$65,000 EMERALD DISTAFF
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014
19th RUNNING, FILLIES & MARES, 1 1/8 MILE
Track Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), September 2, 2002
Stakes Record: 1:47, Elusive Horizon (owned by Northwest Farms) (4), Aug. 16, 2009
Most Wins
Horse: 2
(Fleet Pacific, 2000-01)
Trainer: 3,
Jerry Hollendorfer (Secret Corsage, 2005; Gemstone Rush, 2007, Lemon Kiss, 2008)
Jockey: 3-tie,
Juan Gutierrez (Infernal McGoon, 2002; Elusive Horizon, 2009; Class Included, 2012)
Russell Baze (Secret Corsage, 2005; Gemstone Rush, 2007, Lemon Kiss, 2008)
Owner: 2,
Rocking B Thoroughbreds (Fleet Pacific, 2000-01)
Track Condition: Fast 16, Sloppy 2
Favorites: 9-for-18; Odds-on Favorites: 2-for-2
Largest $2 Win: $37.20, Ignite the Passion, 1999
Smallest $2 Win: $2.60, Class Included, 2012
Average Field Size: 8.4 (largest 10, 1996; smallest 4, 2012)
Gate-to-wire winners: Fleet Pacific, 2000 & 2001; Elusive Horizon, 2009
Smallest Win Margin: head, Pleas Write, 1996
Largest Win Margin: 8-¼ lengths, Queenledo, 2006
Purse: $65,000
1st*$35,750 2nd*$13,000 3rd*$9750 4th*$4875 5th*$1625
Owners Hometowns
1-Stopshoppingdebbie (2-5) Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA)
2-Blueberry Smoothie (8) Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA);
C & M Racing (Corey Kinder, Yakima, WA; Mihai Tiru, Bellevue, WA)
3-She’s Stella Marie (20) Claire Lein, Fall City, WA
4-Goin to the Window (9-2) Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA)
Debbie Paxton, Yakima, WA
5-Wando Woman (5) J. Dennis Spence, Surrey, B.C.
3 & Up Fillies & Mares @ Emerald Downs
May 11: $50,000 Hastings Handicap, 6 Furlongs, Stopshoppingdebbie ($3) 1:08.38
June 8: $50,000 WA State Legislators Stakes, 6-½ Furlongs, Stopshoppingdebbie ($2.60) 1:14.20
July 6: $50,000 Boeing Handicap, 1Mile, Stopshoppingdebbie ($2.40) 1:34.20
Aug. 24: $65,000 Emerald Distaff, 1 1/8 Mile
Sept. 7: $50,000 Pegasus Training Center Stakes (WA-Bred), 1 1/16 Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Wando Woman (7-18; $151.70)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Stopshoppingdebbie, Wando Woman, Blueberry Smoothie (11-18; $184.50)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Wando Woman (11-18; $175.40)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Stopshoppingdebbie, Wando Woman, Goin to the Window (5-18; $157.40)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, Wando Woman (7-18; $152.60)
Consensus: Stopshoppingdebbie (25), Goin to the Window (7), Wando Woman (7) (10-18; $164.30)
NOTES: Class Included (2011-12) and Elusive Horizon (2008-09) are the only horses to sweep the Washington Oaks and Emerald Distaff. . .Stopshoppingdebbie bids to become the third horse to accomplish the feat, and a victory would complete sweeps of the entire series for 3-year-old fillies in 2013, and for older fillies and mares in 2014. Moreover, a victory Sunday and Stopshoppingdebbie would have sole possession of Emerald Downs’ record for most consecutive stakes victories*a mark she currently shares with Ropersandwranglers at seven stakes wins apiece. As a 3-year-old, Stopshoppingdebbie won the Seattle Handicap, Irish Day Handicap, Kent Handicap and Washington Oaks. As a 4-year-old, she has wins in the Hastings Handicap, Washington State Legislators Stakes and Boeing Handicap. She currently has the most wins of any unbeaten horse in North America, and already has wins at six different distances spanning 5 ½ furlongs to 1 1/8 miles. . .Wando Woman, second in this race to E Z Kitty last year, would be the first shipper to win since Kimmyv shipped from Hastings Racecourse to win in 2010. Wando Woman also would become the second horse to win the Distaff after finishing second the previous year. Runner-up to Ignite The Passion in 1999, Fleet Pacific won the Distaff in 2000 & 2001 and is the only horse to win the race twice.
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