And to think, if you had just picked Tampa Bay, somebody could have picked a $38 and change winner, a $78 + change winner, and a $83 + change winner today! Or something close enough to that it makes no difference. :chickendance:
GOOD AFTERNOON -&- WELCOME TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM COMING TO YOU FROM DELTA DOWNS
TODAY BEING THE 1st WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH IS ALSO A BOTS DAY: BATTLE OF THE SEXES FIERCE FILLYS --VS-- CONTENTIOUS COLTS
WELCOMING IN THE NEW YEAR OUR FEATURE EVENT WILL BE THE: ''WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT'' STAKES
MIDWEEK 'MAYHEM' IS EXACTLY WHAT TODAY HAS TURNED INTO! DUE TO INCOMING WEATHER CHANGES OUR RACE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED FROM ORIGINAL 10 FURLONGS TO A 5 FURLONG SPRINT
DUE TO LATE SCRATCHES OF CRUZAN -&- ROAMIN DEFENDING CHAMP ~DUSTY~ WILL HAVE JUST 7 CHALLENGERS TRYING TO STOP ANOTHER 'DUST STORM' REPEAT
THE ENERGETIC EIGHT ARE IN THE GATE
AND AWAAAAAAAAAY THEY GO IN THE ''WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT'' STAKES
IT'S 2 FRISKY FILLYS LEADING THE WAY DUSTY -&- THUNDER CAT
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY: BLUNNY ~ CIGARSHOP ~ RUFFIAN IT'S A LONG WAY BACK TO: CATALINA ~ TIGER DANCER ~ EL PRADO
~~THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF THE STRETCH~~
SUDDENLY ... THE CROWD IS ON THEIR FEET LOOKING BACK AT THE TIRING TRIO IN THE DISTANCE
TIGER DANCER WITH A MIGHTY RESOUNDING ROAR AND EL PRADO WITH AN EQUALLY ENERGIZED MOVE HAVE FLOWN BY THE FIELD AS IF THEY WERE ALL OUT FOR A MORNING WORKOUT JOG!
~~DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME~~
TIGER DANCER -&- EL PRADO .... NECK + NECK, WHISKER TO WHISKER AS THE DYNAMIC DUO HEAD TO THE WIRE
THUNDER CAT IS ALL OUT TRYING TO CATCH THE FEARSOMELY FAST FILLYS IN THE FRONT
BLUNNY IS NEXT -- BUT IT'S SEVERAL LENGTHS BACK TO DUSTY ~ CATALINA ~ CIGARSHOP
TRAILING THE FIELD IS A FLUSTERED, FRUSTRATED, FRAZZLED FILLY ~RUFFIAN~ WANDERING ALL OVER THE TRACK TRYING TO AVOID THE RAINDROPS AS IF THEY WERE TINY ATTACK MODULES! YOU MIGHT THINK SHE WAS AN ARABIAN, WITH THIS BEHAVIOUR!
SUDDENLY, TIGER DANCER DECIDES THAT ENUFF IS ENUFF!
SHAKING LOOSE FROM EL PRADO ... THE TIGER 2-STEP-DANCE HAS TURNED INTO A TIGER RUNAWAY RUMBA AS THE FORMIDABLE FLAMBOYANT FILLY NOW MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE RACE PUTTING A PRETTY TIGER WHISKER ON THE WIRE!
EL PRADO HOLDS ON FOR 2nd & THE BRIDESMAID TROPHY
THUNDER CAT WINNING THE BOUQUET OF *TIGER LILLYS* ~ AIN'T IRONY AWESOME!
THE ''ENERGIZER~BLUNNY'' PICKING RIGHT UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF HAS YET AGAIN MANAGED TO STEAL ''THE PRECIOUS'' MAKING PEOPLE WONDER IF PERHAPS HE IS RELATED TO GOLLUM?
FIRST BOTS OF 2019 GOES TO THE FILLYS
$$--OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH--$$
1st ~ TIGER DANCER === $64.20 *In The Jungle, The Mighty Jungle, The TIGER Roars Tonight ~WINNER / EMPRESS OF THE DELTA NILE~
{DC}DUSTY === $29.60 *Feather Dusters Fluster In The Rain!
CATALINA === $16.40
CIGARSHOP === $13.80
RUFFIAN === $6.40 *With 2 Year-End Cat House Keys In Her Paws Looks Like She Is Goin For Cat-House-3Peat!
WE NOW BID YOU ADIEU FROM DELTA DOWNS RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN ON OUR HEADS SO TAKE IT EASY ON THE DRIVE HOME BETTER SLOW ~ SAFE ~ SOBER THAN SPEEDY GONZALES TO THE AMBULANCE!
~~Graphics By: TIGER DANCER~~
MAY THE PURRRRRRRRRR BE WITH YOU =^,,^=
" JOURNEY NOT UPON THE PATH OF ANOTHER LEST YOU ARRIVE AT THEIR DESTINATION ~ AND NOT YOUR OWN! 😔 "