$50,000 Boeing Stakes-Press Kit

McDove (green & white silks) tries stakes company

$50,000 BOEING STAKES
SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2017
22nd RUNNING, FILLIES & MARES, 1 MILE

Track & State Record: 1:32.90 Point Piper (6), Aug. 14, 2016
Stakes Record: 1:34.20 Stopshoppingdebbie  (4), July 6, 2014
*Distance 1 Mile 2011-2016; 1 1/16 mile, 2001-2010; 6 ½ furlongs, 1996, 1998-2000; 6 furlongs, 1997

Most Wins
Horse: 2, Ropersandwranglers 1997-98
Trainer: 4, Doris Harwood
(Silver Screen Girl, 2003; Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006; Shampoo, 2008; Elusive Horizon, 2009)
Jockey: 4,  Gallyn Mitchell
(Fleet Pacific, 2000; Top Bracket, 2002, Cascade Corona, 2004; Lady Rosberg, 2015)
Owner: 4, Northwest Farms (Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006, Shampoo, 2008, Elusive Horizon, 2009, Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014)
Track: fast 20, sloppy 1
Favorite: 8-for-22  Odds-on Favorite: 2-for-7
Largest $2 Win: $48.20, Guinevere’s Finale, 2016 Smallest $2 Win: $2.40, Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014
Gate-to-Wire: Singing Year, 1999; Fleet Pacific, 2000; Silver Screen Girl, 2003;
Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006, Elusive Horizon (DH), 2009, Gosailgo, 2013, Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014
Largest Win Margin: 7 lengths, Ropersandwranglers, 1997
Smallest Win Margin: dead-heat for win, Elusive Horizon & Holy Nova, 2009
Winner Bred: Kentucky 9, Washington 6, California 5, Maryland 1, British Columbia 1
Purse: $50,000  1st – $27,500 2nd – $10,000 3rd – $7500 4th – $3750 5th – $1250

Owners Hometowns
1: Princess Katie (6) Ernest Chu, Vancouver BC
2: Citizen Kitty (3) Highlander Racing Stable (Bruce & Cass Maller, Incline Village, NV)
3: My Heart Goes On (15) Coal Creek Farm (Barbara Ratcliff, Bellevue, WA)
4: Profound Moment (5/2) Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA; Mike Waters, Seattle, WA
5: Pyscho Sister (7/2) Royal Victory Thoroughbreds LLC (Victor Bahna, Kirkland, WA)
6: Princess Kennedy (10) David Thorner, Yakima, WA
7: B C Z Middleton (15) William Burns, Mesa, AZ; Rebecca Turcott, Mansfield, MO
8: Protective Shield (12) Tom Grether Farms, Inc., (Carl Grether, Somis, CA)
9: McDove (8) Emerald Racing Club (Vince Bruun-manager, Federal Way, 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 S-Profound Moment ($6) 6 ½ F 1:14.90 74 Beyer
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: Three of the last fiver Boeing winners also captured the Emerald Distaff: Lady Rosberg (2015), Stopshoppingdebbie (2014) and Class Included (2012). . . Kevin Krigger makes his first Emerald Downs appearance since 2010 to ride Moon King for Greg Tracy in the Mt. Rainier Stakes, and Pyscho Sister for trainer Tim McCanna in the Boeing Stakes . Krigger is No. 14 all-time with 342 wins at Emerald Downs including the 2005 riding title with 126 wins. He is 2-for-20 this year while riding at Parx and Pleasanton. . .The Emerald Racing Club has its first ever stakes starter as McDove breaks from post-position No. 9 for trainers Larry and Sharon Ross and apprentice jockey Kevin Orozco.
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