$50,000 AUBURN HANDICAP

SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2015

3-YEAR-OLD COLTS & GELDINGS

20th RUNNING, 6 ½ FURLONGS

Track & World Record: 1:12.94, I Keep Saying (5), July 27, 2014

Stakes Record: 1:14.53, D’honorable One & Makors Finale (dead-heat, 2012)

Most Wins*

Trainer: 4, Bud Klokstad (Ropersandwranglers*, 1997 & 1999); Jumron Won, 2001; Beau Maggie, 2005)

Jockey: 3, Juan Gutierrez (Crimson Design, 2004; Noosa Beach, 2009; Finallygotabentley, 2013)

Leslie Mawing (Fear No Evil, 2008; D’honorable One, 2012; Noosito, 2014)

Owner: 2, Billie Klokstad (Ropersandwranglers* 1997 & 1998)

Largest Winning Margin: 5 lengths, Noosito (2014)

SmallestWinning Margin: dead-heat, D’honorable One & Makors Finale, 2012

Track Condition: Fast 17, Wet-fast 1, Sloppy 1

Betting Favorite: 6-for-19

Largest $2 Win: $102.40, Showme Yourfriends (2011)

Smallest $2 Win: $2.60, D’honorable One (dead-heat, 2012)

Winner bred: Washington 12, Kentucky 3, California 3, Florida 2

Gate-to- wire: 5-for-19

*Race for older fillies & mares 1997-99, 3-year-olds & up 1996

OWNERS HOMETOWNS

1—Prime Engine (2) Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA

2—Daytona Beach (9-2) Vital Signs Stable (Mullen & Patricia Chinn, Federal Way, WA);

Jeff Harwood. Auburn, WA

3—Private Boss (15) Blue Diamond Stable (Roy Lumm, Renton, WA); Del Kelly Horse Racing LLC (Delbert J. Kelly, Federal Way, WA); Mort Robbins, Rochester, WA

4—Gloria’s Angelo (7-2) Aithon Stables (James Perkins, Mary Holt-Perkins, Issaquah, WA)

5—O B Harbor (5-2) One Horse Will Do Corporation (Jody Peetz, Issaquah, WA)

6—Senna (15) Glyn Kelly, Vancouver BC; Anne MacLennan, Vancouver, BC

7—Fooled Again (8) Todd & Shawn Hansen, Tenino, WA

8—Moby (20) Blue Diamond Stable (Roy Lumm, Renton, WA); Janet Johnson, Auburn, WA

EMERALD DOWNS DERBY SERIES

May 24: $50,000 Auburn Handicap, 6 ½ Furlongs

June 21: $50,000 Coca-Cola Handicap, One Mile

July 12: $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap, 1 1/16 Mile

Aug. 9: $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 1 1/8 Mile

FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS

Joe Withee (EmD1): (0-2, $6.20) Prime Engine, O B Harbor, Daytona Beach

Robert Geller (EmD2): (0-2, $6.20) Prime Engine, O B Harbor, Gloria’s Angelo (0-2, $6.20)

Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): O B Harbor, Prime Engine, Gloria’s Angelo (0-2, $6.20)

Vic Cozzetti  (Predictorsays.com): (0-2, $6.20) Prime Engine, O B Harbor, Gloria’s Angelo

Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): O B Harbor, Prime Engine, Fooled Again (0-2, $6.20)

Consensus: Prime Engine (19), O B Harbor (16), Gloria’s Angelo (3)  (0-2, $6.20)

NOTES: Odds-on favorites are only 2-for-7 in the Auburn including four losses in the last five years: Del Rio Harbor third at 0.80-to-1 in 2014, Carving third at 0.60-to-1 in 2013,Couldabenthewhisky eighth at 0.90-to-1 in 2011, and Forener fifth at 0.90-to-1 in 2010. . . Trainer Chris Stenslie (O B Harbor) authored the biggest upset in Auburn handicap history,Showme Yourfriends notching a $102.40 victory in 2011. . . Showme Yourfriends (2011),Posse Power (2010), Jumron Won (2001) and Cantil (2000) all rallied from fifth place to win the Auburn. . .Cantil earned a 95 Beyer for his win, highest figure by a 3-year-old in the race.Ropersandwranglers got a 97 in 1998 when the race was for older fillies and mares. . .Noosito earned an 86 Beyer in last year’s Auburn (6 ½ F, 1:14.71). . .Upsets have ruled in the meet’s first two stakes: Kikisoblu, $19 in the Hastings Handicap, Fleet Eagle, $81. 40 in the Governor’s. . .Aithon Stables LLC (Gloria’s Angelo) seeks their first stakes wins at Emerald Downs. Aithon Stables also owns Belle Hill, a $250,000 daughter of Sky Mesa nominated to the May 31 Seattle Handicap for 3-year-old fillies.