MIDWEEK MAYHEM + BOTS: 1/30 ***RESULTS** @ TAMPA BAY

[RUFFIAN]

                                         


CAT SCRATCH FEVER        

: IF ALL RACES ARE INCLUDED

RACE 4
3--4--5--13--12
DRILL
SUNSET
SUNDAY

RACE 8
10  12  9  3  6
MY RULES
SECRET
ROAD

[TIGER DANCER]

**CHANGES DUE TO SCRATCH ES:

R-4:  4 - 5 - 14

R-8:  8 - 9 - 13

[THUNDER CAT]

[Thunder Cat
Lost Springs Ranch

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

                                                 

GOOD AFTERNOON & WELCOME TO MIDWEEK MAYHEM
                    AT TAMPA BAY DOWNS

TODAY WE ARE BEING DRENCHED WITH RAIN BUT NO
AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL DAMPEN THE SPIRITS OF OUR
     FERVENT FANS OR RAMBUNCTIOUS RUNNERS!
                               

DEFENDING CHAMP = 'ENERGIZER-BLUNNY' WILL HAVE
                8 CONTENTIOUS CHALLENGERS
TRYING TO STOP A  REPEAT ''BUNNY-HOP' VICTORY
                             

                     FEATURE EVENT   
           BONUS BOTS:  BATTLE OF THE SEXES
FEISTY FRISKY FILLYS VS: COURAGEOUS COMPETITIVE COLTS

            THEY'RE IN THE GATE & READY TO RUN

A SPEEDY TRIO IS OUT WITH A GOOD LEAD OVER THE REST
ROAMIN ~ DUSTY & EL PRADO TAKE THE FIELD INTO THE TURN
                             

          ===== OUT OF THE TURN THEY COME =====

  THE ORIGINAL TRIO IN THE LEAD HAS NOW CHANGED

DEFENDING CHAMP, 'ENERGIZER-BLUNNY' WITH A FULLY CHARGED BATTERY
           HAS TAKEN A 1/2 LENGTH LEAD OVER ROAMIN & DUSTY
                                 
 
EL PRADO STUMBLED ON THE TURN LOSING MOMENTUM & DROPPING BACK QUICKLY

CRUZAN IS NEXT ALONG WITH CIGARSHOP & THUNDER CAT
THIS DUO IS JUST A LENGTH BEHIND THE TRIO IN FRONT
AND TIGER DANCER IS RIGHT THERE AT THEIR TAILS

     MEANDERING ALONG FAR BACK, IS RUFFIAN, WHO
APPARENTLY FORGOT TO AWAKEN HER 'INNER-CHEETAH'
SHOWING NO SPEED  ~  NO INTEREST AT ALL IN RUNNING

       THO HER SECRET 'GENUINE' INTEREST 'AGENDA'
     MAY BE HOLDING ON TO HER 2017 CAT HOUSE KEY!
                                     

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

  THE RACE QUICKLY HAS TURNED INTO A COLT MATCH RACE
FOR BOTS GLORY WITH DEFENDING CHAMP, BLUNNY & ROAMIN
                               

DUSTY DOING HER BEST TO WIN FOR THE FILLYS IS HAVING
A VERY TUFF TIME TRYING TO CATCH THE DYNAMIC DUO
SHE IS AT LEAST 9 LENGTHS BACK & NOT GAINING GROUND
                                                       

CIGARSHOP IS NEXT, FOLLOWED BY CRUZAN & THUNDER CAT

IT'S ANOTHER 3 LENGTHS BACK TO EL PRADO & TIGER DANCER

      IF U HAVE BINOCULARS, YOU CAN SEE RUFFIAN!
                                 

           ===== AND DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME =====

A BODACIOUS BATTLE AT THE FRONT WITH ROAMIN & BLUNNY
                                   

DUSTY ALL OUT TRYING TO STOP COLT GLORY
         CIGARSHOP RIGHT ON DUSTY'S TAIL

                   IT'S A FEW LENGTHS BACK TO
CRUZAN, THUNDER CAT, EL PRADO & TIGER DANCER

AND DETESTING THE RAIN, THE MUD, THE DIRT IN HER FACE
           IS  A WET, MISERABLE, GRUMBLING RUFFIAN
          DOING HER  BEST 'GRUMPY CAT' IMPRESSION
AS WE ALL KNOW HOW MOST 'FELINE'S' HATE WET FUR!
                                   

           RUMOR HAS IT,   WHEN RUFFIAN SAW THE WEATHER
SHE BEGGED HER TRAINER TO REPORT A CASE OF 'CAT-SCRATCH-FEVER'
                    WE SEE HOW THAT REQUEST WENT!
                                       

BACK UP AT THE FRONT, THE TWO COMBATIVE COLTS, NECK & NECK
       LEAVING NO DOUBT THAT THE COLTS WIN THE BOTS GLORY
   
BUT ONLY A PHOTO WILL DETERMINE WHICH COLT NOSE IS #1 OR: DH?
                                       

DUSTY CATCHES THE BODACIOUS BOUQUET
CIGARSHOP EASILY STEALS 'THE PRECIOUS'

  BUT WHO WILL STAND IN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE?   
            HOLD ALL TICKETS!   TOTE BOARD FLASHING
                           2 JOCKEYS ON THE PHONES
   
STEWARDS LISTENING TO OBJECTIONS ~ REVIEWING THE REPLAY
                FANS ARE GETTING RESTLESS & ROWDY
                 BECAUSE OF SUCH A LONG DELAY
         PLUS BEING SOAKED TO THE SKIN BY NOW             
  NOT A CROWD OF HAPPY FANS WITH THIS STORM
                                 

        FINALLY!  THE LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED FLASHING!
              COULD WE SEE A DEAD HEAT PERHAPS?

THE REPLAY HAS SHOWN THAT A NOSTRIL WHISKER OF ROAMIN
TOUCHED THE WIRE FIRST BY A MILLISECOND OVER {DC} BLUNNY
                                           
                    OUCH! THATS GONNA HURT THE BUNNY!   

    $$$ ===== OFFICIAL ORDER OF FINISH ===== $$$
                      * BOTS GLORY TO THE COLTS *

ROAMIN = $55.30
*Fantastic Form Start To Finish:   R+R Really Works! 

{DC} BLUNNY = $55.10
* O Brother, Can Ya Spare A Dime ~  or 2 Would Be Better! 
                          O U C H !!!     

DUSTY = $37.20
*Take Time To Smell The Flowers   

CIGARSHOP = $33.50
*Steals 'The Precious' While Checking For Gollum   

                  ===== ALSO RAN =====

CRUZAN = $25

THUNDER CAT = $21.40

EL PRADO = $18.80

TIGER DANCER = $15.70

RUFFIAN = $6.90
*Clever Plan Worked: Rain Or Scheme?  Cat House Key Is Her's 

            WE NOW BID YOU A GOOD EVENING FROM SOGGY TAMPA BAY
                   WISHING ALL A SAFE, *SLOW*  SOBER DRIVE HOME

          AND REMEMBER: NO PHONE CALL IS WORTH A LIFE