$50,000 King County Express-Press Kit

Whiskey Harbor prevails in the 2023 King County Express

$50,000 KING COUNTY EXPRESS
2-YEAR-OLD COLTS & GELDINGS, 5 ½ FURLONGS
29th RUNNING, SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2024

Track Record: 1:00.87, Hollywood Harbor, April 22, 2012
Stakes Record: 1:03.06, So Lucky, July 17, 2016

Most Wins
Trainer: 6, Howard Belvoir (Sundance Circle, 2003; Seattles Best Joe, 2004; Tusko T, 2005; Immigration, 2006; Barkley, 2015, So Lucky, 2016)
Jockey: 4, Juan Gutierrez (Tusko T, 2005: He’s Not Grey, 2017; Cobra Jet, 2021; Runnin Out of Days, 2022)
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 21, Kentucky 5, California 1, Oregon 1
Track: fast all 28 runnings
Largest Win Margin: 13 ½ lengths, Cobra Jet, 2021
Smallest Win Margin: nose, Top Executive, 2020
Largest $2 Win: $51.60, Wa Dancer, 2000
Smallest $2 Win: $2.10, Trackattacker, 2014
Betting Favorite: 9-28 Odds-On: 7-11
Gate-to-Wire: 12-28

Margaret Root

Owners Hometowns
1: Si That Tiger (8) John & Janene Maryanski, Auburn, WA; Riverbend Stable (Gail & Gerald Schneider, Auburn, WA)
2: Bodi Zafa (8) Dr. George Todaro, Seattle, WA
3: He’s Not Talking (6) Q Stable (Doug and Nancy McPhee, Maple Valley, WA)
4: Da Smoke (4) Anne Wisdom, Ravensdale, WA; David Gregory, Graham, WA; Jamie Johnson, Ravensdale, WA
5: Big Bowie (5/2) Margaret Root, Newberg, ORE
6: Impassable (5) Rising Star Stable VI (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA)
7: Vivacious Tribute (3) Margaret Root, Newberg, ORE

2024 2YO COLTS & GELDINGS SERIES
July 7: $50,000 King County Express, 5 ½ F
Aug. 4: $50,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes, 6 ½ F
Aug. 25: $50,000 WA Cup Juvenile Colts & Geldings, 6 ½ F
Sept. 15: $70,000 Gottstein Futurity, 1 1/16 Mile

2023 KING COUNTY EXPRESS WINNER: Whiskey Harbor ($15.60) 1:03.88 Kevin Radke/Ryland Harwood owner & trainer

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