Keller’s Gold

$50,000 COCA-COLA STAKES
SUNDAY, JUNE 4
3-YEAR-OLDS, 6 ½ FURLONGS, 22nd RUNNING

Track Record: 1:12.94, I keep Saying (5), July 27, 2014
Stakes Record: Distance 6 ½ furlongs 1997-2009; 6 furlongs 1996, One Mile 2010-2016

Most Wins
Trainer: 5
Doris Harwood (Del Rio Harbor, 2014; Music of My Soul, 2013; Koala Beach, 2010;
Noosa Beach, 2009; Margo’s Gift, 2008)
Jockey: 2-tie
Javier Matias (Barkley, 2016; Jumron Won, 2001), Gallyn Mitchell (Del Rio Harbor, 2014; Makors Finale, 2012), Nathan Chaves (Raise the Bluff, 2006; Naab The Win, 1999), Amir Cedeno (Northwest Attitude, 2004; Leather N Lace, 2003), Ricky Frazier (Koala Beach, 2010; Margo’s Gift, 2008)
Owner: 2-tie Jeff Harwood (Koala Beach, 2010; Noosa Beach, 2009), Elttaes Stable (Music of My Soul, 2013; Margo’s Gift, 2008)

Miscellaneous
Biggest $2 Win: $21.60, Northwest Attitude (2004)
Smallest $2 Win: $3.20, Name for Norm (1997)
Favorites: 7-for-21, Odds-On: 1-for-6
Gate-to-Wire: 6-for-21
Track: fast 17, wet-fast 2, muddy 2
Winner Bred: Washington 14, Kentucky 3, California 1, Florida 1, Maryland 1, British Columbia 1
Purse: $50,000
1st—$27,500 2nd—$10,000 3rd—$7500 4th–$3750 5th –$1250

OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1: Monydontspenitself (12) Where We At (Paul Heist, Auburn, WA; Jack Fabulich, Edgewood)
2: Strate Remark (9/2) Riversedge Racing Stables (Norm Castiglione, Okotoks, Alberta)
3: Sure Sweet (10) Donna Hjort, Auburn, WA; Jon Moresco, Auburn, WA
4: Last Call Lobo (20) Warlock Stables (Tim Floyd, Spokane, WA)
5: Keller’s Gold (15) Swag Stables (Keith Swagerty, Auburn, WA) & 20/10 Stables (Michael Shea, Salem, ORE)
6: Rifle Gernade (12) Wanda Munger, Enumclaw, Wash.
7: Sharkzilla (3) John Parker, Lake Bay, WA
8: Aqua Frio (4) Peter Redekop, Vancouver, BC
9: Riser (5/2) Chappell Alpine Farms LLC (Jared Chappell, Sugar City, ID)

EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIES
May 14: $50,000 Auburn Stakes, 6 Furlongs—Sharkzilla ($37) 6F 1:07.92 76 Beyer
June 4: $50,000 Coca-Cola Stakes, 6 ½ Furlongs
July 2: $50,000 Seattle Slew Stakes, 1 Mile
July 30: $75,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1 1/8 Mile
Aug 27: $50,000 WA Cup Sophomore Stakes (s), 1 Mile

NOTES: The Coca-Cola Stakes has been shortened from one mile to 6 ½ furlongs in 2017. . . Thru five stakes average field size is 7.2 runners and average $2 win payoff $12.40. . . Sharkzilla at 17.50-to-1 in the Auburn is the largest stakes payoff this season. . .Makors Finale in 2012 is the last favorite to win the Coca-Cola. . .Barkley defeated Mach One Rules by a neck in the 2016 Coca-Cola, and Barkley defeated Mach One Rules by a neck in the 2017 Governor’s Stakes last week. . .Monydontspenitself and Rifle Gernade are sentimental choices today. Trainer Kay Cooper (Monydontspenitself) is the daughter of Washington Hall of Fame trainer Jim Penney, who passed away in February, and Wanda Munger (Rifle Gernade) is the widow of owner/trainer/breeder Don Munger, who passed away in May. . .Sharkzilla attempts to copy the feat of Barkley, who swept last year’s Auburn and Coca-Cola Stakes. Call On Carson (2007), Noosa Beach (2009) and Makors Finale (2012) also swept the Auburn & Coca-Cola. . .Hastings shipper Strate Remark was named champion 2-year-old male British Columbia bred in 2016. . . Charlie’s Paradise in 1996 is the last shipper to win the Coca-Cola.

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