{"id":35363,"date":"2018-06-17T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/classy-alliford-bay-too-good-in-washing-legislators\/"},"modified":"2018-06-17T08:06:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T15:06:43","slug":"classy-alliford-bay-too-good-in-washing-legislators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/classy-alliford-bay-too-good-in-washing-legislators\/","title":{"rendered":"Classy Alliford Bay too good in Washington Legislators"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alliford Bay overhauled stable mate Invested Prospect past mid-stretch and powered home for a four-length victory Saturday in the $50,000 Washington State Legislators Stakes for older fillies and mares.<\/p>\n

Ridden by Julien Couton at 121 pounds, Alliford Bay ran 6½ furlongs in a meet-fastest 1:14.86, and paid $3.40, $2.40 and $2.20. Blaine Wright – winning his fourth straight stakes at Emerald Downs – is the trainer for owner Peter Redekop of Vancouver, B.C.<\/p>\n

No Talking Back, ridden by Anne Sanguinetti at 117 pounds, rallied from far back for second and paid $4.80 and $4. Invested Prospect, with Kevin Orozco aboard at 123 held third and paid $3.40.<\/p>\n

Wright has tremendous depth in the older filly and mare division throughout the Northwest. In addition to saddling the first, third and fifth place finishers in the Washington State Legislators – Alliford Bay, Invested Prospect and Strip It Down – he won Saturday’s $50,000 Strawberry Morn Handicap with Dave Mowat’s Top Quality at Hastings Racecourse.<\/p>\n

Alliford Bay captured the first two older filly and mare stakes at Hastings, both 6½ furlongs, with easy victories in the Brighouse Belles and Vancouver Sun. With the Strawberry Morn carded at a mile and a sixteenth, she was shipped to Emerald Downs to take advantage of another 6½-furlong stakes race.<\/p>\n

Alliford Bay got another perfect trip, racing in third as Invested Prospect zipped through fractions of :22.20 and :44.26 for the quarter and half-mile. Sent up to challenge Invested Prospect, Alliford Bay gained the lead at the eighth pole and quickly drew clear for her third straight blowout victory.<\/p>\n

“She’s a very tactical filly, and we had a great trip,” Couton said. “I’d seen many of her races, it was great to ride her.”<\/p>\n

A 4-year-old Kentucky-bred by City Zip, Alliford Bay is 6-1-1 in 11 starts with earnings of $160,997, including $26,675 for Saturday’s triumph. She has five stakes wins – two each at Emerald Downs and Hastings and one at Sacramento.<\/p>\n

The combination of Wright and Couton has been great at Emerald Downs. They are now 23 for 55 the last two seasons with six stakes wins and over $340,000 in purses. Wright has won four straight Emerald Downs’ stakes – Invested Prospect (Hastings Stakes), Riser (Governor’s Stakes), Bella Mia (Kent Stakes) and Alliford Bay (Washington State Legislators) – and is 15 for 40 in stakes the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

Next for older fillies and mares is the $50,000 Boeing Stakes at 1 1\/16 miles on Sunday, July 15.<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Couton rode four winners on the eight-race card – his fourth multiple-win day in the last five racing days – and has surged into third place with 23 wins. … Wright is now No. 8 all-time with 27 stakes wins at Emerald Downs. … Huya ($22) ran the fastest mile of the season, 1:34.60, while easily winning Saturday’s seventh race under Couton. Candi Tollett is the trainer for owners Drew and Jamie Baker and Todd and Shellie Nicklos. … First-time starter Aikman Treasure ($19.80) rolled to an easy victory in Saturday’s second race and is the younger sister of Roman Boos, who captured the Friday nightcap. A 2-year-old Idaho-bred filly by Comic Strip-Roman Juliet, Aikman Juliet zipped five furlongs in :57.39 under Anne Sanguinetti for trainer\/co-owner Paul Treasure. … In Saturday’s other 2-year-old race, Sunshine Emily ($15.60) collared Sari’s Tiger for a three-quarter-length victory in :51.87 for 4 ½ furlongs. The winner is a Sixthirteen filly and was ridden by Austin Solis for Frank Lucarelli and R.E.V. Racing. … Live racing continues Sunday with a 10-race program featuring the $50,000 Coca-Cola Stakes for 3-year-old colts and geldings at 6 ½ furlongs. First post is 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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