Justin Evans in Studio - Episode #129

It’s just over a week to the 89th Longacres Mile and that’s a prominent subject on this week’s Horse Racing NW. The past two Mile winners are expected to race – Slew’s Tiz Whiz from 2022 and Five Star General from last year. Special events such as “Breakfast At the Wire,” “The Railbird Rally” and “Dancing at the Downs,” are all upcoming this month at Emerald Downs. Go to emeralddowns.com for more information. Leading trainer Justin Evans joins Joe and Vince and speaks to topics such as his current season, dealing with new horses in the barn and also four nominees to the August 11 Longacres Mile. Evans is seeking his second straight EmD training title and is currently in 11th place in North America with 84 wins in 2024.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
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Speaker 4 (00:28):
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Speaker 1 (00:49):
Horse racing Northwest August first twoenty twenty four. August racing
heats up at Emerald Downs and then some. We're just
ten days away from the eighty ninth running of the
Long Acres mile Mile Day Sunday, August eleventh, a all
stakes pick four ending in the mile. Justin Evans is

(01:13):
going to join us. And Justin Evans, who started a
horse last year in the mile for the first time,
Zes Bowl, he has got a pretty strong hand of nominees,
and Vince will talk to Justin Evans about that here
on today's pod.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
He sure does. And you know we saw a couple
of them last week. That Armadoro dead heating was loused
his Whiz and the Governor's and Nieman not far behind
in third. And he's got a couple other horses he'll
be telling us about.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, okay, Justin Evans joining us on horse racing Northwest
schedule for the week Well, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Friday night
at seven pm Saturday and Sunday at one thirty our
traditional time. We've got a stakes doubleheader this weekend, Vince,
we do.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
The tyrollds go on display here. We'll be talking a
little bit about that. On Saturday, we've got the Lassie
Stay that's teer Old Philly's going six and a half,
precise timing, so impressive. Winning her steaks debut will be
a pretty heavy favorite. And there and then on Sunday
we've got the the ABTBO ladsteakes a field of eight. Yeah,

(02:17):
vivacious Tribute has been pretty good so far. Undefeated Blaine right,
a real strong hand there, he's got another one. See
that Tiger for those of you follow buyers, you know,
got easily the highest buyer of a tyroal at the
meat a sixty six while breaking his maiden, So big
Bowie's in there. A nice runner from Frank Lucarelli. Real
good top to bottom racer in the lads, and we

(02:39):
mentioned the lassies. That's kind of interesting. Comes up this
week because the Washington Hall of Fame ceremony coming up
a week from Saturday, and the inaugural winning of the
Long Acres Lassie Steaks was flagged dea Loon at fourteen
to one back in nineteen eighty two on a muddy strip,
and that was really her coming out party. She would
go on to have quite a career that we'll be

(02:59):
talking about in the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Yeah, the Hall of Fame ceremony is going to be Saturday,
August tenth, the day before the mile, you know, and
our regular first race time is one thirty on a Saturday.
We're going to go a little bit later, about two
ten for our first race on Saturday, August tenth, because
the Hall of Fame ceremony will start at one pm,

(03:21):
so we will accommodate that. And the inductees have already
been decided, as Vince said, Flagg. De Loon is the
Philly or Mayor going in this year, John White of
the Media category, and Junior Coffee the special inductee, and
Basil Fraser the jockey. This year's class of the Washington

(03:43):
Thoroughbred Hall of Fame. We'll have videos, presentations and acceptance
and John White's going to be here, which is really
good for us.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
I'm looking forward to seeing John and what perfect timing
on the eve of the eighty ninth running of the
Long Acres Mile a race. But it's very special in
all our hearts. I know it's meant a lot to
John over the years, and you know, John might just
want to talk a little horse racing on us that weekend. Yeah,
John was here for he was at Long Acres for

(04:15):
the nineteen sixty seven Long Acres Mile. He was pretty
darn young then, but because he just retired recently this summer,
as you may well know, Let's see, was it sixty Yeah,
it was sixty seven. He saw King's Favor win in
nineteen sixty seven, So he was about thirteen at that time,

(04:36):
and his dad was a race fan as well. His
dad worked in the money room at Playfair and John
and his brother hung out there a lot. Well, the
stories will be coming out. They will be on YouTube
the following week as well. The video stories for the
Hall of Fame, So that is coming up a week
from Saturday. We've got more fun and excitement this week

(04:57):
and again racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday, We're going to
have a kids race on the track on Sunday. That's
usually a pretty fun event for the families. We've got
family fun Days. We're going to have entertainment in the
park for families as well. This weekend. Breakfast at the
Wire the second week of its three weekend run. Dean

(05:20):
Mazuka hosts. It's a free show eight to ten am
on Saturdays. Come in through the paddock gate and head
up to track level eight to ten am.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
We had one last week, there'll be one this Saturday,
and the Emerald Racing Club's coming out this week.

Speaker 3 (05:34):
Write them out.

Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:35):
We usually try to make at least one visit to
that every years. It is a fun morning too, when
you have a little coffee and breakfast there and meet
a lot of the personalities around Emerald Downs. The horses
are training in the background. It's just a pleasant way
to start a day.

Speaker 1 (05:49):
And the club really has a wide gamut of members
from newcomers and there's i know, there's quite a few
people that are pretty knowledgeable in racing.

Speaker 3 (05:59):
Yeah, and we got a lot of veterans who have
been in it all the way along. We like to
get the newcomers into and Uh, but yeah, a lot
of the Emimal Racing Club members come out to Breakfast
at the Wire anyway every time. They really enjoy it.
And Vicky Potter really hit on something with that idea
about seven or eight years ago, now about it. Yeah,
and uh, getting Dean Mazuka to host it, the natural

(06:22):
guy with all his you know, real enthusiasm for the
sport and uh, just interviewing all the all the uh
jockeys and trainers and horsemen and officials and all that. It's, uh,
it's informative, light and fun, you know, it's it's it's
it's a good way to.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
Spend the morning eight to ten this Saturday, Breakfast at
the Wire. Yeah, Dean had justin Evans, Kevin Radkey, Kevin
Krigger last week. He really conducted some nice interviews. We
got some good information from all the guests. Actually, Alexis
Silva Martinez was there as well. All Right, so we've
got a couple of stakes this weekend. We've also got
the second leg in the Hollywood Harbor Sprint Series this Saturday.

Speaker 3 (07:03):
Yeah, that race is really interesting, great betting race. So
you know we got ten in there. You had to
have run in the one of the first races two
weeks ago to be eligible. And if you like gambling,
this is a great, great race. Mister Fireball might go
favorite in there now with Justin Evans and ran the
slightly faster the two divisions and figures again another good trip,

(07:26):
you know, and he's in really great form. So again
want to tip the hat to Jody Pete's for just
a tremendous idea. And it's great for all involved. The
horsemen getting more purse money, the players have something interesting
to wager on. It's just a great thing. And then
and there was another two weeks we'll have the final

(07:47):
understarter allowance conditions.

Speaker 1 (07:48):
And this week's is again five and a half furlongs.
This time it's a ten thousand dollars claiming race. It
was eight two weeks ago. But as you mentioned, you know,
ten thousand claimers running for twenty five one thousand dollars
perse can't beat it. Everybody likes that to run for
more money, and that's the purse for the race six
on Saturday, the second leg in the Hollywood Harbor Sprint Series.

(08:11):
Dan Djukic is going to be calling the races on
Saturday and Sunday, Dean Mazuka on Friday night. So Tom
Harris has a scheduled weekend off. He's going to take
his family on a little getaway, and so we're going
to have Dan, who's been calling the races up at
ex Park Hastings since the nineties.

Speaker 3 (08:29):
Over three decades. I think a great guy. Dan, super guy,
always fun to be around. Will you have Dan on
handicappers corner? I imagine on Saturday and side there might
be a little needling going on there, I imagine.

Speaker 1 (08:43):
I'm glad it's this weekend and not last weekend because
we had fifteen favorites when last week vn's fifteen out
of twenty six.

Speaker 3 (08:50):
To make a note on that, In fact, it's kind
of gone over two weeks now. Over the last two
weeks including the quarter horse races twenty six and forty nine. Wow,
you know, favorites have come in up to thirty seven
percent for the year, which isn't all that high in
today's day and age. But yeah, certainly the chalk has
been going great guns here the last couple of weeks.

Speaker 1 (09:10):
And that happens. You know, you assured us of that
we were a little under thirty three percent just about
four or five weeks ago. But you know, Dan would
have really kicked my butt last weekend. I'm gonna tellhim
you said that with all those favorites winning, I like
to stir it up. Yeah. So he'll be doing Handicappers
Corner with me on Saturday and Sunday calling the races

(09:32):
as well. Hate our Corgi Day which was a few
weeks ago. That half hour show is on ESPN two
on Friday night at ten thirty. Yeah, ESPN two, Emerald
Down's Corky Day will be recapped, as has been the
case the last few years. It'll be on other times

(09:54):
as well, but the first showing is Friday night, which
is Tomorrow night, ten thirty pm. And with a six
race card tomorrow, most people can get home in time
to watch that. That's right, Yeah, that's right, six only
six tomorrow night. Well, sometimes that happens as we get
going here. But hopefully on Mile weekend, I know we're
talking about running eleven on Sunday, August eleventh, hopefully, and

(10:18):
that includes the Championship, Sunday All Stakes, Pick four, the Mile,
the Distaff, the Oaks, and the Muckleshoot Derby. And I'll
tell you the Mile. It's sure shaping up good right now.
The official noms are going to come out Sunday. We'll
talk to Justin a little bit about that. But you know,
as we start usually a few weeks out trying to
figure out, you know, what it's shaping up at.

Speaker 3 (10:40):
I got to say, Joe, it's looking pretty favorable right now.

Speaker 1 (10:42):
I think so too. I'm right now, just from input,
I'm expecting eleven or twelve in the race myself. You
know you've got the Justin Evans is going to nominate four,
just lose Tiz Whiz, and we.

Speaker 3 (10:57):
Know the defending champ is already five on a flight
this Sunday.

Speaker 1 (11:01):
Five Star Generals coming out. There's another horse actually based
at Hastings right now, Phantom Ride. He hasn't won a
steak this year, but he won twice at Oaklawn and
once at Sam Houston, son of Candy Ride and Ian
Jewell as his trainer. Now, and I.

Speaker 3 (11:18):
Think Justin will tell us about a recent acquisition they
have of some.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
Renown Yeah, Giant Game.

Speaker 3 (11:25):
Giant Game, a graded winner that was just purchased privately,
I understand. So that allowed a little depth to the
field too.

Speaker 1 (11:32):
Yeah, and Blaine Wright is going to nominate Clovis Connection
and Prince Abu Dhabi.

Speaker 3 (11:37):
Both two quality four year olds, right, you bet.

Speaker 1 (11:40):
Clovis Connection was two for two here last year both
Steaks and Prince Abu Dhabi won our Derby, and he's
running well again this year. So the litl Bellatore possibly, yeah.
And then we of course we know Slews his whiz
is in and armad'orro who dead heated with them.

Speaker 3 (12:00):
You know, certainly would be in. So just you know,
just right there, we're all up to about ten so
shaping up really well.

Speaker 1 (12:09):
There can be a surprise or two as well, and
we'll be ready for that. Okay, last week we just
did mention there was a lot of money going back
into the hands of Better's favorite betters were cash and
tickets regularly. Last week, let's hear about the top performances
in the Weekly Awards.

Speaker 3 (12:28):
Okay, Weekly Honors number thirteen. Our jockey was isaiahs and Riquez,
who's quietly had a pretty good meet here. He's a
former writing champon I believe was twenty thirteen. He went
five hundred. Last week. He went three for six, a
win on all three cards including allowance win on Powerized,
who came back for trainer Frank Lucarelli after that runner

(12:52):
up finish in the stakes race. He's back on the beam.
So nice work by isaiahs and Riquez the trainer. This
guy has made a quite an impact Miguel Hernandez. He's
up to twelve wins, fourth in the standings. He went
two for three last week. Did you know he rode
over eighteen hundred winners as a rider. I didn't before

(13:13):
retiring in twenty thirteen. And then his top horse as
a trainer. Do you remember a horse Conquestmo Money runner
up in the twenty seventeen Arkansas Derby and seventh in
the twenty seventeen Preakness. He was trained by Miguel Hernandez.
So he's had a quite an accomplished career both as
a trainer and a jockey, and certainly going great guns

(13:33):
here at the current meet owner longtime owner Wayne Williams.
He's been on quite a roll this season with trainer
Joe Toy two wins and two seconds from his last
four starters. Diversifhal got the maiden win on Friday night
and then Jen Toong just missed oh again. Surprisingly perfect
ran a great race and got beat a nose. So

(13:54):
a native of Vancouver, Wayne been around a long time
and Vancouver, Washington, Vancouver Washington, and great guy and always
good to see Wayne doing well. And the Washington Bread
could have gone a lot of ways. But how about
code Charlie set a track record for eight hundred and
seventy yards forty five point one seven seconds defeating Capital

(14:15):
Expense last week. So seven year old Desert cold Gelding
Bread by Nancy Sorik. And then our groom is Ramon Fernandez.
He's been with Howard Belvoir for a long time and
a couple of recent wins for him for you only
in Monsey. Okay, there are last week's awardes, something we
take pride in and the horseman appreciated as well. Just

(14:40):
pass on the recognition. So a training day from today
that'll be on YouTube Thursday afternoon round five o'clock or so.
Stakes races well around the country. Of course, Saratoga and
del Mar are inaction. Huge Saturday at Saratoga with the
test and I believe there's a Saratoga Derby I want

(15:02):
to say as well, but they each Delmar and Saratoga
have a Steak race every day throughout the weekend the weekend,
so we're going to hit those two tracks pretty.

Speaker 1 (15:14):
Well on August eleventh. It's actually pretty good placement for
the mile, and it has been the last few years.

Speaker 3 (15:19):
That's kind of been the strategy. Now you get that
one weekend in between. As you mentioned, those meats are
both going great guns at that time of year, but
it's not their biggest weekend, so we've kind of gotten
a little niche there which helps with the handle. And
I know we'll be on the cover of the Forum
that day and the PPS for at least the four
stakes races will be in there right up in front,

(15:40):
so get some good play. And I think, you know,
with the mile shaping up as it is, some of
the horses we talked about, that race will get a great,
great handle.

Speaker 1 (15:49):
Yeah, when you've got a couple horses from the Midwest
and five star generals pretty darn well known now and
California as well, and the locals. Anybody gets excited about
a ten to twelve horse stakes race, especially when the
horses are coming in from different venues. It really tests
your handicapping, and that's what the mile is almost every

(16:12):
year and will be this year. So another event Mile
Week Saturday night September Saturday night, August tenth. After racing,
we're going to have some music up on the fifth
floor as well. That's a free concert, so keep that
in mind. It's century Western country theme. Yeah, after the

(16:33):
races on Saturday, So Saturday a big day Mile Eve
the Hall of Fame, then racing and then music live
music here in Auburn up on the fifth floor. And
the Railbird Rally is in effect this year. Starts at
eleven am. That's on Mile Day morning. Dean Mazuka is

(16:54):
gonna host. Dean does a super job for us. He's
going to host the Railbird Rally and a lot of
guests concerning the Mile owners, trainers, jockeys, handicappers. There's going
to be dollar dogs there at the Railbird Rally and
some good specials on beverages as well. So there's a

(17:15):
lot of regulars at the Railbird Rally and hope to
see out there. It's usually usually a pretty nice morning,
you know, in that time of August here in western Washington.
We're looking forward to that long acre's mild day just
around the corner. Okay, we're going to take a time
out come back with trainer Justin Evans. Here on horse
racing Northwest.

Speaker 2 (17:41):
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Speaker 5 (18:09):
Armad'e oro is still right there now a haunting presence,
and they're sent down for the drive and armad' orro
is rising to the occasion. Here armade Ro gets to
the front, Maymon fights back, Sluice Ki Whiz flying at
the rail, those two to the wire.

Speaker 1 (18:29):
That was the July twenty first Governor's Stakes at Emerald Downs,
traditionally three weeks before the Long Acres Mile, as it
was this year and we had a dead heat. It
was really an exciting event as Loosed his Whiz came
up the inside the two time Governor's defending champ and
armad' orro was on the line as well, so they

(18:52):
both got a Governor Steake's victory and joining us here
at Emerald Downs is the trainer of Armador role Justin Evans, Justin,
thanks for coming.

Speaker 6 (19:02):
By, Thank you, Joe, my pleasure, thanks for having me
you bet.

Speaker 1 (19:05):
And Vin said, let's start off with some statistics. We
both like our numbers and like to apply him and
Justin Evans has got a nice lead to go two
for two in his Emerald down stint as leading trainer.
Just lately things have really been.

Speaker 3 (19:24):
Rolling thirty nine for one hundred and ten at the meet.
That's thirty five percent wins, seventy one percent in the money,
So he's got a big lead in the trainer standings,
also in purses, which is just as important. Over half
million at five hundred, three thousand, five and twenty eight.
And as impressive as those numbers are, they've really come

(19:44):
on over the last few weeks. You know, every night
I'm writing about two wins, three wins, two wins. And
Justin and Kevin Kraiger have had really been on quite
a roll together too. They just you know, some guys
just click, they're clicking.

Speaker 6 (19:58):
No, it's it's really been a great addition to have
Kevin come up here. You know, a lot of respect
for him. Class Rider won the Sant Anita Derby years ago.
So he's got a pretty impressive resume when you get
him to come up here, and he's really got into
our barn and and and really clicked. He's a he's
a hard worker. Like I say, he's just a class act.
He's there every morning wanting to get on horses, wanting

(20:19):
to help. And it's just he's one of those guys
that I got into a rhythm with where, you know,
I like a jock that if my Plan A fails,
it's their turn to turn it into Plan B. Some
jocks it's hard to get that. They stick to Plan
A no matter what happens, and that kind of wears
me out. But with Kevin, it when plan A fails,
he's got a pretty good Plan B to go to.
And so that's what that's what I really like. And

(20:41):
like I say, he's just he's he's strong in a finish,
he can put horse on the lead, he can come
from out of it. He's just an all around rider.
So he's been a really really great fit. We're really
happy to have him so far.

Speaker 1 (20:53):
What a team, huh. They had six straight days of
a double or better and then last Sunday one on
one time, the two of them, so it's fire time.
I don't even.

Speaker 3 (21:03):
Remember Russell Bays and Jerry Holland or in doing that.

Speaker 6 (21:07):
That.

Speaker 3 (21:07):
That's pretty awesome to be that consistent.

Speaker 1 (21:10):
Now.

Speaker 3 (21:10):
Of course, coming up on the mile, you know, boy,
you look in pretty good shape. In addition to Armadoro,
you've got Niemen, who we mentioned earlier, ran a good
race too in the Governor's finishing third, and there's talk
of surprisingly perfect. Who's you know, already won four races
at the meat. You got a pretty strong hand.

Speaker 6 (21:31):
We've got a really strong hand. We're excited about you.
And like I say, the horse is all Neiman and
Armadio exited their race isn't really good. They both came back,
I mean back in training. So far they've showed really
good energy, very happy, you know, doing all the right things,
eating well and kind of showing all the signs you like.
And then surprisingly perfect. I spoke with Joe the other

(21:52):
day and said, you know, maybe I didn't have him
cranked up as much as I needed to. That horse
is a horse that really thrives on two weeks. He's
a fourteen day type. I mean, for being ten years old,
he's a warrior. So he likes that kind of bounce
back and go right back at it. And I gave
him three and a half weeks in between, and maybe
I babied him a little bit and maybe didn't have
the screws as tight as I'd like to. But he

(22:12):
got it out. I mean, he ran an impressive race
the other day because he didn't get the best of trips.
He was Kevin and me talked about it afterwards and
kind of had to use the horse to get him
in position into the first turn. Then he's like five
wide in the first turn. This track's tough to be
wide on too, And when you're five wide down the
backside and five wide turning for home, it kind of
sling sling shots you out there where sometimes you don't

(22:36):
want to be. It's the maybe more biased part of
the racetrack, way out wide, you know, And so he
was kind of stuck out there and the other horse
you can't knock him. He got a really good split,
the horse and was in the photo with him, Jen Toong.
He got a really good split. You know, he's able
to kind of come off the inside split horses. But
that horse, he's a type of horse when he gets
his head in front. He's reminds me of a silver

(22:56):
charm type. He don't want to beat you very far,
but he's going to beat you, you know. And he
bounced back really good, so we're excited about him. And
then I was really lucky. Mister Hartoonian called me and
he's going to send me giant game up. He was
a recent Fasig Tipton Horses of Racing Age July Saale.
They just bought him a few weeks ago for I
think they give like one sixty five for in which
he's a Grade three winner. He win the corn Husker

(23:18):
and stuff. He comes with a pretty impressive race record,
and they wanted to try sprinting him. And I don't
know if maybe all the logistics are traveling and everything
maybe caught up to him. But he ran in the
bing Crosby the other day, which was gee sho could find.
I looked like the prep for the Breeders' Cup sprint
chosen Vron. I mean there was Happy Jack and an

(23:38):
Archist were just a few in front of him. So
I mean when those horses are fifth and sixth in
front of you, it really once you look at it,
it's not a bad race. So he arrives tomorrow morning
to us, you know, so we'll have a little bit
of time to get him going and kind of get
his feet under him. He worked at Delmar this morning
and then we were putting him on the van this
afternoon to head here. So we're excited about the hand

(23:59):
we hold going going into it.

Speaker 3 (24:00):
I take it back. You don't have a strong hand. Yeah,
a great hand.

Speaker 6 (24:03):
You know, it's a full house at the end of
the deal.

Speaker 1 (24:06):
Justin's first season was last year an Emerald Downs and
he was leading trainer, but not a real big presence
in stakes races. And and you know, we we kind
of take pride in our stakes here. We've always had
a pretty good program. You know, it's relative, but uh uh,
you embraced it this year. And yeah, a strong hand
for the mile, our biggest race. Nieman just kind of

(24:30):
falls out of the starting gate, doesn't he. I mean,
he had a little bit to do there last week
and it still ran a good third.

Speaker 4 (24:37):
You know.

Speaker 6 (24:38):
He And when when mister Amastoy sent that horse over,
he'd explained to me that his last race in something
he was having a lot of trouble with him. And
then schooling over there in something. He was having some
issues in the morning, so he said, I think there's
a horse that if you get him straightened out justin
he's a race horse, you know. So we worked on
him a lot in Phoenix before we got ready to leave,
and it was unfortunate I wasn't able to get him

(24:58):
a race before that. Just the time with schooling him
and trying to get him to go, I couldn't get
a race to fall in line. We'd run into the
end of the meet there, so they decided they were
going to try him back at Santa Nita, and then
they decided that wasn't going to work out, so they
shifted him back up here to me, and really he
kind of fell into where we'd left off with him
git wise. But I don't think he's ever going to
be that kind of horse that just beats you away

(25:20):
from there. He's the one that he's going to fall
away from there, and you give him a step or
two to let him get his feet under him, he's
gonna put his run in. But unfortunately, sometimes when you're
in with really good horses that falling away from there
and taking some time to get on your feet might
be a bad thing. It's going to be the couple
links that beat you, you know. So I think if

(25:40):
we can keep working on a few things like that that,
you know, I think we'll we'll have him right where
we want him. And I think maybe possibly on the
stretch out it's going to help that horse, you know,
where he can maybe get away a step slow if
he wants to, and then help him get his feet
underneath him and get back into the race. So I'm
excited to rout him. Uh, He's got a decent pedigree

(26:03):
that that looks like routing is in his money, in
his future. He's and Monnings. I just I love the sire.
I'm a little bit of a sire snob, and I
loved Huntings. I've had some really nice Money's horses, and
and he he fits a picture that maybe he'll he'll
stretch out and route, so hopefully that can be maybe
the answer to Nieman going forward.

Speaker 3 (26:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (26:21):
Well, three really good races from him at this meeting.
And of course Arma de' orro has won maybe the
most spectacular mile at the meeting so far.

Speaker 3 (26:31):
Yeah, one thirty four point three O clocking. It was
I think Coastal Jazz who's in your barn was in
the pace that day and Armadoro, boy, he was full
of running. He's a good horse. He finished fourth in
the mile last year. Yeah, so you seem to have
him right where you want him coming up to the
mile this year.

Speaker 6 (26:49):
Well, and when we when we looked at him to claim,
we actually had he was in the same race with
a horse of Blaine Right's Egomania Egomaniac, you know, and
so we said, hey, let's fill out of claim for
both and go up there and look at him. And
I just kind of glanced at the horse last year
a little bit with seeing him come up for the
mile because we were getting zestful prepared for the mile too,
you know, so I didn't pay a lot of attention

(27:11):
to the horse. So when they walked in the paddock,
he's just a beautiful horse, you know, very classy look,
and he kind of made my mind up real fast.
I tore up my other claim slip and walked down
and dropped on him. And we didn't know where we
were going to be at with him, And so when
we came back for the next race, I thought it
was a good spot to maybe stretch coastal jazz out
and see where we were with him. But he had

(27:32):
a lot of trouble to day claimed him. But the
other day getting the mile, he was impressive. He was
fully passed a lot of horses, He ran into dirt,
he was kind of weaved in and out of traffic,
but he was full of run when Kevin pushed the
button on him, and to draw and win by eight
and kind of run that fast. And what impressed me
was when I got to looking at the numbers he
got a higher buyer than Neieman did for running one

(27:53):
oh seven and change in the Budweiser. So I mean
almost a ninety buyer. That's pretty impressive.

Speaker 1 (28:00):
Yeah, And so a really strong hand coming up for
the mile on August eleventh with those horses we're talking
about so far, Justin Evans leading trainer again this year,
and Justin you know where you could throw so many
horse names out right now that he's had in his barn,
or he does have now he's lost the a claim
he's claimed it just it's it's a tribute to your

(28:22):
horsemanship and your team. Let's just take mister Fireball for example,
he's running in the Hollywood Harbor Sprint, series number.

Speaker 3 (28:31):
Two on Saturday.

Speaker 1 (28:32):
Yeah, morningline favorite and he won one of the legs.
Just won the other leg with run Snappy, who he lost.
But you know, a horse like that comes into your barn,
you're running him back in a couple of weeks. I mean,
what do you do when you got a brand new horse?

Speaker 6 (28:45):
Well, I think you got to look at every horse different.
You know, I was taught a long time ago. Look
at your horses every day. See what's clicking, what's working,
what's not. So when you claim one and you bring
them in, you want to first see how they settle in.
I mean, you want to get him in there and
get them to settle in right. Make sure they ate good,
you know, eating good for a day or two there,
because the feed changes, all the surrounding changes, a routine changes.

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So if you can get those horses that come into
your program and fall in right off the bat, it's great.
You know.

Speaker 3 (29:12):
But we go through.

Speaker 6 (29:13):
We like to go through. We check teeth. If they
need their teeth done, we do it. I mean automatically
they start on a powerpack wormer to take care of that.
You know, if they've got any issues shoeing, why soundness wise,
things like that. We try to address them. So sometimes
when you claim when you're getting a way better horse,
when I lead him back up there in two weeks,
you're kind of getting the full meal deal at a

(29:34):
discount sometimes.

Speaker 4 (29:35):
You know.

Speaker 6 (29:36):
But on a horse like that, you get him and
you just try to get him in your program, and
if you know, if he's not liking the way things
are going, then you mix him up, maybe a jogging
more than you galloping, maybe a galloping more than you
jog him. We try to do a lot of what
I'd like to call the basics, which is gate schooling,
you know, paddock schooling. I mean they're going to find
themselves schooling in the paddock or the gate at least

(29:59):
once or twice week before they run, no matter how
old they are, you know, whether it's surprisingly perfect, it's
ten or it's a thousand miles, it's two, they're going
to go up there and and stand. And I think
the more comfortable you can make them and those surroundings,
the less likely they are to have something go wrong
on race day when when it counts. You know, I'd
rather have one get a little silly in the morning's

(30:21):
gate schooling or in the paddock in the morning's gate
schooling than when it counts. So we try to find
those things, try to find the right program. And it's
just like making them happy. It's just they're just like people.
I mean, if you can read them, they're gonna they're
going to repay you dividends.

Speaker 3 (30:37):
You can see the attention to detail exactly is what
life is all about at right. Absolutely, But you know
it sounds like you can just kind of get them
up on the wreck and you kind of give them
a good going over and get them into your program exactly.

Speaker 6 (30:51):
You just you just go through them and like I say,
they're going to tell you when they're ready to do something,
or they're going to tell you when they're not ready
to do something. So it's just about trying to trying
to read the horse and treat them as an individual
and find like I say, some we cook our oats
for horses, and some might get down there and they
don't like the cooked oats. They're not used to them.
So you've got to feed them dry feed for a
little while. So it's kind of like taking my kids
out to eat. One wants Taco Bell and one wants McDonald's.

(31:14):
So you've got to go to two different places to
make it happen, you know. So sometimes that's what we
got to do with these horses.

Speaker 4 (31:20):
You know.

Speaker 3 (31:20):
Well, you know, and speaking of kids, if anyone's been
around Emerald Downs, they see Justin and his wife Vanessa
and the four children.

Speaker 6 (31:28):
We always always you guys are all in the I've
got an older daughter, Arianna twenty two. Yeh, she's in
she's in college. She uh, well, she's on like summer tour.
I think she thinks she's a Kardashian, but she doesn't
realize her father doesn't have the bank account to support that.
But with the little ones here all the time, Austin
and Andy and Addie, it's a there's no greater place

(31:50):
for a family than Emerald Downs. And that's what I've
said before. You can come to the races and I
can turn my kids loose while I go claim some
or run some and they're safe, you know, I mean,
they're there's grass for him to run and play on.
There at the ice cream stand there talking to John Parker.
He's up there feeding to my ice cream, or somebody's
got him. You feel safe. It's a great family environment.

Speaker 1 (32:09):
It's a nice comment.

Speaker 6 (32:11):
When I did this a long time ago, I said,
I never I wanted to be a racehorse trainer, but
I didn't want to be a father. That wasn't that
racehorse trainer.

Speaker 1 (32:20):
That wasn't father.

Speaker 6 (32:20):
So if I couldn't have my family and my wife
Essa with me, I just didn't want to do it.
And it's worked out great kind of If I say go,
they're loaded up to go. You know, they don't mind
missing a little school here and there and stuff like that.
Their mom gets a little down on us. But it's
great to have him around. And this is a great
place to be for the summer to have a family.
It's incredible.

Speaker 3 (32:36):
And as we learned in the Settle Times article, Austin
wants to be a trainer, right And why don't you
bring Austin over here?

Speaker 6 (32:43):
Sale word get over here Austin.

Speaker 1 (32:45):
Yeah, Austin's been ever present the last couple of summers
at Emerald Downs. And your dad is really done well
and it's a great role model in that regard, and
it's put you on that track, Austin. That is that
is great. We met Austin last summer. He was a
big Seahawk fan. You know you guys came up from Arizona,

(33:06):
where you were leading trainer. I thought, oh, you're not
a cart No, he goes, I'm I don't like the Cardinals.
I'm originally from Texas, but I'm a Seahawks fan.

Speaker 3 (33:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (33:15):
Yeah, And don't don't get him talking about stats or
Seahawk players or you'll You'll never get away from him,
that's for sure. I mean, he's a little more up
on a Seahawk players than he are horses in the
barn right now. So I got to get him to
focus coming into a mile week. I said, man, you're
supposed to be my assistant. You're more worried about fantasy
football right now than you are reading the forum.

Speaker 1 (33:32):
But what are a couple of horses that you've taken
a liking to. This summer meant for me?

Speaker 6 (33:37):
And mostly I've been an.

Speaker 1 (33:39):
Prisoner, prisoner, okay, I really have been looking at Upper Room,
the horse I own, Okay, and.

Speaker 6 (33:45):
That horse he's running on Saturday Austin. He he wants
to beat me and Jeff Racuzie for lead knowner and
he's at two wins. And so the other day when
Validate got beat, he wasn't real happy with me, but
the first time he was real happy with me. In Validate. Yeah,
boy Lloyd, I told everybody he ran home faster than
Validate did. The last fifty yards he passed him headed
to the winter circle. So he's trying to make a

(34:06):
charge to get us maybe dethroned as leading owner right now.

Speaker 1 (34:09):
But you got a little work to do, but you
got the right trainer.

Speaker 3 (34:13):
So but you know, Justin actually said, Austin's cut your
He's kind of ahead of where you were at his
age in terms of being a horseman.

Speaker 6 (34:21):
He he really is, like I say, and it chokes
me up sometimes because he's so far he's so much
smarter than I was at eleven or twelve years old
around the horses and knowing he impressed me. The other
day he was talking to his mom. We were up
there watching a one run maybe this past weekend, and
he said, now he's got him in a good spot.
He's got him up there because he's throw oh his

(34:42):
winter falcon. He says, he's throwing those other horses off
their rhythm. He's put that horse in front. He's now
they're in chase mode. The others are in chase mode.
You know, I mean I said, where's he heard that before?

Speaker 1 (34:51):
Chase mode?

Speaker 6 (34:52):
But I mean it just really impressed me him saying
that to his mom. He's taking those other horses out
of their game, and he's got those others in chase
mode right now, you know.

Speaker 1 (34:59):
So I mean first time going a mile, yeah, first.

Speaker 6 (35:03):
So he's really caught on. So he makes me proud.
I'm I'm proud of all of them. My little one, Addie,
she's a she thinks she's going to be a jockey.
So first thing, I mean ten thirty every morning, she's
we're going to ride that pony. I mean, make sure
that pony is still saddle down there. So poor ponies
wearing his shoes off around the shedrow getting ridden right now.
So I'm very blessed to have them all for sure.

Speaker 1 (35:24):
Yeah, a big stable and just one other. I wanted
to ask him about a thousand miles in the last
seas on Saturday, going six and a half. She's been impressive,
you know, just didn't get the perfect start in her debut,
but was running against Colts, and the Colts that Peter
came back and ran really well Bydacious Tribute came back
to win the steak and then she just was super

(35:46):
impressive in her next start. You high on her for Saturday, Yeah, yeah,
we really are.

Speaker 3 (35:51):
You know, we were.

Speaker 6 (35:52):
We were a little disappointed we missed the last stake
and she was she was going to be a supplement
to get into that, and unfortunately we had a little
setback at the barn. She got a little sick on us,
and it was actually entry morning that we we caught it.
You know, she she got sick, ran a little tamp
on us. So we thought, you know, we don't want
to take any chances with paying the big supplement fee
and then maybe not making the gate on the weekend

(36:14):
or putting her in a position where you know, we've
got to treat her and she's got to try to run.
So it just it just wasn't the right thing. So
when this bounced back up, it it came up, It
came up well because our plan was, well maybe we
kind of trained straight through to the Gottstein, you know
what I mean later on in the meat, you know,
because she's bread to run long, you know, a thousand

(36:37):
thousand words those horses are. I think he's had like
six winners out of you know, seven or eight starters,
ten starters now so far he's had as a matter
of fact, as Philly win the stake at Saratoga the
other day, I think they're going to be great route horses.
She she laid up there and showed all the signs
that she'll she'll track a pace and then and then
get in the spot. When Cruz asked her to run

(36:57):
the other day, I mean she was. She was full
of run running home. And she's a Philly that's always
been real smart. When we got her in and I
was really lucky that Brian Seymour purchased her at Obs,
you know, he kind of I said, Brian, I think
we got a pretty good Philly here, and he went
for it and we bought her and got her out there,
and we'd been hiring her from the word go my
my gallop.

Speaker 5 (37:16):
Boy.

Speaker 6 (37:16):
Art Reese has done a phenomenal job on her. He
gets on her every morning and where he's really done well,
and he's got her to slow down, and really she's
matured and nothing really rattles her. I've schooled her in
the paddock over here the last few mornings, and I
mean now she just kind of walks up there like
an old horse. So we're excited for this weekend's race
with her because it looks like there's maybe I mean,

(37:38):
you can't knock Kay Cooper's Philly. That's a very fast Philly,
got a big number and stuff. But with any luck,
looks like you might catch some pace with the one
and the two. Hopefully they want to see how far
they can go as fast as they can go, and
we're able to maybe settle in and pick up the
pieces and the route will start to come out, and
her being able to stretch out to six and a half, Yeah, she's.

Speaker 1 (37:56):
Out of a Colonel John Mare, I see too.

Speaker 3 (37:58):
And we've seen the last couple of years of six
and half like for second or third time starter two
year olds, that's almost like a route race for a
lot of these.

Speaker 6 (38:04):
So it really is. It gives them that spot to
stretch out. You know, you're not running five eighths or
four and a half or five and a half with them.
They're getting that long run down the backside where they
can really get into stride and then, like you say,
when the when the running starts, hopefully they've went fast
enough on the front end that they back up into
your year in a good enough spot that you're close
enough to punch on him, honestly, let them do the

(38:24):
heavy lifting and then be able to kind of reap
the benefit of that.

Speaker 1 (38:28):
Well, Justin won the Turf Paradise meet earlier this year,
of course. And by the way, he's number eleven in
wins in North America this year, right, Yeah, and that's
not bad. And win percentage fifty number one, yeah, of
anybody that started fifty horses or more. I mean, he's
way up there at thirty percent.

Speaker 3 (38:49):
And this last off season when just looking at some numbers,
when came across that you were up to twenty five
hundred crew wins. I thought he's too young to have
twenty five hundred career wins. That's a lot of wins,
that is, you know.

Speaker 1 (39:03):
And I was going to talk about Turf Paradise just
because it's come up a lot because so many Phoenix
horses run at Emerald Downs, you know, in watching them,
and it was a really good meat there. It started
a little later, but you guys had good money and
good participation. But everybody was three four five lanths off
the rail coming around the turn. Explain what was going

(39:24):
on there?

Speaker 6 (39:24):
You know, It's just they they couldn't get the right
mixed down on the inside, and it was just a
little bit of not a little bit, but a big
bit of track variance, and so it was such an
outside bias, and they worked on it, and I mean
it just they couldn't get it where I mean you
turned for home. We had talked about it before, where
those horses they'd be full of run the fence had
opened up, and the next thing they'd bog down and

(39:45):
run forth, you know. But yeah, it was something they
just really couldn't overcome. For most of the meat. They
tried and tried and tried, but worked on it. You know,
they tried to blade, they try to do stuff, and
they just never could get it right. And then if
a jock could figure it out, he was in good shape.
And if you had a jock on that couldn't figure
it out, you were in really bad shape, you know,
because you turned for home and hit quicksand and it

(40:07):
was like that the whole way around those horses that
drew the inside you immediately had. I was lucky I
got Corbett on a few, and Corbett found out a
veteran rider, you know what I mean, he caught on
to it. Early and it's just like nobody could figure
it out what was going on. But Glenn, you know,
he moved up from about six in the standings to second.
It was closing in on Carlow's, you know, title for

(40:29):
lead and rider. I mean, if we'd went a little longer,
I think he would have probably caught Carlo. But he'd
get those horses out. It didn't matter. The wider the better.
I mean, you'd be seven or eight wide, we want
a steak with beyond awesome. And they were literally eight
nine wide out in the middle of the racetrack and
just finished full a run. I mean, it was it
was just an odd deal that they couldn't get you know,
I mean, couldn't get fixed. But if you could, if

(40:52):
you could figure it out and catch the day. Some
days was a little better than others, but I mean
you were wider the better all the time. Down there.
It was I had people call I mean Neil that
works here at Emerald Downs, he'd call me all the time.
And you get other people from other tracks call you
and be like, my god, you know what I mean,
that's what's going on down there, And like I say,
management tried to work on it. Maintains tried to work

(41:13):
on and it wasn't ever a safety issue. The track
wasn't unsafe. We didn't have horses. We had a really good,
uh you know, breakdown record down there this year. We
didn't have any problems with horses getting hurt or anything
like that. We had a great meet. But you just
you had to go up and watch the first couple
of races every day to see what the what the
bias was going to be for sure.

Speaker 1 (41:32):
That was an oddity.

Speaker 3 (41:33):
Well, the good news is they've announced that they've planned
to run at least three more years. Yes, and excellent
for our horseman, you know, Phoenix and the winner see
out of the summer. That's a pretty good setup.

Speaker 6 (41:43):
It's a great setup. It's a great setup.

Speaker 1 (41:45):
No, no, I love it.

Speaker 3 (41:46):
I love it.

Speaker 6 (41:47):
My family loves it. You know. It's it's an incredible
setup because you can go down there this meat ends.
You get down there with enough time to maybe take
a little break, get set up, you start Breeders' Cup
weekend down there and get back up and get going
and then you know we overlap by a weekend, but
you can get some horses up here before this meet
starts and get them ready to go, and then it
really works out great. I mean, how can you beat
you get out of Phoenix when it's blistering hot to

(42:09):
get up here to great weather, and when it starts
to get a little cool here you go back home
to some heat. So it's a perfect mix.

Speaker 3 (42:15):
It really is.

Speaker 1 (42:16):
Well another weekend for Justin Evans and his stable. It's
just been going so well, especially the last few weeks,
just better than ever. And the miles coming up, and
what placement you've got for the mile, a big event
around here. Will draw the post positions on Wednesday and
set the eighty ninth Long Acres Mile for Sunday, August eleventh. Justin,

(42:40):
thanks for coming in and just continue to have a
great summer.

Speaker 6 (42:44):
No, thank you. Guys love coming on here and you
guys do such a great job. You make it so
welcoming to come up here. And like I say, all
the things you guys do for the fans, the horsemen,
our hats are off to you. We really thank you guys.

Speaker 1 (42:57):
Thanks Justin Justin Evans joining us on horse Racing Northwest.
We'll be back with our final segment.

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Speaker 1 (43:32):
Mucosuit horse Racing Northwest thanks again to Justin Evans. The
horses he has to keep track of on a calendar year,
Vince is pretty amazing and just well the program he
went through when he gets a new one in his barn.
He's so used to doing it, and let's face it,

(43:54):
he's an outstanding horseman and it's really working out. Yeah,
And the instant recall on every horse you bring up
is you know the great ones have that they know
everything about all the nuances of all their horses, so
that the detail.

Speaker 3 (44:11):
Is great and safe to say. He's all in in
this game. Him and his family, a nice family he has.

Speaker 1 (44:19):
Okay, time for our regular segment three segments. How about
sports shorts? You know Joel McHale and jack Pot Party.
You've seen the ads, Vince, Now do you see how
excited Joel McHale is when he does those ads for
Jackpot Party on TV. He goes crazy and why wouldn't you?

(44:42):
They give a forty five million point bonus when you
log on to jackpot party. Can you believe that forty
five million points? Joel McHale and xusky football player, he's
doing really well in his career, Hollywood related career. But
you know when you get a forty five million dollars

(45:04):
or forty five million point bone, I mean, who ever
thought of something like that? That is just amazing to me. Okay,
I'm done with that. Hey, some long acres mile stuff?
Seven are three? Five? Yeah, seven trainers have won sixteen
of the twenty eight long acres miles at Emerald Downs.
Just seven trainers have won well over half. Howard Belvoir

(45:28):
and Jim Penny have won three each. Then you've got
Tom Wenzel, Grant Forster, Mike Pooach, Jerry Hollandorff and Larry
Ross with two long Acres mile wins each. That's sixteen
of our twenty eight. So a lot of repeat winners.
And you know you're gonna have Forster and Wenzel and

(45:49):
possibly even Belvoir involved this year.

Speaker 3 (45:52):
Okay, how many different women trainers have won a feature race,
not a state race at Emimald Downs in twenty twenty four.
How many difference is that kind of a silly question.

Speaker 1 (46:05):
I mean, you know, I don't know. I'd just take
a guess and say seven.

Speaker 3 (46:10):
Pretty close, six and wisdom, Rosie Simpkins, Debbie Perry, Kimberly Johnston,
Candy Kreiderman, and Bonnie Jenny. It would be seven if
you throw in steaks with Kay Cooper, who runs precise timing,
probably going to be a pretty heavy favorite, I think
in the in the lassie stakes. As you heard, Justin
Evans certainly got a lot of respect for her. But

(46:30):
she is going to go six and a half.

Speaker 1 (46:32):
Joe, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (46:33):
She won pretty pretty darn easily the other day and
we haven't really talked about that race much. Do you
see do you see any way she gets beat?

Speaker 1 (46:42):
I'm gonna put her on top, and I definitely have
Justin's horse second thousand miles who should improve with distance. Yeah,
thousand miles is going from five furlongs to six and
a half. That's a you know, a very significant jump
for a two year old precise timing from five and
a half to six and a half. Yeah, she just

(47:03):
was a pro and you know, maintained her lead, even
increased it a little bit by dialed in out of
Peaceful Nation. The Peaceful Wings clan is precise timing. Yeah,
I put her on top, and if a thousand miles
drifts up very far, I have you done that morning line?
You probably have for Saturday.

Speaker 3 (47:24):
She's six to five. Yeah, but it'll be interesting.

Speaker 1 (47:27):
The thousand miles what three to one, four to one,
or to.

Speaker 3 (47:30):
Think and might have had coconut dreams in there somewhere too.
The Ladstakes, though, is really interesting to me, and I
mentioned Blaine Wright's got a strong hand there. Vivacious Tribute
has been great, you know, basically in the in the
king County Express, the race was over within the first furlong.
I mean he's fast, and but see that tiger I

(47:54):
think had the rail in the debut, came back and
just turned a giant figure last time out. As you
could see. The horse's got heavily bat and it's debut
even though against Vivacious against Vivacious Tribute. So that was
kind of tough.

Speaker 4 (48:08):
You know.

Speaker 3 (48:09):
I had to go with the steaks winner there just
on the line. But it wouldn't surprise me if it
went the other way there a little bit the way
people are so heavily influenced by buyers.

Speaker 1 (48:18):
Yeah, and Blaine Wright trains both of those horses, and
they both, you know, one with speed. It's just it's
kind of a trainer's nightmare when they just go at
each other in a steak race.

Speaker 3 (48:30):
I bet a lot of times tyros just run as
fast as they can, as far as they can.

Speaker 1 (48:33):
And you know, it's hard for a trainer to tell,
you know, one guy to set off, you know, when
you take a horse out of its game a little bit.
Each jock wants to win for sure. Amador on see
that Tiger and Carlo Lopez on Vivacious Tribute, so uh,
you know, you just don't want to get crazy and
go too fast and each of them run out a horse.

(48:54):
But it happens a lot in racing where a trainer
will have two top contenders in one race. I'm going
with bodies Zafa in there, the second timer from Tom Weinzel.
And there was a number of horses that finished well
in that King County Express, including He's not talking, Who's
going to be a long shot down horse lost two
lengths at the start. The Bonnie Jenny Runner and he

(49:16):
was beaten four lengths in the end. Bodhi Zaffa just
under two lengths in the end, so there wasn't that
much difference. If you watch the replay, he's not talking's
moving well in that last eighth mile and he was
certainly compromised. So you know he's going to be a
long shot in there, let's face it, because you've got
a lot of live horses with vivacious tribute. See that

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tiger Big Bowie who was favored in the king County
Express ran.

Speaker 3 (49:42):
Well what about Verdie yeah, first time or the interesting
breeding there out of by Midnight Storm, Champagne and Caviar
was a multiple stakes winn around here, throwing a couple
decent runners, I believe, and the high powered Tom Wenzel barn.
This is Paul Goldberg and doctor Raymond Quick. They used
to own winning machine and they campaigned Champagne and Caviar.

(50:04):
They might have a good one here too and Verdi.

Speaker 1 (50:06):
Oh, I fully respect that first timer by Midnight Storm,
who made one point seven million one routes all over
the place, but was middle distance as well. And this
is a Tom Wensle first. Yeah, Champagne and Caviar. That
was one of the few Phillies that was beating Jerry
Paxton Phillies in that era of long acres or Emerald

(50:28):
Down's history. So uh and Wenzel's debuting her or him.
Let's get it right. This is a cult in the steak.
His name's Verdi v E r d I. He has
the two posts in the wtbot that I thought came
out to be really interesting. Strong race yeah and oh yeah,

(50:48):
you bet yeah. Got eight horses in there. Verdi is
the only first time starter, but several second time starters
and then Vivacious Tribute. The favorite is two for two
winner of the King Express on Friday night. We have
a six race card, a little bit light on the
entries for this Friday, but just one race. Less what
you got on she's so shiny morning line. I haven't

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checked out the morning line for Friday, but I picked
her to win. This is a Philly in Mayor sprint.
At six and a half. I think she's not going
to be the first or second favorite or maybe the
well I'll let you tell me, but she is dropping
in class. She's got speed. You've got a couple of
stokers and closers in there, Holy two to Bella certainly

(51:32):
on form. She's had two wins for Justin Evans since
he claimed her at ur Paradise. Yeah, maybe she's so shiny.
Not a real big price, it's not a huge field,
but I'm on the two.

Speaker 3 (51:44):
She's so shiny. Is seven to two?

Speaker 5 (51:47):
Okay?

Speaker 1 (51:47):
I like that on the line.

Speaker 3 (51:49):
Yeah, and favorite there of course, Holy two to Bella.
You know, in that win, Holy two to Bella, and
we see this a lot and another thing with Justin.
You notice the distance shifts. He pulled the route to sprint,
sprint to route. He does that a lot with his horses.
Holy two to Bella in that July nineteenth race, missed
the break badly again and still one. Yeah, that was

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probably going away. And she is just really sharp off
a win like that and comes back pretty fast, So
obviously she's gonna you know, you might even get more
than seven to two the way some of Justin's horses
are getting hit hard here. But Tim mccanna, he's won
a few races here at Emill Dawn's will send out.
She's so shiny.

Speaker 6 (52:29):
Do you know that?

Speaker 3 (52:30):
Gary Jackson, the owner, I believe he goes back always too.

Speaker 1 (52:33):
Oh yeah, Washington breeder for so many years Jackson Farm
over in eastern Washington. All Right, I'm on, she's so
shiny there in the fifth race of six on Friday night.
All right, we're moving all around here as we finish
up horse racing Northwest. Oh.

Speaker 3 (52:55):
You know one thing I wanted to mention because we
didn't have it. We did not have a show the
week after this happened. But you picked a forty to
one winner on air. Now. I know it's ancient history,
but that's something that needs to be mentioned because that's
hard to do on on with verification. Yeah, not picking
a second, not picking it third, not saying well, I

(53:16):
think everyone goes right this. Hey, take a look at
this horse, might have a shot. No, you picked it.

Speaker 1 (53:20):
That's a big number for a public handicap. Yeah, forty
to one.

Speaker 3 (53:24):
And as we talked later on, I didn't bet the horse,
but the horse had some things going for Sporty nugget
is the one we're talking about. First of all, it's
in a good live barn Frank Luca Rally. Second of all,
it had just finished third.

Speaker 1 (53:36):
Best finished she ever had.

Speaker 3 (53:38):
Yeah, so it's a two hole going a mile, you know,
first time going a mile harbor to going a mile harbor,
the gold and you know weak Field, the Maiden five.
So you know, those weren't sparkling credentials, but it had
some credentials in a race that was pretty pretty soft overall.
So you know, good job picking that one out.

Speaker 1 (53:56):
Well, thanks, Yeah, that was that was once in you
know many year deal of forty to one. The favorite
in that race was the horse in from Santa Nita,
the leaning on the bottom down there Aldoh, I think,
well she ran second. Yeah, but you know, to me,
it's worth betting a price horse and a race like this.
You and I have said bottom is bottom at a

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race track, and she had been getting beaten double digits
in those bottom level races. But she was a factor
in the race. But yeah, sporty nugget Dennis Snowden, Frank's assistant,
I think he made a pretty good week.

Speaker 3 (54:31):
I think he did too, and I know that I
don't know, but I saw he was bouncing around pretty good.
Looking down from my office after the race. He was
fairly animated, which you know already won the money piles
up pretty fast.

Speaker 1 (54:44):
Yeah, yeah, thanks for that. Okay, we got it's time
for trivia on horse racing Northwest. Last week's question was
we had our third dead heat and a stakes race
in Emerald Down's history and the Governor's with loosed his
whiz and and Arma Deorro. What was the most recent
the final dead heat in a stakes race at Long Acres.

(55:09):
Not a super easy question, but the race kind of
stands out for Northwest racing fans. But then I go
back and think it was forty two years ago. Let's
have an audio answer right here.

Speaker 4 (55:22):
The end of the stretch. Its Gala al Ray on
the laid bye to the Bella rein air second, Castelaria
is third and making his move also Flying Judgment and
down the layne a com with Castelaria on the lead,
cast Celearia, Flyin' Judgment moving up on the outside, cast Celaria,
fly Ain't Judgment, Gotta l ray in the Bella rein Air,

(55:42):
Castelaria and fly Ain't Judgments moving on the outside.

Speaker 1 (55:46):
You remember that race, Vince, I was there.

Speaker 3 (55:49):
Yeah, Castelaria, a one eyed horse from the barn of
Ron mcinally and Flying Judgment, who I believe had been
claimed and trained by Blaine's dad Richard, Right, and yeah,
what a great race. That every bay's aboard Gary Bays up.
And interesting thing with flying with sabil On Castelaria, Yeah,
I believe so, and Flying Judgment. I believe it just

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won the Spokane convincingly coming in but that was kind
of you know, the horse never really found its form
again the following year. It's just one of those things
where it kind of caught lightning in a bottle there
for about a month and was really really good. And
but yeah, that's one of the more famous races in
long Acre's history. Castelaria, the One Eyed Wonder and Flying Judgment.

Speaker 1 (56:33):
That was the last dead heat in a stakes race
at long Acres. And that brings up something I've talked
about several times on the Windplay show on maybe on
horse Racing Northwest. But every horse that's run in the
Kentucky Derby and that same year runs in the Northwest Derby,
be it the long Acre's Derby or Emerald Downs, that

(56:54):
horse has won our local derby, which is the Silver. Yeah,
oyst the Silver?

Speaker 5 (56:59):
Did it?

Speaker 1 (57:02):
That horse of Dino Losi's back in the late fifties,
was it cy Cadet c Cadet did it? Ash?

Speaker 3 (57:10):
That was that one had no tail, no remember that
little tiny clump of a tail Cea Cadet the one
thousand dollars yearly.

Speaker 1 (57:19):
I can't think of Dino Losi's horse right now. That
was he ran the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness that year,
nineteen fifties. I got it right here, pretty close. I'm
almost count cheek count chick chick. Yeah, nineteen fifty six,
he ran the Kentucky.

Speaker 3 (57:36):
When you were at Long Acres on that day in
nineteen eighty two in August, did you you.

Speaker 1 (57:42):
Know Bella Rayniers set the pace in that Yeah?

Speaker 3 (57:45):
But back then, you know, there was no big TV
set and in the infield, and they weren't showing the
stretch run in slow motion on the D house. You
had to wait for the photo to come down. Did
you think who did you think had one?

Speaker 1 (58:00):
Ah boy? Forty two years ago? I don't remember exactly.
You know, it was just super close, and I was
a little bit north of the finish line, so I
wasn't right on it. Fly Judgment was a big closer.
I couldn't call it, you know, and again there wasn't
any big screen, but it was just super close finish

(58:24):
and Flying Judgment was the one catching castle area.

Speaker 3 (58:26):
That yeah, he was a deep closer. But back then
the horses would just say. I mean, you talk about
dramatic moments. The horses are circling waiting to see who
you been. You know, everyone's just breathlessly waiting for the photo.
And then it comes down dead heat and I think
both sides were happy with the result.

Speaker 1 (58:44):
All right, Uh this week's trivia. Oh, by the way,
Russ Knakagawa got that question right.

Speaker 5 (58:50):
We didn't.

Speaker 1 (58:51):
We only had the one answer. Russ Russ nailed it.
He knows his Washington racing history. Real Well, let's say
our new question is, is it was a long acres
mile day and it was the first one million dollar
handle day in Washington racing history. One million dollar handle

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and a track record by the mile winner. Give us
that day and name of the winning horse for long
acres mile trivia and we will have more mile news
next week for sure. Thanks for listening to Horse Racing
north West.