~~ GRUMPY CAT has decided not to run ~ 

**The CHESHIRE CAT is going to enter the starting gate instead

   The reason for the change is ....
Too many moments of hilarity -&- laughter
caused GRUMPY CAT to get even grumpier
So she packed up her Catnip and fled the scene!

The CHESHIRE CAT will run and hopefully not disappear during the race...
              But....With Felines, Nothing Is Ever A Guarantee 

                 
     

PER CIGARSHOP
I shall be Homer Simpson
=================

*** NO REPEAT CHARACTERS FROM PREVIOUS YEAR***

CHARACTERS FROM EARLIER YEARS OK TO USE
           PLEASE CHOOSE ANOTHER

               

THIS IS TOO COOL NOT TO SHARE! 

It's easy as Secretariat in the Belmont. It's called "Fugue for Tinhorns."
Never heard of it? Oh yeah, you have. You just didn't know what it was called.
Neither did I until I looked it up.
If you do one thing today, play it {LINK BELOW} It will make you smile.

The clip is from the movie but it debuted on Broadway in 1950.
It's from the musical "Guys and Dolls," which has a strong gambling undertone to it.
It still holds up pretty well.
I saw it in Chicago and at the Hollywood Bowl,
which you should do whenever that venue does theater.

If you didn't click on the link and are still wondering, it starts:
"I got the horse right here, the name is Paul Revere.
And here's a guy that says if the weather's clear, can do. Can do.
This guy says the horse can do. If he says the horse can do. Can do. Can do."

JOHN CHERWA = LA TIMES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAIlVCStp3c#nws=mcnewsletter

         

RUFFIAN CHOICE OF CHARACTER:  GRUMPY CAT

LOSING JOHN HENRY -&- CRIMINAL TYPE
    IN SUDDEN TRAGIC DEATHS 
AS WELL AS OTHER REGULAR PLAYERS
FINDING LIFE OBLIGATIONS INTERFERING WITH PLAYING ~
HAS BEEN A VERY SAD -&- DISAPPOINTING TIME FOR ME
  SO GRUMPY CAT SEEMS KIND OF SIGNIFICANT

HOWEVER, THE CHARACTERS WHO WILL
RUN // FLY // CREEP // HOP // IN THIS RACE
IS SURE TO BRING A BIG SMILE TO THIS GRUMPY CAT FACE!   
                                                   

       

                       
           
~~2017  SPOOKTACULAR = SATURDAY 10/28~~
              REGISTRATION BEGINS NOW!

                *** BASIC RULES ***

* YOU MUST BE IN CHARACTER TO PARTICIPATE!

* REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10/27 MIDNIGHT EDT
*** NO CHANGES ACCEPTED AFTER THAT TIME ***

* NO REPEAT CHARACTERS FROM LAST YEAR
(PREVIOUS YEARS OK ~ BUT IS BETTER WITH 1st TIME NEW CHARACTERS)

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

* 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 HAS OFFERED
TO HELP ANYONE WITH A CHARACTER GRAPHIC
             SO JUST ASK HER!
                         

THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST FUN FILLED DAYS OF THE YEAR 
                             

SO CHOOSE WISELY FOR A CHARACTER THAT WILL ADD  'ZING'
           TO THE EXTREMELY 'BIZARRE' RACE CALL!
                                                                  

                 QUESTIONS? 
         EMAIL RUFFIAN ===> [email protected]

                             

HANDICAP FORUM EXTENDING AN INVITATION TO JOIN
            OUR FRISKY FEARLESS FORUM OF FUN!
                              :chickendance:

    WE PLAY MIDWEEK MAYHEM ON WEDNESDAYS
WINNER CHOOSES THE TRACK FOR THE NEXT WEEK

EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY IS BOTS DAY: BATTLE OF THE SEXES
                              (*FILLYS VS COLTS)
                                           
SUPURRR SATURDAY CONTEST IS THE BEST STAKES CARD OF THE DAY 

  WE ALSO HAVE EXTRA SPECIAL EVENTS SUCH AS:

*** THE SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
         COME IN CHARACTER OF ANY GENRE!

*** THE ANNUAL TURKEY TROT

*** BLIND LUCK -&- MONEY TALKS = DERBY CONTESTS

AT YEAR'S END WE PRESENT THE MEOW MIX AWARDS CEREMONY
REWARDING PLAYERS WITH GLORY & PRIZES IN 19 CATAGORIES!
                                         

YOU CAN REGISTER WITH DUSTY AT THE HANDICAP FORUM
HOPE TO SEE SOME NEW TAILS IN THE STARTING GATE SOON!

                 QUESTIONS?  PLEASE EMAIL RUFFIAN AT
                           [email protected]

                 

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***

             

         ~~ MEOWZA STARK ~~
IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY (?)
ONLY CRIMINAL TYPE AND REAL QUIET
MANAGED TO GARNER SO MANY AWARDS

YOU CAME ~ YOU RAN ~ YOU CONQUERED ~ WITH AN AMAZING RECORD
                                     

*DISTORTED HUMOR
*FROSTED WHISKER
*CAIXA ELTRONICA
*CRAFTY PROSPECTOR
*SUPURRR SATURDAY
*RISEN STAR
*RACE OF THE YEAR
*COLT OF THE YEAR
*C0-HOTY
   

    I ONLY WISH I COULD AFFORD TO SEND A TROPHY FOR ALL AWARDS
BUT TIMES ARE HARD ~ MONEY MOSTLY GOES TO MY HORSE, CAT & DOG
               

YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING MOST WOULD WISH FOR
               ONLY YOU MADE THAT WISH COME TRUE!
                                         

                                             

            2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS NOW COMPLETE! 

           


GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE 2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS
     COMING TO YOU FROM THE MGM GRAND IN LAS VEGAS
  WHERE OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS "ALL FELINE -&- FABULOUS"!

                               




WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES
        FOR THIS YEAR -- FROM THE LION KING ~ MUFASA ~

                   


BEFORE WE BEGIN THE AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RED CARPET
WHERE WE WELCOME  **THE SHINING STARS OF 2016**




    SUNGLASSES MAY BE NEEDED WITH SO MUCH
SPARKLE ~  BLING ~ BEDAZZLED ~ GLITZ AND GLAM

               


         ~ THE POST PARADE IS STARTING ~
A HUSH FALLS OVER THE CROWD AS ALL EYES ARE NOW FOCUSED
          ON THE RED CARPET AND THE 2016 PARADE OF STARS

LEADING THEM OUT IS OUR CURRENT HORSE OF THE YEAR:
                                    ~REAL QUIET~

HE IS FOLLOWED BY:

CATALINA ~ 2015  SUPURRR SATURDAY CHAMPION + 2014 CO-HOTY

CRIMINAL TYPE ~ HOTY 2014, 2013 / 2011 + FROSTED WHISKER

RUFFIAN ~ 2014 BOTS CHAMPION

TIGER DANCER ~ REPEAT WINNER OF THE DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD

CIGARSHOP ~ LOST IN THE FOG WINNER

DUSTY ~ 2010 HOTY

POST TIME MIKE ~ 2015 CAIXA ELETRONICA TROPHY

BLUNNY ~ 2015 RISEN STAR RECIPIENT

PEEPTOAD

JOHN HENRY

STARK

OAKLAWN CAPPER

RAVEN

A STANDING OVATION AND THUNDERING APPLAUSE AS THE
    STARS EXIT THE STAGE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEWLY
                  CROWNED 2016 AWARD WINNERS

           


**A SPECIAL MOMENT OF OBSERVANCE**

LIFE IS A JOURNEY OF PEAKS -&- VALLEYS ~ HIGHS AND LOWS

WITH THE HIGHS OF YEAR END AWARDS CAME
THE LOWS OF LOSING TWO OF OUR SHINING STARS

JOHN HENRY:  WITH US FOR SO MANY YEARS
ALWAYS A GENTLEMAN WITH A KIND WORD FOR ALL

CRIMINAL TYPE:  3 TIMES HOTY ~ FUNNY AND CLEVER
A MAN WHO HAD VERY LITTLE BUT WHATEVER HE HAD
         HE WOULD SHARE WITH SOMEONE IN NEED

TWO SHINING STARS WHOSE BRIGHT LIGHTS WERE
EXTINGUISHED WAY TOO SOON WHO WILL BE GREATLY
     MISSED EVERY TIME THE STARTING GATE OPENS

   

  *******************************


FOR OUR FIRST AWARD OF THE EVENING: ~ ''DISTORTED HUMOR'' ~
DIRECT FROM WONDERLAND, -- THE CHESHIRE CAT --
WHO HOPEFULLY  WILL ARRIVE WITH MORE THAN JUST A SMILE!

                 


THIS YEAR WE HAVE A DOUBLE AWARD AS BOTH RECIPIENTS
HAVE DISPLAYED CLEVERNESS ~ IMAGINATION WITH A DOSE
OF TWISTED WIT TO EARN THE TITLE OF DISTORTED HUMOR!

ONCE AGAIN -- TIGER DANCER --IS A 3-PEAT WINNER
ALONG WITH NEWCOMER, -- STARK --
  WHO ADDED HIS OWN BRAND OF WIT

~~
                                 




           OUR NEXT AWARD IS: ''THE LOST IN THE FOG''
                 


HERE TO PRESENT THE TROPHY IS -- SCHROEDINGERS' CAT --
              WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE VISIBLE?

    ~~~


THIS TROPHY IS BASED ON A VARIETY OF QUALIFICATIONS
WITH THE MOST COMMON ONE BEING:  WINNING WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF $$
THIS YEAR'S WINNER IS: ~ RUFFIAN ~
GAINING A VICTORY WITH $51.80

A VERY CLOSE RUNNER UP AWARD GOES TO ~ CIGARSHOP ~ WITH $51.90
                                       ALMOST A DEAD HEAT!

    ~Can Someone Spare a Dime~



OUR NEXT AWARD IS: THE GOLLUM ~ AKA THE PRECIOUS
...THE RING BEARER  FINISHING 4th MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHERS
         A GOLDEN RING INSTEAD OF A TROPHY IS THE PRIZE

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE
FROM AUSTIN POWERS ~ MR BIGGLESWORTH ~
WHO DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE,  LOST ALL HIS HAIR!

   


THE RUNNER UP WITH 11 GOLDEN RINGS IS:  ~REAL QUIET~

THIS YEAR WE HAVE A RUNAWAY WINNER
WITH A WHOPPING 17 GOLDEN RINGS --> ~BLUNNY~
FROM THE BEGINNING,  HE SEEMED TO HAVE
HIS EYE ON THE ''PRECIOUS'' WEEK AFTER WEEK
AND WILL TAKE HOME THE COVETED PRIZE!

~



OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  THE BRIDESMAID OF THE YEAR
AS THE NAME IMPLIES,  FINISHING RUNNER UP THE MOST

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME ~ TOODLES GALORE ~
WHO USUALLY IS SEEN HANGIN AROUND WITH TOM & JERRY
AND IS ACCUSTOMED TO PLAYING ''2nd FIDDLE'' TO THEM!




A DEAD HEAT FOR RUNNER UP WITH 11 BRIDESMAID'S GOWNS:
          RUFFIAN ~ CRIMINAL TYPE -&- BLUNNY

THE WINNER, HAVING HUNG UP 13 GOWNS IS ==> CATALINA





OUR NEXT AWARD SOME MAY NOT CONSIDER TO BE AN 'HONOR'
THE CAT HOUSE TROPHY (FILLYS ONLY)
IS ACHIEVED BY FINISHING LAST MORE TIMES THAN ANY OTHER

TO PRESENT THIS AWARD, PLEASE WELCOME ~TONY-THE-TIGER~
WHO PERSONALLY THINKS THIS TROPHY IS GRRRRREAT!

     


THE RUNNER UP THIS SEASON IS LAST YEAR'S WINNER ==> RUFFIAN
  HAVING TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN THE CAT HOUSE 11 TIMES

OUR WINNER, THO NO RELATION TO TONY IS ~TIGER DANCER~
WHO DANCED THE NIGHT AWAY WITH THE CHIPPENDALES 12 TIMES

   



THE MALE EQUIVALENT TO THE CAT HOUSE AWARD IS -- THE DOG HOUSE
PRESENTING THIS 'HONOR' WILL BE SOMEONE WHO IS VERY USED TO
LAYING AROUND DOING NOTHING BUT EAT, DRINK & NAP! ~GARFIELD~!

               


WINNING THIS AWARD FOR THE 4th YEAR IN A ROW
IS THE ~MASTER THIEF - CRIMINAL TYPE~
    WHO WON THE KEY 17 TIMES
AND BY NOW PROBABLY HOLDS AN INTEREST IN THE MORTGAGE!

   
       
               


OUR FINAL AWARD -- BEFORE A BRIEF INTERMISSION WILL BE:
                           THE GOLDEN GOOSE
          ACHIEVING THIS 'HONOR' IS NOT EASY AT ALL!
IT MEANS RUNNING ALL DAY -&- RETURNING WITH AN EMPTY PURSE
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE ~ ~ ~ THE ALWAYS STYLISH
                    ~PUSS IN BOOTS~

           


WITH 1 GOLDEN EGG  ==> CRIMINAL TYPE -&- POST TIME MIKE
WITH 2 GOLDEN EGGS EACH ==> RUFFIAN, CATALINA -&- TIGER DANCER

THE GRAND GOLDEN GOOSE EGG WINNER WITH 3 ==> JOHN HENRY

~~~
                         


**STAY TUNED FOR -- PART 2**
       
~I GUESS WE KNOW WHO BROUGHT THE REFRESHMENTS~   


    **2016 MEOW MIX AWARDS -- PART 2**



      AFTER A SHORT INTERMISSION
GIVING EVERYONE A CHANCE TO STRETCH LEGS
AND PARTAKE OF THE MEOW-MIX BUFFET
FEATURING A SUPURRRB ASSORTMENT OF
ANCHOVIES, FISH-STIX, LOBSTER TAIL,
KING CRAB LEGS -&- CATNIP COOKIES ~

     WE ARE BACK NOW .... SO ON WITH THE SHOW!
                     


    OUR NEXT AWARD IS -- THE FROSTED WHISKER

               

THIS TROPHY IS HIGHLY REVERED
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO WIN IT,
IT MEANS THAT THE 1st 2 LEGS OF THE
VERY ELUSIVE 3-PEAT HAD BEEN WON,
WITH ONLY THE REMAINING 3rd ONE LEFT TO RUN -&- WIN

THE FROSTED WHISKER IS GIVEN TO ALL
WHO WIN THE FIRST TWO RACES,  BUT THEN, 
  UNFORTUNATELY, LUCK RUNS OUT

TO PRESENT THE FROSTED WHISKERS TO ALL WHO EARNED IT
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE:
THE ONE -&- ONLY ~ GRUMPY CAT ~
WHOSE DEMEANOR DEFINITELY DEFINES THE MOOD OF
ALL THE RECIPIENTS WHO TRIED SO HARD ~ ONLY TO LOSE

~~~

WITH 1 FROSTED WHISKER EACH:
CRIMINAL TYPE / JOHN HENRY / POST TIME MIKE / DUSTY -&- CIGARSHOP

   THE WINNER ....
SUFFERING THIS HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT
  NOT ONCE BUT TWICE  --->  ~ STARK ~

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


OUR NEXT AWARD IS CALLED: BOTS = BATTLE OF THE SEXES
ALL YEAR LONG IT IS THE STRENGTH -&- POWER OF THE COLTS
     VERSUS THE CLEVER -&- COURAGEOUS FIREY FILLYS!

 


TO PRESENT THIS AWARD PLEASE WELCOME
THE PARTNER IN CRIME TO SIR PUSS IN BOOTS
        ~ MISS KITTY SOFT PAWS ~

             


THIS SEASON IT WAS THE FILLYS WITH ALL THE POWER
     THE RUNNER UP WITH 5 WINS IS ==> CATALINA
BUT THE FILLY EARNING ALL THE GLORY, HAVING DEFEATED
       THOSE BAD BOY COLTS 7 TIMES IS ==> RUFFIAN!

**AND THE 2016 BOTS TROPHY - GOES TO ---> THE FILLYS**

                 


   OUR NEXT AWARD IS THE ''MIDWEEK MAYHEM''
PRESENTING THIS HIGHLY VALUED TROPHY WILL BE:
      ~ THE DUCHESS OF THE ARISTOCATS ~

               


THIS WAS A HIGHLY CONTESTED -&- CLOSE RACE TO THE FINISH
JUST MISSING OUT ON THE TROPHY IS -- TIGER DANCER --> WITH 7
THE WINNER OF THE MM TROPHY GOES TO: ~ RUFFIAN ~  ---> WITH 8

             


  ~~NOW ON TO THE BIG MONEY MAKERS OF THE YEAR!~~


THE 'CAIXA ELETRONICA' TROPHY REPRESENTS
THE MOST MONEY EARNED IN A SINGLE DAY
SOME DAYS IT MAY TAKE A BIT OF ''MAGIC'' TO DO THIS

       TO PRESENT THIS AWARD,  PLEASE WELCOME ~ SALEM ~
FROM SABRINA TEEN-AGE WITCH WHO KNOWS A BIT ABOUT MAGIC! 

       


THIS YEAR WE HAVE ONE OF THE CLOSEST
'RUN FOR THE MONEY' CHALLENGES
   IN THE HISTORY OF THE AWARD

BY A KITTY WHISKER,  RUFFIAN JUST LOST OUT AT THE WIRE
HAVING EARNED AN IMPRESSIVE 1-DAY TOTAL OF:  $190.60
     WHICH IN MOST YEARS COULD HAVE BEEN A WINNER
              JUST MISSING THE AWARD BY $13.80

THE CAIXA ELETRONICA TROPHY GOES TO: ~ STARK~ WITH $204.40

                       


OUR NEXT BIG MONEY AWARD IS: THE 'CRAFTY PROSPECTOR' TROPHY
     WHICH REPRESENTS THE MOST MONEY WON FOR THE YEAR

PRESENTING THIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AWARD WILL BE
             ~ CROOKSHANKS ~
    A MOST FASCINATING -&- INTELLIGENT FELINE
WHO WITH THE PERMISSION OF HERMIONE -&- HARRY POTTER,
HAS ARRIVED TO REVEAL WHO MAY BE HIDING FROM YE OLE TAX COLLECTER!

             


    HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO THE FOLLOWING

IN 5th PLACE =====> JOHN HENRY = $1014.10
IN 4th PLACE =====> TIGER DANCER = $1100.30
IN 3rd PLACE =====> D U S T Y = $1162.90
           
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS ---> RUFFIAN
PLAYING RUNNER-UP BY A WHISKER
HAVING STASHED AWAY A TIDY SUM OF:  $1362.80
     BUT FALLING $78 SHORT OF GLORY!

AND YES, ONCE AGAIN, SHE HAS LOST ANOTHER TROPHY TO
~ STARK ~ WHO BANKED A WHOPPING $1440.80 FOR THE YEAR

         


OUR NEXT AWARD IS: THE SUPURRR-SATURDAY TROPHY
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE, ~ MR. TOP CAT ~
     TO PRESENT THIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AWARD

           


COMING IN AS RUNNER UP, WITH 7 VICTORIES IS --> DUSTY

TAKING HOME THE SUPURRR~SATURDAY TROPHY
WITH 9 VICTORY GALLOPS TO HIS CREDIT ====> IS ~ STARK ~

         



WE WILL NOW TAKE A BRIEF INTERMISSION TO PREPARE
                FOR THE  --  ''HALFTIME SHOW''

     
            ~ MEOW MIX IS PROUD TO PRESENT ~
             OUR 2016 AWARDS HALFTIME SHOW
THE DYNAMIC, DAZZLING -&- DRAMATIC DANCE-ARAMA

                 



TO OPEN THE SHOW PLEASE GIVE A ROUSING APPLAUSE TO
                 BLUNNY  -&-  CATALINA
WHO WILL BE SHOWIN YA ALL HOW IT'S DONE IN TEXAS
    WITH THEIR RENDITION OF THE ''TEXAS-2-STEP''

         


              OUR NEXT DANCER WILL BE ~ RAVEN ~
    HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS FOLKS -- AS HE OFFERS UP
                HIS OWN ''FLY HIGH'' FREESTYLE

         



         OUR MOOD NOW TURNS TO CAJUN COUNTRY AS
~POST TIME MIKE~ WILL BE PERFORMING A 'MASH UP' OF
RED HOT CHILLI-PEPPERS, CAJUN CALYPSO -&- CHA CHA CHA

   
                                   


      ~ AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ~


DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF 3-DOG NIGHT -&- 'WHO LET THE DOGS OUT'
    PLEASE GIVE A BIG 'WOOF-WOOF-WOOF' WELCOME TO OUR OWN
'3-DOG'  COLT TRIO OF:  CRIMINAL TYPE, REAL QUIET -&- CIGARSHOP
WHO NOW BRING YOU THEIR ORIGINAL ''BEER BRIGADE BOOGIE!''
HOPEFULLY ~ ALL 3 COLTS WILL REMAIN ON THEIR FEET AT THE END
         





AND NOW, HERE TO DO  'COLT CLEAN UP'  IS ~DUSTY~
     AS SHE OFFERS HER OWN STYLE OF
THE ''MAGIC CARPET MAMBO-MERENGUE''

 



CHANGING GEARS NOW FROM LATIN AMERICAN GENRE TO
        SOMETHING THAT DEFIES A ''CATEGORY''  PER SE ~
HERE'S  ~STARK~ WHO WILL BE INTRODUCING YOU TO THE ORIGINAL
                            'SUPER-SHARK-SHUFFLE!'

                 



  WELL I MUST ADMIT, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE!

           


   BUT IF YOU ENJOY SEEING SOMETHING BIZARRE -&- FREAKY
         YOU SHOULD ENJOY OUR NEXT ENTERTAINER ~
  COMPLETE WITH FEATHER ATTIRE -- WELCOME TO THE STAGE
~CIGARSHOP~ WITH HIS OWN ORIGINAL ''CHICKEN-DANCE-CAN-CAN''

    .....



WE'LL WAIT FOR THE LAUGHTER TO DIE DOWN TO PRESENT
                            OUR NEXT ENTERTAINER

                       


BACK TO THE LATIN AMERICAN THEME OF DANCE - KIND OF:
~OAKLAWN CAPPER~  WITH AN ''X-RATED-SIZZLING 'STUDLY' SALSA''
{PARENTS: U MAY WANT TO ESCORT YOUNGSTERS OUT OF
            THE AUDITORIUM FOR THIS PERFORMANCE}

         
**SORRY -- THIS IS ALL THE CENSORS WILL ALLOW**       


NOW THAT EVERYONE IS ''TURNED ON''   
    LET'S KEEP THAT ACTION GOING
AS WE JOIN  ~REAL QUIET~  WITH HIS OWN
CREATIVE DANCE:  THE ''TIP-TOE-TAPPING-TOMCAT-TWIST!''

       



AFTER TWISTING OUR SACROILIACS OUT OF PLACE, EVERYONE
CAN SIT BACK DOWN,  RELAX AND WATCH AN AMAZING UNIQUE
PERFORMANCE BY  ~JOHN HENRY~ AS HE CHALLENGES HIS OWN BACK
WITH A 'LAZY-LAID-BACK-LIMBO' ROUTINE!  -- HOW LOW CAN HE GO!   

         


  BACK TO THE LATIN AMERICAN GENRE NOW
      PLEASE WELCOME  ~CATALINA~  TO THE STAGE
AS SHE TREATS YOU TO THE 'TRICKY TEXAS TANGO' WHICH IS
DRAMATICALLY DIFFICULT WHEN DOING IT WITHOUT A PARTNER!

       



OUR NEXT PERFORMER WILL BE DOING A DANCE THAT IS USUALLY
DONE BY A LONG LINE OF DANCERS YET HE ENJOYS DOING IT ALONE!
    HERE IS ~BLUNNY~  WITH HIS OWN RENDITION OF
              THE  ''ENERGIZER BUNNY HOP''


             


 
NOW SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THE GENTLEMEN IN THE AUDIENCE                                                             
            ALTHOUGH EVERYONE CAN ENJOY IT ~
THE MEN JUST MIGHT APPRECIATE IT A TEENY TAD MORE?

    DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF: THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
     PLEASE WELCOME THE FABULOUS FELINE FILLYS
RUFFIAN ~ DUSTY ~ TIGER DANCER ~ CATALINA -&- PEEPTOAD
       WITH THEIR SPECIAL & ORIGINAL INTERPRETATION OF
                   'DARINGLY DOWN & DIRTY DANCING'

     
                           



WE HAVE A BRIEF INTERMISSION -- AS THE STAGE IS BEING
PREPARED FOR OUR NEXT DRAMATIC DISPLAY OF DANCE


THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN TURNED LOW ~  AS THE SPOTLIGHT IS CAST
     ONTO THE STAGE ILLUMINATING A GLOW-IN-THE-DARK POLE
        ANTICIPATION IS RUNNING ON HIGH AS WE DON'T KNOW
                        WHO OR WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN

                     

   
   A HUSH FALLS OVER THE CROWD AS  ~PEEPTOAD~  ENTERS
SHE WILL BE OFFERING HER OWN CREATIVE COMBINATION OF
     PASODOBLE LEAPING  -&- THE POLE-DANCE-PACHANGA!




             


AND NOW TO BE EQUALLY FAIR TO THE LADIES IN THE CROWD
       (NO WE DO NOT HAVE THE CHIPPENDALE DANCERS!)
   BUT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING ALMOST AS GOOD AS WE
     TRAVEL BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE WILD, WILD WEST

   


PLEASE WELCOME CRIMINAL TYPE -- WHO WILL BE SHOWING
YOU HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE OF THE 'SHOOT-EM-UP-SAMBA'
                 DO NOT FEAR, HE MAY BE 'LOADED'
      -- BUT  HIS 38 SPECIAL IS JUST SHOOTING BLANKS

     


WE NOW WILL TRAVEL FROM THE OLD WILD WEST TO LET OUR
MINDS DO AN IMAGINARY HITCH-HIKE ABOARD THE T.A.R.D.I.S
WITH 'DR WHO'  AS WE LAND IN THE UNIVERSE'S VERSION OF
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HORROR SHOW WHERE WE WILL BE
TREATED TO A TIGER DANCER  ''2-STEPPING-TIME-WARP!''

             

         



AS OUR MINDS RECOVER FROM 'OUTER SPACE'  WE HEAD
BACK TO REALITY -- WHERE  ~RUFFIAN~  WILL TREAT US TO AN
ORIGINAL -- NEVER BEFORE SEEN -- COMBINATION ROUTINE OF:
THE CATNIP COUNTRY CLOG -&- THE SHENANIGANS SULTRY SHIMMY

     



TO CLOSE OUT OUR HALFTIME SHOW WE PROUDLY PRESENT:
    DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF:   WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
        OUR VERY OWN STARS OF THE 'BIG-CAT-DIARY'
   ~ RUFFIAN (aka: The Cheetah) -&- TIGER DANCER ~

   
                               
                  



  WE NOW RETURN TO THE FINAL AWARDS OF THE EVENING

     
NOW THAT EVERYONE IS TOTALLY EXHAUSTED FROM
~THE HALF TIME DANCEARAMA  EXTRAVAGANZA~ 
....  TIZ TIME TO RELAX ~ REFRESH -&- RESUME
     
WE NOW COME TO THE PART OF OUR SHOW
THAT FEATURES OUR TOP 6 YEAR END AWARDS


  OUR FIRST AWARD IS:  THE ''RISEN STAR''
SOMETIMES THIS ALSO INCLUDES ANOTHER ASPECT
  THAT WE CALL ''THE MOST IMPROVED''
        DEPENDING ON THE YEAR'S EVENTS

IN THE 'MOST IMPROVED' CATEGORY -- 2 COLTS CAN BE
VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS THIS SEASON
           ~ BLUNNY AND JOHN HENRY ~   

             

               
                 
THE RISEN STAR TROPHY -- GOES TO ONE WHO HAS SHOWN
IMPRESSIVE RACING EFFORTS,  TENACITY,  KINDNESS,
HUMOR EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEFEAT, HONESTY, COURAGE,
~ A WILL TO WIN BUT NEVER AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS, 
AND A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT A RACING STAR SHOULD BE

   TO PRESENT THIS AWARD,
PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO: -- LIL BUB --
WHOSE OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES HAVE ILLUSTRATED HOW TO
OVERCOME OBSTACLES -&- HARD TIMES TO FIND A PATH TO GLORY

       


   WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
THE WINNER OF THE RISEN STAR: ~ STARK ~

   

                                               
OUR NEXT AWARD IS CALLED:  "AWESOME AGAIN"
THIS REPRESENTS THOSE WHO REPEAT AN AWARD FROM
THE PREVIOUS SEASON ALTHO SOMETIMES THE REPEAT
WIN IS OF QUESTIONABLE PRIDE TO HAVE ACHIEVED IT!
WE OFTEN HAVE SEVERAL WHO RECEIVE THIS 'HONOR'

HERE TO PRESENT THE  'AWESOME AGAIN' TROPHIES
PLEASE WELCOME -- MORRIS THE CAT --
OF 9 LIVES FAME WHO IS THE SHINING EXAMPLE
  OF REPEATING PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES

     


THIS YEAR WE HAVE A FEW REPEAT PERFORMANCES:
MOST NOTABLE IS THAT ~CRIMINAL TYPE~
HAS YET AGAIN MANAGED TO HOLD ON TO
THE KEY TO THE DOG HOUSE FOR THE 4th TIME!

     

AND OVER AT THE FILLY CAT HOUSE, WE SEE ~DUSTY~
HAS MANAGED TO BOLT THE DOOR
PREVENTING OTHERS FROM ENTERING!!
RUMOR HAS IT, SHE IS ENJOYING THE CATNIP AND
CHIPPENDALE DANCERS JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH
   AND NOW MAY BE 'ADDICTED' ~
      COULD AN INTERVENTION BE NEEDED?   


WITH AN UNCANNY KNACK FOR FINISHING 4th
AND STEALING THE PRECIOUS,
~BLUNNY~  ONCE AGAIN HAS WON "THE GOLLUM"

         


MORE IMPRESSIVELY:
BOTH  ~CRIMINAL TYPE  -&-  POST TIME MIKE~
HAVE REPEATED WINNING THE FROSTED WHISKER TROPHY
HAVING WON 2 OF 3 RACES IN THE EFFORT TO GAIN 3-PEAT GLORY

             {-- x2 --}


                ---> SPECIAL SERVICE AWARD <---
TO ~ TIGER DANCER ~  FOR HER DEDICATION -&- DETERMINATION
   TO GRAPHICATE MY WORDS ENHANCING THE RACE CALL
         INTO A MORE ENTERTAINING EXPERIENCE

                 



OUR NEXT AWARD IS FOR -- THE FILLY OF THE YEAR
TO PRESENT THIS HIGHLY REGARDED TROPHY
COMING ALL THE WAY FROM DEEP SPACE
   ABOARD STAR TREK-TNG
     IS DATA'S TRUSTY COMPANION, -- SPOT --

       


HAVING WON BOTH THE 'MIDWEEK MAYHEM' -&- THE 'BOTS TROPHIES'
  AS WELL AS RUNNER UP BY A WHISKER IN BOTH THE
  'CAIXA ELETRONICA' -&- 'CRAFTY PROSPECTOR AWARDS'
THIS SEASON'S FILLY OF THE YEAR IS ===> ~RUFFIAN~
(WITH A REPLICA TROPHY FOR HER INNER CHEETAH!)

      


 
~ OUR RACE OF THE YEAR ~
OFTEN HAS SEVERAL EVENTS
BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE TROPHY --

RACES WORTH MENTIONING ARE:
ALL WHO RAN TO WIN A 3-PEAT BUT
SADLY MISSED THE VICTORY GALLOP GLORY -&- WERE REWARDED
WITH A 'FROSTED WHISKER' FOR THEIR EFFORTS INSTEAD ~

STARK (WITH 2) / CIGARSHOP / POST TIME MIKE / JOHN HENRY
DUSTY -&- CRIMINAL TYPE ~~  ALL WITH 1 GALLANT EFFORT

HERE TO PRESENT THE OFFICIAL RACE OF THE YEAR TROPHY IS --
SOMEONE WHO IS USUALLY SEEN RUNNING ~
CHASING A VERY FAST TWEETY BIRD
THE ONE -&- ONLY ~ SYLVESTER ~

   


   THE RACE OF THE YEAR HAPPENED
IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, ON JANUARY 16th, 
WHEN THE RECIPIENT OF THIS TROPHY REWARDED HIS CONNECTIONS
WITH A WHOPPING -- $204.40 -- FOR A SINGLE DAY'S EFFORT!

NOT ONLY DID ~STARK~ WIN THE CAIXA ELETRONICA TROPHY
FOR THIS ONE DAY EVENT,  BUT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH
TO ALSO REWARD HIM WITH THE RACE OF THE YEAR AWARD AS WELL!

                 



OUR NEXT AWARD IS FOR: -- COLT OF THE YEAR --
TO PRESENT THIS PRESTIGIOUS TROPHY IS
THE ONE -&- ONLY  ~ COLONEL MEOW ~
AND  FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR WITH WHO HE IS
JUST GO GOOGLE AND BE PREPARED TO BE IMPRESSED!

       


  YOU WON'T NEED A CRYSTAL BALL TO SEE THIS ONE COMIN!

                 


THE WINNER SHOULD BE A NO-BRAINER AFTER SEEING HIM TROT
UP TO THE STAGE SEVERAL TIMES TO RECEIVE THE AWARDS FOR:
     SUPURRR SATURDAY ~  CAIXA ELETRONICA ~ RISEN STAR
       THE CRAFTY PROSPECTOR ~  THE RACE OF THE YEAR

                          YES INDEED FOLKS ~
ONE COLT WHO BEGAN THIS SEASON AS A MAIDEN AND
IN THE WINK OF AN EYE,  WAS RUNNING LIKE A CHAMPION
                THE COLT OF THE YEAR = ~ STARK ~

                 


   
WE NOW COME TO THE CLOSING EVENT OF THE EVENING
THE ONE MOST HIGHLY TREASURED TROPHY OF THEM ALL
             
TO PRESENT THE -- 2016 HORSE OF THE YEAR AWARD --
    PLEASE WELCOME DIRECT FROM NARNIA ~
       THE ONE -&- ONLY  ~ ASLAN ~

         


          IN THE HISTORY OF THIS AWARD,
ONLY NOW -&- THEN IS THE FINAL DECISION VERY CLOSE
        WITH THIS SEASON BEING ONE OF THOSE
THAT IS WHY THIS YEAR WE ARE PRESENTING -- 2 TROPHIES!

1st -- TO THE QUEEN OF THE FILLY FELINES ~
WINNER OF:  THE MIDWEEK MAYHEM TROPHY
    THE BOTS TROPHY --  FILLY OF THE YEAR
RUNNER UP IN BOTH CAIXA ELETRONICA -&- CRAFTY PROSPECTOR
                                ~~ RUFFIAN ~~

  AND OF COURSE WITH HIS NUMEROUS AWARDS:
SUPURRR SATURDAY -- CAIXA ELETRONICA -- RISEN STAR
       THE CRAFTY PROSPECTOR -- THE RACE OF THE YEAR
                                  ~~ STARK ~~

                 
             
                                {-- x2 --}


   *********************************


**A STANDING OVATION FOR ALL OF OUR 2016 MEOW-MIX AWARD WINNERS**

WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE NEW YEAR
AND NOW WE BID YOU A FOND ADIEU FROM THE MGM GRAND

         WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY -&- HEALTHY 'MEW' YEAR

                   
               

            MAY YOUR WHISKERS ALWAYS BE CRUMB-FREE
                           YOUR CATNIP ALWAYS FRESH
                    YOUR WATER BOWL ALWAYS FILLED
                      YOUR FUR SPARKLING -&- SHINY                 
YOUR SCRATCHING POST ALWAYS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE
          FOR THOSE DAYS OF AGGRAVATION FROM OTHERS
     WHO DO NOT RESPECT YOUR POSITION OF AUTHORITY!   

                 


    *****************************

   
~~GRAPHICS BY: TIGER DANCER ~~
   **Sorry this took me so long to complete. 
    Life has been total chaos and upside down right now.
          I hope to be back in Full Force soon.....
     I Sincerely Appreciate your Patience and Support!!

**And for those counting ...... There are 130 Graphics
in this Fantabulous Celebration Presentation!!

                 

~AWARDS COMPLETE~   

TO RUFF AND OUR GALLOPING GANG OF HAPPY HOULIGANS

                                 

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~

                            

 
                       


   Once Upon A Time ....
An Idea Formed in the Mind
  Of A Frisky Feisty Feline
     The Kind U Rarely Find

Because Of Her Love Of  Horses
She Created A Game To Play
  They Came From Far & Wide
      To See If It Would Pay

Some Came And Ran And Conquered
   Some Went Away In Tears
      So Now We Will Acknowledge
         The Winners Of The Year

   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   


GOOD EVENING -&- WELCOME TO
   ~THE 2019 MEOW MIX AWARDS~
TONIGHT WE HONOR THE BEST OF THE BEST --
   AS WELL AS SOME OTHER INTERESTING
        BOLDLY BIZARRE 'CAT-A-GORYS'

THE AWARDS EXTRAVAGANZA
    IS COMING TO YOU FROM
    ~THE ENCHANTED FOREST~
CELEBRATING OUR THEME OF THE YEAR:
      **FAERY-TALE-FANTASY**



ALL 'PRESENTERS' MAY .....
MEOW ~ BARK ~ CHIRP ~ GROWL ~HOWL ~ SQUEAK
HOOT ~ WHINNY ~ QUACK ... BUT NO 'HUMAN-SPEAK'
    TRANSLATORS WILL BE ON STAND-BY IF NEEDED
          FOR SOME NOT AS VOCAL AS OTHERS   
       
                 
NOW PLEASE GIVE A RESOUNDING WELCOME TO OUR MC's ....                             
       THE 3 LITTLE KITTENS .....
             TOM ~ MITTENS ~ MOPPET
     
                                     
             
''O THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE STANDING OVATION -&- PURRRS"
   
WITHOUT FURTHER QUIRKY COMMENTARY
    PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO
THE SILVER STUDDED SPARKLE CARPET
     WHICH MAY DULL IN COMPARISON TO
THE SPARKLING STARS OF THE 2019 SEASON ....



PLEASE WELCOME OUR SHINING STARS OF 2019 .....
    LEADING THE PURRRFOUND PURRRCESSION ARE
       OUR CO-REIGNING 2018 HORSE OF THE YEAR ~                                       
  CATALINA -&- BLUNNY=The Energizer-Bunny                                                       

TIGER DANCER {2017 CO-HOTY}                                                         

DUSTY  {2017 CO-HOTY + 2010 HOTY}

RUFFIAN ~ aka "The Cheetah"  {2016 HOTY}                                   

REAL QUIET {2015 HOTY}                                                                           

POST TIME MIKE                                                                               

PEEPTOAD                                                                                                 

THUNDER CAT 

RAVEN                                                                                     

CRUZAN                                                                                                   

ROAMIN                                                                                                             

BRI ===> Welcoming Our New Filly With Wondrous Whinnies

     ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~
WE NOW BEGIN OUR AWESOME AWARDS CAT-STRAVAGANZA! 

 
PRESENTING THE "DISTORTED HUMOR" AWARD IS:
  ~ALADDIN -&- HIS MAGIC LAMP~
IN A PUFF OF SENSATIONAL SMOKE
    GENIE HAS EMERGED FROM THE LAMP
        TAKING COMMAND OF THE PRESENTATION
  ...

       

   THE DISTORTED HUMOR AWARD
IS EXACTLY WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES
  'HUMOR' IS 'SUBJECTIVE' AND
      WHAT SOME MAY FIND
         HILARIOUSLY BELLY-ROLLIN FUNNY
OTHERS MAY NOT 'GET IT' OR NOT CONSIDER HUMOROUS

WE HAVE 2 HONOREES FOR THIS AWARD ... BECAUSE EACH
    BRINGS A DIFFERENT 'FLAVOR' OF DISTORTED HUMOR
PLEASE GIVE A RESOUNDING APPLAUSE    
   FOR OUR 2 HUMOR AFICIONADOS:
   ~TIGER DANCER -&- RUFFIAN~       

TIGER DANCER FOR:
       HER THANKSGIVING TURKEY TROT
    THE HALLOWEEN SPOOK-TACULAR 
AND OCCASIONAL UNIQUE MM RACE CALLS
       
RUFFIAN FOR:
HER IMAGINATIVE, CREATIVE, BI-WEEKLY RACE CALLS


  THANK YOU SIR GENIE -&- ALADDIN

     ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~


OUR NEXT AWARD IS THE  "LOST IN THE FOG"
       
THIS AWARD CAN EITHER DESIGNATE A WIN
WITH THE LOWEST $$$ EARNED - OR - SOMEONE ARRIVING
AT THE STARTING GATE TOO LATE TO ENTER -&- GETS D.Q.   
                                                                   
TO PRESENT THE 'LOST IN THE FOG' AWARD   
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE
        ~HANSEL -&- GRETEL~
WHO KNOW A  LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT BEING LOST!   
                                 

''THE AWARD THIS YEAR WAS A PHOTO FINISH DECIDED BY $.20       
HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO: ~BLUNNY~  ===> $46.20     
     
AND THE LOST IN THE FOG WINNER:
   REPEAT 2018 WINNER ~THUNDER CAT~  ===> $46.00
                   

     ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~


OUR NEXT AWARD IS:  ''THE PRECIOUS''  
HERE TO PRESENT THE AWARD PLEASE WELCOME
             ~THE FROG PRINCE~
   
                                               
'ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL'  IS A BIT DIFFERENT HERE
   ''THE PRECIOUS'' = THE 'RING BEARER' IS BASED ON
                     THE FINAL TOP 4 IN A CONTEST:
1st = BRIDE / 2nd = BRIDESMAID / 3rd = FLOWERS / 4th = RING BEARER
     ''RING BEARER'' RELATES TO FRODO / LOTR / GOLLUM                   

HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO
        3X WINNER: ~BLUNNY~  ===> 15 RINGS

BUT WITH JUST ONE MORE GOLDEN RING
      THE WINNER IS: ~THUNDER CAT~  ===> 16 RINGS
                                   

      ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~


THE NEXT AWARD IS 
  THE ''CAT-HOUSE CATNIP KEY"

ENDING UP IN THE CAT HOUSE MEANS ===> LAST PLACE
      WHY THIS IS AN 'AWARD GETTER' IS BEYOND ME!
OF COURSE THE INCENTIVE IS A BATCH OF FRESH CATNIP ~
        MEOW MIX + ANCHOVY BUFFET ~ AND OF COURSE
THE CHIPPENDALES = THE DANCERS ... NOT THE RODENTS!

HONORABLE{?} MENTIONS:
  TIGER DANCER ==> 12 
      DUSTY ==> 13  

BUT ONCE AGAIN ....
THE CAT HOUSE QUEEN ---> WITH 20 TRIPS
TO THE COSMOPOLITAN ~ CHARISMATIC ~  CHARMING CAT HOUSE
    ~RUFFIAN~   WHO APPARENTLY NOW -&- THEN
LETS HER ''INNER-CHEETAH'' REMAIN BACK AT THE BARN TO SNOOZE


      ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~


OUR NEXT AWARD IS THE COUNTERPART TO THE CAT HOUSE:
      OF COURSE ===>  "THE DOG HOUSE KEY"
PLEASE GIVE A 'HOWLING' HELLACIOUS WELCOME TO
                   ~THE BIG-BAD-WOLF~
                                                                    

THIS YEAR THE DOG HOUSE KEY WAS STOLEN FROM THE START
    AS IT WAS ALL ~CRUZAN~ RUNNING AWAY WITH IT
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW ===>  WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 24 KEYS!
                                                                                   
THIS COLT IS OBSESSED WITH EITHER       
THE MILK-BONE BISCUITS OR THE VEGAS SHOW GIRLS?



     ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~


THE NEXT AWARD IS
      "THE GOLDEN GOOSE EGG"

IT'S A BIT DIFFICULT TO CALL THIS AN 'HONOR' BECAUSE
THE 'CHALLENGE' OF WINNING THIS YEAR END AWARD 
MEANS THE RECIPIENT MUST RUN AN ENTIRE DAY AND
RETURN TO THE BARN WITH $0 ~ NADA ~ EMPTY PURSE                         

HERE TO PRESENT THE GOLDEN EGG IS NONE OTHER THAN
        ~MOTHER GOOSE~  HERSELF
LEAVING HER COZY GOOSE EGG NEST
   TO HONOR US WITH HER QUAZY-QUACKA-DOODLES!   
             ''QUACK QUACK QUACK"     

           
THE HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO ~RUFFIAN~
WITH 2 GOLDEN GOOSE EGGS IN HER FINELY FEATHERED NEST 

THE WINNER ... WITH JUST ONE MORE GOOSE EGG
          IS ~CRUZAN~  ===> 3 EGGS
             


     ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~


OUR NEXT AWARD IS:
      "THE BODACIOUS BOUQUET"     

AS THE BRIDE IS #1, THE BRIDESMAID OR BRIDESMAN IS #2                 
   THE #3 FINISHER MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHERS,
      IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE BODACIOUS BOUQUET AWARD                             

PRESENTING THIS HONOR IS:
~MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY~
WHO LEFT HER GLORIOUS GARDEN TO
JOIN US HERE IN THIS ENCHANTED FOREST   
     


HONORABLE MENTION IS SHARED BY:
~RUFFIAN -&- DUSTY~   WITH 12 EACH

AND CATCHING THE BOUQUET A LUCKY #13 TIMES 
      THE WINNER ~THUNDER CAT~
     

      ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~


THE NEXT AWARD IS  "THE BRIDESMAID"
THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY 'GENDER' AT ALL
        IT REPRESENTS THE ABILITY TO FINISH 2nd 
MORE TIMES THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMPETITION ~                 

HERE TO PRESENT THE BRIDESMAID TROPHY
   AND THE ULTIMATE BRIDESMAID GOWN
PLEASE WELCOME THE 2 STEP SISTERS
   WHO ALWAYS FINISH 2nd TO CINDERELLA!                   
      ~BRUNHILDA and DRIZELLA~   
        

                                               
FINISHING #2 -- AS #2 BRIDESMAID
       WITH 12  'ALMOST WONS'  ~TIGER DANCER~ 
         
AND PLAYING THE BRIDESMAID
   A LUCKY #13 TIMES = ~THUNDER CAT~



     ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~

         
   


*****************************88
         

SHHHHHHHHH  SHHHHH WHATS THAT SOUND...
   WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOIN DOWN
  COULD IT BE -----  WHAT DO WE HEAR
THAT YEAR END AWARDS MAY ACTUALLY APPEAR
                       :chickendance:

IT'S BEEN A TUFF STRUGGLE
TECHNICAL ISSUES GALORE
SO MANY GRAPHICS TO FIND
19 AWARDS PLUS EVEN MORE
                 

SO PATIENCE & UNDERSTANDING
    WILL GO A LONG WAY
HOPEFULLY AWARDS U WILL SEE
    BEFORE MOTHERS DAY!
                 
(* NOTE THE OPTIMISTIC WORD => HOPEFULLY) 
   
        AS RACHEL MADOW SAYS: ''WATCH THIS SPACE''

*PLEASE READ TIGER DANCER'S COMMENTS POSTED IN THIS THREAD
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND
THE TECHNICALITIES OF WHY THIS TOOK SO LONG
WAY MORE COMPLICATED THAN U MIGHT IMAGINE!
AND SHE ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING!       

                       
                         

       


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!
          $$$   

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!
               

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

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

(C) 2017 ~ LADY CAT / RUFFIAN

               

A CHAMPION IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD
A GENTLEMAN IN EVERY WAY
HONESTY...INTEGRITY.....GENUINE CARING
HE SHOWED TO US EACH DAY