MIDWEEK MAYHEM ~ 6/27 + RESULTS @ EVANGELINE

[RUFFIAN]

             
**CONGRATS TO ---> CATALINA  
     WHO TURNED A COMPETITIVE RACE ... INTO
A ONE-HORSE-SHOW AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH
GIVING HER OWN INTERPRETATION OF PEGASUS!
                                       

VENUE CHOICE:   EVANGELINE DOWNS

                      **OUR FEATURE EVENT**
                 JUNE 27TH: HELEN KELLER DAY
       PROVING THAT LACK OF EYESIGHT + HEARING
CANNOT STOP DETERMINATION TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT 
                                               
HONORING THAT INCREDIBLE LADY -- OUR FEATURE EVENT:
         ''BLINKERS + EARPLUGS''  STAKES 
                   
         
POST TIMES:  6:50 ET // 5:50 CT // 4:50 MT // 3:50 PT


  **SCORE-KEEPER**
LEADING CONTENDER FOR THE ''YO-YO-MAMA'' AWARD  ~DUSTY~
IS SCHEDULED TO BRING THE RESULTS FROM YE OLE CATHOUSE
IN THE EVENT SHE IS UNABLE TO PURRR-FORM THAT CHORE ~
             RUFFIAN WILL ROAR ON IN TO SAVE THE DAY!
                                         

[RUFFIAN]

                                                   

EFFERVESCENT + EBULLIENT @ EVANGELINE

R1 >>>   4  3  5  6  2
MISTAKE PRESENT

BIG GIG
POPS LEGACY


R2 >>>   7  3  2  1  4
CELTIC LASS

IDE STANG YOU
PURELY BLESSED


R3 >>>   2  3  7  1  6
STAR COUNTESS

GET TO THE POINT
CREOLE WILDFIRE


R4 >>>  5  1  4  2  6
STAR YANKEE

TUNE MY GUITAR
NEON SKY


R5 >>>   1  5  6  7  3
MISS CATNISS
   

SIZZLE FACTOR (Dam By: Distorted Humor My #1 Fave Sire) 
SEVEN EIGHT NINE (By: Flashy Wise CAT)


R6 >>>  6  5  1  3  7
ONE SHOT TO WIN 

SINNY SIN SIN
ENTRY


R7 >>>   7  3  8  6  4 = (*Torn Tween Top 2: Each Would Be #1 In Sep Races) 
GOTTA GO FIRST

STORMING BY YAWL
DR ZIPCITY
(I Sense A Theme Here! Alpha Mare Must Be In The Lead)
                                 


R8 >>>   2  8  9  1  3
RUNNING DOWN DREAMS

TOO MUCH
BIONIC BUTTERFLY


R9 >>>   3  7  10  8  4
LAST OF THE LUCK

BE THE LIGHT
ASH TAX

[blunny]

Rolling Thunder Ranch

1 -- 4, 1, 3
2 -- 1, 7, 4
3 -- 6, 3, 1
4 -- 4, 5, 1
5 -- 8, 5, 4
6 -- 1a, 6, 2
7 -- 8, 7, 4
8 -- 8, 7, 10
9 -- 2, 5, 8

[Dusty]

Here goes...

1. 2/4/5
2. 5/7/3
3. 3/6/1
4. 4/6/7
5. 8/3/5
6. 6/1/7
7. 6/8/10
8. 3/5/10
9. 7/8/10


Good LUCK ALL!

[Cigarshop]

1st:  1,3,4
2nd: 1,3,4
3rd:  1,3,4
4th:  1,3,4
5th:  4,3,1
6th:  1,3,4
7th:  4,1,3
8th:  3,1,4
9th:  1,3,4

[THUNDER CAT]

Cave Springs Ranch

1 -- 4, 1, 3
2 -- 3, 1, 4
3 -- 6, 1, 2
4 -- 5, 1, 2
5 -- 8, 5, 6
6 -- 1a, 5, 6
7 -- 8, 4, 10
8 -- 3, 8, 9
9 -- 4, 2, 5

[Catalina]

RACE 1   - 5, 4
RACE 2   - 7, 1
RACE 3   - 3, 2
RACE 4   - 6, 1
RACE 5   - 1, 8
RACE 6   - 5, 6
RACE 7   - 7, 10
RACE 8   - 7, 10
RACE 9   - 8, 2

Good luck to all!

[ElPrado]

Wheeee!!! Back in the saddle again!
Sorta, anyway.

R1)  2 5 6 3

R2)  2 3 5 4

R 3)  3 1 6 7

R4)  3 4 1 8

R5)  5 8 3 6

R6)  6 1 3 4

R7)  3 8 7 1

R8)  7 9 3 8

R9)  1 8 7 5

[cruzan200246]

Not in a good mood today but will play

[cruzan200246]

R1. 4-5-1
R2. 2-7-4
R3. 3-2-6
R4. 6-7-3
R5. 4-1-3
R6.5-8-3
R7. 8-1-10
R8. 10-7-1
R9. 5-2-8

[TIGER DANCER]

~~~~   


R-1:  3 - 4 - 2

R-2:  2 - 3 - 7

R-3:  1 - 7 - 3

R-4:  6 - 4 - 5

R-5:  3 - 5 - 8

R-6:  5 - 6 - 4

R-7:  7 - 6 - 4 - 8

R-8:  1 - 3 - 8 - 9

R-9:  9 - 7 - 8 - 4

[ElPrado]

Oh yeah.
Is there a prize for getting the last four in reverse order?

[ElPrado]

There I was... thinking I wouldn't score anything.

[RUFFIAN]

          **RESULTS**



GOOD AFTERNOON + WELCOME
      TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM
TODAY AT EVANGELINE DOWNS

      WHERE OUR FEATURE EVENT IS HONORING
             THE INCREDIBLE HELEN KELLER
    WHO PROVED THAT LACK OF SIGHT + HEARING
CANNOT STOP DETERMINATION TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT
                               

WE NOW PRESENT THE ''BLINKERS + EARPLUGS'' STAKES

DEFENDING CHAMP, CATALINA WILL HAVE 8 CHALLENGERS
TRYING TO PREVENT ANOTHER 'CAT' STYLE ROAR TO VICTORY
                                   

8 ARE IN THE GATE, PATIENTLY WAITING FOR EL PRADO WHO
RETURNS AFTER AN EXTREMELY LONG LAY OFF AND IS BEING
             A FUSSY FILLY, REFUSING TO GO ON IN
                                       

       HERE COMES THE PEPPERMINTS + BLINDFOLD!
SEEMS ''SIGNIFICANT'' FOR A HELEN KELLER RACE, EH!


      FINALLY WE ARE READY TO RUN!
AND AWAAAAY THEY GO IN THE ''BLINKERS + EARPLUGS'' STAKES


CIGARSHOP OUT QUICKLY TO TAKE A SHORT LEAD
        FOLLOWED BY A FRISKY FOURSOME OF
RUFFIAN ~ BLUNNY ~ THUNDER CAT ~ CRUZAN

ANOTHER SLOWER QUARTET ARE SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK
     TIGER DANCER ~ DUSTY ~ CATALINA + EL PRADO

     ~~OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME~~

   LIKE A SUDDEN TORNADO OUT OF A TOTALLY BLUE SKY
THINGS HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED IN A BLINK OF AN EYE!
                                           

CRUZAN ~ RUFFIAN + CATALINA HAVE GONE FROM 'RUNNING'
TO SPROUTING INVISIBLE PEGASUS WINGS FLYING RIGHT PAST
    EVERYONE IN THEIR WAY WITH SUPER-SONIC SPEED!

NOT WISHING TO BE LEFT BEHIND, A COMPETITIVE CIGARSHOP
FOUND HIS BEST STRIDE AND IS 10 LENGTHS BEHIND THE
           FRONT RUNNING TENACIOUS TRIO IN THE LEAD
                                           

IT'S A HUGE GAP BACK TO TIGER DANCER + THUNDER CAT
FOLLOWED BY BLUNNY WHOSE ENERGIZER BATTERY
           HAS NOT YET BEEN CHARGED AT ALL

AND WAY BACK JUST MEANDERING ALONG AS IF THEY HAD
NOT YET REALIZED THEY ARE IN A RACE ~ DUSTY + EL PRADO

     ~~THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH~~

A VERY CONFIDENT CRUZAN CONTINUES IN COMMAND OF THE LEAD

CIGARSHOP VERY MUCH IN CONTENTION, INCREASING HIS SPEED
IS NOW GAINING GROUND QUICKLY ON THE FRONT RUNNING COLT

      IT'S JUST A LENGTH BACK TO RUFFIAN + CATALINA
BOTH WITH AN EXCELLENT CHANCE OF CATCHING THOSE
          COCKY CAREFREE COLTS JUST UP AHEAD
                                       

       IT'S A LONG WAY BACK TO THE REST OF THE FIELD
THUNDER CAT + BLUNNY FOLLOWED BY TIGER DANCER + DUSTY

25  LENGTHS BACK IS A FALTERING FATIGUED FILLY, EL PRADO
WHOSE LONG LAYOFF HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL TODAY AS SHE IS
BEING EASED BY THE JOCKEY WHO REALIZES SHE HAS NO CHANCE
AND IT'S BETTER TO BE MINDFUL OF HER HEALTH AT THIS POINT
                                       

     ~~AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~~

CRUZAN JUST A CRUISIN ALONG WITH A COMFORTABLE LEAD

CIGARSHOP BEGINNING TO TURN UP THE HEAT AGAIN IS NOW
JUST 2 LENGTHS BEHIND THE COMPETITIVE COLT IN FRONT

BACK ANOTHER 1/2 LENGTH IS RUFFIAN ALMOST CLIPPING
HEELS WITH CATALINA AS THESE 2 FIERCE FILLYS ARE STILL
IN IT TO WIN IT WITH A CHANCE TO COOK THAT COLT GOOSE!

SUDDENLY A CLEARLY CONFIDENT CRUZAN HAS DECIDED
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH TOYING WITH CIGARSHOP AND IT'S
TIME TO SHOW HIS CHARISMATIC CLASS, SURGING WITH
   ANOTHER BRILLIANT BURST OF POWER TO VICTORY!
                                     

EVEN RUNNING WITH EAR PLUGS TO REDUCE THE CROWD NOISE
THIS COMBATIVE, CLASSY COLT HAS CONVINCINGLY ENCHANTED
HIS LOYAL FANS WITH A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF SPEED + POWER!

INTERESTINGLY + IRONICALLY ENOUGH, CRUZAN'S TRAINER OPTED FOR
       BLINKERS + EAR PLUGS TODAY BASED UPON THE COLT'S
      PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH DISTRACTIONS ~ MAINLY FILLYS!
                                             
                       
         CONGRATS TO THE 'CRUSIN' CRUZAN 
TAKING HOME THE COVETED HELEN KELLER TROPHY!
                                         

        $$--OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH--$$


CRUZAN === $116.50
*Dynamic Display Of Power + Confidence

CIGARSHOP === $100.40
*Electrifying Effort That On Another Day Would Be A Win

RUFFIAN === $99.20
*It Was A Change of Mind Re: BE THE LIGHT At Last Minute = Costly! 

{DC}CATALINA === $98.20
*No Repeat Glory, But Does Steal 'The Precious'


     ~~ALSO RAN~~


THUNDER CAT === $43.00

BLUNNY === $41.60

TIGER DANCER === $32.60

DUSTY === $27.10

EL PRADO === $4.40
*Almost Feathered A Golden Goose Egg Nest!
But Will Enjoy A Buffet Of Meow Mix + Catnip
Plus The 'Thunder From Down Under' Dancers
           In The Colossal Cat House
                       :chickendance:


WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING
AND A SAFE, SOBER, NON-TEXTING DRIVE HOME

[Cigarshop]

quite the scores this week.....

wonderful race call