Koala Beach took an eight-length, gate-to-wire triumph into the winner’s circle in the $75,000 Gottstein Futurity for 2-year-olds at Emerald Downs Saturday.

With Enumclaw resident Gallyn Mitchell riding at 120 pounds, Koala Beach ran 1-1/16 mile stakes in 1 minute, 42 4/5 on a fast track and paid $2.60, $2.20, $2.10. Doris Harwood, capping a brilliant season, is the trainer for owner/husband Jeff Harwood of Kent.

Horses owned by Ron Crockett, track president, finished second, third and fourth, but were no threat to Koala Beach, who has won consecutive stakes by a combined 16 lengths.

A Washington-bred son of Harbor the Gold, Koala Beach set fractions of 24, 48 1/5, 1:12 3/5 and 1:36 3/5, and extended his advantage through the stretch.

Mitchell, only the second jockey to win the Gottstein three times in the race’s 72-year history, said the outcome was never in doubt.

“He broke really well and just went to the lead,” Mitchell said. “I just wanted him to relax, and he did that really well. He was still going easy when I felt some pressure from behind, at about the quarter-pole. I just nudged him a little at that point, and he just took off.

“He’s a real versatile horse, and I think he can win at any distance.”

The fillies Have’n a Wild Time, Pistolpackin’gal and Rewritten, all owned by Crockett, finished second, third and fourth.

Koala Beach has put together a strong juvenile season, recording a 3-2-1 mark from six starts with $92,843 in earnings, including $37,125 for the Gottstein. After chasing 2-year-old phenom Hollywood Harbor most of the summer, Koala Beach has put together back-to-back stakes wins of eight lengths in the Dennis Dodge Stakes and eight lengths in the Gottstein Futurity.

Harwood has been even better, setting records with 21 wins by 2-year-olds and season earnings of over $930,000. Her 12 stakes wins equal her own mark set in 2007.

“This is just the best way to end any meet,” Harwood said. “I never thought I’d top 2007, but this has topped it.”