$50,000 AUBURN STAKES
3YO COLTS & GELDINGS, 6 FURLONGS, 26th RUNNING
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022
Track Record: 1:06.86, Kaabraaj (4), April 23, 2016
Stakes Record: 1:07.98, Baja Sur (May 19, 2019)
Most Wins
Trainer: 4, Bud Klokstad (Ropersandwranglers, 1997 & 1998; Jumron Won, 2001; Beau Maggie, 2005)
Jockey: 4, Juan Gutierrez (Crimson Design, 2004; Noosa Beach, 2009; Finallygotabentley, 2013; Fooled Again, 2015)
Owner: 2-tie, Billie Klokstad (Ropersandwranglers 1997 & 1998), John and Janene Maryanski & Riverbend Stable (Baja Sur, 2019; Top Executive, 2021)
Largest Winning Margin: 5 lengths-tie, Noosito (2014), Baja Sur (2019)
Smallest Winning Margin: nose-tie, Cantil (2000), Whatwasithinking (2018)
Track Condition: fast 24, Sloppy 1
Betting Favorite: 8-25
Largest $2 Win: $102.40, Showme Yourfriends (2011)
Smallest $2 Win: $2.60, D’honorable One (dead-heat, 2012)
Winner bred: Washington 13, Kentucky 7, California 3, Florida 3
Gate-to-Wire: 6-25
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1: Mr. Mischief (8) Sergio Perez, Fresno, CA
2: Smiling Goodbye (6) Little Barn Racing (Luis Ruiz, Auburn, WA)
3: Little Casino (5) Tracy and Paula Henline, Vernal, UT
4: A View From Above (7/2) Grasshoppers Racing Stable (Paul and Lori Heist, Auburn, WA) Doug Stenberg, Renton, WA
5: Saint Pieus (4) One Horse Will Do Corp (Jody Peetz, Issaquah, WA), Scott & Tina Saxwold, Des Moines, WA; Chris Stenslie, Enumclaw, WA
6: Midnight Mojo (15) George Todaro, Seattle, WA
7: Itsallabouttheride (10) Friendship Stable (Bonnie Jenne, Auburn, WA), Q Stable (Doug & Nancy McPhee, Maple Valley, WA), Craig Fredrickson, Bainbridge Island, WA)
8: Executive Chef (5/2) John & Janene Maryanski, Auburn, WA; Riverbend Stable (Gail & Gerald Schneider, Auburn, WA)
2022 EmD 3YO COLTS & GELDINGS SERIES
June 19 $50,000 Auburn Stakes, 6 Furlongs
July 17 $50,000 Irish Day Stakes, 6 ½ Furlongs
Aug 14 $75,000 Muckleshoot Derby (3yo), 1 1/16 Mile
AUBURN STAKES LAST FIVE WINNERS
2021 Top Executive 1:09.56 $6.80
2020 Not run
2019 Baja Sur 1:07.98 $3.80
2018 Whatwasithinking 1:09.63 $6.40
2017 Sharkzilla 1:08.92 $37.00
Notes: Morning line favorite Executive Chef could give trainer Blaine Wright and owners John and Janene Maryanski and Gail and Gerald Schneider a third straight Auburn Stakes victory, following triumphs by Baja Sur in 2019 and Top Executive in 2021. . .A View From Above handed 2021 track and state champion 2-year-old Cobra Jet his lone career defeat in last year’s WTBOA Lads Stakes. . . Cobra Jet has resumed training for Frank Lucarelli, logging a pair of recent three furlongs works.
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