Prime Engine

$50,000 BUDWEISER STAKES
SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017
22nd RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP, 6 ½ FURLONGS

Track Record: 1:12.94, I keep Saying (5), July 27, 2014
Stakes Record: Distance 1 mile 1996, 1998 & 2000-2016,1 1/16 Mile 1997-99

Most Wins
Horse: 2-tie Kid Katabatic (1998 & 2000), Noosa Beach (2010-11), Stryker Phd (2014-15)
Trainer: 4-Larry Ross (Final Act, 1996; Funny Tale, 1997; Stryker Phd, 2014-15)
Jockey: 3-tie Gary Baze (Kid Katabatic, 2000, Makors Mark, 2001, Mr. Makah, 2005), Gallyn Mitchell (Turban 2003, Assessment 2009, Noosa Beach 2011)
Owner: 2-tie, S. & K. Ferguson/M. & L. Russell (Kid Katabatic, 1998, 2000), Jeff Harwood (Noosa Beach 2010-2011), Jim & Mona Hour (Stryker Phd (2014-15)
Largest $2 Win: $58.20, R. Associate (2006)
Smallest $2 Win: $2.60, Kid Katabatic (1998)
Largest Winning Margin: 9 ¼ lengths, Noosa Beach (2010)
Smallest Winning Margin: nose, Final Act (1996)
Winner Bred: Washington 9, Kentucky 7, California 2, British Columbia 2, Oregon 1
Favorites: 7-for-21
Gate-to-Wire: 5-for-21
Track: fast 17, wet-fast 2, sloppy 2

OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1: Prime Engine (5/2) Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA; Mike Waters, Seattle, WA
2: The Press (20) Howard Belvoir, Auburn, WA
3: Its Allabout Jerry (15) Rigoberto Velasquez, Auburn, WA; Lisa Baze, Auburn, WA
4: Barkley (2) Rising Star Stable (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA)
5: Togrammashousewego (6) Shirley MacKenzie, Renton, WA; Derek MacKenzie, Bellevue, WA; Don MacKenzie, Snoqualmie, WA
6: Mach One Rules (5) REV Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)
7: Dedicated to You (12) Coal Creek Farm (Barbara Ratcliff, Bellevue, WA)
8: Stryker Phd (9/2) Jim & Mona Hour, Bellevue, WA

LONGACRES MILE SERIES
May 21: $50,000 Governor’s Stakes-Barkley ($9.40) 6F 1:07.92 92 Beyer
June 18: $50,000 Budweiser Stakes, 6 ½ Furlongs
July 16: $50,000 Mt. Rainier Stakes, 1-1/16 Mile
Aug. 13: $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), 1 Mile
Aug. 27: $50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic (S), 1-1/16 Mile

NOTES: The Budweiser Stakes has been shortened from one mile to 6 ½ furlongs. . .Stryker Phd appears in his fifth straight Budweiser and bids for a record third win. He finished second in 2013, first in 2014 & 2015, and third in 2016. . .Stryker Phd is No. 3 in all-time in Washington-bred earnings, $629,761, tied for No. 3 in Emerald Downs’ stakes wins, 9, and the only horse to win the Longacres Mile twice at Emerald Downs. . .This is Stryker Phd’s first sprint since May 19, 2013, when he finished second in the Governor’s Stakes, a span of 24 races. . .Today’s field has a combined 20 Emerald Downs’ stakes wins—Stryker Phd, 9; Barkley 5; Mach One Rules, 3, Prime Engine 2, The Press 1. . .Jockey Javier Matias rides morning line favorite Barkley and bids for a weekend stakes sweep. He rode Profound Moment to a 2-length victory in Saturday’s $50,000 Washington State Legislators Stakes for fillies and mares. Trainer Mike Puhich and owners Mark Dedomenico and Mike Waters team up with second choice Prime Engine and also bid for a weekend sweep after Profound Moment’s victory. . .Scott Stevens, jockey on Prime Engine, only has one previous mount at Emerald Downs. Coincidentally, it was a sixth in the 2015 Budweiser aboard Mebossman for Puhich. . . Betting favorites are 3-for-7 in stakes this season with an average field size of 7.4 horses. . Barkley’s margin of victory in his five stakes wins: ½ length (2015 Emerald Express), head (2016 Auburn), neck (2016 Coca-Cola), head (2016 Seattle Slew) and neck (2017 Governor’s). . . 1:14.37 by Mike Man’s Gold on June 9 is the fastest 6 ½ furlongs of the meet. . .Larry Ross (Stryker Phd) celebrates his 65th birthday Wednesday.

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