Risque’s Legacy
$50,000 IRISH DAY STAKES
22nd RUNNING, SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2017
3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, ONE MILE
Track Record: 1:33, Sky Jack (7), Aug. 24, 2003
Stakes Record: 1:34.74, Stopshoppingdebbie, June 23, 2013
Most Wins
Trainer: 3, Tom Wenzel (Elusive Noise, 2011; Exclusive Diva, 2012, Stopshoppingdebbie, 2013)
Jockey: 3, tie Ricky Frazier (Queenledo, 2005; Shampoo, 2007; Ladyledue, 2009),
Juan Gutierrez (Sis’s Sis, 2010; Elusive Noise, 2011; Exclusive Diva, 2012)
Owner: 5 Northwest Farms LLC (Lasting Code, 2002; Shampoo, 2007, Elusive Noise, 2011;
Exclusive Diva, 2012; Stopshoppingdebbie, 2013)
Favorites: 10-for-21 Odds-on: 6-for-11
Gate-to-Wire: 6-for-21
Biggest $2 Win: $46.40, Follow My Heineken (1999)
Smallest $2 Win: $2.40, Queenledo (2005)
Winner Bred: Washington 10, Kentucky 8, California 2, British Columbia 1
Track: fast 18, sloppy 3
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1: Irish Lass (20) Mohamed K. Khan, Burnaby, BC
2: Little Dancer (20) Ron Schmid, Seattle, WA
3: Top Quality (5) Ten Broeck Farm (Dave Mowat, Medina, WA)
4: Retreat Yourself (8) Mark Malnati, Rancho Mirage, CA
5: Risque’s Legacy (2) Karl Krieg, Oak Harbor, WA
6: Blazinbeauty (9/2) Darrin Paul, Bothell, WA
7: McKenzie Honey (10) Barbara Eakin, Portland, ORE; Jonathan Nance, Desert Hills, AZ; Steve Smith, Eugene, ORE
8: Sorceress Warning (15) Ezra Craig, Phoenix, AZ; Thomas Glasgow, Laveen, AZ; Manny Ortiz Sr., Phoenix, AZ
9: Sheeza Sassy Girl (4) John & Janene Maryanski, Auburn, WA
10: Reginella (15) Luigi DiPietro, Seattle, WA; Diana DiPietro, Tukwila, WA
WASHINGTON OAKS SERIES
May 7: $50,000 Seattle Stakes—Alliford Bay ($3.40) 6F 1:08.92 90 Beyer
May 28: $50,000 Kent Stakes, 6 ½ Furlongs—Risque’s Legacy ($9.00) 6 ½ F 1:16.80 70 Beyer
June 25: $50,000 Irish Day Stakes, 1 Mile
July 23: $75,000 Washington Oaks, 1 1/8 Mile
Aug. 27: $50,000 WA Cup Sophomore Filly (S), 1 Mile
NOTES: Six of the last 11 Irish Day winners were subsequently voted Top 3-Year-Old Filly: Shampoo, 2007; Enumclaw Girl, 2008; Ladyledue, 2009; Sis’s Sis, 2010; Stopshoppingdebbie, 2013, and Belle Hill, 2015. . .Blaine Wright , who sends out Top Quality, Sheeza Sassy Girl and Reginella, is the meet’s leading trainer (21 wins) and stakes trainer (2). Alliford Bay (Seattle) and Riser (Coca-Cola) are Wright’s stakes winners. . .Tom Wenzel (Risque’s Legacy) has a record three wins in this race including a one-two-three finish in 2013 by Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window and Blueberry Smoothie. . . Doris Harwood (Retreat Yourself, Little Dancer) is No. 1 all-time with 66 stakes wins at EmD. . .McKenze Honey was the best 3-year-old filly this winter/spring at Turf Paradise, winning the Arizona Oaks on dirt and Scottsdale Handicap on turf. Her trainer, Jonathan Nance, already has two wins this week including 2-year-old gelding Rosie’s Reward. . .Risque’s Legacy was state champion 2-year-old filly of 2016 while Blazinbeauty was Emerald Downs’ champion 2-year-old filly. . .Javier Matias (Retreat Yourself) and Eswan Flores (McKenzie Honey) each have two stakes wins at the meet. . .Rocco Bowen and Wenzel have combined for 15 stakes wins at Emerald Downs including two with Risque’s Legacy (Kent Stakes & Washington Cup 2-year-old filly).
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