$50,000 BOEING HANDICAP
SUNDAY, JULY 7, 2013
OLDER FILLIES & MARES, 18th RUNNING, ONE MILE
Track & State Record: 1:33, Sky Jack (7), Aug. 24, 2003
Stakes Record: 1:34.48* Class Included (4), July 8, 2012
*Distance 1 Mile 2011-2012; 1-1/16 mile, 2001-2010; 6-½ furlongs, 1996, 1998-2000; 6 furlongs, 1997
Most Wins
Horse: 2, Ropersandwranglers 1997-98
Trainer: 4, Doris Harwood (Silver Screen Girl, 2003; Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006; Shampoo, 2008; Elusive Horizon, 2009)
Jockey: 3, Gallyn Mitchell (Fleet Pacific, 2000; Top Bracket, 2002, Cascade Corona, 2004)
Owner: 3, Northwest Farms (Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006, Shampoo, 2008, Elusive Horizon, 2009)
Track: fast 16, sloppy 1
Favorite: 7-for-17; Odds-on Favorite: 1-for-4
Largest $2 Win: $48, Top Bracket, 2002; Smallest $2 Win: $3.60, Ropersandwranglers, 1998
Average Field Size: 7.1 (largest 11, 1996; smallest 5, 2007)
Gate-to-wire winners: Singing Year, 1999; Fleet Pacific, 2000; Silver Screen Girl, 2003;
Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006, Elusive Horizon (DH), 2009
Largest Win Margin: 7 lengths, Ropersandwranglers, 1997
Smallest Win Margin: dead-heat for win, Elusive Horizon & Holy Nova, 2009
Winner Bred: Kentucky 7, California 5, Washington 5, Maryland 1
Purse: $50,000
1st * $27,500 2nd * $10,000 3rd * $7500 4th * $3750 5th * $1250
OWNERS’ HOMETOWNS
1*Champagneandcaviar (8)…Fleur De Lis Stables (Raymond Kwik, Spokane, WA;
Paul Goldberg , Westport, CT)
2*E Z Kitty (6-5)…Highlander Racing Stables LLC (Bruce Maller, Incline Village, NV)
3*Exclusive Diva (even)…Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA),
Debbie Paxton, Yakima, WA
4*Gosailgo (5)…Greame Hope, Burnaby, British Columbia
Older Fillies & Mares @ Emerald Downs
May 12: $50,000 Hastings Handicap 6 Furlongs-E Z Kitty-1:08.26-$5.60
June 9: $50,000 WA State Legislators Stakes, 6-½ Furlongs-Exclusive Diva-1:14.88-$5.60
July 7: $50,000 Boeing Handicap, 1Mile
Aug. 18: $65,000 Emerald Distaff, 1-1/8 Mile
Sept. 8: $50,000 Belle Roberts (Washington-bred), 1-1/16 Mile
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): E Z Kitty, Exlusive Diva, Gosailgo (1-8/$65.90)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Exclusive Diva, Gosailgo, E Z Kitty (3-8/$74.80)
Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Exclusive Diva, Gosailgo, E Z Kitty (3-8/$68.60)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Exclusive Diva, E Z Kitty, Gosailgo (3-8/$121.70)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Exclusive Diva, E Z Kitty, Gosailgo (2-8/$84.40)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Exclusive Diva, E Z Kitty, Gosailgo (2-8/$87.70)
Consensus: Exclusive Diva 27, E Z Kitty 13, Gosailgo 8 (3-8/$81.10)
Notes: The Elusive Horizon-Holy Nova dead-heat in 2009 is the only photo finish in race history. Other than that, the closest finish is ¾-length on five occasions*Trainer Tom Wenzel and owner Northwest Farms have combined to win four of the first eight stakes this season, including top-three sweeps by Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window and Blueberry Smoothie in both the Seattle and Irish Day Handicaps. Exclusive Diva in the Washington State Legislators Stakes and Finallygotabentley in the Auburn Handicap accounted for the other wins. Exclusive Diva and Stopshoppingdebbie are co-owned by Northwest Farms & Debbie Paxton*E Z Kitty (13-7-2-1) and Exclusive Diva (11-7-3-1) both have superb records at Emerald Downs. Several other Boeing Handicap winners also compiled exceptional EmD records: Fleet Pacific (28-15-4-2), Elusive Horizon (14-8-2-1), Class Included (12-7-5-0), Clair Annette (17-9-1-2), Shampoo (15-7-3-2), Singing Year (17-2-2-2), You Me and Ema B (7-4-0-2)*4-year-olds have won 10-of-17 runnings of the Boeing
Handicap.
