{"id":35685,"date":"2018-07-09T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/sippin-fire-scores-convincing-win-in-50000-seattle-slew-stakes\/"},"modified":"2018-07-09T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T17:30:00","slug":"sippin-fire-scores-convincing-win-in-50000-seattle-slew-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/sippin-fire-scores-convincing-win-in-50000-seattle-slew-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sippin Fire scores convincing win in $50,000 Seattle Slew Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Sippin Fire passed his first route test with flying colors Sunday at Emerald Downs.<\/p>\n

The chestnut gelding overtook Boundary Bay and long shot Smoothee Lee in the final furlong, rolling home to a 2¾-length victory in the $50,000 Seattle Slew Stakes for 3-year-old colts and geldings.<\/p>\n

With regular rider Rocco Bowen aboard at 124 pounds, Sippin Fire covered 1 1\/16 miles in 1:41.78 and paid $4.60, $3.20 and $2.80. Steve Bullock is the winning trainer for How We Roll #4, an ownership syndicate composed of David Israel, Joe Withee, Al Adams, Charlie Clark, Angela Wilson and Steve Pilgrim.<\/p>\n

With the victory, Sippin Fire became the first double stakes winner at the 2018 meeting and has three stakes wins overall (2017 Washington Cup Juvenile, 2018 Coca-Cola, 2018 Seattle Slew).<\/p>\n

A Washington-bred by Harbor the Gold-Bahati, Sippin Fire is 4-1-0 in seven career starts with earnings of $102,688 including $26,675 for Sunday’s victory.<\/p>\n

Sippin Fire settled in fourth place early, as Freiburg set fractions of :23.38, :46.56 and 1:10.25, then rallied four wide into the lane and swept past Boundary Bay and Smoothee Lee for a convincing victory.<\/p>\n

Bowen, who rode five winners Sunday, praised Bullock and exercise riders Lance Bullock and Abbie Johnson for having Sippin Fire ready for the two-turn assignment.<\/p>\n

“I lost a lot of sleep the last few nights worrying about the mile and a sixteenth,” Bowen said. “I have to give credit to everyone at the barn for an amazing job. This horse is special.”<\/p>\n

After a fifth in his season debut in the six-furlong Auburn Stakes, Sippin Fire has won the Coca-Cola at (6½ furlongs) and Seattle Slew by a combined 6¼ lengths. And he has a chance for three more stakes this season: $50,000 Muckleshoot Derby, 1 1\/8 miles, July 29; $50,000 Washington Cup Sophomore, one mile, Aug. 26; $100,000 Getaway Stakes, 1 1\/16 miles, Sept. 23.<\/p>\n

Smoothee Lee, longest shot on the board at 44-1, gained a brief lead into the stretch, but was unable to fend off Sippin Fire in the lane. Ridden by Austin Solis at 118 pounds, Smoothee Lee paid $21.80 and $7.80.<\/p>\n

Boundary Bay, ridden by Aaron Gryder at 118 pounds, edged Elliott Bay for third and paid $4.60 to show. The full brother to 2016 Emerald Downs Horse of the Meeting O B Harbor has finished third in all three stakes this season for 3-year-old colts and geldings.<\/p>\n

Golden Cowboy, Trump Itz, Schoenhardt and Frieburg completed the order of finish. Whatwasithinking was scratched.<\/p>\n

Henry takes nasty fall in fifth race<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jockey Patrick Henry Jr. escaped serious injury Sunday after taking a nasty fall in the final yards of the fifth race.<\/p>\n

Henry, riding 15-1 long shot Shopping Tizzy, was headed to victory when the 3-year-old filly veered in suddenly in the final 16th of a mile, unseating the jockey. Henry hit the ground hard, and appeared to be grazed either by the rear leg of Shopping Tizzy or oncoming Dakota’s Tango.<\/p>\n

After laying virtually motionless for several minutes, Henry was carried off the track on stretcher and taken to Valley Medical Center in Renton, where the jockey was said to have a mild concussion and a back contusion.<\/p>\n

A native of Jamaica, Henry is in his first season at Emerald Downs and has ridden seven winners in 73 mounts.<\/p>\n

Shopping Tizzy was uninjured in the incident.<\/p>\n

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

Bowen’s five wins boosted his season total to 59, and he owns a 22-win lead on Kevin Orozco atop the riders’ standings. … Bowen also leads all riders with four stakes wins, and is No. 6 all-time with 29 stakes wins at Emerald Downs. … Bowen previously rode five winners at Emerald Downs on Sept. 16, 2017. … The track record is six wins held by Kevin Radke, Seth Martinez and Julien Couton, who accomplished the feat last Tuesday. … Bowen and Couton share the same jockeys’ agent, David “Marbles” Singer, who also represents Gary Wales. … Bullock has 24 stakes wins at Emerald Downs, and is tied with Larry Ross for No. 8 all-time. … Emerald Downs is the only track with a stakes named in honor of the 1977 Triple Crown winner, and Seattle Slew owners Karen and Mickey Taylor presented the trophy to the winning owners. … Harbor the Gold is No. 1 all-time with 59 stakes wins as a sire at Emerald Downs, including three this season. … Sunday marked the midway point of the 2018 season, day 34 of a 67-day meeting. … In the $20,500 sub-feature for 3-year-olds and up, Kaabraaj ($10.20) ran the fastest 6½ furlongs of the meet, 1:14.31, in rolling to a gate-to-wire victory over a tough field of veterans. A 6-year-old Washington-bred by Abraaj, Kaabraaj holds the track and state six-furlong record of 1:06.86, set April 23, 2016. … Trainer Bill Tollett collected his first two wins of the season, scoring with Come On Cozzene ($7.60) and Bell of Rainier ($5.40). … Mixo ($11.60) tagged Royal Privacy in the final jump of race six, a $10,000 starter allowance for 3-year-olds and up. A 4-year-old Abraaj gelding, Mixo ran six furlongs in 1:08.22 and is 1-2-0 in three starts at the meet. … Live racing resumes Friday with first post 6:30 p.m., and includes a $36,777 carryover in the $0.20 Jackpot Pick 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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