$65,000 EMERALD DISTAFF
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012
17th 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 (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, Russell Baze (Secret Corsage, 2005; Gemstone Rush, 2007, Lemon Kiss, 2008)
Owner: 2, Rocking B Thoroughbreds (Fleet Pacific, 2000-01)
Track Condition: Fast every year except 2004; Aunt Sophie (sloppy) & 2007; Gemstone Rush (sloppy)
Favorites: 8-for-16; Odds-on Favorites: 1-for-1
Largest $2 Win: $37.20, Ignite the Passion, 1999
Smallest $2 Win: $3.20, Housa Dancer, 1998
Average Field Size: 8.5 (largest 10, 1996; smallest 6, 1997, 2000, 2007)
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* Carrabelle Harbor (8) Bar C Racing Stable (Pam & Ken Christopherson, Hermiston, ORE) Desert Rose Racing LLC (D.H. Walker, Kennewick, WA)
2* Class Included (1-2) Michael & Amy Feuerborn, Maple Valley, WA
3* Private Fortune (10) Blue Ribbon Racing #2 (Fred & Debbie Pabst, Buckley, WA)
4* E Z Kitty (5) Tige Too Racing Stable (H R & Nancy Gibson, Kent, WA)
5* Sweet Nellie Brown (9-2) James & Zola Proffitt, Tacoma, WA
3 & Up Fillies & Mares @ Emerald Downs
May 13: $50,000 Hastings Handicap, 6 Furlongs*Class Included*6F in 1:09.17*$3.20 (1-5)
June 10: $50,000 WA State Legislators Stakes*E Z Kitty*6-½F in 1:14.61*$24.60 (5-8)
July 8: $50,000 Boeing Handicap, One Mile*Class Included*1M in 1:34.48*$4.20 (1-7)
Aug. 19: $65,000 Emerald Distaff, 1-1/8 Miles
Sept. 9: $35,000 Belle Roberts ®, 1-1/16 Miles
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Class Included, Sweet Nellie Brown, Carrabelle Harbor (7-19/$211.90)
Robert Geller (EmD2): E Z Kitty, Class Included, Sweet Nellie Brown (2-19/$157.30)
Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Class Included, Sweet Nellie Brown, Carrabelle Harbor (3-19/$194.10)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Class Included, Sweet Nellie Brown, Carrabelle Harbor (6-19/$198.50)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Class Included, Sweet Nellie Brown, E Z Kitty (9-19/$244.50)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Class Included, Sweet Nellie Brown, Carrabelle Harbor (6-19/$218.40)
Consensus: Class Included (27), Sweet Nellie Brown (11), E Z Kitty (6) (8-19/$194.60)
NOTES: The Emerald Distaff is the championship event for fillies and mares*Doris Harwood, last year’s winning trainer with Hard Way Ten, seeks back-to-back Distaff victories with Carrabelle Harbor. The 4-year-old by Harbor the Gold would become the first Oregon-bred to win this race*Washington Racing Hall of Fame trainer Jim Penney has three Distaff entries including last year’s Top 3-Year-Old Filly Class Included. A Distaff victory would clinch Top Older Filly or Mare honors. An E Z Kitty victory, however, could muddle the voting, as that would give both horses two stakes wins this season*Penney’s other runners Sweet Nellie Brown and Private Fortune make their second attempts to win the Distaff. Sweet Nellie Brown ran second in 2011 at 19-to-1.
