$50,000 SEATTLE HANDICAP
15th RUNNING-6-½ FURLONGS
SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2012
Track & World Record: 1:13, Sabertooth (7), May 22, 2005
*Stakes Record: 1:14 2/5, Youcant’takeme (3), May 11, 2003
*Most Wins
*Trainer: 3, Steve Bullock (Enduring Knight, 2000; Shandra Smiles, 2001; Sariano, 2004)
* Jockey: tie-3 Gallyn Mitchell (Enduring Knight, 2000; Shandra Smiles, 2000;Diamond Dollars, 2006)
Ricky Frazier (Sariano, 2004; Queenledo, 2005; Ladyledue, 2009)
*Owner: 2, Dr. Rodney Orr (Shandra Smiles, 2001; Sariano, 2004)
Purse: 1st* $27,500-2nd*$10,000-3rd*$7,500-4th*$3,750-5th*$1,250
*Statistics represented by Federal Way Handicap (1998-2010) & Seattle Handicap 2011
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1*Muchas Coronas (8) Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Pabst, Buckley, WA
2*Reliable Ema (15) Crystal Ridge Farm (Walter Thompson, Auburn, WA)
3*Exclusive Diva (7-2) Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima)
4*Mattie Blue (20) Glenn Sears, Renton, WA
5*Lady Hokulea (4) Kama’aina Thoroughbreds (Zach & Beth Correa, Enumclaw, WA)
6*Sweet Saga (6) Riverbend Stable (Gail & Gerald Schneider, Auburn, WA)
7*Talk to My Lawyer (5-2)Will This One Do Stable (Jody Peetz, Issaquah, WA; Mary Lou & William Griffin, Buckley, WA; William Brewer, Seattle, WA; Marcie Healey, Bellevue, WA)
8*Regal Betty SCRATCHED
9*Royal Moses (9-2) Squatting Dog Stable (Craig Harder, Moses Lake, WA) &
R G Warwick (Davenport, WA)
WASHINGTON OAKS SERIES
May 27 *$50,000 Seattle Handicap, 6-½ Furlongs
June 24 *$50,000 Irish Day Handicap, 1 Mile
July 15 * $50,000 Kent Handicap, 1-1/16 Mile
Aug. 11*$65,000 Washington Oaks, 1-1/8 Mile
Sept. 9*$35,000 John & Kitty Fletcher Stakes ®, 1-1/16 Mile
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1) *Royal Moses, Exclusive Diva, Talk to My Lawyer* (1-2*$24.40)
Robert Geller (EmD2) *Royal Moses, Exclusive Diva, Talk to My Lawyer *(0-2*$28.80)
Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle)*Sweet Saga, Lady Hokulea, Royal Moses*(0-2*$19.00)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com)*Royal Moses, Talk to My Lawyer, Exclusive Diva*(1-2*$28.20)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form) *Royal Moses, Lady Hokulea, Exclusive Diva*(1-2*$24.40)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3)*Royal Moses, Lady Hokulea, Exclusive Diva *(1-2*$38.40)
Consensus*Royal Moses (26), Exclusive Diva (7), Lady Hokulea (6)*(1-2*24.40)
NOTES: Formerly the Federal Way Handicap (1998-2010), the Seattle Handicap is the first stakes race and lone sprint for 3-year-old fillies en route to the $65,000 Washington Oaks on Saturday, Aug. 11*Washington-breds won 13-of-23 open stakes last year at EmD, but Kentucky-breds have captured the first two stakes this year: Class Included (Hastings Handicap) and Winning Machine (Governor’s Handicap)*Kentucky-breds also lead Washington-bred fillies 9-to-4 in the Seattle Handicap including a three-length victory last year by Class Included, who went on to division honors as EmD’s Top 3-Year-Old Filly*A victory by either Muchas Coronas or Lady Hokulea and Jim Penney would tie the late Bud Klokstad for second place all-time with 43 stakes wins at EmD*Penney has conditioned the last two 3-year-old filly champions at EmD: Class Included (2011) and Sis’s Sis (2010)*Favorites were only 1-for-5 in this division last year*The dam of Reliable Ema, Ema Bovary, won two stakes at Emerald Downs, and Seeking Ema, also out of Ema Bovary, finished second to Ladyledue in the 2009 Federal Way Handicap*Fractions in the 2011 Seattle Handicap: :21.55 (Carrabelle Harbor), :43.81 (Awesome Woman), 1:08.92 & 1:15. 68 (Class Included)*Trainer Tim Harder (Royal Moses) seeks his first stakes win at Emerald Downs, although he did finish second in the 1998 Longacres Mile with Mocha Express.
