EMERALD DOWNS RACING THIS WEEK
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
2:15 p.m. (11 races)
$54,763 Carryover $0.50 Pick 5
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
5 p.m. (11 races)
$40,000 Coca-Cola Stakes, 3YOF, 6 ½ F
$40,000 Seattle Slew Stakes, 3YO, 6 ½ F
$54,763 IN WEDNESDAY $0.50 PICK 5
A lucrative one-day $0.50 Pick 5 carryover—$54,763—is up for grabs Wednesday in races 7 thru 11. The sequence features 47 horses or 9.4 a race with fields of 10, 9, 8, 9 and 11 runners.
WEEK 7 FEATURES 22 RACES OVER TWO DAYS
Total entries for Week 7 are 183 horses in 22 races or 8.3 a race. The season total is 933 horses over 12 days (121 races) or 7.7 a race.
WEEK 7 STAKES RACES:
Windy Point
$40,000 COCA-COLA STAKES, 3YO FILLIES, 6 ½ F (THURSDAY, AUG 6, RACE 2, 5:27 PM): Daffodil Sweet has won her two starts by a combined 16 1/2 lengths with Beyers of 72 and 74 for trainer Chris Stenslie and owners Jody Peetz and Steve Shimizu. In a dominating allowance performance two weeks ago, Daffodil Sweet powered through the stretch looking very much like a filly who will get an additional half-furlong with no issues. There is some other speed in the race, however, most notably being Windy Point, last year’s state champion juvenile filly who turned in a big performance in her 2020 debut a month ago. Windy Point was a stakes winner at this distance last year and is 3-2-0 in five career sprints. Juan Gutierrez, who has ridden Windy Point in all six of her races, opts to stick with Daffodil Sweet. Pearl Dragon is a new shooter with a string of sharp sprints this year at Golden Gate. She has shown an ability to rate slightly off the pace and did break her maiden on dirt last year at Churchill Downs.
Unmachable
$40,000 SEATTLE SLEW STAKES, 3YO, 6 ½ F (THURSDAY, AUG 6, RACE 9, 8:44 PM): The same connections that delivered a knockout with Time for Gold in the Angie C Stakes last week have another big chance here with Gold Crusher, also sired by Harbor the Gold and the younger brother of the exceptionally quick Papa’s Golden Boy. After being claimed for $25,000 out of his maiden victory here last year, Gold Crusher ventured to Golden Gate where he recently earned a big figure while scoring at 35 to 1 in a starter allowance at five furlongs on turf. He has enough speed to get position from the rail and the No. 1 post, while 0 for 8 this year at 6 1/2 furlongs, is winning at a 17 percent clip (57 for 344) the last five years. Muncey and Unmachable won stakes as juveniles and finished second and third last month vs. older horses. Tig and Vroysky both showed big speed in recent maiden wins and figure to slug it out on the front end. Wilson to Lockett steps up in class but is sharp and should be rolling late.
BEYERS & FAST TIMES
Bullet Drill
Wednesday, July 29
Race 1: Tiger On Your Six-52
Race 2: Port Lions-64*
Race 3: La Waun-72
Race 4: Swift as I Am-61+#
Race 5: This Great Nation-64
Race 6: Harbors Rule-63*
Race 7: Pistol Power-53
Race 8: Owners’ Prestige-80
Race 9: Bullet Drill-77*
Race 10: Datcat-39
Time for Gold
Thursday, July 30
Race 1: Grazen Valor-53
Race 2: Stanley Ryder-40
Race 3: Dreamcatcher-54
Race 4: Patricia L-54+#
Race 5: Sassy Edie-39
Race 6: Close the Show Lo-68
Race 7: Time for Gold-67+
Race 8: Lolo Paniolo-70*
Race 9: Top Executive-48+
Race 10: Salty Little Lass-55*
* Career-high
# First-time starter
+2-Year-Old
Remembertobreathe
Fast Times
4 ½ Furlongs :51.75 Seattlesbestsecret (2g) July 9
5 Furlongs :57.11 Swift as I Am (2g) July 29
5 ½ Furlongs 1:02.11 Windribbon (4g) July 9
6 Furlongs 1:08.65 Lolo Paniolo (3g) July 30
6 ½ Furlongs 1:15.92 Port Lions (3f) July 29
1 Mile 1:37.54 Remembertobreathe (9g) July 8
Sassy Edie
Betting Favorites
Last Week: 6-20 (30.0%)
Season: 36-121 (29.8%)
Largest $2 Win: $77.80, Sassy Edie (July 30)
$2 Place: $40.80, Sassy Edie (July 30)
$2 Show: $17.40, Cards N Coffee (July 30)
Largest Payouts: $29,665 ($0.20 Pick 7, July 22), $29,571 ($0.50 Pick 4, July 30)
Alex Cruz
Jockey Wins
19-Alex Cruz
17-Gary Wales
17-Juan Gutierrez
15-Cerapio Figueroa
11-Eddie Martinez
11-Javier Matias
8-Alex Anaya
7-Jose Zunino
6-Jake Samuels
4-Jennifer Whitaker
4-Lorenzo Lopez
1-Patrick Henry Jr.
1-James Wooten
Frank Lucarelli
Trainer Wins
14-Frank Lucarelli
9-Jorge Rosales
9-Blaine Wright
7-Joe Toye
5-Kay Cooper
5-Vince Gibson
5-Chris Stenslie
4-Howard Belvoir
4-Candi Cryderman
3-Alan Bozell
3-Steve Bullock
3-Sam Dronen
3-Charles Essex
3-Bonnie Jenne
3-David Martinez
3-Rosie Simkins
3-Rigoberto Velasquez
3-Tom Wenzel
2-Roddina Barrett
2-Tena Birdwell
2-Michael Bullene
2-Nick Lowe
2-Dan Markle
2-Tim McCanna
2-Jeff Metz
2-Robert Meeking
2-Jose Navarro
2-Manny Ortiz
2-Debbie Van Horne
Carol Dronen
Owner Wins
6-Chad and Josh
4-John Parker
4-Greg Conley, Chuck Conley or Terra Firma Farm
3-Howard Belvoir
3-Carol Dronen
2-Allaire Farms
2-Marjorie Avery
2-Billy Speed Racing Stable
2-Michael Bullene
2-W. Quinn Chin
2-Glyn Kelly, Anne MacLennan and Dan Markle
2-Gary and Deborah Lusk and Jeff Lusk
2-Art McFadden
2-Wanda Munger Racing Stables
2-One Horse Will Do Corporation & Steve Shimizu
2-One Horse Will Do Corporation & Chris Stenslie
2-Rosales Racing F1
Omache Kid
Horse Wins
3-Omache Kid
2-Bullet Drill
2-Daffodil Sweet
2-Dreamcatcher
2-La Waun
2-Missed the Boat
2-Papa’s Golden Boy
2-Valid Prince
1-Abraa Jabraa
1-Aero Street
1-Alittlelesstalk
1-All About Time
1-Always Working
1-Assets Included
1-Awesome Slate
1-Azadi
1-Benny the Jet
1-Cascade Dancer
1-Cate’s Gold
1-Check and Raise
1-Chris the Beaver
1-Clocker’s Choice
1-Coastal Tulips
1-Cody’s Choice
1-Close the Show Lo
1-Coilette
1-Comradery
1-Constant Craving
1-Datcat
1-David Nose Best
1-Docktarri
1-Doctor Bruce S.
1-Doubleshotofheaven
1-Drizzy
1-Elliott Bay
1-Fortune’s Freude
1-Freestone
1-Frolic and Detour
1-Full Speed Ahead
1-Gold Supply
1-Gran Fiesta
1-Grazen Valor
1-Harbors Rule
1-Hard to Deny
1-Hurricane Force
1-Igottabooboo
1-I Work for Carrots
1-Kactus Kate
1-Kissable U
1-Known Value
1-Last One Standing
1-La Una
1-Live a Good Life
1-Lochness
1-Lolo Paniolo
1-Managing Brianna
1-Makah Lane
1-Miso Fast
1-Mr. Takahashi
1-National Browser
1-On Purpose
1-O’S So Serios
1-Owners’ Prestige
1-Patricia L
1-Pegasus Champ
1-Perfect Promise
1-Pin Up Lady
1-Pistol Power
1-Port Lions
1-Pre Mo Diamond
1-Pure Pursuit
1-Raise the Woof
1-Remembertobreathe
1-Ri Pin Snap
1-Rockandahardplace
1-Rocket Power
1-Rough Ride
1-Sacagewea
1-Salty Little Lass
1-Sassy Edie
1-Seattlesbestsecret
1-Secret Paranoia
1-Semi Sweet
1-Smarty Jeans
1-So Figure It Out
1-Somethin’bout Iris
1-Sophie’s Dream
1-Sparkling Lute
1-Spot On
1-Stanley Ryder
1-Star Gauge
1-Style Daddy
1-Sway Road
1-Swift as I Am
1-Take Charge Deputy
1-The Metal Man
1-This Great Nation
1-Tig
1-Tiger On Your Six
1-Time for Gold*
1-Tomorrow’s Mine
1-Top Executive*
1-Vinny From Dixie
1-Vroysky
1-Waverly Way
1-West Coast Indy
1-Whata Flirt
1-Wheel Rally
1-Windribbon
1-Windy Point
1-Zeynep
1-Zippy Groom
*Stakes Win
Abraaj
Sire Wins
13-Harbor the Gold
7-Abraaj
6-Coast Guard
5-Nationhood
4-Atta Boy Roy
3-Polish Miner
3-The Pamplemousse
2-Bernardini
2-Champ Pegasus
2-Hard Spun
2-Linchpin
2-Lutes Gift
2-Midshipman
2-Ministers Wildcat
2-Nacheezmo
2-Preachinatthebar
2-Raise the Bluff
2-Sixthirteen
2-Sway Away
2-War Power
Winner Bred
65-Washington
26-Kentucky
21-California
2-Florida
2-Oregon
1-Arizona
1-Virginia
1-Alberta
1-British Columbia
1-Australia
CLAIMS REPORT
Claims: 55
Aggregate: $382,750
Largest Claim: $25,000, Staredown (3YOG) July 29
Javier Matias
WEEKLY HONORS #6 (July 29-30): Jockey: Javier Matias; Trainer: Frank Lucarelli; Owner: Jeff Cissell; WTBOA WA Bred: Bullet Drill (Ron & Nina Hagen/Larry & Miriam Bonwell breeders); Quarter Chute Café Groom of the Week: Ashley Potts; Freight Northwest Exercise Rider of the Week: Analisa Culy.
NOTES: Longacres Mile champion Law Abidin Citizen finished third to stablemate Collusion Illusion in Saturday’s Grade 1 Bing Crosby at Del Mar. . .$40,000 Mt. Rainier Stakes nominations (3&UP, 6 ½ F, Thursday, Aug. 13): Barkley, Catfish Hunter, Elliott Bay, Five Star General, Grinder Sparksaglo, Makah Lane, Papa’s Golden Boy, Rally Cat, Riser, Take Charge Deputy. . .$40,000 Boeing Stakes nominations (3&UP F&M, 6 ½ F, Thursday, Aug. 13): Alittlelesstalk, Amazonian, Diamonds R, Dontkissntell, Fortune’s Freude, Killarney Lass, Magical Spell, Paddy’s Secret.
