Perhaps a Pie Wins 2016 Emerald Distaff
$50,000 WASH STATE LEGISLATORS STAKES
OLDER FILLIES & MARES, 6 ½ FURLONGS
22nd RUNNING, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017
Track Record: 1:12.94, I Keep Saying (5), July 27, 2014
Stakes Record: 1:14.20, Stopshoppingdebbie (4), June 8, 2014
Most Wins*
Horse: 1, 21 tied
Jockey: 3, Ricky Frazier (A Classic Life, 2006; She’s All Silk, 2007; Gadget Queen, 2009)
Trainer: 3, Tom Wenzel (Exclusive Diva, 2013; Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014, Kikisoblu, 2015)
Owner: 2 tie-Seawind Stables (Banchory Baron, 1996; Russellthemussell, 1997) Northwest Farms (Exclusive Diva, 2013; Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014)
Largest Winning Margin: 6 ¼ lengths, Kikisoblu (2015)
Smallest Winning Margin: nose, Always a Dixie (2002), A Classic Life (2006)
Largest $2 Win: $52.60, Always a Dixie (2002)
Smallest $2 Win: $2.60, Stopshoppingdebbie (2014)
Winner Bred: Washington 9, Kentucky 7, British Columbia 2, Florida 2, Chile 1
Betting favorite: 4-for-21 Odds-on: 4-for-9
Track Condition: fast 19, sloppy 2
*Race for 3-year-old colts and geldings prior to 2000
Owners Hometowns
1: Perhaps a Pie (5) One Horse Will Do Corp. (Jody Peetz, Issaquah, WA),
Will Brewer, Seattle, WA; Chris Stenslie, Enumclaw, WA
2: My Heart Goes On (10) Coal Creek Farm (Barbara Ratcliff, Bellevue, WA)
3: Princess Kennedy (8) David Thorner, Yakima, WA
4: B C Z Middleton (6) William Burns, Mesa, AZ; Rebecca Turcott, Mansfield, MO
5: Protective Shield (15) Tom Grether Farms, Inc., (Carl Grether, Somis, CA)
6: Citizen Kitty (2) Highlander Racing Stable (Bruce & Cass Maller, Incline Village, NV)
7: Profound Moment (9/5) Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA; Mike Waters, Seattle, WA
3 & Up Fillies & Mares @ Emerald Downs
May 20: $50,000 Hastings Stakes-Citizen Kitty (3.40) 6F 109.15 75 Beyer
June 17: $50,000 WA State Legislators Stakes, 6 ½ Furlongs
July 16: $50,000 Boeing Stakes, 1 Mile
Aug. 13: $65,000 Emerald Distaff, 1 1/8 Mile
Aug. 27: WA Cup Filly & Mare Stakes (S), 1 1/16 Mile
NOTES: B C Z Middleton could become the first two-time winner of the Washington State Legislators Stakes. The Nobiz Like Shobiz filly won last year’s races as a 3-year-old, running 6 ½ furlongs in 1:15.33 and earning a career-high 81 Beyer while returning $32.60 to win. She is the only returnee from last year’s race. . .Five of the top six finishers from the Hastings Stakes are entered today: Citizen Kitty (1st), B C Z Middleton (2nd), Protective Shield (3rd), Perhaps a Pie (4th) and Princess Kennedy (6th). . .Citizen Kitty could become the sixth horse to sweep the Hastings and Washington State Legislators: Kikisoblu (2015), Stopshoppingdebbie, Marva Jean (2005), Ema Bovary (2003) and Fleet Pacific (2001). . .Although she failed to fire in the Hastings, Princess Kennedy is a two-time Emerald Downs’ champion: Top 2-Year-Old Filly (2015) and Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2016). . .Betting favorites are 3-for-6 in stakes this season while average field size is 7.5 horses. . . Invested Prospect, a gate scratch at 1-to-5 odds in the Hastings is 4-to-1 in Sunday’s $100,000 Desert Stormer (G3) at Santa Anita. . .Eswan Flores (Citizen Kitty) is the only jockey with two stakes wins this season: Citizen Kitty (Hastings) and Riser (Coca-Cola). . . Profound Moment could join Summers Peace (2011) as shippers to win the Washington State Legislators.
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