$50,000 Auburn Stakes-Press Kit

So Lucky

$50,000 Auburn Stakes
Sunday, May 14, 2017
3-Year-Old Colts & Geldings
22nd Running, 6 Furlongs

Track Record: 1:06.86, Kaabraaj (4), April 23, 2016
Stakes Record:* 1:08.00, Call On Carson (dead-heat, 2007)

Most Wins
Trainer: 4, Bud Klokstad (Ropersandwranglers, 1997 & 1999; Jumron Won, 2001; Beau Maggie, 2005)
Jockey: 4, Juan Gutierrez (Crimson Design, 2004; Noosa Beach, 2009; Finallygotabentley, 2013; Fooled Again, 2015)
Owner: 2, Billie Klokstad (Ropersandwranglers 1997 & 1998)
Largest Winning Margin: 5 lengths, Noosito (2014)
Smallest Winning Margin: dead-heat, D’honorable One & Makors Finale, 2012
Track Condition: Fast 20, Sloppy 1
Betting Favorite: 6-for-21
Largest $2 Win: $102.40, Showme Yourfriends (2011)
Smallest $2 Win: $2.60, D’honorable One (dead-heat, 2012)
Winner bred: Washington 12, Kentucky 5, California 3, Florida 2
Gate-to- wire: 5-for-21
*Race for older fillies & mares 1997-99, 3-year-olds & up 1996

OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1: Keller’s Gold (10) Swag Stables (Keith Swagerty, Auburn, WA) & 20/10 Stables (Michael Shea, Salem, ORE)
2: Sharkzilla (12) John Parker, Lake Bay, WA
3: Sure Sweet (20) Donna Hjort, Auburn, WA; John Moresco, Auburn, WA
4: Seau (3) Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA; Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings (John Sikura, Lexington, KY); Jerry Hollendorfer, Richmond, CA
5: Monydontspenitself (10) Where We At (Paul Heist, Auburn, WA; Jack Fabulich, Edgewood, WA)
6: Shot Gun Gary (12) Gary Hughes, Clarkston, WA
7: So Lucky (9/5) Pegasus Too (Ray Loftis, Bellevue, WA), Rising Star Stable (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA)
8: Aqua Frio (2) Peter Redekop, Vancouver BC

EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIES
May 14: $50,000 Auburn Stakes, 6 Furlongs
June 4: $50,000 Coca-Cola Stakes, 6 ½ Furlongs
July 2: $50,000 Seattle Slew Stakes, 1 Mile
July 30: $75,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1 1/8 Mile
Aug 27: $50,000 WA Cup Sophomore Stakes (s), 1 Mile

NOTES: As part of a $125,000 bonus program between Emerald Downs and Hastings Racecourse, any horse sweeping the Emerald Downs Derby and September 10 British Columbia Derby earns a $25,000 (US) bonus. . .Washington Hall of Fame trainer Howard Belvoir has a chance to win the Auburn for the third straight year. Fooled Again raced to an 8-1 upset in 2015, Barkley edged Mach One Rules in 2016 renewal, and So Lucky is 9-to-5 morning line favorite in 2017. . .Track and state champion 2-year-old colt & gelding of 2016, So Lucky So Lucky is 4-1-1 in six lifetime starts with earnings of $106,910. A Washington-bred by Coast Guard, So Lucky has led led after a quarter-mile in every one of his starts, but finished third to Keller’s Gold and Monydontspenitself in an allowance race last month. . .2015 Emerald Downs’ riding champion Julien Couton makes his 2017 EmD debut on Aqua Frio for trainer Blaine Wright and owner Peter Redekop. Wright is already 1-for-1 in stakes this year as Alliford Bay captured last week’s Seattle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. . . Fooled Again (2015), Showme Yourfriends (2011), Posse Power (2010), Jumron Won (2001) and Cantil (2000) all rallied from fifth to win the Auburn, and Barkley came from fourth to edge Mach One Rules last year. . .Cantil earned a 95 Beyer for his win, highest figure in the race.