$65,000 EMERALD DOWNS DERBY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2014
77th RUNNING, 3-YEAR OLDS, 1 1/8 MILES
Track & Stakes Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), September 2, 2002
Most Wins
(including Longacres Derby)
Trainer: 3-tie,
Jim Penney, Frank Brewster, Glen Williams, Bob Meeking, Bill McMeans & Bud Klokstad
Jockey: 3-tie
Lennie Knowles, Joe Baze, Pedro Alvarado & Ricky Frazier
Owner: 2tie, Dorothy Brewster & Dino Lozzi
Statistics (1996-2013 @ EmD)
Track Condition: fast17, wet-fast 1
Favorites: 2-for-18; Odds-on: 0-for-3
Largest $2 Win: $55, My Constant Star, 1998
Smallest $2 Win: $4.20, Gallon, 2008
Average Field Size: 8.4 (largest 12, 2005, 2006; smallest 6, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2012)
Gate-to-wire winners:
You’ve Got Action, 1997; Flying Notes, 2002; Saratoga Boot, 2010; Makors Finale, 2012
Largest Win Margin: 11¼ lengths, Flying Notes, 2002
Smallest Win Margin: head, Winning Machine, 2009
Winner bred: Kentucky 7, Washington 5, British Columbia 2, Arkansas 1, Florida 1, Maryland 1, Texas 1
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1-Oldtimers Vision (10) Dr. William Lien, Redmond, WA; Neil Knapp, Vancouver, WA
2-Zoomzoomania (8) Mike Pattison, Bothell, WA; John Charlton, Granite Falls, WA;
Jed & Urdene Rickard, Federal Way, WA
3-Hillside Select (12) Grasshopper Racing Stable Inc. (Paul & Lori Heist, Auburn, WA)
4-Mebossman (5) R.E.V. Racing LLC (Roy Schaefer, Port Orchard, WA)
5-Noosito (8-5) Last Rose Stable (Jeff Harwood, Auburn, WA)
6-Del Rio Harbor (9-5) Desert Rose Racing LLC (D.H. Walker, Kennewick, WA); Bar C Racing Stables Inc. (Neal & Pam Christopherson,
Hermiston, ORE)
7-The Tom Squad (12) J. C. Racing Stable (John & Christine Sanguinetti, Los Altos, CA)
EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIES
June 1: $50,000 Auburn Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs, Noosito ($6.40), 1:14.71
June 22: $50,000 Coca-Cola Handicap, One Mile, Del Rio Harbor ($11.20), 1:34.73
July 13: $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap, 1 1/16 Mile, Noosito ($5.80), 1:40.76
Aug. 10: $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1 1/8 Mile
Sept. 7: $50,000 Jim Beam Stakes (WA-bred), One Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Noosito, Del Rio Harbor, Mebossman (6-14; $114.40)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Del Rio Harbor, Mebossman, Noosito (10-14; $165.30)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Noosito, Mebossman, Del Rio Harbor (10-14; $131.30)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Del Rio Harbor, Noosito, Mebossman (4-14; $117.10)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Del Rio Harbor, Noosito, Mebossman (6-14; $114.10)
Consensus: Del Rio Harbor (18), Noosito (15), Mebossman (7) (9-14; $127.00)
NOTES: The last nine winners of this race earned honors as the track’s Top 3-Year-old Male, and that could be the case again this year. Stablemates Noosito and Del Rio Harbor have combined to win the first three events in the 3-year-old colt & gelding division this season, Noosito winning the Auburn Handicap and Seattle Handicap, and Del Rio Harbor prevailing in the Coca-Cola Handicap. A victory by either would likely clinch the championship. . .Favorites are a lowly 2-for-18 in the Emerald Downs Derby, and winless since Gallon was promoted to first on the disqualification of Thiscatsgotcharm in 2008. . .In fact, Alexandersrun in 2005 is the lone favorite to cross the finish line first in the Emerald Downs Derby. . .In this year’s 3-year-old series, the betting favorite is 0-for-3 with Noosito winning both times when Del Rio Harbor was favored, and Del Rio Harbor winning when Noosito was favored in the Coca-Cola Handicap. . . Doris Harwood (Noosito and Del Rio Harbor) is No. 1 all-time with 67 stakes wins at Emerald Downs, but she’s 0-for-3 in the Derby since Winning Machine’s victory in 2009. . . Harwood also began Saturday in a 1-for-25 slump, the lone win by Noosito in the Seattle Slew Handicap. . .Since 2003, Emerald Downs Derby winners include one Arkansas-bred, one Florida-bred, one Maryland*bred, one British Columbia-bred, one Texas-bred, three Kentucky-breds and three Washington-breds. . .Flying Notes in 2002 turned in the most impressive victory in an Emerald Downs Derby*setting a track and stakes record of 1:45 2/5 while winning by a stakes record 11 ¼ lengths. He also earned a 106 Beyer, largest in Emerald Downs Derby history.
