$50,000 COCA-COLA HANDICAP
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
3-YEAR-OLDS, ONE MILE, 18th RUNNING
Track Record: 1:33, Sky Jack (7), August 24, 2003
Stakes Record: 1:34.20, Koala Beach, June 27, 2010
Most Wins
Trainer: 3
Doris Harwood (Koala Beach, 2010; Noosa Beach, 2009; Margo’s Gift, 2008)
Jockey: 2-tie
Nathan Chaves (Raise the Bluff, 2006; Naab The Win, 1999),
Amir Cedeno (Northwest Attitude, 2004; Leather N Lace, 2003)
Ricky Frazier (Koala Beach, 2010; Margo’s Gift, 2008)
Owner: 2
Jeff Harwood (Koala Beach, 2010; Noosa Beach, 2009)
Biggest $2 Win: $21.60, Northwest Attitude (2004)
Smallest $2 Win: $3.20, Name for Norm (1997)
Favorites: 7-for-17, Odds-On: 1-for-4
Gate-to-Wire: 5-for-17
Track: fast 13, wet-fast 2, muddy 2
Winner Bred: Washington 12, California 1,
Florida 1, Kentucky 1, Maryland 1, British Columbia 1
Purse: $50,000
1st*$27,500 2nd*$10,000 3rd*$7500 4th*$3750 5th *$1250
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1*Worldventurer (2) Peter Redekop, BC Ltd. (Peter Redekop, Langley, BC)
2*Valiant Flame (12) R.E.V. Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)
3*Finallygotabentley (3)Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA)
Debbie Paxton, Yakima, WA
4*He’s Not Bluffin (15) R & R Warren LLC (Ron and Rosalie Warren, Olympia, WA)
5*Music of My Soul (7-2)Elttaes Stable (Ken Alhadeff, Seattle, WA)
6*Cariboo Road (15) Glyn Kelly, Vancouver, BC; Anne MacLennan, Vancouver, BC
7*Carving (5-2) Pegasus Syndicate #4 (Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA)
8*Mike Man’s Gold (20) Swag Stables (Keith Swagerty, Auburn, WA)
Gallo Stables (William Gallo, Jericho, NY)
EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIES
June 2: 50,000 Auburn Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs-Finallygotabentley ($13.40), 1:15.28
June 23: $50,000 Coca-Cola Handicap, One Mile
July 14: $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap, 1-1/16 Mile
Aug. 11: $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1-1/8 Mile
Sept. 8: $35,000 Chinook Pass Stakes (WA-bred), One Mile
SUPER 6 HANDICAPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Music of My Soul, He’s Not Bluffin, Finallygotabentley (0-6*$40.00)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Worldventurer, Finallygotabentley, He’s Not Bluffin (2-6*$53.90)
Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Finallygotabentley, Music of My Soul, Carving (2-6*$49.10)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Music of My Soul, Finallygotabentley, Worldventurer (2-6*$92.80)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Music of My Soul, Worldventurer, Finallygotabentley (1-6*$56.50)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Worldventurer, Music of My Soul, Cariboo Road (1-6*$57.60)
Consensus: Music of My Soul (19), Worldventurer (13), Finallygotabentley (11) (1-6*$46.80)
NOTES: Raise the Bluff in 2006 is the last horse to win the race by at least one length, and subsequent winning margins were a half-length, neck, head, nose, neck and three-quarters of a length*Makors Finale edged D’honorable One last year and went on to capture four stakes and honors as 2012 WTBOA Horse of the Year*Today’s race features five horses that ran in the June 2 Auburn Handicap*Finallygotabentley, Carving, He’s Not Bluffin, Cariboo Road and Mike Man’s Gold*along with new shooters Worldventurer, Valiant Flame and Music of My Soul. State champion 2-year-old colt or gelding in 2012, Music of My Soul was a gate scratch in the Auburn*Trainer Jim Penney (He’s Not Bluffin) and owner R & R Warren LLC bid for another stakes upset in the Coca-Cola. They scored with Jebrica at $23.20 in the June 16 Budweiser Handicap*Charlie’s Paradise in 1996 is the last shipper to win the race.
