Off to the Races

In lane 1, we have TV Werne 03, fresh off an embarrassing loss to Luddenscheid looking to make up for lost time. This is a must win for this horse if he wants to compete for the championship in the second half of the season. In lane 2, we have a sleeper horse who ran the top horse in the league Hagen Haspa down to the wire and lost by 2 links and also competed with Munster (the 2nd horse in the league) for 3 quarters. Although this horse is second to last in the league, it definitely has the potential to pop off a good race and knock one of the top horses off. Now that you have been briefed on the race let the fun begin.

All bets are now final. No more betting please. Cocktails and hot dogs will be served throughout the evening (why hotdogs and cocktails? I don't know! Two words: MY BLOG).

And why is this only a two horse race and all the pictures have more than two horses in them? SUE ME!!

The horses are brought through the crowd and into the starting gate. That TV WERNE 03 looks a little beat up but has a bounce in his step. He could really get out to a fast start today. He has been known in the past to start quickly. BORCHEN looks meaty. He seems to be in fine shape and ready for a dirty battle. BORCHEN has been known to play a little dirty from time to time and TV WERNE 03's trainer has warned his horse. "Make sure you keep your distance, and just beat him out of the gates," said Trainer Rosic.


The horses are brought into the starting gates. The crowd (all fifteen of them and ten with drums and matching shirts just newly purchased AKA TV WERNE 03's SIXTH MAN (yes, our main cheering section all have matching shirts with SIXTH MAN on the back and their names on the front). The drums are going crazy and the other five fans are standing on the edge of their seats. Yes they were standing not sitting because there was no where to sit in this glorified elementary school.

BOOM! The gun goes off and TV WERNE 03 is literally blasted out of a cannon. At the quarter mark they already have a 30 link lead. BORCHEN seems to have gotten lost in TV WERNE 03's dust and only made 5 links of the race at the quarter. TV WERNE 03's pressure was just too stifling and they were getting fast break after fast break and also raining from the land beyond the arc. At the mid point of the game TV WERNE 03 traveled 69 links to BORCHEN'S 24. GAME OVER!!! TV WERNE 03 put it into coast mode and shut down a couple of its big engines for the second half.

TV WERNE 03 ended up winning the race 87 links to 51. RACE OVER!! All bets will be paid in full and now with every 5 hot dogs you will get a free cocktail. TV WERNE 03's next race is against DORSTEN, a horse in a league higher, as part of the CUP tournament. (YES that is TV WERNE 03 to the right, beautiful horse isn't he)

Box Score:
TEAM UND PUNKTE

TV Werne: Aaron (14), Meinert (12/2), Mersch (8/1), Manske (6), Wittwer (20/2), Lüttecke (5), Filipovic (11), Langos (6), Tübel (3).

Tremaine and mine all came in the first half as we saw minimal time in the second half. T dislocated his finger at the beginning of the third quarter. It was actually kind of disgusting and I almost had to pop it back into place. Glad I didn't have to

Injury Report (all injuries did not occur during the game but are accumulation of the last few weeks):
Tramaine Aaron: Dislocated Finger (probable for the game on Sunday)
J: Severe Ankle Sprain (Questionable for Sunday)
Freddy: Sore Right Wrist (Likely for Sunday)
Andre: Sore Knee - waiting MRI results (questionable for Sunday)
Trevor Wittwer - Inflammation in Left Hand (probably for Sunday)
Langos - chronicly injured :) (will play Sunday)
Radek: Ill (probable for Sunday)
Marc: his knee hurts; repercussion from a hyperextension earlier in the year (likely for Sunday)

We may or may not be running a hospital (krankenhaus) during practice. We are lucky to have ten guys to practice.

Until we meet again Mr. Bond
TJW