$75,000 EMERALD DOWNS DERBY
SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2016
79th RUNNING, 3-YEAR OLDS, 1 1/8 MILES
Track & Stakes Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), September 2, 2002
Most Wins
(including Longacres Derby)
Trainer: 3-tie, Jim Penney, Frank Brewster, Glen Williams, Bob Meeking, Bill McMeans & Bud Klokstad
Jockey: 3-tie Lennie Knowles, Joe Baze, Pedro Alvarado & Ricky Frazier
Owner: 2-tie, Dorothy Brewster & Dino Lozzi
Statistics (1996-2015 @ EmD)
Track Condition: fast 19, wet-fast 1
Favorites: 3-for-20 Odds-on: 1-for-4
Largest $2 Win: $55, My Constant Star, 1998
Smallest $2 Win: $3.60, Prime Engine, 2015
Average Field Size: 8.4 (largest 12, 2005, 2006; smallest 6, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Gate-to-wire winners: You’ve Got Action, 1997; Flying Notes, 2002; Saratoga Boot, 2010; Makors Finale, 2012
Largest Win Margin: 11 ¼ lengths, Flying Notes, 2002
Smallest Win Margin: head, Winning Machine, 2009
Winner bred: Kentucky 8, Washington 6, British Columbia 2, Arkansas 1, Florida 1, Maryland 1, Texas 1
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1—Wando Cat (10) Sabers Drawn Racing (Andy Evans, Bellevue, WA; Scott Centers, Anchorage, AK)
2—Mach One Rules (9-5) REV Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)
3—Opportunistic (5) Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA; North American Thoroughbred Racing Co. (Glen Todd, Surrey, BC)
4—Barkley (4-5) Rising Star Stable III (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA); Howard Belvoir, Auburn, WA
5—Huya (8) Candi Tollett, Covington, WA; Jamie Baker, Covington, WA; John Parry, Lacey, WA
6—Silvertown (8) Swift Thoroughbreds (Mark & Nadia Mache, Vancouver, BC; Horatio & Jacqueline Kemeny, Vancouver, BC)
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-Barkley ($3.60) 1:43.26
July 31: $75,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1 1/8 Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Barkley, Mach One Rules, Opportunistic (3-15, $152.10)
Matt Dinerman (EmD2): Barkley, Mach One Rules, Wando Cat (3-15, $185.70)
Professor Pollowitz (EmD3): Barkley, Mach One Rules, Wando (2-15, $144.10)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Barkley, Mach One Rules, Silverton (4-15 $170.30)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Barkley, Mach One Rules, Opportunistic (4-15, $176.10)
Consensus: Barkley (25), Mach One Rules (10), Opportunistic (2) & Wando Cat (2) (4-15, $154.30)
NOTES: Barkley bids for an unprecedented sweep of the 3-year-old colts and geldings division, and also bids to become the first unbeaten horse to win the Emerald Downs Derby. Song of Pirates was 2-for-2 entering the 2007 Derby, but finished third as Mulcahy prevailed at 15-1 for trainer Howard Belvoir and jockey Jennifer Whitaker. . .Barkley (6-6-0-0-$132,275) has won the first three legs of the series by a head, neck and head, with all three wins coming over Mach One Rules, who also would become the first horse to finish runner-up in all four stakes for 3-year-old colts or geldings. . .A sweep of the $75,000 Emerald Downs Derby on July 31 and $150,000 BC Derby (G3) on September 10 is worth $25,000 (CDN) bonus. . . 10 of the last 11 winners of this race earned honors as the track’s Top 3-Year-old Male . . .Favorites are a lowly 3-for-20 in the Emerald Downs Derby and lost seven straight before Prime Engine prevailed by six lengths last year at 4-5. . .Flying Notes in 2002 turned in the most impressive victory in an Emerald Downs Derby—setting a track and stakes record of 1:45 2/5 while winning by a stakes record 11 ¼ lengths. He also earned a 106 Beyer, largest in Emerald Downs Derby history. . .Princess Kennedy won last week’s Washington Oaks in 1:47.79, earning an 85 Beyer.
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