$50,000 (est.) WTBOA LADS STAKES
2-YEAR-OLD COLTS & GELDINGS, 6-½ FURLONGS
31st RUNNING, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2012
Track & World Record: 1:13, Sabertooth (7), May 22, 2005
Stakes Record: 1:16 2/5 Dr. Slew, 2000
Most Wins
Trainer: 4, Bud Klokstad (T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992; Bub, 2002)
Jockey: 3, Gary Baze (Colonel Stevens, 1983; Brent Goes On, 1985; Harvard Avenue, 2003)
Owner: 3, Jollie Four Stable (T.D. Passer, 1989; Time to Pass, 1990; Staff Rider, 1992)
Gross Purse: $50,000* 1st- $24,500 2nd- $9,000 3rd- $6,750 4th- $3,375 5th- $1,125 (based on nine starters)
Owners Hometowns
1-Country Rules (9-2) Sue & Tim Spooner, Olympia, WA
2-Billable Ours (8) One Horse Will Do Corp (Jody Peetz, Issaquah, WA.), Scott & Tina Saxwold, Des Moines, WA & Chris Stenslie, Enumclaw, WA
3-Notdabossame (12) Squatting Dog Stable (Craig Harder, Moses Lake, WA)
4- Gilmore (15) Delwyn Ellis, Blackfoot, ID; Debra Larson, Phoenix, AZ
5-Cat Mon Blue (20) Al Adams, Seattle, WA, David Israel, Enumclaw, WA & Charlie Clark,
6-Scat Daddybaby (4) Michael & Amy Feuerborn, Maple Valley, WA
7-Music of My Soul (6) Elttaes Stable (Ken Alhadeff, Seattle, WA)
8- Finallygotabentley (7-2) Northwest Farms LLC (Jerre Paxton, Yakima, WA) & Debbie Paxton, Yakima, WA
9- Mike Man’s Gold (3) Swag Stables (Keith Swagerty, Auburn, WA)
2YO Colts & Geldings Series @ Emerald Downs
July 1: $25,000 NWSS Slewdledo Stakes, Master’s Bluff, 5F/:57.91 (fast), $5.20 (2-6)
July 29: $50,000 Premio Esmeralda Stakes, 6F, Mike Man’s Gold, 6F/:1:10.04 (fast), $20.20 (4-8)
Aug. 18: $50,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes, 6-½ F
Sept. 9: $35,000 Dennis Dodge Stakes (WA-Bred), 6-½ F
Sept. 23: $65,000 Gottstein Futurity, 1M
SUPER 6 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (EmD1): Mike Man’s Gold, Billable Ours Finallygotabentley (6-18/$198.10)
Robert Geller (EmD2): Billable Ours, Finallygotabentley, Notdabossame (2-18/$154.70)
Gary Dougherty (Horse Racing Seattle): Music of My Soul, Finallygotabentley, Mike Man’s Gold (3-18/$169.50)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): Finallygotabentley, Scat Daddybaby, Billable Ours (6-18/$195.60)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Billable Ours, Country Rules, Mike Man’s Gold (9-18/$241.90)
Jacob Pollowitz (EmD3): Finallygotabentley, Music of My Soul, Billable Ours (6-18/$196.40)
Consensus: Billable Ours (14), Finallygotabentley (13), Mike Man’s Gold (7) (8-18/$189.40)
NOTES: The WTBOA Lads is the final open stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings before the $65,000 Gottstein Futurity on closing day, September 23*Chu and I won last year’s WTBOA Lads Stakes en route to Top Juvenile Male honors. In fact, the last five winners have gone on to receive Top honors including Couldabenthewhisky (2010), Hollywood Harbor (2009), Gallant Son (2008) and Gallon (2007). Chu and I’s connections, owner Michael and Amy Feuerborn and trainer Jim Penney, look for back-to-back Lads scores with Scat Daddybaby*The WTBOA Lads is one of the few stakes races to elude trainer Doris Harwood, who will saddle Noosa Beach’s full brother Music of My Soul. A victory would give the younger sibling bragging rights over his multiple award-winning brother, who finished third in the 2008 Lads*Conditioner Tom Wenzel (Finallygotabentley) leads all trainers with six stakes wins this season, including the Angie C Stakes with Goin to the Window.
