{"id":12373,"date":"2011-08-11T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/mr-mad-max-wins-thursday-feature-at-emerald-downs-horse-racing\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T03:30:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T10:30:38","slug":"mr-mad-max-wins-thursday-feature-at-emerald-downs-horse-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/mr-mad-max-wins-thursday-feature-at-emerald-downs-horse-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Mad Max wins Thursday feature at Emerald Downs | Horse Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. Mad Max collared the leaders past mid-stretch and edged away from betting favorite Dress Code late for a half-length victory Thursday in the $11,900 Ashbaugh Beal Purse for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With regular rider Deborah Hoonan-Trujillo aboard, Mr. Mad Max ran 1-1\/16 miles in 1:44.42 on a fast track, and paid $25.60, $9.20 and $5.80. The winner, owned by Sue and Tim Spooner of Olympia and trained by Dan Markle, was the longest shot on the board.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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For Mr. Mad Max, it was his third feature race victory of the season\u2014all at different distances. The 4-year-old Washington-bred gelding by Tribunal out of Tempered Dawn has a 4-4-2 record in 22 starts lifetime with earnings of $48,591.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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Dress Code, the 9-to-5 favorite ridden by Leslie Mawing, held second place and paid $4.80 and $3. Ugottabcatty, ridden by Pedro Terrero, was 3-\u00bd lengths back in third place and paid $3.60.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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Overtime Victory, Big Daddy\u2019s Vision, One Quick Brew and He\u2019s Flyin Home completed the order of finish.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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NOTES: <\/strong>Hoonan-Trujillo was taken to Valley General Hospital for observation after going down hard in a spill in the stretch run of the eighth-race finale. Miss Jo Lynn, ridden by Trujillo, broke a leg and went down inside the one-sixteenth pole, throwing Hoonan-Trujillo to the ground where she lay motionless for over a minute. She was strapped into a stretcher by paramedics, but was observed moving her arms and legs and was taken via ambulance to the hospital. Hoonan-Trujillo, 44, is having her best season at Emerald Downs. She ranks fourth with 59 wins and is on pace to top her season-high of 68 wins set in 2005.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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Touch of Elegance ($3.20) romped under Leslie Mawing in the sixth race to join Untilifindyou as the only five-time winners at the meeting. The 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Olmodavor won opening weekend for a $2,500 claiming price, and subsequent scores were twice for $10,000 claiming and twice for a $7,500 tag including Thursday\u2019s easy four-length victory. Frank Lucarelli, second in the standings with 34 wins, is the trainer for owners Chris Randall and Nick Rossi.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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Courtney\u2019s Prize, owned by Wally Thompson\u2019s Crystal Ridge Farm and trained by Vann Belvoir, triumphed by a nose in Thursday\u2019s fifth race at Del Mar for $32,000 maiden-claiming 2-year-old fillies. Runner-up twice this summer at Emerald Downs, Courtney\u2019s Prize paid $11.60\u2026Live racing continues Friday with first post at 6 p.m.<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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