$75,000 Washington Oaks-Press Kit

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$75,000 WASHINGTON OAKS

SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016

37th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, 1 1/8 MILES

Track Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), Sept. 2, 2002

Stakes Record: 1:47 1/5, Flirtacious Girl, August 21,1999

Statistics 1996-2015 @ EmD

Most Wins

Trainer: 3-tie Grant Forster (Youcan’ttakeme, 2003; Bianconi Baby, 2004; A Classic Life, 2005) Larry Ross (Ever Lasting, 1996; Zenovit, 2010; Belle Hill, 2015)

Owner: 2-tie Michael and Amy Feuerborn (A Classic Life, 2005; Class Included, 2011) Northwest Farms (Elusive Horizon, 2008; Stopshoppingdebbie, 2013)

Jockey: 3-tie Ricky Frazier (A Classic Life, 2005; She’s All Silk, 2006; Zenovit, 2010) Gary Baze (Crossatyourownrisk, 2000; Graceful Cat, 2001; Youcan’ttakeme, 2003) Leslie Mawing (Class Included, 2011; Lady Fifty Two, 2014; Belle Hill, 2015)

Largest Winning Margin: 9 ½ lengths, Flirtacious Girl, August 21, 1999

Smallest winning margin: head, She’s All Silk (August 19, 2006)

Track: fast 18, wet-fast 1, sloppy 1

Favorites: 8-for-20 Odds-on: 8-for-15

Gate-to-wire: 8-for-20

Largest $2 Win: $23.60, Rivoltella, August 18,2007

Smallest $2 Win: $2.80-tie, Youcan’ttakeme (2003), No Flies On Doodle (2009), Stopshoppingdebbie (2013)

Winner bred: Kentucky 12, Washington 6, Florida 1,Maryland 1

OWNERS HOMETOWNS

1: My Heart Goes On (7-2) Coal Creek Farm (Barbara Ratcliff, Bellevue, WA)

2: Find Joy (5-2) David P. Taylor, Seattle, WA

3: Brookys Star (5) Jethorse LLC (Steven Reger, Billings, MT)

4: Say It Slow (15) Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA

5: Princess Kennedy (2) David Thorner, Yakima, WA

6: Sunrise Glow (8) Ten Broeck Farm (David Mowat, Woodinville, WA)

7: Mara’s Warlock (20) Warlock Stable (Tim Floyd, Spokane, WA), Allen Floyd, Elk, WA; Willie Edwards, Selah, WA

WASHINGTON OAKS SERIES

May 8: $50,000 Seattle Stakes, Invested Prospect ($9) 1:14.87

May 29: $50,000 Irish Day Stakes, Princess Katie ($9.60) 1:36.36

June 26: $50,000 Kent Stakes, 1 1/16 Mile, Find Joy ($31.40) 1:43.40

July 24: $75,000 Washington Oaks, 1 1/8 Mile

Aug. 28: $50,000 WA Cup (WA-Bred), 1 Mile

FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS

Joe Withee (EmD1): Brookys Star, My Heart Goes On, Find Joy (3-14, $142.70)

Matt Dinerman (EmD2): Find Joy, Princess Kennedy, Sunrise Glow (3-14, $177.70)

Professor Pollowitz (EmD3): My Heart Goes On, Find Joy, Princess Kennedy (2-14, $139.30)

Vic Cozzetti   (Predictorsays.com): Princess Kennedy, Find Joy, My Heart Goes On (3-14 $154.10)

Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Princess Kennedy, Find Joy, My Heart Goes On (3-14, $162.70)

Consensus: Princess Kennedy (13), Find Joy (12), My Heart Goes On (9) (3-14, $140.90)

NOTES: The Oaks is one of Emerald Downs’ most formful stakes with odds-on winners the last three years and six of the last seven: Belle Hill (2015), Lady Fifty Two (2014), Stopshoppingdebbie (2013), Class Included (2011), No Flies On Doodle (2009) and Elusive Horizon (2008). . A sweep of the Washington Oaks and the $100,000 British Columbia earns a $25,000 (Cdn) bonus. The BC Oaks (G3-C) is Saturday, September 10 at Hastings Racecourse. . .Trainer Mike Puhich (Say It Slow) finished second and third with Suva Harbor and Rastanora in the 2015 Washington Oaks. . .Trainer Frank Lucarelli (Find Joy) seeks his first Washington Oaks victory at Emerald Downs, but did win the race at Longacres with 20-1 Nifty Misty Dawn in 1988. . .No Flies On Doodle in 2009 is the last gate-to-wire Oaks winner. Other gate-to-wire winners: Elusive Horizon (2008), She’s All Silk (2006), Bianconi Baby (2004), Youcan’ttakeme (2003), Erica’s Smile (2002), Flirtacious Girl (1999) and Guinevere (1998). . . .Javier Matias (Sunrise Glow) leads all jockeys with five stakes wins at the meet. . .Kentucky-breds have won the last five Washington Oaks, Zenovit in 2010 is the last Washington-bred winner. . .Thru 14 stakes this meet, average field size is 7.9 horses and average $2 win payoff $17.40. Favorites are 2-for-14 and second choices 7-for-14.

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