$50,000 WTBOA Lads records and notes | Emerald Downs

Track & World Record: 1:12.94, I Keep Saying (5), July 27, 2014 Stakes Record*: 1:16.19, Trackattacker, August 16, 2014

$50,000 WTBOA LADS STAKES

2YO COLTS & GELDINGS, 6 ½ FURLONGS

34th RUNNING, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 2015

 

Track & World Record: 1:12.94, I Keep Saying (5), July 27, 2014

Stakes Record*: 1:16.19, Trackattacker, August 16, 2014

Distance: 1 1/16 Mile 1982-91; 1 Mile 1992-1998 & 2002-2011; 6 ½ F 1999-2001 & 2012-15

 

Most Wins

Trainer: 4, Bud Klokstad (T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992; Bub, 2002)

Jockey: 3-tie, Gary Baze (Colonel Stevens, 1983; Brent Goes On, 1985; Harvard Avenue, 2003)

Leslie Mawing (Gallon, 2007; Gallant Son, 2008; Trackattacker, 2014)

Owner: 3, Jollie Four Stable (T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992)

 

Statistics (1996-2014 @ Emerald Downs)

Largest win margin: 8 lengths, Name for Norm, October 6, 1996

Smallest win margin: nose, Devil’s Enemy, August 26, 2001 & Bub, August 24, 2002

Track condition: fast 18, wet-fast 1

Betting favorite: 7-for-19 Odds-on: 5-for-10

Largest $2 win: $96.40, Wild Cycle (September 2, 2006)

Smallest $2 win: $2.10, Trackattacker (August 16, 2014)

Winner bred: Washington 14, Kentucky 5

Gate-to-wire: 6-for-19

 

Owners Hometowns

1—Cross Creek (15)  Shady Valley Ranch (Delores Christianson, Renton, WA)

2—Wando Cat (10) Sabers Drawn Racing (Andy Evans, Bellevue, WA; Scott Centers, Anchorage, AK)

3—Noble Nick (8) Chris Randall, Bellevue, WA; Nick Rossi, Las Vegas, NV; Frank Lucarelli, Enumclaw, WA

4—Gold Rush Dancer (9-5) John E. Parker, Lake Bay, WA

5—Huya (8) Candice Tollett, Covington, WA; Bryson Endres, Elma, WA; Jamie Baker, Covington, WA

6—Mach One Rules (5-2) REV Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)

7—Endangered (9-2) Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA; North American Thoroughbred Racing Company Inc. (Glen Todd, Surrey, BC)

8—Viewingthegold (12) Clemans View Farm (Jean Harris & Jeff Harris, Naches, WA), Bill Nicklos, Seattle, WA; Constance Woerman, Seattle, WA; Jose Navarro, Auburn, WA

 

EmD 2YO COLTS & GELDINGS SERIES

July 19: $50,000 Emerald Express, Barkley ($4) 1:11.04

Aug. 15: $50,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes, 6 ½ F

Sept. 13: $50,000 Captain Condo Stakes (WA-Bred), 6F

Sept. 27: $65,000 Gottstein Futurity, 1 1/16 Mile

Sept. 27: $50,000 NWSS Cahill Road Stakes, 6F

 

FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS

Joe Withee (EmD1): Endangered, Huya, Mach One Rules (4-16, $127.30)

Geller’s D-Man (EmD2): Mach One Rules, Gold Rush Dancer, Endangered (5-16, $161.50)

Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Mach One Rules, Gold Rush Dancer, Endangered (7-16, $178.30)

Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Mach One Rules, Gold Rush Dancer, Huya (8-16, $150.30)

Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form: Gold Rush Dancer,  Mach One Rules, Noble Nick (3-16, $134.70)

Consensus: Mach One Rules (18), Gold Rush Dancer (11), Endangered (6) (6-16, $166.30)

 

NOTES: Trainer Frank Lucarelli (Mach One Rules), owner Roy Schaefer (REV Racing) and jockey Leslie Mawing go for a second straight win in the Lads. Trackattacker set a stakes record of 1:16.19 last year while winning by seven lengths at 1-to-9 odds, including a track record $618,883 wagered to show. . . Mawing is the meet’s leading stakes rider with five wins. . .Favorites are 7-for-16 in stakes this season. Average field size is 8.3 in stakes, and average $2 win payoff $17.80. . . Mach One Rules attempts to become the third straight progeny of Harbor the Gold and fifth in seven years to win the Lads. The 65 Beyer earned in his July 19 maiden win is largest of any horse in the eight-horse field and two points higher than Gold Rush Dancer earned finishing second in the Emerald Express. . . Trainer Bill Tollett (Gold Rush Dancer) bids for his first EmD stakes win since August 12, 2006 when Judicature won the NWSS Knights Choice Stakes. Tollet also saddled Tritium to a dead-heat for win with Elusive Schemes in the 2009 Mile Consolation. . .First-time starter Viewingthegold is a full brother (Harbor the Gold-Kittyzallwet) to 2009 Gottstein Futurity winner Koala Beach.