$40,000 Seattle Slew Stakes-Press Kit

$40,000 SEATTLE SLEW STAKES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020
43rd RUNNING, 3-YEAR OLDS, 6 ½ FURLONGS

Track Record: 1:39 3/5, Kid Katabatic (5), July 26, 1998
Stakes Record: Former distance 1 1/16 Miles

Blaine Wright

Most Wins
Trainer: 4, Blaine Wright (Newfound Man, 2010; Zayda, 2011; Aqua Frio, 2017; Perfect Dude, 2020)
Jockey: 4, Gallyn Mitchell (Prefabricate, 1994; Cromarty Bay, 1995; Jumron Won, 2001, Peaceful Reign, 2009)

Flying Notes

Stats 1996-2019 at Emerald Downs
Track Condition: fast 23, wet-fast 1
Favorites: 8 for 24 Odds-on: 3 for 4
Largest $2 Win: $68.60, Betrbegone, July 12, 2015
Smallest $2 Win: $2.80, Name for Norm, 1997; Jumron Won, 2001
Gate-to-wire: 8 for 24
Smallest Win Margin: head-tie, Aqua Frio, 2017; Barkley, 2016; Italian Boy, 2012; Newfound Man, 2010; Stratoplan, 2003
Largest Win Margin: 5 lengths, Flying Notes, 2002
Winner Bred: Washington 15, Kentucky 6, Florida 2, British Columbia 1

OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1: Gold Crusher (5/2) Chad Christensen, Enumclaw, WA; Josh McKee, Enumclaw, WA
2: Unmachable (4) Tawnja Elison, Eagle, ID
3: Tig (6) Candice Lumley and Mike Baldoz, Algona, WA
4: Muncey (7/2) Rising Star VII (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA)
5: Mosquito Fleet (12) Q Stable (Doug & Nancy McPhee, Maple Valley, WA); Craig Fredrickson, Bainbridge Island, WA
6: Vroysky (9/2) Rick Kessler, Thousand Oaks, CA; Terra Firma Farm (Joe Toye, Yakima, WA)
7: Wilson to Lockett (8) How We Roll #7 (David Israel, Enumclaw, WA)

MUCKLESHOOT DERBY SERIES
Aug 6: $40,000 Seattle Slew Stakes, 6 ½ F
Sept 5: $40,000 Muckleshoot Derby, 1 1/16 Mile (tentative date)

Perfect Dude

2019 SEATTLE SLEW WINNER: Perfect Dude ($8.80) Kevin Orozco/Blaine Wright/Todd & Shawn Hansen

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