biscuit Buffet   

WE NOW BID YOU A FOND FLORIDA FAREWELL
WISHING ALL A SAFE, SOBER, NON TEXTING JOURNEY HOME