Makah Lane put his considerable speed to good use Sunday at Emerald Downs, leading all the way for a 5½-length victory over My Grandpa in the $50,000 Washington Cup Sophomore Colt & Gelding presented by the Muckleshoot Casino.<\/p>\n
With Juan Gutierrez riding at 119 pounds, Makah Lane covered a mile in 1:36.21 and paid $4.20, $2.40 and $2.40. Bonnie Jenne is the winning trainer and co-owner with husband Wally Jenne and Doug and Nancy McPhee of Maple Valley.<\/p>\n
Unraced since an eighth in the Seattle Slew Stakes seven weeks ago, Makah Lane was hammered at the windows and a surprising betting favorite over My Grandpa. He didn’t disappoint, dictating the pace through fractions of :23.47, :46.93 and1:10.74, turning back My Grandpa into the stretch and winning with total authority.<\/p>\n
A Washington-bred by Atta Boy Roy-Dark Diva, Makah Lane earned $26,400 for the victory and is 2-1-1 in five starts with earnings of $42,663. He’s Not Bluffin, also out of Dark Diva, won the 2012 Washington Cup Sophomore Colt & Gelding.<\/p>\n
Bred by Carnation Racing Stables and Ron Crockett, Makah Lane sold for $6,000 at the 2017 WTBOA Summer Yearling Sale.<\/p>\n
My Grandpa, ridden by Jorge Carreno at high weight of 124 pounds, edged Unleash the Tiger by a head for second and paid $2.40 and $2.20. Winner of the Muckleshoot Derby last month, My Grandpa had another awkward break, challenged the winner from the outside into the stretch and gamely held the place.<\/p>\n
Unleash the Tiger, ridden by Kevin Krigger at 121 pounds, was a head back in thid and paid $4.60. It was seven lengths back to Time ’n Time Again in fourth place, while El Borracho, Docktarri and Rocket Power completed the order of finish.<\/p>\n
For Gutierrez, who rode three winners Sunday, it was his 63rd stakes win at Emerald Downs and record 20th in the Washington Cup.<\/p>\n
Jenne has five Washington Cup wins and 12 stakes wins overall.<\/p>\n
Alittlelesstalk prevails in Wa Cup sophomore fillies<\/strong><\/p>\n In the $50,000 Washington Cup Sophomore Filly presented by Freight NW, the ultra-consistent Alittlelesstalk asserted her class and edged Magical Spell by a half-length in 1:37.26 for one mile.<\/p>\n The only 3-year-old filly with two stakes wins at the meet, Alittlelesstalk was ridden by Scott Stevens at high-weight of 123 pounds, and paid $2.60, $2.10 and $2.10. Roddina Barrett is the trainer for owners Tim Floyd of Spokane, Kelly Dougan of Mountlake Terrace and Stephanie Loffredo of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n A Washington-bred by Demon Warlock-Trainingat the Bar, Alittlelesstalk earned $26,950 for the victory and upped her life mark to 4-3-0 in 10 starts with earnings of $92,875. She is 3-3-0 in seven starts at the 2019 meeting, and her $85,625 in earnings rank third behind Law Abidin Citizen ($96,800) and Anyportinastorm ($88,000) have earned more.<\/p>\n The victory, however, was far from easy, as Magical Spell simply wouldn’t go away. The fillies alternated for command, setting fractions of :23.77, :47.47, 1:11.74 and 1:24.24, racing head and head from start to finish. In the end, though, Alittlelesstalk refused to lose, finally edging away in the final yards.<\/p>\n Magical Spell, ridden by Ryan Barber, paid $4.20 and $2.60. It was quite an effort, considering the daughter of Include had never raced beyond 6½ furlongs and was coming off a her maiden victory vs. $25,000 claimers.<\/p>\n Suddenly Awesome, with Kevin Krigger riding at 121 pounds, was three-quarters of a length back in third and paid $2.40 to show. Both the runner-up and third-place finisher are trained by Kay Cooper and bred and co-owned by Rick and Debbie Pabst.<\/p>\n Lulu’s Lightening, Miss Monique and Fortune in Silk completed the order of finish.<\/p>\n The rider of Magical Spell lodged an objection vs. the winner, alleging interference in the stretch, but the stewards disallowed the foul claim.<\/p>\n Stevens, who rides mainly in Arizona, has five wins at the meet including three stakes wins.<\/p>\n Xpressbet Washington Cup continues next Sunday with the $50,000 Washington Cup Juvenile Colt & Gelding Stakes presented by Elysian Brewing Company, and $50,000 Washington Cup Juvenile Filly presented by Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center.<\/p>\n Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n Trainer Candi Cryderman and owner John Parker combined for two wins Sunday – Kopitar ($4.40) and Cahill Cat ($4.20) – upping Parker to 18 wins in the standings. … Chad Christensen, who leads with 24 wins, had no starters Sunday. … Cherokee Louise ($6) won her fourth straight race Sunday, storming from behind to defeat starter allowance foes in race eight. A 4-year-old Nationhood filly, Cherokee Louise races for Dreamscape Farm and trainer Charles Essex. … The victory on Cherokee Louise was the fourth win Sunday for Gary Wales, and with nine days remaining he owns an 89-58 lead over Kevin Orozco atop the standings. … Rally Cat ($4.40) wore down Celtic Warrior and prevailed in the $18,200 Joe & Sally Steiner Appreciation Purse for allowance 3-year-olds, running six furlongs in 1:09.22. Trained by Blaine Wright and owned and bred by Fleur De Lis Stables, Rally Cat is 3 for 8 lifetime, and also missed by a neck to stable mate Perfect Dude in the Seattle Slew Stakes. Champagneandcaviar, dam of Rally Cat, won the 2012 Washington Oaks and was the track’s champion 3-year-old filly. … As part of the Italian Day festivities, owner Dean Mazzuca called Sunday’s second race won by Mika the Mistress ($2.20). … In winning the $8,000 maiden claimer for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up, Mika the Mistress equaled the lowest $2 win pay of the meet, accounting for $22,338 of $30,614 in the win pool. … Hunters Vow ($13.40) edged Johnny Five in race six and gave veteran trainer Sam Dronen his first win of the meet. … The sixth race was named in honor of long-time trainer George Colello Sr. , who passed away last year at age 78. His son, George Colello Jr., works on the Emerald Downs’ gate crew. … Former University of Washington athletics director Mike Lude, still going strong at age 97, attended Sunday’s races and was interviewed in the paddock by Joe Withee. … At Canterbury Park, Mr. Jagermeister ($2.80) coasted by 5¼ lengths in the Minnesota Sprint Championship, running six furlongs in 1:09.87, for his seventh career stakes win. Although bred in Minnesota, Mr. Jagermeister is a 4-year-old colt by Washington sire Atta Boy Roy, who stands at El Dorado Farms in Buckley and also sired Makah Lane. In the post-race interview trainer Valorie Lund said Mr. Jagermeister is headed to the $150,000 Ack Ack, a one mile Grade 3 at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Sept. 28. … Live racing resumes Friday with first post 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alittlelesstalk captures Sophomore Filly showcase <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":42080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-42079","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\/42079"}],"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=42079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42079"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}