Anyportinastorm, No Talking Back, Frank Lucarelli and Gary Wales all took down multiple awards Sunday as the curtain closed on the 24th season of live racing at Emerald Downs.<\/p>\n
Peter Redekop’s Anyportinastorm, a 5-year-old Florida-bred that ran meet-fastest time at 6 and 6½ furlongs while winning the Governor’s Stakes and Budweiser Stakes, was voted Top Older Horse and Top Sprinter. One Horse Will Do Corporation and Steve Shimizu’s 5-year-old mare No Talking Back – the only three-time stakes winner at the meet – was honored as Top Older Filly or Mare and Top Washington-bred.<\/p>\n
On the human side, Frank Lucarelli shattered the single-season record with 81 wins and rolled to his his sixth training title. The 62-year-old conditioner – whose season highlights also included a record-tying five-win day and becoming the first trainer in track history to win 1,000 races – also received honors for Top Training Achievement.<\/p>\n
Wales rode 99 winners and scored a runaway victory in the jockeys’ standings, and was voted Top Riding Achievement for his season-long dominance atop the standings.<\/p>\n
John and Janene Maryanskis and Riverbend Farms’ Baja Sur rolled to dominant victories in the Auburn Stakes and Coca-Cola Stakes to earn honors as Top 3-Year-Old Colt or Gelding. A Washington-bred by Smiling Tiger, Baja Sur also was Top 2-Year-Old Juvenile Colt or Gelding in 2018.<\/p>\n
Alittlelesstalk, owned by Warlock Stables, Kelly Dougan and Stephanie Loffredo, was Top 3-Year-old Filly. A Washington-bred by Demon Warlock, Alittlelesstalk prevailed in the Kent Stakes and Washington Cup Sophomore Filly, and also finished second vs. colts in the Muckleshoot Derby.<\/p>\n
Race Home went from unraced to Top 2-Year-Old Colt or Gelding in two weeks. A son of Race Day owned by Tim Bankers, Race Home exploded through the lane to capture the $100,000 Gottsetin Futurity and finish the season 2 for 2. Windy Point, owned by Clemans View Racing and Michelle Beaunaux, was stakes placed three times including a victory in the Washington Cup Juvenile Filly, and was voted Top 2-Year-Old Filly.<\/p>\n
The 84th renewal of the $200,000 Longacres Mile (Grade 3), featuring a driving three-way finish between Law Abidin Citizen, Anyportinastorm and Restrainedvengence, was voted Race of the Meeting. And Brahms Forest, who began the season with a victory in a $4,000 claiming race, posted a 5-2-0 record in eight starts and was voted Top Claimer. Trained by Lucarelli, the 5-year-old Forest Command gelding is owned by Two Putts for the Win #4, David Lechmanik and Alliance Stable.<\/p>\n
To be eligible for a year-end award, a horse must have raced at least twice at the 2019 season.<\/p>\n
The 2019 Horse of the Meeting will be announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Emerald Downs 2019 season honors<\/strong><\/p>\n Award, winner<\/strong><\/p>\n Top Washington-bred: No Talking Back (5\/WA)<\/p>\n Top Older Horse: Anyportinastorm (5\/FLA)<\/p>\n Top Sprinter: Anyportinastorm (5\/FLA)<\/p>\n Top Older Filly or Mare: No Talking Back (5\/WA)<\/p>\n Top 3-Year-Old Male: Baja Sur (WA)<\/p>\n Top 3-Year-Old Filly: Alittlelesstalk (WA)<\/p>\n Top Juvenile Male: Race Home (KY)<\/p>\n Top Juvenile Filly: Windy Point (WA)<\/p>\n Top Claimer: Brahms Forest (5\/CA)<\/p>\n Race of the Meeting: Longacres Mile<\/p>\n Leading Jockey Wins: Gary Wales (99)<\/p>\n Leading Jockey Stakes Wins: Kevin Orozco (6)<\/p>\n Leading Trainer: Frank Lucarelli (81)<\/p>\n Leading Trainer Stakes Wins: Blaine Wright (9)<\/p>\n Leading Owner: Chad Christensen (32)<\/p>\n Leading Horse Wins: Brahms Forest (5), Das Bear (5), General Mach Four (5), Rosso’s Gatto (5)<\/p>\n Leading Horse Stakes Wins: No Talking Back (3)<\/p>\n Leading QH Jockey Wins: Javier Matias (3)<\/p>\n Leading QH Trainer Wins: Nick Lowe (3)<\/p>\n Top Riding Achievement: Gary Wales<\/p>\n Top Training Achievement: Frank Lucarelli<\/p>\n Leading Apprentice: Jose Leon (7)<\/p>\n Durkan Award: Ken Elison and Sharon Ross<\/p>\n Lindy Award: Alex Anaya<\/p>\n Leading Sire Wins: Harbor the Gold (21)<\/p>\n Horse of the Meeting: TBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anyportinastorm, No Talking Back, Frank Lucarelli and Gary Wales all took down multiple awards Sunday as the curtain closed on the 24th season of live racing at Emerald Downs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":42396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-42395","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\/42395"}],"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=42395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42395"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}