Top Executive (No. 12) by a nose over Seattlesbestsecret in the 2020 King County Express.
$50,000 KING COUNTY EXPRESS
2-YEAR-OLD COLTS & GELDINGS, 5 ½ FURLONGS
26th RUNNING, SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2021
Track Record: 1:00.87-Hollywood Harbor, April 22, 2012
Stakes Record: 1:03.06, So Lucky, July 17, 2016
Howard Belvoir
Most Wins
Trainer: 6, Howard Belvoir (Sundance Circle, 2003; Seattles Best Joe, 2004; Tusko T, 2005; Immigration, 2006; Barkley, 2015, So Lucky, 2016)
Jockey: tie-2, Javier Matias (Mike Man’s Gold, 2012; Barkley, 2015) Ricky Frazier (Knightsbridge Road, 2002; Margo’s Gift, 2007) Jennifer Whitaker (Sundance Circle, 2003; Immigration, 2006) Kevin Krigger (Seattles Best Joe, 2004; Winter Warlock, 2010) Leslie Mawing (Gallant Son, 2008; Trackattacker, 2014) Rocco Bowen (Del Rio Harbor, 2013; So Lucky, 2016) Juan Gutierrez (Tusko T, 2005: He’s Not Grey, 2017)
Owner: tie-2, Howard Belvoir, Dan Corby & Harley Hoppe (Seattles Best Joe, 2004; Immigration, 2006) John & Janene Maryanski and Riverbend Stable (Baja Sur, 2018; Top Executive, 2020)
Winner Bred: Washington 19, Kentucky 5, California 1
Track: fast all 25 runnings
Largest Win Margin: 11 lengths, Trackattacker, 2014
Smallest Win Margin: nose, Top Executive, 2020
Largest $2 Win: $51.60, Wa Dancer, 2000
Smallest $2 Win: $2.10, Trackattacker, 2014
Betting Favorite: 8 for 25 Odds-On: 6 for 10
Gate-to-Wire: 10 for 25
Aron Wellman
Owners Hometowns
1: Firewalker (4) Rising Star Stable IX (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA)
2: Chumly (s) (5/2) Chappell Alpine Farms LLC (Jared Chappell, Sugar City, ID)
3: Bat Man’s Bull (20) Keith Swagerty, Auburn, WA; Gregg Kingma, Mill Creek, WA
4: Cobra Jet (4/5) REV Racing (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA); Frank Lucarelli, Enumclaw, WA; Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners (Aron Wellman, Rancho Santa Fe, CA)
5: Firing Pin (8) Ramer Holtan, Mercer Island, WA
(s) $5,000 supplemental nomination
2021 2YO COLTS & GELDINGS SERIES
July 18: $50,000 King County Express, 5 ½ F
Aug. 22: $50,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes, 6 ½ F
Sept. 26: $70,000 Gottstein Futurity, 1 1/16 Mile
2020 KING COUNTY EXPRESS WINNER: Top Executive ($28.60) 1:03.86 Heribert Martinez/Blaine Wright/John & Janene Maryanski and Riverbend Stable
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