$65,000 WASHINGTON OAKS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014
35th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, 1 1/8 MILES
Track Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), Sept. 2, 2002
Stakes Record: 1:47 1/5, Flirtacious Girl, August 21,1999
Statistics from 1996-2013 @ EmD
Most Wins
Trainer: 3, Grant Forster (Youcan’ttakeme, 2003; Bianconi Baby, 2004; A Classic Life, 2005)
Owner: 2-tie,
Michael and Amy Feuerborn (A Classic Life, 2005; Class Included, 2011)
Northwest Farms (Elusive Horizon, 2008; Stopshoppingdebbie, 2013)
Jockey: 3-tie
Ricky Frazier (A Classic Life, 2005; She’s All Silk, 2006; Zenovit, 2010)
Gary Baze (Crossatyourownrisk, 2000; Graceful Cat, 2001; Youcan’ttakeme, 2003)
Largest Winning Margin: 9 ½ lengths, Flirtacious Girl, August 21, 1999
Smallest winning margin: head, She’s All Silk (August 19, 2006)
Track: fast 16, wet-fast 1, sloppy 1
Favorites: 6-for-18; Odds-on: 6-for-13
Gate-to-wire: 8-for-18
Largest $2 Win: $23.60, Rivoltella, August 18,2007
Smallest $2 Win: $2.80-tie, Youcan’ttakeme (2003),
No Flies On Doodle (2009), Stopshoppingdebbie (2013)
Winner bred: Kentucky 10, Washington 6, Florida 1,Maryland 1
OWNERS HOMETOWNS
1*Cheeky Stone (8) Karen & Mickey Taylor, Yakima, WA
2*Champagne Gal (7-2) Shelley Bancroft, Vancouver, B.C.
3*Papa’s Flashy Girl (6) Patrick McGhee, Prescott, AZ; Mike Strickland, Auburn, WA;
Saratoga West (Jeff Metz, San Dimas, CA);
4*Quiet Wisdom (12) Valerie M. Johnson, Lake Bay, WA; John Zervos, Sequim, WA
5*Mylast Sweet Pea (3) Bill & Betty Stiles, Sedro Woolley, WA; Valerie M Johnson, Lake Bay, WA
6*Sunpenny (8) Z Thoroughbred Racing Partners (Steve Zerda, Renton, WA)
7*Lady Fifty Two (2) Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA; Jerry Hollendorfer, Richmond, CA;
George Todaro, Seattle, WA
WASHINGTON OAKS SERIES
June 1: $50,000 Seattle Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs, City by the Bay ($3.60) 1:14.76
June 29: $50,000 Irish Day Handicap, 1 Mile, Find Your Spot ($7.20) 1:35.78
July 19: $50,000 Kent Handicap, 1 1/16 Mile, Ole’s Miss ($3.60) 1:41.46
Aug. 9: $65,000 Washington Oaks, 1 1/8 Mile
Sept. 7: $50,000 Comcast SportsNet Stakes (WA-bred) 1 Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1) Mylast Sweet Pea, Champagne Gal, Lady Fifty Two (6-14; $114.40)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Mylast Sweet Pea, Papa’s Flashy Girl, Cheeky Stone (10-14; $165.30)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Mylast Sweet Pea, Lady Fifty Two, Papa’s Flashy Girl(10-14; $131.30)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Mylast Sweet Pea, Lady Fifty Two, Champagne Gal (4-14; $117.10)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Mylast Sweet Pea, Lady Fifty Two, Champagne Gal (6-14; $114.10)
Consensus: Mylast Sweet Pea (25), Lady Fifty Two (7), Champagne Gal (5)
NOTES: The 3-year-old filly division has produced three different winners in as many races, none of whom are entered in the Washignton Oaks. It’s a totally different scenario from last year when Stopshoppingdebbie swept the four-race series for sophomore fillies. . .Lady Fifty Two co-owner George Todaro scored the biggest upset in a Washington Oaks at Emerald Downs as Rivoltella shipped in from Del Mar and notched a $23.60 victory in 2007. . .Speaking of Lady Fifty Two, only three of 18 Oaks winners at Emerald Downs were coming out of a sprint race: Capilano (1997), Erica’s Smile (2002) and Zenovit (2010). Erica’s Smile, like Lady Fifty Two, had never raced beyond six furlongs and came to Emerald Downs off a two-length victory in the Fairfield Stakes at Solano. The result was a three-length gate-to-wire victory in 1:49.60. . .Alex Bisono (Champagne Gal) is currently fifth in the jockeys’ standings at Hastings Racecourse with an 18-for-134 mark thru Friday. This is his first mount at Emerald Downs. . .Champagne Gal would be the second straight Hastings shipper to win a 3YOF race at Emerald Downs, after Ole’s Miss edged Mylast Sweet Pea by a neck in the Kent Handicap. . .Leslie Mawing (Lady Fifty Two) is the leading stakes rider this season with a 6-1-0 mark in 11 mounts, and has won four of the last five stakes including a win on Ole’s Miss in the Kent Handicap, . .Rocco Bowen (Quiet Wisdom) ranks second with three stakes wins (all on Stopshoppingdebbie) and five jockeys are tied for third with one stakes win apiece. . .Mylast Sweet Pea could follow the pattern set by Class Included (2011) and She’s All Silk (2006), who finished second in the Kent before winning the Oaks. . .Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer (Lady Fifty Two) is 7-for-51 lifetime at Emerald Downs with six stakes wins, but is 4-0-0-1 in the Washington Oaks.
