WTBOA LADS STAKES
2-YEAR-OLD COLTS & GELDINGS
35th RUNNING, AUGUST 7, 2016
6 FURLONGS IN 1:08.50
JOCKEY ROCCO BOWEN, SO LUCKY, WINNER: “He’s a really nice 2-year-old. I actually geared him down on the backstretch a little bit to see if he was ratable. He relaxed for me pretty easily. He really did it pretty easy out there.”
NOTES: So Lucky (3-3-0-0-$60,310). . .Co-owner Rising Star Stable (Vicki Potter and partners) have five stakes wins at the meet—three with Barkley and two with So Lucky. . .Rocco Bowen has three stakes wins this season and 19 all-time at Emerald Downs, tied for ninth place. . .Howard Belvoir has five stakes wins at the meet and is tied for No. 4 all-time with 38 stakes wins at Emerald Downs. . .The $65,000 Joe Gottstein Futurity at 1 1/16 miles is Sunday, September 11.
BARBARA SHINPOCH STAKES
2-YEAR-OLD FILLIES
35th RUNNING, AUGUST 7, 2016
6 FURLONGS IN 1:10.16
JOCKEY ISAIAS ENRIQUEZ, BLAZINBEAUTY, WINNER: “She’s a very nice filly. I’ve had the pleasure to work with her since her first couple of works. She’s been getting nicer and nicer every single time, and I’m so proud of her. We got into a little trouble in the beginning of the race but when I put her in the clear, she knew exactly what I was trying to make her do. I didn’t want to be too far back. I asked her to put me in a good spot early in the race. She did everything I asked her to do.
NOTES: Blazinbeauty (3-1-2-0-$40,825). . .This is the first Emerald Downs stakes victory for owner Darrin Paul of Bothell, Wash. . .Isaias Enriquez has two stakes wins this season and seven lifetime at Emerald Downs. . .Frank Lucarelli has two stakes wins at the meet and is tied for No. 4 all-time with 38 stakes wins at EmD.
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