$50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap notes | Emerald Downs
Published 6:16 pm Sunday, July 21, 2013
SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013
18th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP, 1-1/16 MILE
Track Record: 1:39 3/5, Kid Katabatic (5) 123 lbs, July 26, 1998
Stakes Record: 1:40.77, Hudson Landing (5) 122, July 22, 2012
Distance: 1-1/16 mile-2000, 2001, 2011, 2012 1 Mile-1996-1999 1-1/8 mile- 2002-2010
Most Wins
Horse: 2-tie
Poker Brad 2003-04; Flamethrowintexan 2005-06; Noosa Beach 2010-11
Owner: 2-tie
Quadrun Farms (Poker Brad, 2003-04),
Grasshopper Stable (Flamethrowintexan, 2005-06), Jeff Harwood (Noosa Beach, 2010-11)
Trainer: 2-tie
Dave Forster (You’ve Got Action, 1998; Makors Mark, 2001),
Tim McCanna (Poker Brad, 2003-04), Jim Penney (Flamethrowintexan, 2005-06),
Doris Harwood (Noosa Beach, 2010-11)
Jockey: 4
Ricky Frazier (Moonlight Meeting, 2002; Poker Brad, 2004; Flamethrowintexan, 2006; Noosa Beach, 2010)
Favorites: 10-for-17; Odds-on: 4-for-5
Track: Fast all 17 runnings
Largest $2 Win: $75, Timely Stitch, June 15, 1997; Smallest $2 Win: $2.60, Noosa Beach, July 24, 2011
Average Field Size: 8.6 (Largest 12, 1996; Smallest 5, 2011)
Gate-to-wire winners: Kid Katabatic (1999), Flamethrowintexan (2005-06), The Great Face (2007)
Largest Win Margin: 5 ¾ lengths, Moonlight Meeting (2002)
Smallest Win Margin: Head-tie (Timely Stitch, 1997; Bold Words, 2000; Chhaya Dance, 2008, Hudson Landing, 2012)
Winner Bred: Kentucky 8, Washington 4, Florida 2, British Columbia 2, Ontario 1
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1*Herbie D (3) George Robbins, Cobble Hill, B.C.; Darcia Doman, Cowichan Bay, B.C.
2*Jebrica (4) R & R Warren LLC (Ron & Rosalie Warren, Olympia, WA)
3*Winning Machine (5) Fleur De Lis Stables (Raymond Kwik, Spokane, WA; Paul Goldberg, Westport, CN)
4*Hoist (5) North American Thoroughbred Racing Co. (Glen Todd, Surrey, B.C.)
5*Tres Borrachos (8-5) George Hicker, Bel Air, CA; Button Stable (Jimmy Taylor, Los Angeles, CA)
6*Stryker Phd (10) Jim & Mona Hour, Bellevue, WA
LONGACRES MILE SERIES
May 19-$50,000 Governor’s Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs-Hoist ($8.40)-1:14.78-fast
June 16-$50,000 Budweiser Handicap, 1 Mile-Jebrica ($23.20)-1:34.72-fast
July 21-$50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap, 1-1/16 Mile
Aug. 18-$200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), 1Mile
Sept. 8-$50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic*, 1-1/16 Mile
*Washington-bred
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Stryker Phd, Tres Borrachos, Winning Machine (2-11/$81.10)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Stryker Phd, Hoist, Winning Machine (4-11/$93.20)
Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Herbie D, Jebrica, Hoist (4-11/$89.60)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Jebrica, Tres Borrachos, Winning Machine (4-11/$138.30)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Tres Borrachos, Herbie D, Jebrica (3-11/$104.80)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Tres Borrachos, Herbie D, Winning Machine (3-11/$107.40)
Consensus: Tres Borrachos (14), Stryker Phd (10), Herbie D (9 (4-11/$97.70)
NOTES: Four shippers have won the Mt. Rainier Handicap*Hudson Landing (2012) and Bold Words (2000) from California, and Makors Mark (2001) and You’ve Got Action (1998) from Canada*Five of the last seven Longacres Mile winners had their final tune-up in the Mt. Rainier Handicap: Noosa Beach (2010), Assessment (2009), The Great Face (2007) and Flamethowintexan (2006) all swept the Mile & Mt. Rainier, and Wasserman was second in the Mt. Rainier and first in The Mile*2012 Longacres Mile winner Taylor Said had his final Mile prep in the B.C. Cup Classic*With $1,029,723 in earnings, Tres Borrachos joins the list of millionaires to compete at Emerald Downs: Awesome Gem, Budroyale, True Metropolitan, Classic Cat and Slew of Damascus*Favorites have won seven of the last eight runnings of this race*David Flores (Tres Borrachos) has 3,505 career wins and is 2-1-1 in six mounts at EmD*scoring wins in the 1996 Mile on Isitingood and in the 2011 Mile aboard Awesome Gem*Aaron Gryder (Hoist) has 3,016 wins and is 3-1-0-1 at Emerald Downs, with the victory on Hoist in the May 19 Governor’s Handicap*Amadeo Perez (Herbie D) makes his EmD debut today. He was leading rider at Hastings Racecourse in 2012 with 95 wins*Gryder and Perez rank one-two in the 2013 Hastings jockeys’ standings, with Gryder holding a 36-32 edge through Saturday*Nominations for the 78th running of the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3) and the $65,000 Emerald Distaff close Sunday, August 4.
