Fifty-six horses have been nominated to the inaugural Championship Sunday at Emerald Downs, featuring four stakes worth an aggregate $350,000 on Aug. 11.<\/p>\n
The $200,000 Longacres Mile (Grade 3) leads with 21 nominations while the $50,000 Emerald Distaff (10), $50,000 Muckleshoot Derby (154) and $50,000 Washington Oaks (11) also drew double-digit nominations. The latter three races are all 1 1\/8 miles in distance.<\/p>\n
Local stalwart Anyportinastorm heads nominations to the 84th renewal of the Longacres Mile. A 5-year-old by City Zip, Anyportinastorm was untested while rolling to easy victories in the Governor’s Stakes and Budweiser Stakes, running meet fastest times at 6 furlongs (1:07.54) and 6½ furlongs (1:14.35).<\/p>\n
More Power to Him and El Huerfano, first and second in the Mt. Rainer Stakes at 1 1\/16 miles, and Oh Marvelous Me, a top three finisher in all three local stakes this season, also are nominated to The Mile.<\/p>\n
Southern California fixture John Sadler nominated a quartet of runners – Curlin Rules, Fawree, Higher Power and Horse Greedy. Higher Power, younger brother of multiple graded winner Alternation, finished fifth in the Gold Cup (G1) last month at Santa Anita and was second in the Wickerr Stakes on turf last week at Del Mar. Fawree is a mile specialist, compiling a 4-1-0 record in five career starts at eight furlongs.<\/p>\n
Solid Wager, an 8-year-old currently based in Kentucky, is the top career earner nominated with $857,970, and won the Toboggan Stakes (G3) in January at Aqueduct.<\/p>\n
He’s the Reason and Brave Nation, first and second in the Lieutenant Governor’s handicap two weeks ago, head the Canadian contingent.<\/p>\n
Weights for the Longacres Mile and Emerald Distaff will be released Sunday, Aug. 4, and entries for all four races will be taken Wednesday, Aug. 7. Supplementary nominations for the Mile ($5,000) and Distaff ($1,500) close Saturday, Aug. 3, while supplementary nominations for the Derby ($1,500) and Oaks ($1,500) close Wednesday, Aug, 7.<\/p>\n
A special $0.50 all stakes pick four will be offered on the Championship Sunday races.<\/p>\n
* Pending late mail or fax<\/p>\n
$200,000 Longacres Mile (G3)<\/strong><\/p>\n Horse, owner, trainer<\/strong><\/p>\n Anyportinastorm (5\/FLA) Peter Redekop B.C. Ltd., Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Brave Nation (4\/KY) Gordon Christoff, John Snow<\/p>\n Concur (4\/KY) Tim Bankers, Manny Ortiz<\/p>\n Curlin Rules (6\/KY) Hronis Racing LLC, John Sadler<\/p>\n El Huerfano (7\/CA) Peerenboom-Bowyer Racing, Chris Stenslie<\/p>\n Elliott Bay (4\/WA) Chad Christensen, Frank Lucarelli<\/p>\n Fawree (5\/KY) Desert Sun Stable & Michael Jawl, John Sadler<\/p>\n He’s the Reason (4\/KY) North American Thoroughbred, Sandi Gann<\/p>\n Higher Power (4\/KY) Hronis Racing LLC, John Sadler<\/p>\n Grinder Sparksaglo (8\/WA) Richard Sena, Robbie Baze<\/p>\n Hit the Beach (6\/WA) Zenker, Mullens & Larson, H.R. Mullens<\/p>\n Horse Greedy (6\/KY) Hronis Racing LLC, John Sadler<\/p>\n Law Abidin Citizen (5\/KY) Agnew, Schneider & Xitco, Mark Glatt<\/p>\n Mike Man’s Gold (9\/WA) G Conley, C Conley & Terra Firma, Joe Toye<\/p>\n More Power to Him (5\/CA) Brett Mason, Kay Cooper<\/p>\n Oh Marvelous Me (7\/KY) Todd & Shawn Hansen, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Restrainedvengence (4\/KY) K Brinkerhoff & B Grayson Jr., Val Brinkerhoff<\/p>\n Rocky Tough (5\/KY) Desimone, Kingma & Kelly, Tim McCanna<\/p>\n Sippin Fire (4\/WA) How We Roll #4, Steve Bullock<\/p>\n Solid Wager (8\/CA) David Staudacher, Michael Maker<\/p>\n Two Thirty Five (5\/KY) Slam Dunk, Baltas, Mansor, Nielsen, Richard Baltas<\/p>\n ===<\/p>\n $50,000 Emerald Distaff, 1 1\/8 Mile<\/strong><\/p>\n Horse, owner, trainer<\/strong><\/p>\n Angelofmontgomery (4\/KY) Mark Glatt, Patty Lydon<\/p>\n Bella Mia (4\/WA) John & Janene Maryanski, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Blazinbeauty (5\/KY) Darrin Paul, Frank Lucarelli<\/p>\n Diamonds R (4\/KY) George Todaro or David Cordova, Tom Wenzel<\/p>\n Fly Far Away (6\/WA) Todd & Shawn Hansen, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Guardian One (6\/WA) Tony and Brenna Loften, Chris Stenslie<\/p>\n No Talking Back (5\/WA) One Horse Will Do and Shimizu, Chris Stenslie<\/p>\n Paddy’s Secret (5\/KY) Donnybrook Stable, Frank Lucarelli<\/p>\n Reginella (5\/CA) Luigi DiPietro or Diana DiPietro, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Yuvetsi (3\/KY) Hronis Racing LLC, John Sadler<\/p>\n ===<\/p>\n $50,000 Muckleshoot Derby, 1 1\/8 Mile<\/strong><\/p>\n Horse., owner, trainer<\/strong><\/p>\n Alittlelesstalk (3f\/WA) Warlock, Dougan & Ya Killing Me LLC, Roddina Barrett<\/p>\n Deckload (3\/KY) Jody Sherry & Kevin Sather, Tim McCanna<\/p>\n El Borracho (3\/WA) Luigi DiPietro or Diana DiPietro, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Five Star General (3\/KY) North American Thoroughbred Racing Co., Sandi Gann<\/p>\n Free Speech (3\/KY) Big Fly Stable, Charles Essex<\/p>\n Frolic and Detour (3\/VA) Jane Todaro, Tom Wenzel<\/p>\n Jack Van Berg (3\/KY) Muddy Waters Stables, Mike Puhich<\/p>\n My Grandpa (3\/WA) Ron Crockett Inc., Tom Wenzel<\/p>\n Nolo Contesto (3\/KY) Hronis Racing LLC, John Sadler<\/p>\n Perfect Dude (3\/WA) Todd & Shawn Hansen, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Rally Cat (3\/KY) Fleur De Lis Stables, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Sky Confidential (3\/KY) David Matsumoto, Howard Belvoir<\/p>\n Time ’n Time Again (3\/WA) Poseidon Partners, Kay Cooper<\/p>\n Todo Es Toro (3\/AZ) Tawnja Elison, Jack McCartney<\/p>\n ===<\/p>\n $50,000 Washington Oaks, 1 1\/8 Mile<\/strong><\/p>\n Horse, owner, trainer<\/strong><\/p>\n Above All Names (3\/KY) Big Fly Stable, Charles Essex<\/p>\n Alittlelesstalk (3WA) Warlock, Dougan & Ya Killing Me LLC, Roddina Barrett<\/p>\n Amazonian (3\/KY) North American Thoroughbred Racing Co. ,Sandi Gann<\/p>\n Fortune in Silk (3\/WA) Blue Ribbon Racing #18, Kay Cooper<\/p>\n Killarney Lass (3\/KY) Sargent Stables, Frank Lucarelli<\/p>\n Mucho Amor (3KY) Ten Broeck Farm, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n Northern Graystar (3\/BC) North American Thoroughbred Racing Co., Sandi Gann<\/p>\n Northwest Factor (3KY) How We Roll #4, Steve Bullock<\/p>\n Suddenly Awesome (3WA) Poseidon Partners, Kay Cooper<\/p>\n Twirling Devon (3\/FL) Tim Bankers, Manny Ortiz<\/p>\n Two Shakes (3\/KY) Ten Broeck Farm, Blaine Wright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Local standout Anyportinastorm heads nominations <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":41634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-41633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41633"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=41633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}