$50,000 BOEING HANDICAP
SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2015
FILLIES & MARES, 20th RUNNING, ONE MILE
Track & State Record: 1:33, Sky Jack (7), Aug. 24, 2003
Stakes Record: 1:34.20 Stopshoppingdebbie (4), July 6, 2014
*Distance 1 Mile 2011-2014; 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: 4, Northwest Farms
(Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006, Shampoo, 2008, Elusive Horizon, 2009, Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014)
Track: fast 18, sloppy 1
Favorite: 8-for-20 Odds-on: 2-for-6
Largest $2 Win: $48, Top Bracket, 2002 Smallest $2 Win: $2.40, Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014
Gate-to-Wire: Singing Year, 1999; Fleet Pacific, 2000; Silver Screen Girl, 2003; Dinner At Arlene’s, 2006, Elusive Horizon (DH), 2009, Gosailgo, 2013, Stopshoppingdebbie, 2014
Largest Win Margin: 7 lengths, Ropersandwranglers, 1997
Smallest Win Margin: dead-heat for win, Elusive Horizon & Holy Nova, 2009
Winner Bred: Kentucky 8, California 5, Washington 5, Maryland 1, British Columbia 1
Purse: $50,000
1st – $27,500 2nd – $10,000 3rd – $7500 4th – $3750 5th – $1250
Owners Hometowns
1—Alli Leigh (15) Savario Farm (Diane Garrison, Enumclaw, WA)
2—Sarahline (4) Mark Dedomenico LLC (Dr. Mark Dedomenico, Redmond, WA) Jerry Hollendorfer, Richmond, CA; George Todaro, Seattle, WA
3—Lady of the Nile (10) Valerie Johnson, Lake Bay, WA; John Zervos, Sequim, WA
4—Kikisoblu (2) George Todaro, Seattle, WA; Steve Shimizu, Bellevue, WA
5—Our Little Hen (5) Roger D. Hicks, Cascade Locks, ORE
6—Lady Rosberg (5-2) Karl Krieg, Oak Harbor, WA
7—English Lace (20) Savario Farm (Diane Garrison, Enumclaw, WA)
8—Finding More (8) Blue Ribbon Racing #12 (Fred & Debbie Pabst, Buckley, WA)
3 & Up Fillies & Mares @ Emerald Downs
May 10: $50,000 Hastings Handicap, Kikisoblu ($19) 6F 1:08.69
June 7: $50,000 WA State Legislators Stakes, Kikisoblu ($3.60) 6 ½ F 1:15.80
July 5: $50,000 Boeing Handicap, 1Mile
Aug. 16: $65,000 Emerald Distaff, 1 1/8 Mile
Sept. 13: $50,000 Pegasus Training Center Stakes (WA-Bred), 1-1/16 Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Kikisoblu, Our Little Hen, Lady Rosberg (1-8, $57.10)
Geller’s D-Man (EmD2): (1-8, $56.10): Lady Rosberg, Kikisoblu, Sarahline
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Lady Rosberg, Finding More, Kikisoblu (3-8, $93.90)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Lady Rosberg, Kikisoblu, Finding More (2-8, $67.30)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Kikisoblu, Lady Rosberg, Lady of the Nile (2-8, $70.10)
Consensus: Lady Rosberg (18), Kikisoblu (15), Finding More (3) (2-8, $70.90)
Notes: After finishing first, second and third in last year’s Boeing with Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window and Blueberry Smoothie, trainer Tom Wenzel sends out morning line favorites Kikisoblu and Lady Rosberg in this year’s race. . .The Boeing Handicap was shortened from 1 1/16-mile to one mile in 2010, and in 2012 Class Included set a stakes record of 1:34.48 in en route to Horse of the Meeting honors. Stopshoppingdebbie broke the record with a 1:34.20 clocking last year while sweeping the older filly and mare division. . .Odds-on favorites are only 2-for-6 in the Boeing with Ropersandwranglers in 1998 and Stopshoppingdebbie in 2014 the only odds-on runners to prevail. . .The only horse to win the Boeing twice, Ropersandwranglersis a 2015 finalist for the Washington Racing Hall of Fame. . .Trainer Jim Penney (Finding More) celebrated his 81st birthdaySaturday and was scheduled for release this weekend from Canterbury House in Auburn, where he rehabilitated for shoulder and pelvis injuries suffered last month. . 4-year-olds have won the last four Boeings and 13 overall. . .Through the first nine stakes this season, average field size is 9.0 horses and the average $2 win price is $20.20. . .Guest handicapper Miles Liatos tabs Lady Rosberg to prevail in the Boeing Handicap.
