With five new title sponsors on board, a rejuvenated Washington Cup XI feature six stakes races*each worth $50,000*on Sunday, September 8, at Emerald Downs.
Fifty-three horses are nominated to the revamped extravaganza, led by a record 10 nominations from Washington Hall of Fame Trainer Jim Penney.
The new sponsorships have raised WA Cup’s aggregate stakes purses to $300,000, a substantial raise from the $215,000 offered the last several years. New title sponsors include Northwest Farms, Daily Racing Form, Comcast SportsNet, Jim Beam and Pegasus Training Center.
The $50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic, carded for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles, figures to offer one of the day’s most exciting match ups: Longacres Mile second-place finisher Stryker Phd and Mile fourth-place finisher Jebrica could decide honors as the meet’s Top Washington-bred. Until You, seventh in The Mile and winner over Winning Machine in a $30,000 allowance race on September 1, also is nominated.
The $50,000 Pegasus Training Center Stakes for older fillies and mares also offers an intriguing showdown, if both defending champion Cielator and Emerald Distaff winner E Z Kitty are entered in the 1 1/16 mile test.
Washington Cup offers one-mile races for 3-year-olds, the $50,000 Jim Beam Stakes, and 3-year-old fillies, the $50,000 Comcast SportsNet Stakes. And 2-year-olds get their chance in six-furlong tests, with colts and geldings in the $50,000 Daily Racing Form Dennis Dodge Stakes and fillies in the $50,000 Northwest Farms Stakes.
Entries for all six Washington Cup races will be drawn Thursday morning at the Quarter Chute Café.
Nominations $50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic
(3 & UP WA) 1-1/16 Mile
Horse……….Owner……….
I Keep Saying (4-WA)….Homestretch Farm Inc….Jim Penney
Jebrica (5-WA)….R & R Warren LLC….Jim Penney
Kooky Saluki (5-WA)…..MOH Stable Inc…..Jim Penney
Memphis Beach (4-WA)…..Sue & Tim Spooner…..Dan Markle
Polish Dollar (7-WA)…..Sharon Radke…..Bob Meeking
Stryker Phd (4-WA)…..Jim & Mona Hour…..Margo Lloyd
Until You (4-WA)…..Coal Creek Farm…..David Martinez
Nominations $50,000 Pegasus Training Center Stakes
(3 & UP F&M WA) 1-1/16 Mile
Horse………Owner………Trainer
Castinette Dancer (5-WA)…..N American Tbred Racing Co…Mike Puhich
Cielator (5-WA)…..Ron Crockett Inc…..Junior Coffey
E Z Kitty (5-WA)…..Highlander Racing Stable…..Jeff Metz
Muchas Coronas (4-WA)…..Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Pabst…..Jim Penney
Roarified (5-WA)…..Blue Diamond, Ford & Kelly…..Roy Lumm
Royal Moses (4-WA)…..Squatting Dog/R G Warwick…..Tim Harder
Seventyprcentcocoa (5-WA)…..John & Janene Maryanski…..Blaine Wright
Stephanie Plum (5-WA)…..Mullens, Larson & Zenker…..H.R. Pat Mullens
The Gang and I (5-WA)…..Rotator Stable…..Frank Lucarelli
Whiskey Miner (4-WA)…..Jack Porter…..Neil Knapp
Nominations $50,000 Jim Beam Stakes (3YO C&G WA) 1 Mile
Horse……….Owner………Trainer
Belt (3-WA)…..Ron Crockett Inc…..Tom Wenzel
He’s Not Bluffin (3-WA)…..Sauci Belvoir…..Vann Belvoir
Mike Man’s Gold (3-WA)…..Swag Stables-Gallo Stables…..David Martinez
Music of My Soul (3-WA)…..Elttaes Stable…..Doris Harwood
So Legit (3-WA)…..Homestretch Farm Inc…..Jim Penney
Somewhere With You (3-WA)…..Coal Creek Farm…..David Martinez
Nominations $50,000 Comcast SportsNet Stakes (3YOF WA) 1 Mile
Horse………Owner………Trainer
Beautranda (3-WA)…..Ernest D. Sherman…..Blaine Wright
Business Venture (3-WA)…..Hern/LePley Racing…..Tim McCanna
Hetty (3-WA)…..Homestretch Farm Inc…..Jim Penney
Holy Dazzle (3-WA)…..Rick Lee Hale……Jose Navarro
House of Hope (3-WA)…..Good Fellas/TMSA Holdings…..Bill Tollett
Lumen Took It (3-WA)…..One Horse Will Do & Griffin…..Chris Stenslie
Madame Pele (3-WA)…..Kama’aina Thoroughbreds…..Jim Penney
Premo Jewel (3-WA)…..Warlock Stables…..Jim Penney
Say Say (3-WA)…..Sauci Belvoir…..Howard Belvoir
Nominations $50,000 Daily Racing Form Dennis Dodge Stakes
(2YO C&G WA) 6 Furlongs
Horse……….Owner………..Trainer
City Shadows (2-WA)…..R & R Warren LLC…..Jim Penney
Del Rio Harbor (2-WA)…..Desert Rose/Bar C Racing…..Doris Harwood
Mebossman (2-WA)…..R.E.V. Racing LLC…..Frank Lucarelli
Noosito (2-WA)…..Last Rose Stable…..Doris Harwood
Orito (2-WA)…..Sandleman, Dimitri, Gillihan…..Terry Gillihan
Stikine Slough (2-WA)…..One Horse Will Do, Saxwold…..Chris Stenslie
Twentyten (2-WA)…..Swag Stables & 20/10 Stables…..David Martinez
Nominations $50,000 Northwest Farms Stakes (2YOF WA) 6 Furlongs
Horse……….Owner……….Trainer
Belladiva (2-WA)…..Jeff Cissell…..Junior Coffey
Chu and You (2-WA)…..Mike & Amy Feuerborn…..Robbie Baze
Da Burn (2-WA)…..Dunn Bar Ranch LLC…..Junior Coffey
Fragrant Harbor (2-WA)…..Dunn Bar, Hodge, R McCanna…..Tim McCanna
Hey Lil Missy (2-WA)…..K. Marshall & S. Shannon…..Alan Bozell
Knight Club (2-WA)…..Shady Valley Ranch…..Doris Harwood
Point Da Harbor (2-WA)……Baker, Johnson & Lumm…..Roy Lumm
Polly Ester Pompom (2-WA)…..Mary Fine & Tom Fine…..Doris Harwood
Sanibel Harbor (2-WA)…..Sue & Tim Spooner…..Dan Markle
Seattle Harbor (2-WA)…..Lumm, Robbins & Johnson…..Roy Lumm
See My Tail Lites (2-WA)…..Blue Ribbon Racing #9……Jim Penney
Sunpenny (2-WA)…..Z Tbred Racing Partners….Frank Lucarelli
Tinkerbelle Tops (2-WA)…..C.E. Rich & Ann Richardson…..Charles Essex
Zafari Nation (2-WA)…..Pierce, Angelos, Swag Stables…..Larry Pierce
