How dumb is that Squirrel

Comedy Central’s Breed My Steed contest completed week 3, and it was not quite the outstanding week that Comedians have become accustomed to. Readers might recall that the first week of the 2011 contest, two weeks past, saw three winners from 12 runners. The second week brought in one more win from two starters. As of week 3, most of the steeds had already debuted, but a few were still waiting to do so. 

Among those not-yet-run steeds was Sapphire Sally, bred by Tartar and trained by Squirrel. Sally’s young life has been rather difficult so far. The Tapit filly was loaded onto the shipping truck to go to her new home the week prior to the contest starting, but the trailer blew a flat tire so she had to stay at the farm an extra week. That delayed her training. The next week, she was prepared to ship, but this time a monsoon blew threw and flooded out the road, so again she was put back in her stall. Third time was a charm, and she finally arrived in her new home.  After some quick training, Squirrel scouted what looked like an easy RODOTS maiden and entered Sally, but the poor girl ended up running fifth by almost 4 lengths. 

And so Squirrel’s poor training and haste to get Sally on the track makes this the first week that Comedy Central Steeds have run off the board. 

We still have a few more steeds left to debut, and Comedians hope for less laughable performances from them next week.