$50,000 EMERALD EXPRESS
2-YEAR-OLD COLTS & GELDINGS, 6 FURLONGS
20th RUNNING, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015
Track Record: tie-1:07
Atta Boy Roy (4), September 13, 2009
Noosa Beach (4), May 16, 2010
Stakes Record: 1:08.31
Trackattacker, July 20, 2014
Most Wins
Trainer: 4,
Howard Belvoir (Sundance Circle, 2003; Seattles Best Joe, 2004; Tusko T, 2005; Immigration, 2006)
Jockey: tie-2,
Ricky Frazier (Knightsbridge Road, 2002; Margo’s Gift, 2007)
Jennifer Whitaker (Sundance Circle, 2003; Immigration, 2006)
Kevin Krigger (Seattles Best Joe, 2004; Winter Warlock, 2010)
Leslie Mawing (Gallant Son,2008; Trackattacker, 2014)
Owner: 2, Howard Belvoir, Dan Corby & Harley Hoppe (Seattles Best Joe, 2004; Immigration, 2006)
Winner Bred: Washington 16, Kentucky 3
Track: Fast all 19 years
Largest Win Margin: 11 lengths, Trackattacker, 2014
Smallest Win Margin: head, Knightsbridge Road, 2002; Gallon (DQ), 2007
Largest $2 Win: $51.60, Wa Dancer, 2000
Smallest $2 Win: $2.10, Trackattacker, 2014
Betting Favorite: 5-for-19 Odds-On: 4-for-8
Owners Hometowns
1—Packy’s Out (6) Ron Crockett, Seattle, WA
2—Wando Cat (15) Sabers Drawn Racing (Andy Evans, Bellevue, WA; Scott Centers, Anchorage, AK)
3—Barkley (7-5) Rising Star Stable III (Vicki Potter, Auburn, WA)
Howard Belvoir, Auburn, WA
4—Ryan Walt (9-2) H.R. Mullens, Tacoma, WA; Ed Zenker, Tacoma, WA;
R.A. “Swede” Larson, Snohomish, WA
5—Gold Rush Dancer (6-5) John E. Parker, Lake Bay, WA
EmD 2YO COLTS & GELDINGS SERIES
July 19: $50,000 Emerald Express, 6F
Aug. 15: $50,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes, 6 ½ F
Sept. 13: $50,000 Captain Condo Stakes (WA-Bred), 6F
Sept. 27: $65,000 Gottstein Futurity, 1 1/16 Mile
Sept. 27: $50,000 NWSS Cahill Road Stakes, 6F
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Barkley, Gold Rush Dancer, Ryan Walt (2-11, $84.90)
Geller’s D-Man (EmD2): Gold Rush Dancer, Barkley, Ryan Walt (3-11, $102.30)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Barkley, Gold Rush Dancer, Wando Cat (5-11, $132.30)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Barkley, Gold Rush Dancer, Ryan Walt (4-11, $101.90)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Gold Rush Dancer, Barkley, Ryan Walt (3-11, $100.70)
Consensus: Barkley (19), Gold Rush Dancer (15), Ryan Walt (4) (4-11, $119.90)
NOTES: Trackattacker set a stakes record of 1:08.31 while winning last year’s race by 11 lengths, and also reversed a trend that saw the betting favorite lose 16 of the previous 18 runnings of the Emerald Express. . .Washington-breds have won the last seven runnings of the Emerald Express, however Ryan Walt is the lone Washington-bred entered in this year’s race. ByNationhood-Lite Night, Ryan Walt is a full brother to Arrom Bear, a 3-year-old gelding with two sub 1:09 clockings at the meet. . .Howard Belvoir, trainer of Barkley, won this race four straight years from 2003-06 with Sundance Circle, Seattles Best Joe, Tusko T and Immigration. . .Trainer Bill Tollett (Gold Rush Dancer) bids for his first EmD stakes win since August 12, 2006 when Judicature won the NWSS Knights Choice Stakes. Tollet also saddled Tritium to a dead-heat for win with Elusive Schemes in the 2009 Mile Consolation. . . Guest handicapper Miles Liatos selects Packy’s Out to win the Emerald Express.
