MIDWEEK MAYHEM + BOTS: 8/15 *RESULTS* @ DEL MAR

[RUFFIAN]

           
**CONGRATS TO THE 'ENERGIZER-BLUNNY' 
      WHO SEEMS TO BE 'HOPPING' HIS WAY
             TO A YEAR END AWARD OR SEVERAL!

HE IS DEFINITELY HONORING THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE 'DOG'
AS THIS COLT LEFT 3 FILLY FELINES CHASING HIS BUNNY-TAIL
                                       

     VENUE:  DEL MAR
{*It Worked Great Last Time, Why Not Again!}

POST TIMES:  5 PM-ET // 4 PM-CT // 3 PM-MT // 2 PM-PT

         
**AUGUST 15 ==>  LEMON MERINGUE PIE DAY**
           
CELEBRATING THIS HOLIDAY ~ OUR FEATURE EVENT IS
                THE ''SWEET -OR- SOUR'' STAKES
...-OR- ...


      **REMEMBER THIS**   
   

                     
             SCORE-KEEPER:
    REPEAT DOG-HOUSE-KEY-KEEPER ===> ~CRUZAN~
IF THE HEAD-HONCHO-DOG-HOUSE-CUSTODIAN IS UNABLE
   TO FIND HIS CALCULATOR DUE TO AN ''OVERDOSE''  OF
LAS VEGAS DANCERS ~ JACK DANIELS ~ MILK BONE BISCUITS
                                     
    THE 'RUFF-ZILLIANT' ONE WILL ROAR ON IN
TO SWEETLY PRESENT THE OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS

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[RUFFIAN]

                                 

DEVIOUS ~ DARING & DECEPTIVE @ DEL MAR 

R1 >>>  7  8  6  2  4
DATA HAWK
SAVAGERY
SUENO

R2 >>>  5  2  4  7  8
PRIVATE JOKE
PAYNES PRAIRIE (Tale of Ekati!)   
ROCKET FUEL


R3 >>>  3  10  11  6  4
EASY SONG
GONE TO BALI
CEE SAM'S GIRL (Eskendereya!)   


R4 >>>  8  4  2  7  9
ALWAYS BELIEVE
DIS CATS ON THE SQUARE
MIZ TIANJIN (Mizzen Mast!)   


R5 >>>  2  7  4  1  6
VEXATIOUS   
FOOL'S PARADISE
AMBOSELI


R6 >>>  3  2  5  4  1
SNEAKING OUT
FLYING TO THE LINE
BLEW BY YOU


R7 >>>   2  4  6  5  1
TRAVIEZA (Into Mischief!) 
JUST A SMIDGE (Into Mischief!)
TIZ AN ILLUSION


R8 >>>   9  5  3  6  8
FRIENDLY STEVE      
BLACK STORM
LIVIN ON PRAYER (Minister's WildCat)

[Dusty]

WONDERFUL weather has returned!!!! YAY

1. 5/8/7
2. 8/4/5
3. 5/1/7/11
4. 8/10/4
5. 5/1/6
6. 9/2/3
7. 7/4/2
8. 7/9/3

GOOD LUCK ALL!

[ElPrado]

1)   4  8  3  5

2)   6 8  2  7

3)   3  5  8  2

4)   7  1  3  9

5)   4  2  7  6

6)   3  4  7  1

7)   9  6  4  3

   2  7  4  3

Good luck everybody!! 🤑

[THUNDER CAT]

Cave Springs Ranch

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

[blunny]

Rolling Thunder Ranch

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

[TIGER DANCER]

       

~~DANCING -N- BLINGING @ DEL MAR
         SINSATIONALLY SWEET AND TANGY~~
                               


R-1:  4 - 6 - 5 - 3

R-2:  5 - 7 - 6 - 4

R-3:  6 - 9 - 5 - 7

R-4:  4 - 7 - 8 - 5

R-5:  2 - 4 - 6

R-6:  8 - 2 - 3 - 5

R-7:  4 - 6 - 2 - 8

R-8:  5 - 3 - 7 - 4

        

[Dusty]

UPDATE DUE TO SCRATCHES

2. 4/5/12

5. 3/6/2

[Catalina]

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

Good luck to all!

[cruzan200246]

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

[ElPrado]

Today's Del Mar scratches

R 2)  sc 2 + 8

R 3)  sc 3

R 4)  sc 3

R 5)  sc 1, 5, 7

R 7)  sc 10, 11, 12, + 13

R8)  sc 8  and #10 got too into the ladies
And is now a gelding

[RUFFIAN]

          **SWEET -or- SOUR RESULTS**





        GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME
      TO MIDWEEK-MAYHEM @ DEL MAR
            TODAY IS ---> BOTS DAY
       FILLYS -VS- COLTS CHALLENGE



**AUGUST 15th IS LEMON MERINGUE PIE DAY**
       

CELEBRATING THIS HOLIDAY OUR FEATURE EVENT IS:
          THE ''SWEET -OR- SOUR'' STAKES
...-OR- ...


  WITH LATE SCRATCHES OF REAL QUIET + CIGARSHOP
DEFENDING CHAMP, THE 'ENERGIZER-BLUNNY' WILL HAVE
ONLY ONE OTHER COLT TO HELP THE COLTS REIGN SWEETLY
      AND HAND THE LEMONS TO THE 6 FRISKY FILLYS!

THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST THE ''BUNNY'' WITH A
'CLOWDER' OF FIERCE FEISTY FILLYS TRYING TO STOP HIM!
....



THE 8 ARE IN THE GATE AND WE ARE READY TO RUN   

AWAAAAAY THEY GO IN ....
                THE 'SWEET OR SOUR' STAKES



THE DEFENDING CHAMP WASTES NO TIME HOPPING OUT OF
THE GATE LEAVING NO DOUBT HE HAS COME PREPARED TO
RUN WITH A FULLY HIGHLY CHARGED 'ENERGIZER-BATTERY'
   ~ LEAVING THE REST FAR BEHIND IN HIS DUST!
             


IT'S 10 LENGTHS BACK TO  DUSTY ~ CATALINA ~ THUNDER CAT
  THIS TRIO IS FOLLOWED BY EL PRADO & CRUZAN WHO ARE
     A COUPLE LENGTHS IN FRONT OF RUFFIAN & TIGER DANCER


   ~~OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME~~


THE 'ENERGIZER-BLUNNY' HAS SEPARATED HIMSELF FROM
  THE REST BY AT LEAST 15 LENGTHS NOW!

DUSTY -&- RUFFIAN ARE NEXT ...
TRYING TO CATCH THE RUNAWAY 'BUNNY'
WHOSE TAIL IS QUICKLY DISAPPEARING IN THE DISTANCE

IT'S ANOTHER 8 LENGTHS BACK TO
    THUNDER CAT -&- CATALINA
JUST AHEAD OF EL PRADO -&- CRUZAN

A VERY TROUBLED TIGER-DANCER
WHO APPEARED TO BE DISGRUNTLED
WHEN REAL QUIET & CIGARSHOP
FAILED TO APPEAR AT THE STARTING GATE
....  IS JUST MEANDERING ALONG



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


DEFENDING CHAMP, BLUNNY HAS HAD THINGS GOING ALL
  HIS OWN WAY FROM THE GATE BUT NOW SUDDENLY ~
THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET WITH A HUGE ROAR AS
RUFFIAN HAS LET HER ''INNER CHEETAH'' COME OUT TO RUN
AND IS GAINING ON THE RUNAWAY-BUNNY IN THE LEAD

THE FLAMBOYANT FILLY HAS PASSED ALL WHO ARE IN HER WAY
AND NOW ~ SHE HAS COLLARED THE BODACIOUS BUNNY AND
ROARED RIGHT ON PAST HIM TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE LEAD!
     


    ~~AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~~


THE CROWD IS GOING WILD AS THE FREAKY FAST FILLY
IS HEADING TO THE WIRE TO GAIN GLORY FOR THE FILLYS




BLUNNY IS NOT THRU YET AND IS JUST A LENGTH BEHIND
        THE CHEETAH FAST FILLY IN FRONT ~

IT'S A LONG WAY BACK TO THUNDER CAT ~ DUSTY ~ CRUZAN
WHO ARE JUST RUNNING FOR THE SHOW SPOT MONEY NOW

EL PRADO IS NEXT FOLLOWED BY
     A SNAIL SPEED DUO OF
CATALINA AND TIGER DANCER
    WHO HAVE SHOWED NO SPEED
OR INTEREST IN RUNNING TODAY



     HERE COMES THE WIRE ~ ~ ~
WAY TOO CLOSE TO CALL!  HOLD ALL TICKETS: PHOTO FINISH
LIGHTS FLASHING ~ JOCKEYS ON THE PHONE ~ TRAINERS ON TRACK

 

STEWARDS REVIEWING THE REPLAY
    REGARDING AN OBJECTION OF
INTERFERENCE IN THE FINAL FURLONG

   AFTER WHAT SEEMED LIKE A VERY LONG WAIT
THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, OBJECTION DISMISSED

OFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW THE DEFENDING CHAMP
        WITH ONE FINAL HEROIC HOP ....
   PUTTING HIS BUNNY WHISKER ON THE WIRE
JUST ENOUGH TO WIN THE BOTS DAY FOR THE COLTS
       


A VERY DISGRUNTLED GRUMPY-CAT RUFFIAN
     OBVIOUSLY PURRRTURBED AT THE DECISION,
IS LEFT HOLDING THE BRIDESMAID TROPHY YET AGAIN  ~
   EXACTLY MATCHING THE LAST MIDWEEK-MAYHEM
RACE RESULT WITH BLUNNY EMERGING --> VICTORIOUS!



SO THE 'SWEET OR SOUR' STAKES GOES TO THE COLTS
BLUNNY WITH THE SWEETNESS ~ FILLYS WITH THE LEMONS



     $$--OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH--$$


1st ~ {DC}BLUNNY === $59.40
*Amazing ComeBack In Final Furlong
~WINNER / BOTS CHAMP~
~HOW SWEEET IT IS~



2nd ~ RUFFIAN === $57.40
*Where's 2 Bucks When Ya Need Em!
~RUNNER-UP / BRIDESMAID~



3rd ~ THUNDER CAT === $38.40
~BRINGER OF FLOWERS --N-- LEMONS~
..........



4th ~ DUSTY === $35.60
~RING-BEARER~


     ~~ALSO RAN~~


CRUZAN === $34.60

EL PRADO === $27.80

CATALINA === $15.40

TIGER DANCER === $12.40
{Maybe She Needed A Quik-Fix Of Catnip & Chippendales?}
.....
           


WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING AND
A SAFE, SOBER, SWEETNESS FILLED DRIVE HOME


            ~~Graphics By: TIGER DANCER~

[Dusty]

NICELY Done Blunny! CONGRATS! Hey fillies - we got whipped!!

[Catalina]

Congrats to Blunny on winning!
Great race call and graphics, ladies!