$50,000 BARBARA SHINPOCH STAKES
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014
33rd RUNNING, 2YOF, 6 ½ FURLONGS
Track & World Record: 1:12.94, I Keep Saying (5), July 27, 2014
Stakes Record: 1:16, Best Judgement, 2000
Most Wins
Trainer: 4
Doris Harwood (Best Judgement, 2000; Irene’s Bonus Baby, 2006; Smarty Deb, 2007; Knight Raider, 2009)
Jockey: 4-tie
Gallyn Mitchell (Allineedisamiracle, 1996; My Maebasket, 1998; Cherokee Echo, 2008; Sweet Saga, 2011) Ben Russell, (Ashbecca, 2001; Sala de Oro, 2003; A Classic Life, 2004; Irene’s Bonus Baby, 2006)
Owner: 4
Northwest Farms (Firesweeper, 1985; Taste the Passion, 1999; Smarty Deb, 2007; Blueberry Smoothie, 2012)
Statistics 1996-2013 @ Emerald Downs
Largest win margin: 5 ¾ lengths, Smarty Deb (2007)
Smallest win margin: head, Ashbecca (2001):
Track condition: fast 17, wet fast 1
Betting favorite: 6-for-18 Odds-on: 6-for-12
Largest $2 win: $42.40, Lady Golightly (2010)
Smallest $2 win: $2.60-tie, Blueberry Smoothie (2012), Knight Raider (2009)
Winner bred: Washington 9, Kentucky 9
Gate-to-wire: 6-for-18
Owners Hometowns
1*Pippa Bou Peep (7-2) Charles Essex, Granite Falls, WA; Dave & The Little Lady Stable (David & Linda Olson, Maple Valley, WA)
2*Jazz Queen (5) Lisa Rehburg (Mountain Center, CA); Warlock Stables (Tim Floyd, Spokane, WA); Saratoga West (Jeff Metz, San Dimas, CA)
3*Seeking the Light (5-2) John & Janene Maryanski, Auburn, WA
4*Seattles Best Copy (9-2) Stride for Stride Stables (David Israel & partners, Enumclaw, WA)
5*Bella Colomba (6) Eagle Valley Stables (Tom Sauvageau, Maple Valley, WA)
6*Val de Saire (6) Vital Signs Stable (Mullen & Patricia Chinn, Federal Way, WA)
7*Sneaking a Kiss (15) One Horse Will Do Corp. (Jody Peetz, Issaquah, WA); Tina & Scott Saxwold (Des Moines, WA)
8*Boss Lori (10) SCRATCHED
2YOF Series @ Emerald Downs
July 27: $50,000 Angie C Stakes, 6F, Ethan’s Baby ($4.20), 1:09.29
Aug. 17: $50,000 Barbara Shinpoch Stakes, 6 ½ F
Sept. 7: $50,000 Northwest Farms Stakes* (WA-Bred) 6F
Sept. 28: $65,000 Gottstein Futurity*, 1 1/16M
Sept. 28: $50,000 NWSS Cahill Road Stakes* 6F
*Open to Colts & Geldings & Fillies
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Seeking the Light, Boss Lori, Pippa Bou Peep (6-16; $132.30)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Seattles Best Copy, Sneaking a Kiss, Jazz Queen (10-16; $178.20)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Sneaking a Kiss, Seeking the Light, Pippa Bou Peep (10-16; $153.40)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Seeking the Light, Pippa Bou Peep, Val de Saire (4-16; $140.60)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Seeking the Light, Val de Saire, Boss Lori (6-16; $137.60)
Consensus: Seeking the Light (17), Sneaking a Kiss (7), Seattles Best Copy (5) (9-16; $147.50)
NOTES: 12 Barbara Shinpoch winners have been named Emerald Downs’ Top Juvenile Filly (Chu and You, 2013; Lady Golightly, 2010; Knight Raider, 2009; Smarty Deb, 2007; Chestnut Lady, 2005; A Classic Life, 2004; Sala de Oro, 2003; Calldara, 2002; Ashbecca, 2001; Best Judgement, 2000; Taste the Passion, 1999 and Laurel Avenue, 1997)*Pippa Bou Peep, Val de Saire or Sneaking a Kiss could join 2010 winner Lady Golightly as maidens to win the Shinpoch*Jazz Queen is a $5,000 supplemental nomination to the Shinpoch. . .Doris Harwood (Val de Saire) is No. 1 all-time with 64 stakes wins at Emerald Downs, including a record 26 stakes wins with 2-year-olds. . .Favorites are 9-for-17 in stakes this season, including 3-for-3 in 2-year-old stakes. . .Angie C Stakes winner Ethan’s Baby is sidelined with sore shins, according to trainer Howard Belvoir. . .Leslie Mawing (Seeking the Light) is the meet’s leading stakes rider at 8-1-1 in 14 mounts and $247,100 in earnings. Mawing has won six of the last eight stakes, including Saturday’s WTBOA Lads aboard Trackattacker. . .Rocco Bowen (Seattles Best Copy) is No. 2 in stakes with a 3-1-1 mark in 12 mounts. . .Trainer Mary Pirone (Seattles Best Copy & Bella Colomba) bids for her first career stakes victory. . .2013 Barbara Shinpoch winner Chu and You is 8-to-5 in Sunday’s9th race, an $18,900 optional claimer for 3-year-old fillies.
