$50,000 SEATTLE SLEW STAKES
SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016
39th RUNNING, 3-YEAR OLDS, 1 1/16 MILES
Track & State Record: 1:39 3/5, Kid Katabatic (5), July 26, 1998
Stakes Record: 1:40.76, Noosito, July 13, 2014
Most Wins
Trainer: 3, Bud Klokstad (I.M. Bzy, 1998; Jumron Won, 2001; Flying Notes, 2002)
Jockey: 4, Gallyn Mitchell
(Prefabricate, 1994; Cromarty Bay, 1995; Jumron Won, 2001, Peaceful Reign, 2009)
Owner: 1, 38 tied
Following stats from 1996-2015 at Emerald Downs:
Track Condition: fast 19, wet-fast 1
Favorites: 6-for-20; Odds-on: 2-for-3
Largest $2 Win: $68.60, Betrbegone, July 12, 2015
Smallest $2 Win: $2.80, Name for Norm, 1997; Jumron Won, 2001
Gate-to-wire winners: 7
Smallest Win Margin: head, Italian Boy, 2012; Newfound Man, 2010; Stratoplan, 2003
Largest Win Margin: 5 lengths, Flying Notes, 2002
Winner Bred: Washington 13, Kentucky 4, Florida 2, British Columbia 1
Purse: $50,000 1st—$27,500 2nd—$10,000 3rd—$7,500 4th—$3,750 5th—$1,250
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1—William Crotty (12) Tim & Sue Spooner, Olympia, WA; Glyn Kelly & Ann McLennan, Vancouver BC
2—Barkley (4-5) Rising Star Stable III (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA); Howard Belvoir, Auburn, WA
3—Party for One (15) Coal Creek Farm (Barbara Ratcliff, Bellevue, WA)
4—Mach One Rules (6-5) REV Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)
5—Super Hawk (10) El Dorado Racing (Ron & Nina Hagen, Enumclaw, WA)
EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIES
May 15: $50,000 Auburn Stakes, 6 ½ Furlongs-Barkley ($4.60) 1:14.21
June 5: $50,000 Coca-Cola Stakes, 1 Mile-Barkley ($5.60) 1:35.88
July 3: $50,000 Seattle Slew Stakes, 1 1/16 Mile
July 31: $75,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1 1/8 Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Barkley, Mach One Rules, William Crotty (2-9, $79.50)
Matt Dinerman (EmD2): Barkley, Mach One Rules, William Crotty (2-9, $100.50)
Professor Pollowitz (EmD3): Barkley, Mach One Rules, Super Hawk (1-9, $86.50)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Barkley, Mach One Rules, Super Hawk (2-9, $97.90)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Barkley, Mach One Rules, William Crotty (2-9, $112.10)
Consensus: Barkley (25), Mach One Rules (10), William Crotty (3) (2-9, $90.30)
NOTES: Alexandersrun in 2005 was the last favorite to win the Seattle Slew Stakes, meaning the last 10 betting favorites have lost the race. . . Also, seven of the last eight Emerald Downs Derby winners lost in the Seattle Slew Stakes including Prime Engine, who finished runner-up to 33-1 Betrbegone in the 2015 Seattle Slew, but then romped by six lengths in the Derby and was voted Emerald Downs’ Top 3-Year-Old Male. . .O B Harbor, currently the hottest older horse at Emerald Downs, finished third in the 2015 Seattle Slew. . .Average field size thru 10 stakes is 7.80 horses and average $2 win payoff is $12.60. . .Betting favorites are winless in the first nine stakes this season including Mach One Rules at 13-10 in the Auburn Stakes and 9-10 in the Coca-Cola Stakes. . .Barkley is the first horse since Makors Finale in 2012 to win both the Auburn Stakes and Coca-Cola Stakes; Makors Finale then finished fourth as the 9-5 favorite in the Seattle Slew. . .Noosa Beach in 2009 also swept the Auburn and Coca-Cola before finishing fourth to Winning Machine in the 2009 Tacoma Handicap. . .Call On Carson in 2007 is another who swept the Auburn and Coca-Cola before finishing second to Wild Cycle in the Tacoma. . . Jumron Won in 2001 is the last horse to sweep the first three open stakes for 3-year-old colts or geldings when the sequence also was Auburn, Coca-Cola and Seattle Slew. . .David Martinez, who saddles long shot Party for One, has sprung giant upsets in two of the last three years: Betrbegone ($68.60) in 2015 and Mike Man’s Gold ($38.80) in 2013.
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