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#841
Handicapping / BEN'S CAT RETIRED
June 27, 2017, 05:02:35 PM
                  :forruffian:

AFTER 26 STAKES WINS, FAN FAVORITE BEN'S CAT RETIRED By Frank Angst

t @BH_FAngst

For King Leatherbury, Ben's Cat's final stakes win will always be the memory that's front
and center; the day the dark bay gelding seemingly did the impos- sible.

Leatherbury, the breeder, owner, and trainer of Maryland- bred Ben's Cat, decided this week that the 11-year-old gelding—a 26-time stakes winner—had given his all on the track. Racing Hall of Famer Leatherbury said the son of Parker's Storm Cat will be retired to the Kentucky farm of Chris Welker, a fan of the horse.

While Ben's Cat's racing days are over after he failed to place in his three starts this season, there will be plenty of memories for fans and Leatherbury, who immediately flashes to last year's Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.
In that race Ben's Cat reached the quarter pole of the five- furlong test 6 1/2 lengths behind four-length leader Rocket Heat and three other rivals. Ben's Cat began to rally along the rail and at the sixteenth pole jockey Trevor McCarthy edged out the game 10-year-old, who then closed determinedly and surged between Spring to the Sky and Rocket Heat to claim victory by a neck.

"At no time in the race did he look like he was going to win," Leatherbury said.

***COMPLETE STORY ON BLOODHORSE***
#842
~AWARDS COMPLETE~   :lightbulb:

TO RUFF AND OUR GALLOPING GANG OF HAPPY HOULIGANS

       :rhrse:             :rhrse:             :rhrse:

MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR TAKING SO LONG
TO GET THE 2016 YEAR END AWARDS POSTED.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR WITH MANY CHALLENGES FOR MOI.

BUT I'M BACK AT IT...
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT JOURNEY, VERY TIME CONSUMING.
LOTS OF EDITING / FORMATTING AND  **TECHNICAL ISSUES!!
NOT TO MENTION FINDING JUST THE RIGHT GRAPHICS.

TO ME... IT'S NOT JUST WORDS.....
I TRY TO MAKE IT A COLORFUL EXPERIENCE..... A WORK OF ART.

 



THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING!!  ~ TIGER DANCER~

        :happy:         :thanks:           :happy:
#843
       :forruffian:


IF IT'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED
OVER MANY RACING YEARS
IS TO GO WITH MY HEART
WHICH OFTEN BRINGS TEARS   :'(

BUT THEN IN SOME YEARS
IT ALL WORKS OUT RIGHT
WHEN MY LONG-SHOT COMES THRU
AND MY HEART SINGS ALL NITE
                 :chickendance:

SILVER CHARM, CHARISMATIC
GIACOMO ~ MY SWEET GRAY
THUNDER GULCH & GRINDSTONE
    FOR ME THEY DID PAY!
          :celebrate: $$$   :celebrate:

SO FOR THOSE WHO PLAY CHALK
A WIN SOMETIMES IT BRINGS
BUT FOR ME IT'S A LONG-SHOT
THAT MAKES MY HEART SING!

THE WEATHER, THE NOISE
THESE 3 YEAR OLDS FACE
SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
    IN A 20-HORSE RACE!
                :OMG:

I'M TOTALLY AGAINST 20
      14 IT SHOULD BE
BUT 'TRADITION' TRUMPS SAFETY
THAT'S ALL THEY CAN SEE
                  :flaming:

SO WIN, LOSE OR TIE
THE MAIN THING OF ALL
IS THAT 20 RUN SAFE
AND NOT ONE HORSE DOES FALL!   :thumbsup:
                     :oie_30232359NUVsTmH4:

(C) 2017 ~ LADY CAT / RUFFIAN
#844
Handicapping / 2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS: ** UPDATE**
January 22, 2017, 09:17:16 AM
      :forruffian:

**2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS: UPDATE

     HIP HIP HIP HOORAY
AWARDS ARE ON THE WAY
AND BY ''ON THE WAY'' I MEAN
ANY WEEK, ANY MONTH, ANY DAY!
              :raspberry:

I COMPLETED THE WORDS LAST SUNDAY
AND NOW THE ''REAL FUN BEGINS''
FINDING THE MATCHING GRAPHICS
TO COMPLIMENT THE ONES WHO WIN

THAT'S TIGER DANCER'S TALENT
SHE WORKS HER MAGICK WELL
BUT FINDING TIME TO DO IT ALL
  SIMPLY PUT IS GRAPHIC HELL!
                      :evil:

BUT AS THEY SAY ~ THE GOOD STUFF
IS WELL WORTH WAITING FOR
SO PATIENCE MY LITTLE POSSUMS
  YOU HAVE A TREAT IN STORE!
                 :oie_30232359NUVsTmH4:


THERE MAY BE SOME SURPRISES
THERE MAY BE AWE & SHOCK
BUT AS A FORUM FAMILY OF FUN
WE SURE DO ''HELLA-ROCK!''
                :chickendance:
#845
Racing / **BARN BEFORE XMAS**
December 25, 2016, 01:28:13 PM
               :forruffian:


TWAS THE BARN BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

   


Twas The Night Before Christmas
The Barn Was A-Buzzzzz
With Whinnies And Nickers
'Cause That's What Horse Does!

The Legend Was Echoed
Through All Of The Walls
Excitement Was Mounting
In All Of The Stalls!


The Weanlings, In Wonder
Had Heard Of The Tale
As They All Gathered Round
To Munch On A Bale!




The Fillies, The Geldings,
The Stallions And Mares
Then Told Of The Legend
Amidst Wide Eyed Stares

When All Of A Sudden
They Heard On The Roof
The Flutter Of Wings
The Landing Of Hoof!




His Wings How They Glistened
His Whinny So Proud
As He Entered The Barn
Astounding The Crowd.....


Who Stood There Awaiting
The Pegasus Dear
The Truth Of The Legend
Was Blatantly Clear!





The Rider Descended
From Pegasus' Back
His Hat And His Boots
Were Glistening Black




His Spurs How They Jingled
With A Wonderful Song
That Would Echo In Memories
For All The Year Long!




He Gave Out The Gifts
Of Carrots And Treats
Then Sprang To His Saddle
For A Hasty Retreat....

..... 


For The Hour Was Late
And He Just Had To Leave
But Now, All The Weanlings
Would Finally Believe!

And As Pegasus Flew Then
Away In The Night
The Horses Enchanted
By The Wondrous Sight

Had Hearts Filled With Joy
And The Barn Filled With Love
And Mares Will Tell Foals
Of Pegasus From Above!


(C) Ruffian / Lady Cat

~NORTH POLE SNOWFLAKES~
...Graphics By: TIGER DANCER


#846
           :evil:  **SPOOKY RESULTS**   :evil:


     GOOD AFTERNOON FROM SATAN-ANITA RACE TRACK
WHERE THE EXCITEMENT AND ADRENALIN ARE RUNNING ON HIGH
  DUE TO THE ONCE A YEAR SPOOKTACULAR EXTRAVAGANZA

 


OUR FEATURE EVENT TODAY IS:  THE TRICK OR TREAT STAKES
        PRESENTED BY: GHOSTS ~ GOBLINS ~ GHOULS INC.

.......


FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT WE OFFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY
         YOU ALWAYS WATCH HORSES RUN.....
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN CAMELS - LLAMAS - DOGS -
EVEN TURTLES RACE, THO THAT'S NOT QUITE AS EXCITING
AND REQUIRES A VERY SLOW -- PATIENT MIND TO APPRECIATE

SO NOW WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING ELSE....
TODAY WE OFFER A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
THAT WILL LIVE IN YOUR MEMORY AND PERHAPS,
  FOR SOME, EVEN IN YOUR NIGHTMARES

PLEASE DON'T BE FRIGHTENED OR ALARMED WHEN THE
PARTICIPANTS ENTER THE TRACK FOR THE POST PARADE
   HIGH SECURITY IS IN PLACE TO PREVENT HARM TO
ANY RUNNERS OR VISITORS IN THE STANDS THANKS TO
     THE SATAN-ANITA MOUNTED POLICE FORCE

                             
     

THE POST PARADE HAS NOW BEGUN
   SO JOIN US FOR THE FREAKY FUN



LEADING THE FIELD OUT ONTO THE TRACK:

  ARTEMIS (aka: Ruffian)

                         

  BLACKBEARD (aka: Criminal Type)

                         
                   
  TASMANIAN DEVIL (aka: Blunny)



  URSULA (aka: Dusty)
                             

                         
BLACK WIDOW OF THE AVENGERS (aka: Tiger Dancer)



HOMER SIMPSON (aka: CigarShop)

                                   
                                     
  FURIOSA Of Mad Max (aka: Peeptoad)

                                                             

THE IRISH LEPRECHAUN (aka: Stark -- DC)
           


JEAN LAFITTE: Privateer (aka: Post Time Mike)
                               


XENA: Warrior Princess (aka: Catalina)
           


MORN Of Deep Space 9 (aka: Real Quiet)   
                     


  MAVERICK Of Top Gun (aka: John Henry)
     


** UNFORTUNATELY,  DETECTIVE SONNY CROCKETT
OF THE MIAMI VICE SQUAD WAS CALLED TO REPORT
FOR AN URGENT SITUATION IN THE AREA AND WAS
THEREFORE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE TODAY

     WE NOW TURN YOU OVER
TO OUR GUEST TRACK ANNOUNCER:
                ELVIRA



    ****************************

THE RUNNERS ARE NOW LINING UP AT THE STARTING LINE
            READY TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN!

WITH THIS GROUP OF ASSORTED CHARACTERS
         OF VERY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS ~
SOME ARMED WITH ARROWS OR FIREARMS OR SWORDS
THERE IS NO WARNING BIG ENOUGH TO COVER WHAT
   MAY HAPPEN ALONG THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE!


AND -------- THEY'RE OFF IN THE TRICK OR TREAT STAKES!

 



STRUGGLING TO HOLD ON TO HIS POT OF GOLD
         ...... IS THE LEPRECHAUN
WHO SOMEHOW IN SPITE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE GOLD, 
IS NOW LEAVING THE REST OF THE RUNNERS
         TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP!




URSULA ~ JEAN LAFITTE & MAVERICK ARE ABOUT 10 LENGTHS
  BEHIND THE SPEEDY FRONT RUNNING LEPRECHAUN
WHO APPEARS AS A BLUR OF GREEN FAR IN THE DISTANCE

A FEW LENGTHS BEHIND THAT TRIO ARE
THE BLACK WIDOW ~ THE TAZMANIAN DEVIL & MORN

IT'S ANOTHER GAP BACK TO A FEW
WHO ARE NOT SHOWING ANY SPEED YET
BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND AS WE KNOW
    ANYTHING CAN & OFTEN DOES HAPPEN!

AT THE BACK FOR NOW ARE:
BLACKBEARD,  ARTEMIS, FURIOSA
ALONG WITH XENA & HOMER SIMPSON


OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME


THE LEPRECHAUN STILL IN COMMAND OF THE RACE
AND APPARENTLY NOT BEING SLOWED DOWN BY THE WEIGHT OF GOLD!
AMAZING HOW SOMEONE THAT TINY CAN MOVE THAT FAST!

NOW IT'S ARTEMIS FIRING SWIFT ARROWS AT THE
LITTLE GREEN LEPRECHAUN IN FRONT OF HER
BUT SO FAR HAS FAILED TO HIT HER TARGET




THE BLACK WIDOW IS RIGHT THERE WITH ARTEMIS ~
FIRING HER ''WIDOW'S BITE'' ELECTRO STATIC ENERGY BLASTS
AT THE LEPRECHAUN -- WHO SO FAR HAS AVOIDED BEING HIT!




MORN IS A FEW LENGTHS BEHIND THAT DUO
      BUT APPEARS TO BE A BIT 'TIPSY'  ~ 
PERHAPS FROM TOO MUCH "SPIRITS" AT QUARK'S BAR!




JEAN LAFITTE & BLACKBEARD ARE NEXT
BUT THEIR SWORDS KEEP GETTING ENTANGLED AS THEY RUN, 
PREVENTING EITHER ONE FROM GAINING GROUND ON THE LEADERS!




MAVERICK IS RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF URSULA BUT IS HAVING
AN ISSUE TRYING TO AVOID THE SPRAY OF BLACK INK AND
8 LONG TENTACLES PREVENTING HIS MOVING FORWARD

   


FURIOSA IS JUST BEHIND THAT DUO BUT IS HAVING DIFFICULTY
SEEING WHERE TO RUN WITH A CLOUD OF BLACK INK IN THE AIR
SO FIRING HER WEAPON WOULD BE A WASTE OF AMMUNITION!




VERY FAR BACK XENA & TAZ ALSO HAVING TROUBLE SEEING
THROUGH ALL THE BLACK INK SPRAYED IN THE AIR IN FRONT
OF THEM, AS HOMER SIMPSON JUST BEHIND THE DUO APPEARS
TO BE LAUGHING AT EVERYONE STRUGGLING IN FRONT OF HIM
                       FINDING IT ALL VERY FUNNY!



                   


              THEY'VE REACHED THE TOP OF THE STRETCH


THE LITTLE GREEN LEPRECHAUN IS STILL IN THE LEAD BUT
NOW APPEARS TO BE STRUGGLING A BIT WITH THE POT OF GOLD
               THAT HE REFUSES TO DROP AT ANY COST!
HE NEVER CONSIDERS THE CONCEPT THAT SOMETIMES, 
            GREED CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF GLORY!

AND NOW THE PACE HAS QUICKENED AS SOME OF THE RUNNERS
HAVE MANAGED TO OUT MANEUVER THE OBSTACLES IN THEIR WAY
                         
IT'S THE PIRATE DUO OF BLACKBEARD  &  JEAN LAFITTE WHO
HAVE FORGED A PATH AVOIDING ARROWS ~ INK ~ WEAPONS
USING ONLY THEIR SPEED ~ WIT & SWORDS TO CLOSE IN ON
          THAT LITTLE GREEN LEPRECHAUN IN FRONT!

URSULA HAS CONTINUED TO SPRAY HER BLACK INK IN THE
FACES OF ALL IN HER WAY AND NOW HAS MOVED UP
JUST IN BEHIND THE PIRATE DUO IN FRONT OF HER

AVOIDING ALL 8 TENTACLES & INK ...
BEHIND URSULA -- ARE ARTEMIS & THE BLACK WIDOW
SIDE BY SIDE MAKING A VERY STRIKING IMAGE ~
   ESPECIALLY FOR THE MEN IN THE CROWD!

IT'S ANOTHER SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO
MAVERICK & FURIOSA
ENGAGED IN A TIGHT BATTLE OF THEIR OWN

MORN IS JUST STROLLING ALONG IN A SOMEWHAT BOOZE INDUCED
HAZY FOG BUT APPARENTLY ALSO WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE ~
(WE THINK THAT'S A SMILE ON THAT FACE,  IT'S KINDA HARD TO BE SURE?)

~BUT NORM DOES ALL THE TALKING~   :lmao:


                     MEANWHILE WAY FAR AT THE BACK ~
HOMER SIMPSON SEEMS TO BE CRACKING JOKES HYSTERICALLY
LAUGHING TO HIMSELF,  BUT THE TAZMANIAN DEVIL & XENA
              DON'T SEEM TO FIND HIM VERY FUNNY!
                     
      === AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME! ===


THE LEPRECHAUN -- STILL WITH A VERY GOOD LEAD CONTINUES
TO DANCE ALONG,  BUT THE POT OF GOLD APPEARS TO BE
TAKING IT'S TOLL ON THE LITTLE GREEN FELLOW
   AS HIS SPEED SEEMS TO BE DIMINISHING

THE PIRATE DUO ARE GAINING GROUND STILL MANAGING TO STAY
IN FRONT OF THE FOG OF BLACK INK BEHIND THEM AS URSULA
CONTINUES TO SPRAY AWAY IN THE FACES OF ALL BEHIND HER                   

THE BIG BLACK INK CLOUD APPEARS TO BE AFFECTING ARTEMIS
AND THE BLACK WIDOW AS NEITHER ONE IS GAINING GROUND

URSULA'S SECRET WEAPON OF SPRAYING BLACK INK IN THE AIR
NOW BECOMES APPARENT THAT THE PLAN WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT
  AS ALL THOSE BEHIND THE 8-LEGGED WONDER
                HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MOVE PAST HER!                 
     
THE WIRE IS JUST AHEAD
AND THE LEPRECHAUN IS OBVIOUSLY EXHAUSTED
AS HIS POT OF GOLD IS TAKING A TOLL
               ON HIS SPEED AND LEAD ~

BLACKBEARD & JEAN LAFITTE ARE ALL OUT SIDE BY SIDE
TRYING TO DISENTANGLE THEIR SWORDS WHICH IS COSTING
BOTH OF THEM SPEED TO CATCH THE LITTLE GREEN IMP IN FRONT!

AND AS THE LITTLE GREEN LEPRECHAUN CROSSES THE WIRE
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY  ~ ~ ~  CLUTCHING HIS POT OF GOLD
WHICH HE NEVER CONSIDERED DROPPING EVEN IF IT MEANT
                                    LOSING THE RACE ~
    A BRILLIANT RAINBOW HAS APPEARED OVER SANTA ANITA





              SOMETIMES:  LIFE IS STRANGER THAN FICTION!

                                   
                    $$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$    


1st ~ LEPRECHAUN ========= $89.60
  ~WINNER~    :happy:

     
2nd ~ BLACKBEARD ===== $61.30                   
  ~ 2nd ~     


3rd ~ JEAN LAFITTE ==== $54.00
  ~ 3rd ~   


4th ~ URSULA ============== $46.40




BLACK WIDOW ========== $43.90

ARTEMIS ======= ====== $43.60

MAVERICK ============= $33.60

FURIOSA ============== $33.40

MORN ================ $26.80

HOMER  SIMPSON ========= $13.80

TAZMANIAN DEVIL  ======== $12.90

XENA ================= $6.70
                           
           WE INVITE YOU ALL TO THE CELEBRATION PARTY
WHERE ALL WEAPONS ~ INK ~ SWORDS ~ ARROWS ARE BANNED!
AND THE WINNING LEPRECHAUN, IN SPITE OF HIS MISERLY WAYS
     HAS OFFERED ONE GOLD PIECE TO EVERYONE WHO RAN!

       

                     ~ SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW ~
                  A LEPRECHAUN FAMILY IS CELEBRATING

***************************************************

~~~~
~~ Graphics By: TIGER DANCER ~~

#847
                                             
DUE TO THE EXTRA TIME & EFFORT IT TAKES
TO CREATE THIS ONCE A YEAR EXTRAVAGANZA
THE RESULTS MAY APPEAR A BIT LATER THAN USUAL

                    ***TUESDAY UPDATE: ***

           DUE TO A BAD MIGRAINE HEADACHE          :mallet:
TIGER DANCER SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY IN BED    :-[

SO THE SUPURRR SPECTACULAR SPOOKTACULAR SHOW
                 WILL BE SLIGHTLY DELAYED...
BUT FEAR NOT,  MY LITTLE POSSUMS ... THEY WILL APPEAR!  :thumbsup:


THEY SAY => "GOOD THINGS ARE WORTH WAITING FOR"
            WE HOPE LATER ON,  YOU ALL WILL AGREE!   
                                        :thanks:
                                               
#848
         :forruffian:
**CONGRATS TO "STARK THE SHARK"    :celebrate:
     WHO ONCE AGAIN TOOK A BIG BITE OUT OF
3 DETERMINED FILLYS CHASING HIS TAIL TO THE WIRE!
                                :raspberry:
           

VENUE:  THE 2016 SPOOKTACULAR

LOCATION:   SATAN ANITA RACETRACK

FEATURING -- THE  STAKES


   
     **GHOSTLY GUIDELINES: 

* MUST APPEAR IN CHARACTER -- NO EXCEPTIONS

* AT THE TOP OF YOUR ENTRY: CHARACTER & NAME
.... EXAMPLE:   ARTEMIS   (RUFFIAN)

POST TIME:  12:30 PACIFIC / 1:30 MT / 2:30 CT / 3:30 EDT

   
RULES ARE ON THE MENU
BE SURE TO CHECK EM OUT
CAUSE IF YA DON'T & ERRR
A D.Q. WILL MAKE YA POUT!
                  :banghead:

#849
             :forruffian:


2016 SPOOKTACULAR = 10/29 REGISTRATION BEGINS NOW!

                           *** BASIC RULES ***



* YOU MUST BE IN CHARACTER TO PARTICIPATE!

* REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10/28 MIDNIGHT EDT
     * NO CHANGES ACCEPTED AFTER THAT TIME

* NO REPEAT CHARACTERS FROM LAST YEAR

* CHARACTERS CAN BE FROM ANY MEDIA
   TV / FILM / CARTOONS / SCI-FI / ANIMATION / COMIC BOOKS

* ONCE YOU POST YOUR CHOICE IT'S RESERVED
              *NO DUPLICATES PERMITTED*

            ***  IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ***
* POST YOUR NEW CHARACTER IN A NEW POST!
* YOU MAY DELETE YOUR ORIGINAL CHARACTER

    * ONCE YOU POST YOUR NEW CHARACTER
YOUR ORIGINAL ONE THEN BECOMES AVAILABLE

* ONLY YOUR MOST RECENT POST WILL BE ACCEPTED

                        *** SUGGESTION ***
       INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION RELATING TO
YOUR CHARACTER & A GRAPHIC OR PHOTO IF POSSIBLE
  ** TIGER DANCER OFFERED TO HELP ANYONE WITH A
         CHARACTER GRAPHIC:  SO JUST ASK HER!


THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST FUN DAYS OF THE YEAR
SO THINK AND CHOOSE WISELY FOR A CHARACTER
THAT WILL ADD 'ZING' TO THE 'BIZARRE' RACE CALL!
                                      :OMG:

                                 QUESTIONS? 

         EMAIL RUFFIAN ===>  [email protected]
#850
Handicapping / **2015 -- MEOW-MIX AWARDS**
April 07, 2016, 08:27:59 AM
   


         GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO
  ~~THE 2015 MEOW MIX AWARDS~~



  WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM
  THE DOLBY THEATER IN CALIFORNIA
WHERE OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS BASED UPON
THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES AND TV SERIES




WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES:
              ~~ MS WHOOPIE GOLDBERG ~~

       WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU HERE SHE IS...
            "WELCOME TO THE AWARDS Y'ALL"
         


  BEFORE WE BEGIN THE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RED CARPET
WHERE WE WELCOME THE SHINING STARS OF 2015:
AND SHINING THEY ARE.... THERE IS SO MUCH SPARKLE N TWINKLE,
       BLING N BEDAZZLED,  GLITZ N GLAM..........
{ AND WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT TIGER DANCER}   :evil:
        EVERYONE IS LOOKING.... FABULOUS!!




.....ONE MOMENT FOLKS -- THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME PARTY CRASHERS
       DASHING DOWN THE CARPET.... NO WORRIES,  SECURITY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED

         


  NOW BACK TO OUR OWN POST PARADE OF THIS YEARS TOP STARS
             WE BEGIN WITH OUR REIGNING CO-HOTY:
                   CRIMINAL TYPE  AND  CATALINA

   

THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY:

RUFFIAN

REAL QUIET

DUSTY

TIGER DANCER

CIGARSHOP

PEEPTOAD

JOHN HENRY

BLUNNY

RAVEN

EL PRADO

GOTADUN-QH

POST TIME MIKE

HORSE CRAZY GAL

~I GUESS WE KNOW WHO BROUGHT THE REFRESHMENTS~   :thumbsup:

         :thanks:

*****************************************

FOR OUR FIRST AWARD PLEASE WELCOME FROM
MONTY PYTHON ---  JOHN CLEESE & ERIC IDLE
TO PRESENT:  THE DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD

..... 

OUR NOMINEES ARE: CIGARSHOP AND TIGER DANCER

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THE WINNER OF
THE DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD IS ~ TIGER DANCER ~

   


OUR NEXT AWARD IS: THE LOST IN THE FOG AWARD
                           

PLEASE WELCOME FROM THE SHINING -- MR. STEPHEN KING --
THE LOST IN THE FOG AWARD IS BASED UPON
WINNING A RACE WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF MONEY

 


THE RUNNER-UP THIS YEAR WINNING A RACE
                 WITH $46.80 IS BLUNNY

THE WINNER OF THE LOST IN THE FOG AWARD THIS YEAR
     ~ CIGARSHOP ~      ........ WINNING WITH $45.70

   
                                                                 



  OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE GOLLUM TROPHY
AKA: "THE PRECIOUS" .......THE RING BEARER
FINISHING 4th MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHERS

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME -- GANDALF
               FROM THE LORD OF THE RINGS

               

THIS YEAR WE HAVE A THREE-WAY TIE FOR THE AWARD:
          ~ REAL QUIET ... BLUNNY ... CRIMINAL TYPE ~

          ~TIMES 3~


  OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR
   FINISHING 2nd MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHERS
TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME FROM THE
TV SERIES "SAY YES TO THE DRESS" ---  MR. RANDY FENOLI

       

IN THIRD PLACE FOR THE AWARD IS -- BLUNNY -- WITH 11
     THE RUNNER UP WITH 12 IS ----- DUSTY

AND OUR GRAND WINNER IS  ~ REAL QUIET ~  --- WITH 15   :OMG:
      { HE'S GOING TO NEED A MUCH BIGGER CLOSET }





OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE CAT-HOUSE TROPHY -- FOR THE FILLYS
    WHICH TO SOME MAY BE CONSIDERED A "DUBIOUS HONOR"
       BECAUSE TO QUALIFY IT MEANS THAT YOU
    FINISHED LAST MORE OFTEN THAN ANYONE ELSE

PLEASE WELCOME -- GARFIELD ---                                                                                                       WHO  BROUGHT HIS LASAGNA TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE TONIGHT                                                       AND EVEN BROUGHT SOME VEGETARIAN STYLE
TO ASSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY!

   

THE RUNNER-UP FOR THE TROPHY IS -- CATALINA --                                                                             WITH 11 LAST PLACE FINISHES

CAPTURING THE CAT HOUSE AWARD, WE HAVE NOT JUST ONE
            BUT TWO RECIPIENTS THIS YEAR:                                                                                       
   ~ RUFFIAN  &  DUSTY ~   WILL SHARE THIS "HONOR"

....


  THE NEXT AWARD IS THE MALE-COUNTERPART OF THE CAT-HOUSE ...
    THE DOG-HOUSE TROPHY FOR THE COLTS
   WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY:  SNOOPY
  AS HE RECLINES UPON THE ROOF OF HIS OWN DOG-HOUSE

      .......


       THE RUNNER-UP FOR THE TROPHY IS JOHN HENRY
                WITH 11 LAST PLACE FINISHES

WE HAVE A REPEAT WINNER THIS YEAR ---
AS OUR HOTY  ~ CRIMINAL TYPE ~   --- FINISHED LAST
MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE;   ENDING THE YEAR WITH --- 15

        .......... ......


ANOTHER "DUBIOUS" HONOR IS:  THE GOLDEN GOOSE EGG AWARD
           WHICH MAY BE MORE EMBARRASSING THAN EXCITING                                                                THE GOLDEN GOOSE EGG SIGNIFIES *EARNING NO MONEY*  AT ALL FOR THE DAY
AND HERE TO PRESENT THIS AWARD .....NONE OTHER THAN -- THE GOOSE HERSELF

                       

             WE HAVE A 3-WAY TIE FOR RUNNER-UP:
  RUFFIAN,  CRIMINAL TYPE & CIGARSHOP -- EACH HAVING 1

             


   BUT THE WINNER OF THE TOP "HONOR" IS ~ DUSTY ~   -- WITH 2!!

                       




OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE FROSTED WHISKER
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "HEARTBREAKER"
BECAUSE TO EARN THIS AWARD MEANS THAT YOU
TRIED TO WIN A THREE PEAT ................AND FAILED   :'(

   


        TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME
FROM THE MOVIE FROZEN -- ELSA -- THE SNOW QUEEN

     

      WITH ONE FROSTED WHISKER WE HAVE:
             EL PRADO AND POST TIME MIKE

  THE WINNER -- WITH TWO FROSTED WHISKERS IS:  ~ CRIMINAL TYPE ~

           
   ~A NICE TROPHY TO DISPLAY -AND- YOU CAN DRINK YOUR SORROWS AWAY~



  THE NEXT AWARD IS CALLED: THE "AWESOME AGAIN" TROPHY
    IT IS DESIGNATED FOR A REPEAT WINNER OF ANY AWARD
      TO PRESENT THIS AWARD -- FROM NARNIA IS -- ASLAN
     
         

          THIS YEAR WE HAVE TWO WINNERS OF THE AWARD:

                               ~ TIGER DANCER ~
GARNERING A 3-PEAT OF THE DISTORTED HUMOR TROPHY
HER WIT AND MAGICAL " GRAPHICATING " EACH WEEK
CONVERTS A RACE CALL INTO A WORK OF ART!
                                   ... AND ...

                                ~ CATALINA ~
                 REPEATING AS FILLY OF THE YEAR

                       



            OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE B.O.T.S
     BATTLE OF THE SEXES ~~~ FILLY KITTIES  -VS-  COLT DOGS

      


               TO PRESENT THIS AWARD....
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE BRUCE / KAITLAN JENNER

           

  IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE:  CRIMINAL TYPE AND BLUNNY
                         EACH HAVE WON 5 TIMES

  BUT THE WINNER -- HAVING WON 6 TIMES IS: ~ REAL QUIET ~

    **SO THE 2015 BOTS TROPHY -- GOES TO -- THE COLTS**
                   



  OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE MIDWEEK~MAYHEM TROPHY
  TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE 
   FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND .......... THE MAD HATTER
       "MAD AS A HATTER....AND TWICE AS TWISTED"   :thumbsup:

                    

 
   HONORABLE MENTION TO -- CATALINA & DUSTY -- WITH 6 WINS

      THE RUNNER-UP FOR THIS AWARD -- WITH 8 VICTORIES IS:                       
                                   CRIMINAL TYPE

    WITH 9 WINS & TAKING THE TROPHY IS: ~ REAL QUIET ~

            



  OUR NEXT AWARD WILL BE:  THE SUPURRR~SATURDAY TROPHY
    PRESENTING THIS TROPHY -- PLEASE WELCOME FROM 
  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE --- JANE CURTIN AND DAN AYKROYD

       
     
   WITH SIX VICTORIES EACH ARE:  DUSTY --- CATALINA --- REAL QUIET

   THE WINNER IS DETERMINED BY MONEY EARNED:

  WITH $500.60 = DUSTY
  WITH $685.50 = REAL QUIET -- ( Bridesmaid Yet Again)   ;D

   AND WITH $722.60:   ~ CATALINA ~   ---> SUPURRR~SATURDAY CHAMPION

                       


     THE NEXT AWARD IS:  THE CAIXA ELETRONICA
          THE CRITERIA FOR WINNING THIS TROPHY IS
            THE HIGHEST MONEY EARNED IN ONE DAY

         TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME
  FROM THE WONDERFUL MOVIE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE --- MALIK {DEV PATEL}

                             

              THE RUNNER UP WITH $235.00  IS: -- RUFFIAN

   TAKING HOME THE TROPHY WITH $281.60 IS:  ~ POST TIME MIKE ~

                             



THE NEXT AWARD IS THE HIGHLY REGARDED:  CRAFTY PROSPECTOR
            THE CRITERIA FOR WINNING THIS TROPHY IS
    THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY EARNED IN THE ENTIRE YEAR
         TO PRESENT THIS AWARD IS -- AMANDA ADKINS --
           FROM THE REALITY SHOW -- PROSPECTORS
                                   
            


  IN 4th PLACE WITH $1114 IS  =  CRIMINAL TYPE
  IN 3rd PLACE WITH $1151.70 IS  =  CATALINA
  IN 2nd PLACE WITH $1180 IS  =  DUSTY

  THE WINNER OF THE CRAFTY PROSPECTOR TROPHY
      HAVING EARNED $1366.80 IS:  ~ REAL QUIET ~

                 



   THE NEXT AWARD IS: THE "RISEN STAR"
  ALSO KNOWN AS THE "MOST IMPROVED"
PRESENTING THIS TROPHY PLEASE WELCOME
FROM THE LAND OF OZ ....... THE COWARDLY LION
WHO FOUND COURAGE AND BOLD DETERMINATION

       

THIS YEAR BOTH ~ REAL QUIET & BLUNNY ~ HAVE ADDED
A NEW DIMENSION OF STYLE & POWER TO THEIR FORM
    AND WILL SHARE THIS PROUD HONOR

           


  OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE FILLY OF THE YEAR
       TO PRESENT THE TROPHY ....
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE -- JESSICA RABBIT --

      ~I'M NOT BAD ... I'M JUST DRAWN THAT WAY~    :evil:

THIS YEAR IT WAS A VERY CLOSE RACE
THE RUNNER-UP FOR THIS AWARD IS -- DUSTY
  HAVING RUN 2nd FOR BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR
  AND 3rd PLACE IN SUPURRR~SATURDAY & MID WEEK MAYHEM

TAKING THE TROPHY WILL BE: ~ CATALINA ~
WINNER OF THE SUPER~SATURDAY AWARD
  AND STILL HOLDS THE TRACK RECORD OF $293.00

             


  OUR NEXT AWARD IS: THE COLT OF THE YEAR
PRESENTED BY -- ARAGORN -- FROM THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

       

  IT'S NOT A BIG SURPRISE TO ANNOUNCE
THE WINNER OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
BASED UPON THE PREVIOUS TROPHIES ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED

THE IMPRESSIVE WINNER OF COLT OF THE YEAR IS: ~ REAL QUIET ~
        WHO HAS ALREADY WON THE FOLLOWING AWARDS:
BOTS CHAMPION
MIDWEEK MAYHEM
CRAFTY PROSPECTOR
BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR
AND THE LONE WINNER OF A 3-PEAT aka PETE

   



**WE ARE NOW DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO AWARDS**

TO PRESENT THE AWARD FOR: ~THE RACE OF THE YEAR~
   PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE FROM THE TV SERIES
     "THE AMAZING RACE" .......... MR. PHIL KEOGHAN

     

THE VOTING FOR THIS AWARD WAS ONE OF THE CLOSEST

THE RUNNER-UP IS -- POST TIME MIKE --
    WHO RAN AN AMAZING RACE
  FINISHING THE DAY WITH A HUGE $281.60
WHICH  REWARDED HIM WITH THE CAIXA ELETRONICA TROPHY
AS WELL AS BECOMING  THE 2nd ALL TIME MONEY EARNER IN A DAY....
JUST BEHIND CATALINA WITH $293.00

THE WINNER OF THE RACE OF THE YEAR IS  ~ REAL QUIET ~
  WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE TO SCORE A 3~PEAT / PETE

           


  AND NOW WE COME TO THE FINAL AWARD OF THE YEAR
IT IS THE HIGHEST HONOR AND MOST RESTIGIOUS OF ALL
            ** HORSE OF THE YEAR **
                                                           

  TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE GIVE A BIG WELCOME
        TO THE ONE AND ONLY --  MR. ED --
  WHO WILL BE JOINED BY OUR CURRENT REIGNING CO~HOTY
             CRIMINAL TYPE & CATALINA

                      ~MR. ED~

                 
                 ~CRIMINAL TYPE~                                        ~CATALINA~


THE RECIPIENT OF THIS TROPHY WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE
AFTER  SEEING THIS COLT ACCEPT SO MANY AWARDS
ALREADY HAVING WON THE FOLLOWING:
BOTS CHAMPION
MIDWEEK MAYHEM CHAMPION
CRAFTY PROSPECTOR
BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR
RACE OF THE YEAR = ONLY 3-PEAT OF THE YEAR

PLEASE GIVE A STANDING OVATION FOR OUR HORSE OF THE YEAR
               *** REAL QUIET ***


                   

**********************************************
  WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
FROM THE 2015 MEOW MIX AWARDS CEREMONY ---
AND A SAFE & SOBER NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME
**********************************************


  ~~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 soon.....
     I Appreciate your Patience and Support!!
   :thumbsup:

        :happy:              :thanks:                :happy:
#851
Handicapping / 2015 AWARDS -- UPDATE INFO ~ APRIL 1st
February 11, 2016, 11:03:54 AM
          :forruffian:    { TIGER'S REPLY ~~ BELOW }

THE MEOW MIX AWARDS FOR 2015 ARE IN PROGRESS
ALTHOUGH I FINISHED THE WRITTEN PART IN JANUARY
IT TAKES MANY LONG HOURS TO FIND JUST THE RIGHT
GRAPHICS THAT TURN MY WORDS INTO A WORK OF ART
                                      :thanks:
     
                     AND AS MOST OF U KNOW ---
HAVING READ PREVIOUS YEARS AWARDS PRESENTATION
IT WOULD RANK AS A 'NOVEL' === NOT A SHORT STORY

SO BE PATIENT MY LIL DEAR POSSUMS
  TIGER DANCER IS DOING HER BEST
TO COMPLETE THIS EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCTION
       PLUS NOT GETTING VERY MUCH REST!
                               :girlkiss:
#852
        **RESULTS**


   

GOOD AFTERNOON FROM KEENELAND RACE TRACK WHERE THE
EXCITEMENT AND ADRENALIN ARE RUNNING ON HIGH

OUR FEATURE EVENT TODAY IS:  THE SPOOKTACULAR STAKES
PRESENTED BY: GHOULS + GOBLINS + KEENELAND CARROT COMPANY

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT WE OFFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY

              YOU ALWAYS WATCH HORSES RUN.....
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN CAMEL ---  LLAMA --- DOGS --- RACE
EVEN TURTLES RACE, THO THAT'S NOT QUITE AS EXCITING
AND REQUIRES A VERY SLOW -- PATIENT MIND TO APPRECIATE

            SO NOW WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING ELSE

TODAY WE OFFER A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT WILL LIVE IN YOUR MEMORY
          AND PERHAPS, FOR SOME, EVEN IN YOUR NIGHTMARES

DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED OR ALARMED WHEN THE FIELD ENTERS THE TRACK

HIGH SECURITY IS IN PLACE TO PREVENT HARM
TO ANY RUNNERS OR VISITORS IN THE STANDS
KEENELAND MOUNTED POLICE PRESENT


     
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO VARIOUS SITUATIONS
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL LATE SCRATCHES
LEAVING JUST A FIELD OF TEN



THE POST PARADE HAS NOW BEGUN
SO JOIN US FOR ALL THE FREAKY FUN

LEADING THE FIELD OUT ONTO THE TRACK....


BAST - THE EGYPTIAN CAT GODDESS - (Ruffian)



MR MET - OF THE NY METS - (Cigarshop)



THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN - (John Henry)
           


YOSEMITE SAM - (Blunny)



THE PINK PANTHER - (Peeptoad)



JESSE JAMES - (Criminal Type)



PRINCESS FIONA - {SHREK'S LOVE}  - (Catalina)



JONNY QUEST - (Post Time Mike / DC / Runs For 3-Peat)



THE WITCH WITH MAGIC BROOM + CAT - (Dusty)



KHALEESI: GAME OF THRONES - (Tiger Dancer)
      DAENERYS ~ STORMBORN ~ OF HOUSE TARGARYEN
                              "MOTHER OF DRAGONS"
AKA => KHALEESI -- QUEEN OF THE DOTHRAKI -- HORSE PEOPLE

     

THE FIELD HAS REACHED THE STARTING GATE
WITH FEW INCIDENTS OF DISRUPTION
EXCEPT FOR THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN TRYING TO
KEEP HIS MOUNT IN A STRAIGHT LINE BEHIND THE OTHERS

THIS MAY EVEN PROVE TO BE TROUBLE ON THE TRACK!
ALTHOUGH HORSES BEING A HERD SPECIES GENERALLY FOLLOW OTHERS

EVERYONE IS IN THEIR GATE EXCEPT FOR JESSE JAMES WHO HAS
HAD HIS SIDEARMS TAKEN AWAY AND BEING FURIOUS ABOUT THIS
IS BEING A VERY NAUGHTY BOY

THE STEWARDS HAVE EXPLAINED TO HIM THE DANGER INVOLVED
IN RUNNING WITH LOADED GUNS AND TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS OR
HARM TO ANYONE THIS WAS A NECESSARY PRECAUTION

NOW HE HAS ACCEPTED THAT EXPLANATION, THO BEGRUDGINGLY
AND HAS ENTERED THE GATE

WE NOW TURN YOU OVER TO OUR GUEST TRACK ANNOUNCER: COUNT DRACULA
     

"THANK YOU FOR THE DARK SUNGLASSES
  THIS SUNLIGHT IS KILLING ME -- HA HA HA ...... AS IF... "

AND..... THEY'RE OFF IN THE SUPURRR SPOOKTACULAR STAKES



TAKING A SHORT LEAD IS PRINCESS FIONA FOLLOWED CLOSELY
BY A TRIO OF MR MET --- YOSEMITE SAM --- + THE PINK PANTHER

IT'S MANY LENGTHS BACK TO THE REST OF THE FIELD
NONE OF WHOM SEEM TO BE IN A HURRY YET...

OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME AS PRINCESS FIONA
HAS TAKEN COMMAND OF THE RACE WITH A HUGE LEAD

IT IS GONNA TAKE PEGASUS TO TRY AND CATCH HER BUT NONE WERE
ENTERED TODAY AS THE TRACK SUPERINTENDENT DECLARED IT UNFAIR

                  THE RACE IS FOR RUNNING --- NOT FLYING!

THE PINK PANTHER IS GOBBLING UP GROUND WITH INCREDIBLE SPEED
AND NOW HAS MOVED WITHIN 3 LENGTHS OF PRINCESS FIONA WHO IS
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF TIRING AS HER INNER OGRE HAS TAKEN COMMAND

KHALEESI NOW HAS SUDDENLY MADE A BOLD MOVE AS HER DRAGON
ESSENCE HAS FIRED HER UP WITH INCENTIVE TO RUN FASTER

IT'S A VERY LONG WAY BACK TO YOSEMITE SAM AND BAST
WHO SEEM TO BE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOMETHING
THO WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT?

EARLIER,  IN THE PADDOCK,  BAST THE EGYPTIAN CAT GODDESS WAS
OVERHEARD MUTTERING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PHAROAH
BUT WE COULD NOT HEAR ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND
SO PERHAPS THAT IS WHAT SHE WAS SHARING WITH YOSEMITE SAM
WHO SEEMED BORED + UNINTERESTED IN THE TOPIC

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN IS ALL OVER THE TRACK AS HIS STEED
SEEMS TO BE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH WHAT HE SEES AROUND HIM
AND THE FEAR ALONE IS CAUSING VERY ERRATIC BEHAVIOUR ...
LEAVING THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN IN THE DARK .......... AS USUAL

IT'S ANOTHER FEW LENGTHS BACK TO THE WITCH
WHO SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO WORK A MAGICK SPELL ON JONNY QUEST
TO GET HIM TO SLOW DOWN ---- SO FAR IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING

BEHIND THE WITCH + JONNY QUEST IS MR MET WHO SOMEHOW
MANAGED TO DROP HIS BALLS AND HAS BEGUN TO WANDER ALL
OVER TRYING TO RETRIEVE THEM -- LOSING FOCUS ON RUNNING!

AND WAY FAR BACK IS JESSE JAMES WHO BEGAN THE RACE VERY
DISGRUNTLED OVER HAVING HIS GUNS TAKEN AWAY THAT HIS
FUMING + FUSSING HAS CAUSED HIM TO "COP" AN ATTITUDE
LEAVING HIM FAR BEHIND THE REST OF THE RUNNERS


               AND DOWN THE STRETCH HERE THEY COME...

PRINCESS FIONA WITH A MONSTER LEAD (NO OFFENSE INTENDED)
SUDDENLY CAUGHT SIGHT OF SHREK IN THE STANDS WAVING HER ON

THIS INCITED A SURGE OF POWER THAT WAS SO HUGE....
               HER OGRE WITHIN ALMOST EMERGED ----
   BUT WAS RESTRAINED BY HER INTENSE WILL TO WIN


THE PINK PANTHER INSTEAD OF BEING SNEAKY + STEALTHY TODAY
DECIDED TO RUN LIKE THE PANTHER SHOULD --- FAST!

MEANWHILE BEHIND THE FRONT RUNNING DUO

--- KHALEESI AND YOSEMITE SAM STILL ENGAGED IN BUMPING + QUARRELING
ARE NOT GAINING MUCH GROUND ON THE LEADERS

BAST WAS ALMOST KNOCKED SIDEWAYS INTO TOMORROW LAND BY
THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN WHO HAS NO CLUE WHERE HE IS ....

THE WITCH HAS BEGUILED JONNY QUEST WHO SEEMS TO BE ENAMORED
BY HER --- ALMOST MESMERIZED INTO SNAIL MODE --- STAYING RIGHT
ALONG SIDE OF HER ... INSTEAD OF MOVING AHEAD

AND WAY FAR BACK... POOR SAD MR MET STILL TRYING TO FIND HIS LOST BALLS
HAS NOT GAINED ANY GROUND NOR SHOWING ANY SIGN OF RUNNING

JESSE JAMES SO FAR BACK HE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR THE OK CORRAL
INSTEAD OF THE FINISH LINE!

AS THE WIRE LOOMS JUST AHEAD ---

PRINCESS FIONA WITH YET ANOTHER POWER SURGE HAS LEFT THE
REST IN HER MIGHTY WAKE ... LEAVING NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT
THE PINK PANTHER'S FANCY DANCE SPEED ATTEMPT WILL HAVE NO
EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME

THE PINK PANTHER WITH ALL GUSTO / ATTITUDE AND SPEED WILL
FINISH 2nd WITH KHALEESI TRYING TO KEEP HER DRAGONS
IN CHECK,  WILL OWN THE SHOW SPOT

YOSEMITE SAM FINALLY SHOOK FREE OF BAST + HER CAT GODDESS MAGICK
TO FINISH JUST A RED WHISKER BEHIND THE FRONT RUNNING TRIO


$$-OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH-$$
AFTER ALL OBJECTIONS WERE DENIED
AND YES THERE WERE SO MANY THAT THE STEWARDS WERE LAST SEEN
RUNNING IN FEAR OF THEIR LIVES INTO A HIDDEN SANCTUARY
PREPARED FOR JUST SUCH AN INCIDENT


1st ~ PRINCESS FIONA ========= $168.50
WITH A DYNAMIC VICTORY CAUSING SHREK TO DASH
OUT ONTO THE FIELD TO SCOOP UP HIS LOVE ..
SCARING SOME WHO WERE STANDING IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE
~WINNER / BELLE OF THE BC BALL~


2nd ~ THE PINK PANTHER ========== $69.00
A VALIANT EFFORT OF FELINE FRENZY BASED SPEED
BUT NOT ENOUGH TO EVEN GET CLOSE TO THE WINNER



3rd ~ KHALEESI =================== $51.70
HER STRUGGLE WITH HER DRAGONS TRYING TO ESCAPE MIGHT BE
WHAT CAUSED HER TO NOT RUN AS FAST AS SHE MIGHT HAVE



4th ~ YOSEMITE SAM =============== $5O.70
ALMOST CAUGHT KHALEESI TILL HE SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A PIECE
OF DRAGON WING STICKING OUT OF HER CLOTHING....
WHICH IN HIS MIND WAS ENOUGH REASON TO KEEP HIS DISTANCE THO NOT MUCH



***ALSO RAN***

BAST ====================== $46.00
COULD STILL BE HEARD MUTTERING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PHAROAH
BUT IN GODDESS-SPEAK .... SO NOBODY CAN QUITE UNDERSTAND HER

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN ======== $42.60
THE SOURCE OF MANY OBJECTIONS AND VALID AS WELL
BUT DISCOUNTED BY THE STEWARDS
THE HORSE KNEW WHERE TO RUN BUT SADLY HIS JOCKEY DID NOT

THE WITCH ======-========== $33.40
EXHAUSTED SO MUCH ENERGY ON HER SPELLS THAT SHE EVEN
CAUSED HER CAT TO FLY OFF THE BROOM AND RUN ON HIS OWN!

JONNY QUEST ============== $32.80
BECAME SO MESMERIZED BY THE WITCH'S SPELL THAT
HE LOST TOTAL FOCUS ON RUNNING AND REMAINED CONTENTED
TO JUST TAG ALONG BESIDE HER BROOM

MR MET ================= $27.40
WAS SO PRE-OCCUPIED FROM THE START
THEN LOSING HIS BALLS AT THE HALFWAY MARK
EXERTED  MORE EFFORT IN FINDING THEM THAN RUNNING

JESSE JAMES ============ $0
TRIED TO ROB A BANK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RACE
BUT NEVER NOTICED THE BIG RED CROSS OVER THE ENTRANCE!

YES FOLKS ....... JESSE JAMES TRIED TO ROB A BLOOD BANK
(WHERE MANY OF MY RELATIVES VISIT TO MAKE A VALID WITHDRAWAL)

THO THE BLOOD BANK FELT SOME SYMPATHY FOR POOR JESSE ~
(ALONG WITH HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER) 
THEY GAVE HIM A -GOLDEN GOOSE EGG- FOR ALL HIS EFFORTS


WE NOW BID YOU ALL A GOOD EVENING FROM KEENELAND RACE TRACK

MY EYES ARE KILLING ME FROM THE SUNLIGHT PLUS MY RESTRAINT
TO KEEP MY TEETH FIRMLY PLANTED IN MY MOUTH  AND NOT A NECK
NOW WELCOMES THE APPROACHING DUSK AND SHADOW WITH RELIEF

I NOW WILL HEAD BACK TO MY BELOVED TRANSYLVANIA
FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED "RED WINE"  DELIGHT


**************************

~Graphics By: TIGER~DRAGON~DANCER
#853
               :forruffian:
**CONGRATS TO ---> POST TIME MIKE   :celebrate:
REPEATING HIS VICTORY GALLOP AND WHO
NOW WILL RUN FOR A CHALLENGING 3~PEAT ON BC DAY
                                                 

SUPURRR~SATURDAY~SPOOKTACULAR ~ 10/31/15 ~ BC DAY


RULES -- FOR YOUR ENTRY TO BE VALID --

**YOU MUST APPEAR IN CHARACTER!

**POST ENTRY WITH CHARACTER NAME FIRST,  FOLLOWED BY USER NAME

EXAMPLES:
BAST (RUFFIAN)       
PINK PANTHER (PEEPTOAD)   
JESSE JAMES (CRIMINAL TYPE)   

**FOLLOWED BY YOUR PIX

POST TIME:   11am -- EASTERN

FORECAST:  PARTLY SUNNY -- HIGH 62  //  CHANCE OF RAIN = 20%


SS RULES POSTED ON MENU
ALWAYS WISE TO BROWSE THRU
CAUSE IF YA DON'T THEN ERRR
YOU JUST MIGHT SEE A D.Q.
                 :banghead:

#854
                   :forruffian:

     **ATTENTION PLAYERS**

THE BC SUPURRR ~ SPOOKTACULAR ~ SATURDAY
    HAS SPECIAL RULES FOR THIS ONE DAY
       PLEASE READ THIS AND COMPLY
     OR U WON'T BE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY
                       :OMG:

**YOU MUST APPEAR IN COSTUME
YOUR "CHARACTER" NAME MUST APPEAR AT THE TOP
BEFORE YOUR ENTRY PIX

                  EXAMPLE:

THE WICKED WITCH / RUFFIAN
                       OR
THE WICKED WITCH (RUFFIAN)



         THEN YOUR ENTRY
U MAY ADD GRAPHICS OR PICS
TO ENHANCE YOUR CHARACTER
             :chickendance:
     
ONLY THOSE WITH A CHARACTER PERSONA
            WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY!    :evil:


**IF ANYONE NEEDS HELP ADDING IMAGES / GRAPHICS TO THEIR POST....
ASK TIGER DANCER.....
SHE CAN HELP WALK YOU THROUGH IT.... OR JUST ADD IT FOR YOU**
...WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE RUNNING AROUND NEKKED   :lmao:


SO START THINKING OF YOUR 'ROLE' FOR 10/31
READ LAST YEAR'S SPOOKTACULAR THREAD TO
SEE WHO WAS WHO WHICH MIGHT INSPIRE IDEAS

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2014 SPOOKTACULAR CAST OF CHARACTERS

OUR FEATURE EVENT => THE SPOOKARAMA STAKES
PRESENTED BY: GHOULS + GOBLINS PEANUT BUTTER TREATS

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT WE OFFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY

YOU ALWAYS WATCH HORSES RUN.....
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN CAMEL OR LLAMA RACES
EVEN TURTLES RACE, THO THAT'S NOT QUITE AS EXCITING

SO NOW WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING ELSE

TODAY WE OFFER A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT WILL LIVE IN YOUR MEMORY
AND PERHAPS, FOR SOME, EVEN IN YOUR NIGHTMARES

DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED OR ALARMED WHEN THE FIELD ENTERS THE TRACK

HIGH SECURITY IS IN PLACE TO PREVENT HARM
TO ANY RUNNERS OR VISITORS IN THE STANDS

ALL PARTICIPANT'S AGENTS HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON RULES
   AND WHAT IS DEEMED AS "UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR"

THERE WILL BE SEVERE PENALTIES FOR ANYONE BREAKING A RULE

                                   AND NOW.....

WE PROUDLY PRESENT THE FIELD FOR THE 2014 SPOOKARAMA STAKES:

PP #1 >>> THE ROAD RUNNER (Ruffian) (DC) ===== 5/2

PP #2 >>> JOHN DILLINGER (Criminal Type) ====== 9/2

PP #3 >>> SHADOWMERE (Oldowan/Ty88) ========7/1

PP #4 >>> SHANE (Real Quiet) =============== 20/1

PP #5 >>> THE PHANTOM HORSEMAN ( Dusty ) ===== 3/1

PP #6 >>> JESSICA RABBIT (Tiger Dancer) ========30/1 ==> WINNER  :celebrate:

PP #7 >>> BUGS BUNNY (Peeptoad) ============ 20/1

PP #8 >>> SHREK (Cigarshop) ======= ======== 20/1

PP #9 >>> TASMANIAN DEVIL (Blunny) ========== 9/2

PP #10 >> MONSTER MASHER (John Henry) ==== === 7/2

PP #11 >> LOUP GAROU = Swamp Monster (Post Time Mike)== 30/1

PP #12 >> CALAMITY JANE (GotaDunQH) ======= == 25/1

PP #13 >> MISS PIGGY (Catalina) ===== ========= 3/1

                                       :happy:
#855
Racing / ZENYATTA LOVERS ~ MUST SEE THIS
August 25, 2015, 10:25:13 AM
                              :forruffian:                         

SHE CAME -- SHE RAN -- AND SHE CONQUERED
      WHAT A SPECTACULAR SIGHT TO SEE
        AND EVERY MOMENT SHE GAVE US
  SHE WAS ALL THAT A RACE HORSE SHOULD BE
                               :rhrse:

THIS VIDEO TRIBUTE IS AMAZING
MEMORIES THAT MAY BRING A TEAR
OTHERS WILL BRING MANY SMILES
FROM THE HORSE THAT MANY HOLD DEAR
                        :girlkiss:

SO GO GRAB YOUR BOX OF TISSUES
GET COZY THERE UP ON YOUR BED
    THE ONLY DOWNSIDE I FOUND
CAN'T KEEP THE SONG OUTTA YOUR HEAD!
              (AT LEAST I CAN'T!)                         

(C) LADY CAT ~ 2015

      Thank You Team Z - YouTube           
                                             

***LINK:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjm8Qc1wmSQ&feature=youtu.be
                         


                           
#856

**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** :celebrate:
           

     

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

*********************************************************

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

*************************************************************

~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.....

#857
Handicapping / 2014 MEOW MIX AWARDS = UPDATE
February 01, 2015, 10:31:17 AM
                            :forruffian:

THE 2014 MEOW MIX AWARDS WERE COMPLETED 1/17    :thumbsup:

HOWEVER,  TO PRESENT THEM WITHOUT THE ADDED
ENHANCEMENT OF THE GRAPHICS BY TIGER DANCER
WOULD BE LIKE SPAGHETTI WITHOUT SAUCE~ 
                               :OMG:

DUE TO SOME EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
           SUCH AS PREPARING TO MOVE ---
        AND IF YOU EVER HAD TO DO THAT
  YOU CAN APPRECIATE WHAT A HASSLE IT IS! 
   
THUS, HER TIME TO 'PLAY' HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED 
               :banghead:        :'(       :flaming:

SHE IS TRYING HER BEST TO COMPLETE THE GRAPHICS
AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE MUCH LONGER TILL THEY APPEAR

                       AS THE SAYING GOES
      GOOD THINGS ARE WORTH WAITING FOR   :thumbsup:
#858
Racing / BARN BEFORE CHRISTMAS
December 25, 2014, 10:06:17 AM
                                     :forruffian:

                 TWAS THE BARN BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

Twas The Night Before Christmas
The Barn Was A-Buzzzzz
With Whinnies And Nickers
'Cause That's What Horse Does!

The Legend Was Echoed
Through All Of The Walls
Excitement Was Mounting
In All Of The Stalls!


The Weanlings, In Wonder
Had Heard Of The Tale
As They All Gathered Round
To Munch On A Bale!

The Fillies, The Geldings,
The Stallions And Mares
Then Told Of The Legend
Amidst Wide Eyed Stares.


When All Of A Sudden
They Heard On The Roof
The Flutter Of Wings
The Landing Of Hoof!

His Wings How They Glistened
His Whinny So Proud
As He Entered The Barn
Astounding The Crowd.....

Who Stood There Awaiting
The Pegasus Dear
The Truth Of The Legend
Was Blatantly Clear!


The Rider Descended
From Pegasus' Back
His Hat And His Boots
Were Glistening Black

His Spurs How They Jingled
With A Wonderful Song
That Would Echo In Memories
For All The Year Long!


He Gave Out The Gifts
Of Carrots And Treats
Then Sprang To His Saddle
For A Hasty Retreat....

For The Hour Was Late
And He Just Had To Leave
But Now, All The Weanlings
Would Finally Believe!


And As Pegasus Flew Then
Away In The Night
The Horses Enchanted
By The Wondrous Sight

Had Hearts Filled With Joy
And The Barn Filled With Love
And Mares Will Tell Foals
Of Pegasus From Above!

(C) Ruffian / Lady Cat
#859
Handicapping / RE: RESULTS 11/1 = SPOOKTACULAR
November 02, 2014, 01:18:43 PM
                                    :forruffian:

SO SORRY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE RACE CALL RESULTS
    WILL NOT BE POSTED UNTIL LATER ON MONDAY
          DUE TO RUFFIAN NOT FEELING WELL
                                :flaming:

        IT'S TOO HARD TO TYPE IN PAIN IN BED   :'(

SO PLEASE FORGIVE THE DELAY AND REMEMBER
GOOD THINGS ARE WORTH WAITING FOR  :thumbsup:

HOPEFULLY THE CAT-ZILLA WILL FEEL BETTER TOMORROW
       AND TREAT YOU TO A VERY SPECIAL RACE CALL

                IF NOT I WILL POST AN UPDATE

THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE + UNDERSTANDING
                             :thanks:


#860
                        :forruffian:


CONGRATS TO RUFFIAN WHO TURNED HER CHEETAH LOOSE ON THE FIELD
                  TO WIN CONVINCINGLY AT THE WIRE
                     :rhrse:    :celebrate:     :rhrse:

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT WHERE WE WILL RUN ON SATURDAY
BUT A REMINDER FOR OUR SUPURRR SPECIAL SPOOKTACULAR DAY

                      CHARACTER NAMES = MANDATORY!
    DON'T BE A GRUMPY CAT AND SHOW UP SANS COSTUME!

A)  CHARACTER NAME IN CAPS FIRST
B)  REGULAR "USER NAME"  NEXT
                 EXAMPLE

ROAD RUNNER (RUFFIAN)

VENUE OF COURSE ==> SANTA ANITA

POST TIME ==> 10:15 PACIFIC TIME ZONE
11:15 = MOUNTAIN
12:15 = CENTRAL
1:15 == EASTERN

LOVE NOT GETTING UP TO POST AT 8 AM!!!  :thumbsup:

BC SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN CALIFORNIA OR FLORIDA
NO SNOW / NO COLD / NO RAIN TO RUIN THE DAY!

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A SPECTACULAR SPOOKTACULAR DAY!

EXTRA GOOD LUCK TO CALIFORNIA CHROME WHO THEY SAY NOW
            WILL BE RETIRED IF HE DOES NOT RUN WELL IN BC    :flaming:

                                          ALSO
SPECIAL HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE CONNECTIONS OF ZENYATTA
WHO LOST HER BABY FILLY GIRL THIS WEEK DUE TO PADDOCK ACCIDENT

      MY HEART IS CRYING AND MY BC MOOD HAS LOST IT'S JOY

                                 :'(