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EMERALD DOWNS DERBY &
WASHINGTON OAKS
TO DECIDE DIVISION
HONORS AUG. 13-14
AUBURN, Wash. (Aug. 6,
2011) – It’s the biggest weekend of the season for
3-year-olds as Emerald Downs’ presents an important
stakes doubleheader for sophomores on Aug. 13-14.
On Saturday, Aug. 13, fillies race 1-1/8 miles in the
$65,000 Washington Oaks. And Sunday, Aug. 14, the males
take their turn in the $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby at
1-1/8 miles.
The 3-year-old filly division has been a scramble all
season with three stakes yielding three different
winners—Class Included in the 6-½-furlong Seattle
Handicap, Elusive Noise in the one-mile Irish Day
Handicap and Carrabelle Harbor in the 1-1/16-mile Kent
Handicap.
Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer (his formal
induction is Friday, Aug. 12) has nominated a pair of
hundred-grand earners to the Washington Oaks. Alec’s
Moon (11-4-2-1-$125,670) won two stakes in Portland
including the $82,000 Portland Meadows Oaks and a
victory over boys in the $32,000 PM Derby. Cathy’s
Crunches (11-5-3-2-$201,580) is a triple stakes winner
at Golden Gate Fields and graded stakes-placed at Santa
Anita.
Zayda has assumed control of the 3-year-old division
with triumphs in the one-mile Pepsi Cola Handicap (via
DQ) and 1-1/16-mile Seattle Slew Handicap. The son of
Bluegrass Cat is improving with distance and should
relish the extra ground in the Derby.
Couldabenthewhisky, last year’s Top Juvenile at Emerald
Downs, finished a good second in the Seattle Slew and
also is proven around two turns. Hollendorfer has
nominated a pair for the Derby as well—Cody Peak, a
stakes-placed son of Thunder Gulch, and Life Is a Rock,
a double allowance winner on turf at Golden Gate.
Nominations—$65,000 Emerald Derby—74th
Running, Sunday, Aug. 14
Nominee
Owner
Trainer
Arraignment
(3-KY) Victoria & Robert Gilker
Robert Gilker
Big Bad Brown
(3-WA) R & R Warren
LLC Jim Penney
Cody Peak
(3-NY) J. Hollendorfer & S.
Lubeck Jerry Hollendorfer
Couldabenthewhisky
(3-WA)
Friendship/Longshot
R/C. & S. Fredrickson
Bonnie Jenne
Jebrica
(3-WA) R&R Warren
LLC Jim Penney
Kooky Saluki
(3-WA) MOH Stables
Inc. Jim Penney
Lake Sawyer
(3-KY) Richard S. Pasko
Junior Coffey
Life Is a Rock
(3-CA)
Jerry & Janet
Hollendorfer/George Todaro
Jerry
Hollendorfer
Rainier Missile
(3-KY) Rainier Missile
Syndicate David Bennett
Winter Warlock
(3-WA)
Warlock
Stables/Horseplayers/J. Broussard
Tim McCanna
Zayda
(3-KY) Nelson
Family Racing Blaine Wright
Nominations— $65,000 Washington Oaks—32nd
Running, Saturday, Aug. 13
Nominee
Owner
Trainer
Alec’s Moon
(3-KY)
Dedomenico/Carver/Hollendorfer
Jerry Hollendorfer
Carrabelle Harbor
(3-OR)
Bar C Racing &
Desert Rose Racing
Doris Harwood
Castinette Dancer
(3-WA)
Glen Todd & Patrick Kinsella Alan May
Cathy’s Crunches
(3-FL)
Mark
Dedomenico & Jerry Hollendorfer
Jerry Hollendorfer
Class Included
(3-KY)
Michael & Amy Feuerborn Jim Penney
Elusive Noise
(3-KY) D. Paxton & Northwest
Farms Tom Wenzel
Judging Mimi
(3-WA) Carlos Cerna & Bill
Trabold Frank Lucarelli
Playful Argument
(3-FL) Robert A.
Clary Blaine Wright
Soul in One
(3-KY) Perfect Soul Brothers
LLC Tim McCanna
The Gang and I
(3-WA)
Homestretch Farms & Bill
Follett
Jim Penney
Tweetie Pie
(3-KY) Allaire
Farms Robert
Meeking
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