Post Mile Wrap-Up - Episode #131

The Mile was memorable! The 89th Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs provided the highest level of drama for a Thoroughbred horse race. Five Star General brought back a great story and delivered even more by edging Clovisconnection right on the wire. Five Star General became the just the fourth back-to-back winner in race history. Winning owner Ken Alhadeff joins Joe and Vince to recap a great day at Emerald Downs. Also joining this week’s show is WTBOA President Dana Halvorson. He gives highlights and details regarding next Tuesday’s WTBOA Summer Yearling Sale. Horses go to auction at 1 pm and it’s free to attend. Emerald Downs provides great entertainment Saturday with the world-famous T-Rex races and Sunday there’s a free, survivor-style handicapping contest. First race on weekends at 1:30 pm.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Muchos.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
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Speaker 3 (00:28):
Mucosuit horse racing northwest from Memorial Downs Post Long Acres

(00:53):
Mile twenty twenty four and Joe Whitie Vince Brun here
in the TV room. We got a couple of guests
on the show today. Dana Halverson, president of the WTBOA,
as he'll preview this upcoming yearly sale, which is next Tuesday,

(01:13):
August twentieth at the WTBOA Pavilion. And Ken al Hadoff's
going to join us as well. Ken the owner of
five Star General, dramatic winner of the eighty ninth Long
Acres Mile on Sunday, and Vince just start right there.
There was a lot on the line with five star

(01:34):
General in his fifth consecutive Long Acres Mile, he was
defending champ and you know, expected to run well after
the season sees he's had and he did.

Speaker 4 (01:46):
Yeah, well, there was a couple developments. One on Sunday
was the scratch of Nieman who was going to break
from the one hole. So you know, I'm sure Clovis Connection,
Blaine Wright, Billy Anton, Georgie, they revisor plan a little
bit and they were loose on the lead and five
Star General was five White on the first turd languaging

(02:07):
and six on the backstretch. Four White on the second turn,
and he still had two links to make up on
a good horse that had had things his way on
the front end, and somehow he did it. He pushed
on by at the wire and got a very hard
earned victory in one thirty four point nine eight. Clovis
Connection did everything but win the race. Sused to his whiz.

(02:29):
Another good run from him to get third. As far
as the rest, Prince ad Abu Dhabi a nice big
move on the second turn. He finished fourth and that
was about it. I didn't see much of anyone else
but those top four, especially the top three ran superb
five Star General all the credit in the world. That
was a gutsy win.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Yes it was Joe Bravo aboard, and I don't know
what Joe was thinking. Well, he said, he pretty much
rode the horse most of the way from that outside post.
Didn't have a great first turn, but he set sight
after Clovis Connection. You mentioned Clovis Connection is an outstanding
racehorse nine for fourteen, coming in with his versatility, sprints routes,

(03:12):
different surfaces, and he ran a huge race, beaten only
by a head right on the line, and of course
Kennel had had the huge contingent here. Grant Forrester has
a pretty good following locally as well, and Joe Bravo
goes to two for two in the mile board. Both
wins again a board five star general the eight year

(03:35):
old and you know all these statistics. He's just the
fourth eight year old to win and the fourth horse
to win back to back. Just a tremendous story. That
horse five straight in the money runs. He broke that
record last year of four straight and Kennel had to
f announced that that's it. He's going to be retired

(03:55):
to study. Yeah, he earned a retirement.

Speaker 4 (03:58):
Very good horse, very fast horse, and you know, absolutely
thrives in races mile mile sixteenth on dirt tracks at
about one hundred hundred and fifty thousand dollars level. Handles
is shipping well, trained great by Grant Forrester. Yeah, what
a great story, and you know he's fast, putting up
one of the best resumes in the history of the race,

(04:20):
if not the best. Oh, I mean, you know there's
there's some great, great ones. But you know, to run
in the money in five straight including two straight wins,
and then to bow out with just a tremendous win,
you know, you can make a case he's right there
in the all time history of the race.

Speaker 3 (04:37):
He is for sure. In twenty twenty when he ran
second to another twist of fate, he had the two posts,
but listened to these post positions eight in twenty one,
ten hole in twenty two, seven hole last year and
eight hole this year moving in one with the scratch
of Niemans. So you know, those aren't the most enviable
post positions. Now, he does have tactical speed, but he's

(04:59):
been wide him three of those five miles.

Speaker 4 (05:02):
Yeah, that first turn comes up really fast, and unlike
last year when he looked kind of looked like a
winter every step of the way on the backstretch. I
was boy, I didn't really like his chances a lot.
I thought he might be around there somewhere. But like
I said, we talked, Clovis Connection is too good a
horse to let him have things his way on the

(05:22):
front end. And you know, if I'm Blaine right and
owner William Hedrick and Billy Anton Georgie, I don't know
what we could have done different. I mean, you can
it's tough to get to eat that way, but you
can't second guess anything. They sometimes you just get beat.

Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yep, the fractions weren't out of line at all for
a front running horse. Forty six flat to the half,
and the mile is not certainly not overly fast.

Speaker 5 (05:46):
We know that.

Speaker 3 (05:47):
Yeah, Clovis Connection a huge run. Blaine, right, boy, that's
his third third photo finish loss in the mile.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Yeah, this one was really similar to Background and wind Ribbon,
where Background came in, got wind Ribbon right at the wire,
and then law but and Biden Citizen beat any important
storm in twenty nineteen. Those two the race you called,
and that was a head and head all through the stretch.
But on the other hand, Blaine got a win in

(06:15):
twenty twenty, and you know, that's a heck of a
training job just to have a horse horse's run that
big in the mile. I know it hurts to lose
a race like that, but you know, like I said,
what could they have done different? You know, the horse
was trained up to the race, perfectly ridden, perfectly, ran great.
Any sometime you tip your hat to the winter.

Speaker 3 (06:35):
Yeah, that was a memorable day at Emerald Downs Long
Acres mile history five star general getting two straight winds
and to end his career on top and to have
to work like that, what a champ horse. Son of
distorted humor. And we'll talk with ken al Hatif a
little bit later on this edition of Horse Racing Northwest. Well,

(07:00):
we had the Washington Hall of Fame as well this
past weekend and Flag Deloon, Basil Frasier, John White, and
Junior Coffee all being inducted. It was great to have,
of course John White up here in person. John just well,
he's well documented on this show and many others. He's

(07:22):
just spent so much attention toward Washington racing, even while
being in California for forty years.

Speaker 4 (07:27):
Yeah, and I know him and his wife Tracy, and
the racing dudes who were on hand to support him
in a Hall of Fame ceremony. They all had a
great time and I know they were all impressed with
the race and the day and the history and the
pageantry of the mile, and it was it was a
great day of racing. We'll talk about some of the

(07:48):
other stakes, I'm sure as we go along here, but
there were a lot of great performances.

Speaker 3 (07:52):
Yeah, Aaron Halterman and Jared Welch of the Racing Dudes
Blinkers Off podcast, they were here. Everybody bet on five
star general in that group, so they were happy there.

Speaker 4 (08:05):
Yeah, you know, he was the morning line favorite. I
thought maybe I went a little too high on him.
Didn't quite think he'd get that much support, but it
was warranted as it turned out. The little surprise to
me was that salused his whiz went off at seven
to one, and you know, we didn't talk a lot
about him. He ran another fine race. In fact, those
who followed buyers. He got a career high ninety out

(08:27):
of the race, a little trouble on the second turn
and probably wasn't helped when Nieman came out of the race,
but he came running up the rail and those three
were well clear of everybody else. So certainly another great race.
I loused his wis and his mile resume isn't half
bad either, with a win in two.

Speaker 3 (08:45):
Thirds exactly, yeah, you know, and watching the replay a
couple of times he got right over to the rail yep,
because Clovis connection left and he.

Speaker 4 (08:55):
Had thrizingly close early.

Speaker 5 (08:57):
Actually he was like.

Speaker 3 (08:58):
Two lengths behind Clovis connect midway around the first turn
when all that trouble was having horses get out a
little bit, and I thought, you know, second guessing or
replaying possibilities. You know what if Jose Zanino would have
kind of kept him in there within three lengths going
down the backside, taking him out of his normal game

(09:20):
of the big finish, you know, Jose decided not to
do that. Tom Winsle was fine with that. I talked
to him afterwards. And as you as you mentioned, he
did get just a little hold up there on that
far turn before he could start that big move.

Speaker 4 (09:35):
He did, and to his credit, he came running again
and probably good enough to win a lot of time.
But five star general and Clovi's connection were a little
too much horse on on on this day. But you know,
he did save ground that helped. You know, he didn't
get carried out on either of the turns, so he's
a darn good horse and here's hoping we get to

(09:57):
see him again in two twenty five.

Speaker 5 (10:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (10:01):
I think that was the dynamic morning line, having him
close to ten to one, yes, ten so on. I
did go in to bet him as well at that price.
I didn't get my bet down, but he did get
some latest down to seven now to seven to one. Yeah,
the both plane right horses went off at six to one.
I think Prince Abu Dhabi a high six to one.

(10:22):
He got hurt by his post, but as we talked,
he ran well too. Yeah, big run, big run from
off the pace by Prince Abu Dhabi for fourth. Okay, Well,
we were talking about the Hall of Fame as well,
and the families of Flag Toloon's owners, the mcmurtrees were
out along with Widda. Wow was the is the widow

(10:45):
of mcminnamy. Mister mcminnamy and Dwayne Weber couldn't make it,
but he was real proud they owned Flag Toaloon. Basil
Frasier's three of his four children were here with their families.
They were real proud as Basil went into the Hall
of Fame as our jockey, and of course Kathy Coffee
here excepting for her late husband, Junior Coffee, who has

(11:09):
just had, you know, a tremendous, tremendously unique life all
the way around, a fantastic well, a world class athlete,
and just a beloved guy. After all these years in
the industry, you can't find, like Greg Gilchrist said, you
really can't find anybody to say a bad word about
Junior Coffee.

Speaker 4 (11:29):
Yeah, and you know, I like you throw the word
icon around, but Junior was an icon in the Seattle area.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
So the Hall of Fame class inducted again the Wtboa
Sale yearlings and both the winners of the Lassies and
lads came out of last year's Wtboa Sale precise timing
and see that tiger. So there's a little hit for
them that is this coming Tuesday, August twentieth, at one

(11:58):
pm this weekend at the track. We've got the t
Rex races on Saturday, and we're going to have a
few different divisions. We're going to have a kid's division
and we're going to have a Dinosaur division. I thought
that was kind of a clever name of the t
Rex races. The Dinosaur is for older people. And then

(12:22):
we're gonna have a men's and women's division. The men's
division is considered the open race. They'll get the big trophy.
So four different t Rex races this Saturday at Emerald Downs,
and on Sunday we have a Survivor handicapping contest. It's
free to enter and there's two thousand dollars in prizes
out there, so you need to sign up. It'll be

(12:45):
after twelve noon near the Winter Circle. Sign up for
the free Survivor Handicapping contest.

Speaker 5 (12:53):
And we just.

Speaker 3 (12:54):
Attended a meeting where the rules are a little bit
still sketchy at this point. It's Grry Doherty's running it.
He'll do fine once he gets going, but survivor means
you have to pass qualifications on each race to keep going.

Speaker 4 (13:11):
Yeah, and there that word you threw out there, though free,
you can't beat that with two grand up for grabs. Yeah,
there's a little ironing out to do, I think on
this thing, but it'll get done by Sunday.

Speaker 3 (13:20):
Yeah, so sign up to enter that on Sunday here
at Emerald Downs a Survivor handicapping contest with two thousand
dollars in prizes. And okay, well, last week we had
the Steaks all all stakes picked four. It didn't pay
too much this year because well, five Star General was

(13:43):
even money and a Loja Breeze was she was odds
on at the end, wasn't.

Speaker 5 (13:47):
She She went off?

Speaker 4 (13:48):
Yeah, she paid four dollars and oh okay, four dollars even,
all right, so she was even money. Yeah, And Dynamic
Secret was seven to two and La Push was so
I think got seventy four dollars on a fifty ticket.
So yeah, let's go into the honors from last year.

(14:09):
Week the jockey, this guy, Carlos montalvo We just mentioned
a Looha Brees. What a show she put on in
the distaff. She was fast early and kept right on going,
winning by a stakes record eleven lengths. And he also
was a board lapush. Carlos montalbo is eight for twenty
in steaks now amiral last year.

Speaker 5 (14:29):
This year he had that double.

Speaker 4 (14:30):
On Sunday, the trainer Tom Wenzo two steaks wins and
a third and the mile. He's up to sixty one
steaks wins and Emerald downs. Doris Harwood, who was here
Sunday as the former trainer five Star General.

Speaker 5 (14:43):
She's within.

Speaker 4 (14:45):
Hailing distance now, so tom six back sixty seven sixty
one and Blaine right a close third with fifty nine
Muncle shut Casino Oner. Well, you got to give it
tell Taya Stable for shipping five star general to Emerald
Downs two straight years. That's a pretty sporting gesture and
pretty exciting win. Hard to overlook that. So ken All

(15:06):
had a Seltaa Stable Our wid Bread of the Week. Well,
Washington did get a Steaks win with Dynamic Secret in
the Derby. What a nice race he ran, come a
little bit off the pace. Great ride by one gta's
fine training job by Bonnie Jenny. Reread by bar Si
Racing Stables. Dynamic Secret our Washington Bread of the Week
Quartershoot Cafe groom speaking of Bonnie Jenny, Mario Bandaris is

(15:29):
the groom of Dynamic Secret.

Speaker 3 (15:32):
Okay yet, Bonnie Jenny, Congratulations to Bonnie and one Guta's
a board Dynamic Secret. Who was the only Washington bred
in the Muckleshoot Derby and that was his first two
turn race. So a course with excellent tactical speed.

Speaker 4 (15:48):
That was an interesting race because the fastest horses had
not routed, and all the horses that had routed were
kind of plotters and didn't really have a turn of
foot and dynamic. Secret boy. He looked good finishing and
what a future he's got. That was a great win. Yeah,
he moved up high. I think he might be in
the top five in Washington Bred earners for twenty twenty four.

(16:10):
If it's not five, he's right behind that. Lonesome Boy
still leads that after that great winter back east the
John Parker owned Lonesome Boy by Nationhood. All right, there's.

Speaker 3 (16:22):
Last week's honors and let's see, we've got a new
training day out on YouTube that'll be out later this afternoon.
Tracks in action, lots of tracks in action. But Grant
Forster is going to saddle Chatalus in the Alabama on Saturday,
and that has some local ties through Dan agnew Mark

(16:46):
Glatt has been the trainer. He might be the name
trainer on Chatalus on Saturday. But Grant did saddle her
in the Indian.

Speaker 4 (16:54):
And it was listed as Grant Forster in the Indiana,
is it? Yeah, Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, that was
the plan to just send the horse out to Grant
and coming off a real nice one in Indiana. So
that'll be a tough assignment.

Speaker 5 (17:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (17:07):
So that's the Alabama Saturday. So there is a first
segment of horse racing Northwest. We're gonna come back and
talk with Dana Halverson of the WTBOA when we return.

Speaker 5 (17:21):
Stay tuned, macOS.

Speaker 2 (17:27):
It doesn't matter if you love craps, blackjack machines or
dining on the finest Asian, American and Salish cuisines. It
doesn't matter what you do or where you're coming from.
What you do is all at Muckleshoe, an easy drive
from wherever you are, All roads lead to Muckleshoe.

Speaker 1 (17:51):
Mucosuit. Here they go with that corner mile the home.

Speaker 2 (17:58):
It is piff bet Tiger kiss that tiger kicks Claire
kiss that tiger out there for five impassable, is making
up a little bit of ground.

Speaker 1 (18:07):
But this five horse, see that tiger, See that tiger,
go see that.

Speaker 4 (18:14):
Tiger is going to go on to score by six.

Speaker 3 (18:17):
That was see that tiger winning the Wtboa Lads in
dominant fashion, his second straight win. He's a stakes winner
and he was purchased at the WTBOA sale in twenty
twenty three. Turnaround for him to stake success and the
WTVOA sale for this year is coming right up. It's Tuesday,

(18:39):
August twentieth, next Tuesday at the WTBOA pavilion starts at
one pm. Let's bring on the President of the WTBOA,
Dana Helberson. Dana, good afternoon.

Speaker 5 (18:51):
To you, Thank you very much.

Speaker 6 (18:52):
Joe, nice to be here.

Speaker 3 (18:54):
Yeah, Joe and Vince's Vince Brune here with me as
well on horse racing Northwest. And hey, let's talk about
the sale. You know, Barkley just had his first winner
and starting right off, he's well represented with yearlings again
this year.

Speaker 6 (19:10):
Yeah, he's got nine yearlings and so he's well represented
the sire of course of the horse that won. The
lads finally Tigers got six and you know, the first
Washington crop of conveyance as twelve. Unfortunately he passed away

(19:31):
a little over a year ago now, but he only
has two crops here, but that first crop has got
twelve quite nice horses in there. So you know, we're
well represented with our local group and not counting some
Kentucky and California sires as well, so we're looking forward
to a very good sale.

Speaker 5 (19:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (19:52):
So people can preview these horses starting this weekend, correct, Yeah, they.

Speaker 6 (19:59):
Start sh again on Saturday, and uh, they'll be ready
to show on really Sunday and Monday and Tuesday, so uh,
you know, have plenty of time to to get around
and see the ones you want to see, and and
you know there's a good selection of We always have
people people in Washington and raised really good horses, so
you know, you know they're going to be well prepared
and they're going to look the part. So that's a

(20:20):
very important thing.

Speaker 5 (20:22):
So conveyance.

Speaker 3 (20:23):
Uh, those two year old's training at Emerald Downs this year,
none of them are Washington breads.

Speaker 6 (20:29):
Yeah, that is that's I guess this is the second group.
This is the first two year olds for conveyance, and
this this would be a second group.

Speaker 3 (20:35):
I'm sorry, Yeah, I think so because there's uh, there's
quite a few here, not too many of run yet,
but uh uh he could certainly be an outstanding addition
to this state, the son of Indian Charlie, already proven
as a sire Dana.

Speaker 6 (20:50):
Yeah, I know, he's he's a nice horse that I think.
Uh I had I had actually quite a bit to
do with getting in here as well as their new horse.
But but they're, uh, you know, he's he's a quality
horse and and you know, you fit really well in
our area here and it's just too bad that he
ended up having his issue where but he has, like

(21:11):
I said, he has twelve holes and there there's one
of them that's that a scratch, which is number forty eight,
which is a half to the champion corocorun But other
than that, there's only I think three or four scratches.
Usually you get about five percent scratches coming into a sale,
so you know we're blow that right now. So anyway,

(21:34):
there's there's at least eleven other ones, so there's plenty
to look at, and you know, I know they're very
happy with how they look, so that's exciting to see.
Uh you know, see the new horses that have just
come here.

Speaker 3 (21:46):
Yeah, Conveyance standing at the Paps Blue Ribbon Farm in
Buckley and of course Barkley's at Eldorado Farms in enom Claw.
And Dynamic Impact just had another Steaks winner as Dynamic
Secret took our Muckle Shute Derby and that was the
first two turn race for that horse, Dynamic Secret. So

(22:09):
Dynamic Impact with some Washington breads, he's a he's a
promising young replacement so to speak for Harbor of the
Gold Down at Barcia in Hermiston, Oregon.

Speaker 6 (22:20):
Yeah. Absolutely, and you know he won the Grade three
Illinois Derby so on that obviously is the two turn race,
so you can expect those kind of horses like that
that'll probably move up when you get fast a mile.
So you know they have two year olds, but they
also have horses that can run out. So that's kind
of a nice nice object to have, you know, for

(22:41):
going other places after the meats over and those kind
of things.

Speaker 3 (22:44):
Right, he's put some speed into his horses, and he
is a son of Tis. Now speaking of dynamic impact
Sien that has shown us some fast horses around here.

Speaker 6 (22:56):
Well, that's right, Philly, that Billy the last couple of
years of very.

Speaker 3 (23:00):
Fast you bet smile mcmiss dynamic this yeah, and Smiling
Tiger unfortunately just passed away.

Speaker 5 (23:10):
Dana.

Speaker 3 (23:11):
Yeah, I know you're pretty well connected with him being
him out of Chandra Smiles. But what a run he
had as a breeding influence and racing.

Speaker 6 (23:21):
Yeah. No, he was a wonderfully gifted horse. And when
I talked to Jeff Bondi about him, well I sold
him out of my consignment and we actually organized the
breeding for that mayor's family and everything else. But you know,
he sold quite well. But he also when I saw
Jeff Bondi down in Golden Gate when he was dishorse,

(23:41):
when told that tiger when sorry smiling tiger was a
two year old, and I saw him down there were
doctor and I went down there to race a horse,
and I saw Jeff and I talked to him and
I says, well, how's that colt you bought from us doing?
And he says he's a run in son of a gun.
And this is before he'd started, and it's like, you know,
he started the next week or two and ended up

(24:04):
ended up getting loose in the post parade, and Jeff
ran down and ran after him to catch him because
he didn't want it scratched, and they actually let him
run and he opened up and won by five lengths
of his first start, and then came back to when
the gold Res stakes right after that, so he knew
he knew the horse could run, and he ended up

(24:24):
being a wonderful horse. I mean, three Grade one wins,
and he ran third twice in the Breeders' Cup Sprint,
among other things. I mean, he made about a million
and a half, so a first class horse, and he
did really well as a stallion down there. They loved
at the Harris Farm.

Speaker 3 (24:39):
Yeah, he was a great one. Smiling tiger by hold
that tiger out of Chandra smiles Dana.

Speaker 4 (24:45):
If someone were coming out to the sale a first
timer on Tuesday, what kind of advice would you would
you give someone aspiring to maybe buy a race horse.

Speaker 6 (24:59):
Well, I think one of the things is to to
get good advice if you don't, if you haven't really
been around the confirmation sections of race of racehorses. So
you know, I actually do that for a living, So
I'd be happy to help help anybody and give them
some advice. You can actually also talk. If you have

(25:19):
a trainer lined up, you can have him take a
look at some horses for you if you know, if
you know a little bit about pedigree and everything else.
You know, I'd be happy to help you out too.
As far as going to look at a couple of
horses for you, I've got five in there myself, so
it's it's possible to get around and see some of
these other horses.

Speaker 5 (25:39):
Indeed.

Speaker 3 (25:40):
Yeah, and that's what trainers will be doing Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday before the sale, walking around and taking a
look at the various horses the consignments that are coming
in this weekend to be auctioned off on Tuesday at
one pm. And the first item again this year before
the first hor horse is sold as a trip for

(26:01):
two to the Breeders Cup this fall at del Mar.

Speaker 6 (26:05):
So that's a really popular item.

Speaker 5 (26:09):
Yeah.

Speaker 6 (26:10):
Yeah, the what this is, these are donated things that
that we do and and the whole idea of that
is to kind of go to the Washington Thoroughbred Foundation
and so that just helps them. We give some scholarships
to needy students and things like that for college and
and those kind of things. So uh, that's that's where

(26:31):
that money goes.

Speaker 7 (26:32):
Uh.

Speaker 6 (26:33):
And these are donations, like I say, and and uh,
I know the people that have gone to those things
in the past have had a great time. And it's
it's a lot easier when it's someplace like del Mar
or sant Anita because it's just a little more close,
the same time zone and all those kind of things.
And and anybody that hasn't been to del Mar or
even has been to del Mar knows how really great

(26:55):
it is to to attend there at their meet.

Speaker 3 (27:00):
Okay, well, yeah, that is going to go right about
one o'clock. The trip for two to the Breeders Cup.
The Breeders Cup is November first and second at del
Mar that's a Friday Saturday this year, and it includes airfare, hotel,
accommodations and great seats at the track for both days

(27:22):
November first and second. And yeah, as you said.

Speaker 6 (27:25):
It's a really really great program and we've done this
for several years and everyone that's gone has had a
great time. So you know, it's before the first hip cells,
so that's kind of the plan. We'll get there early.

Speaker 5 (27:40):
Yes, indeed.

Speaker 3 (27:41):
Okay, Well the sale is this coming Tuesday at one pm.
It's free to attend. There's plenty of room in the
Wtboa pavilion in the preview areas. The catalogs are free
as well, and they are out. You can call the
WTBA Wtboa if you'd like a catalog, and that is
two five three two eight eight seven eight seven eight.

Speaker 6 (28:04):
So also you can call for you know, if you
intend to bid on any horses at that sale, you
can call for accreditation from our office, you know, as
far as is so they know that you're an eligible bidder,
and so it's important to check in on those kinds

(28:25):
of things if you haven't purchased before.

Speaker 3 (28:26):
There we go, good tip there, okay, Dana, looking forward
to the sale and the stars of the future up
for auction this Tuesday on the Emerald Downs just up
the street on Ron Crockett Drive from the track.

Speaker 6 (28:43):
Now, the forecast is good too for weather. It's going
to be low seventies and perfect, perfect for the sale.

Speaker 5 (28:50):
Sounds good, Dana, Thank you very.

Speaker 6 (28:52):
Much, my pleasure. Joe. Thanks for the call.

Speaker 5 (28:54):
Yep, we'll see you on Tuesday.

Speaker 6 (28:57):
Great.

Speaker 3 (28:57):
Thank you, Dana Helberson joining us, yes uh for to
preview the Wtboa sale. As we said, we'll be back
with our third and final segment here on horse Racing Northwest.

Speaker 5 (29:13):
Muchos.

Speaker 2 (29:14):
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Speaker 1 (29:39):
Mucosuit. They just over a quarter mile ago in the
mile and Clovis Connection trying to take them all the way.
Parmadeo is chasing, and five Star General from the outside
Prince Amadabi as well. Center of the race course, Clovis
Connection is building away a furlong ago and it's Clubs Connection.

(30:03):
Here comes five Star General in one final surge feast
two to the line. Club Is Connection, five Star General
hit the line together. It's a photo finish in the mile.

Speaker 3 (30:18):
The stretch of the twenty twenty four Long Acres Mile,
heavy heavy drama at Emerald Downs with all that was
on the line and five Star General coming through in
his fifth consecutive Long Acres Mile appearance, two straight wins,
racing into history. Owner ken Alhadaff joins us here on

(30:42):
Horse Racing Northwest Kenny once again. Congratulations, well, thank you.

Speaker 7 (30:47):
I'm still trying to get my breath back from the
stretch run, even only hearing it after all of this time.
You know, this has been the absolute pinnacle of a
race life for us. The thoroughbred is always at the
center of every bit of it, and this Thoroughbread, his classic, determination,

(31:09):
his durability, everything about him has always been from the
moment we were blessed to have him when he was
five special and last year he did something for us
that hadn't been done for me, winning my grandpa's race. Yes,
and I couldn't be there because it was my seventy

(31:29):
fifth birthday and my family was all planned for almost a.

Speaker 6 (31:32):
Year to be together and why.

Speaker 7 (31:34):
And the next day I called Grant and I said,
you know, I'm embarrassed to ask for more. He's seven,
but if his health is one hundred percent, is it possible?
You think we could come back if he'd come back
at eight and defend and he's out of his mouth immediately,

(31:55):
not only possible, that's what I think should happen. So
the plan from day one was that every race, picked,
every rest, everything that was done from the day after
the Long Acres Mile last year was to get to
that race this year with the knowledge that the day
before we might not because number one was the health

(32:16):
of the horse.

Speaker 3 (32:19):
Yeah, Kenny, I remember that even the night of the
mile and Grant saying that after the victory, and of
course the conversation with you was the first part of
the equation, and it just all came together. For an
eight year old horse, It's fantastic. He prepped in the
same race. Five Star General is the only horse to

(32:39):
prep in Indiana before coming on and winning a long
Acres mile.

Speaker 4 (32:44):
Vince, Yeah, Ken, you know, I know after the race
you had so many family and friends on the track
and your even money in the race. Did you feel
pressure going into the race on Sunday? Not.

Speaker 7 (32:58):
No, I didn't because I knew that horse was ready
and he would do his best. And I've been in
the game longer enough to know that that doesn't mean
he was going to win. All I wanted was a
safe race and a competitive race. Of course, we wanted
to win. But most of the people that were there,
and when you say there were, who's these other two

(33:19):
hundred that were there when you had to move it
out of the winter circle onto the track. A lot
of them are friends of Grants and people that are
connected with him that actually came up from Kentucky and
other places for the mile because they know about the race,
They love and care about Grant. Some of them were
friends of Doris's, and you know, there's always a few

(33:39):
people I'm not.

Speaker 4 (33:40):
Sure who they were.

Speaker 3 (33:41):
But John yerb.

Speaker 7 (33:43):
Was amazing, and you know him, I didn't I never
knew what his arts were because I spent I've worked
a lot of jobs at the race track in my life.
The Long Engre Smile day was the first day I
was an usher because I had eighty ninety people and
all these and I wanted to get everybody where they
want they could be and enjoy it. And you know,

(34:05):
emerald Downs has been amazing and cooperative and helpful from
day one. I mean the first thing they did is
decided that the mile was a legacy they wanted to
carry on. That was a choice, wasn't a mandate. It
was a choice. And I've done it beautifully all these years.
And the legacy lives because Ron Crockett and then all
the other leadership beyond that through these years has understood

(34:28):
that this race, whether it's three hundred and fifty thousand
Grade two or one hundred and fifty thousand, which is
a huge person around here, the legacy of it, the history.
You've got a race that Johnny Longden wrote in Eddie R. Carroll,
will Shoemaker, Sandy Hawley, Lafite, Pinkhaie Jr. And Joe Bravo
and many others and all the great writers at Emeralds

(34:50):
who participated. So we're just pleased and honored that the
long Anchor's Mile and the vision of a great race
at a mile that at the time was the richest
in the world has been carried on. And it's been
carried on because Emo Downs has seen that vision and
we're so grateful for that.

Speaker 3 (35:09):
Well they you use the word energy. It was overwhelming
after the race down there. I mean, you know, we've
been part I've been here every year and that was
just over the top because of what was on the
line and then the way the horse won. He was
wide on the backstretch. He didn't get a good trip
this year, a perfect trip by any means, and to

(35:29):
catch that Clovis connection, who had won nine out of
fourteen was a really good horse. Is a really good
horse you mentioned down there one of the first things
that you know, Joe Bravo and that horse. They just
refused to lose and the will to win, and there
was desire, there was athleticism, there was talent. It was

(35:51):
such a dramatic finish. You know, just I'll take a
few seconds here, okay, you know we were all watching him.
I mean, he with what was on the line to
win too straight. Everybody had their eye on him was
picking them out whether you bet him or not. And
when he got to the top of the stretch, I'm thinking, well,
you know, you know, and then the three sixteenth he's

(36:12):
going to win. And then inside the eighth point, I thought,
oh no, that Clovis connection has just got in too much. Well,
it all happened, and Kenny, you all came down here
in a U four state and it was just a
dramatic athletic event.

Speaker 7 (36:27):
Yeah, it really was. And you're right. The you know,
the horse broke from the nine hole. He's got a
ton of speed, but there was way more speed in
this mile than last year, and he couldn't get over
and get into the top of it. So he was
smart and he didn't pull away. He just kind of
stood up stayed out. They're pretty dang wide, which took ground.
But then when he kind of dropped in and kind

(36:49):
of sat there in six and wasn't doing much, I was.
I didn't. I didn't think he was hurt. I just thought, maybe,
you know, darn it, maybe this isn't his day. Yeah,
and then he started the movie, made that big move.
But then that other horse came with him, and one
on the lead wasn't stopping right, and so I actually

(37:11):
never thought he was going to win and wanted to
be grateful with the effort that he gave it. Once
again in his last race, he gave as great an
effort as he always does. And that's all you could
have ever asked. You know, if it had been four
feet earlier, he wouldn't have won. And and so you know,

(37:31):
it's such a and that's why Grant is such a
beautiful man and a great trainer, because the first thing
out of his mouth was complimenting that other.

Speaker 3 (37:39):
Horse and its connections that was strong.

Speaker 7 (37:43):
And when he said I'd have been happy with the
dead heat, he actually meant it, and so would I
have because those horses deserved it well.

Speaker 3 (37:52):
And yeah, it was just so much on the line.
I mean, five straight long acres miles, you know he
set for.

Speaker 7 (38:00):
A mile excuse me, and the the money every time.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
Yeah, I mean he set that record last year and
this was It's incredible to be in the race of
that caliber five straight years. And let's go back to
your purchasing of him, because he had a pretty good resume.
He won the BC Derby in twenty nineteen. He was
second in the mile and twenty twenty, Glen Todd Sandy
Gan saddled him in twenty one, Doris saddled him in

(38:25):
twenty two. But the purchase came because Glenn Todd did
pass away, and he went for a pretty high price there,
over one hundred thousand dollars for a six year old.
So Doris was certainly in tune to him.

Speaker 7 (38:40):
Yeah, well he actually I think he was five, because okay,
he's run three Doris Adam and then.

Speaker 5 (38:45):
Oh that's right.

Speaker 7 (38:46):
Yeah, But what happened was we had tried, you know,
it was as you know, as Doris his last year
she was retired, and she's brought so much joy to us,
and you know, the last few years she hasn't as
much stock and I just honestly isn't making it up.
We bought that horse to honor her. Yes, of course
I want to win the mile, but I had no

(39:07):
thought that that might happen other than maybe. But I
knew we'd have a horse good enough to run in
those races, and that she could have that excitement and
me too, but mainly her. So we actually went down
to try to claim a horse at Santa Nita and
Van Belvoir was very, very helpful, and we picked out
of some really good ones. And there are one hundred

(39:28):
thousand dollars claiming race, and we got out shook every time.
And so when that ended, we tried, and then Delmart
we tried and that was not going to happen. This
is not going to happen. And then that I'm very
sad that he died. But when he saw that this
horse had been placed in the mile and he was five,
we went for it. But I was not absolutely not

(39:50):
going past one hundred and the way that you know
how it can go sometimes. I didn't get to bid
one hundred because I bid ninety. The other folks bid
a hundred, so I was done. And then just at
the last second that Doris is are you really done?
Are you done? I thought, you know, maybe they had

(40:11):
the same opinion I did. Maybe there maybe a hundred
was theirs. Let's just do one more and the one
more was enough, and it's I've never had an experience
like that in racing. I look at when we walked
up to win the Tony Award for the Best Musical
on Broadway, which nobody believes we could ever do. It

(40:35):
was a thrill, not like this, and that the don't
happened out of that was music of my Soul, which
was one of the main songs in Memphis, and that
that horse gave us the God steeps return. But and
then you know, we talked about being able to to
find our horse Memphis Beach was, which was a noose
of beach energy and the music of my Soule Memphis

(40:59):
energy that Worse and us had together, and then find
out where that horse had fallen on hard times and
been blessed to be able to do something there. So
some of the winnings from this race are going to
go to those efforts that are made by so many
wonderful people in our industry to take good care of
these horses when they're running. Days are over, and so

(41:20):
I'm going to do some more due diligence of who's
doing what where, and we're going to put some significant
funds towards that. And also we will be making a
contribution to the chaplaincy and also to the breeders, because
those core organizations have everything to do with everything we're
all doing, and it's a privilege to be in a

(41:41):
position to be able to do that. And we're trying
to figure. We're trying to buy not much just coffee.
We want to buy breakfast at the backstretch, and we're
working on doing that too, in honor of five Star.
I know he'd like it, but I will tell you race.
When I went to the barn area, I had a

(42:02):
moment with just him and me, and he always puts
his eyes right on mind than I am. He knows
my voice very well now and I said, now, you
did it, you did it all. I mean to give
you one last shot change your mind, because I think
it's time. I know how much you love to run,
but how would you like to pass your blood, your

(42:23):
heart and what you are on to others so that
they can replicate it? And he actually, I know he
didn't hear those exact words, you guys, but in that
moment he did shake his head up and down. And
I and already knew that was going to be the answer.
And that's the thrilling future. And I've had three or

(42:44):
four calls. Actually we've been invited to a million dollar
race overseas and we're not going to do that. It's
at a mile and we're not going to do that.
And I've had calls already a lot of different calls
about racing, some more because he's in such kind of
becoming a legendary story within his and in the answer

(43:05):
is it's enough. It's enough. This is the time for
him to transition, and it's what a blessing that he's Stallion.
And so that'll be exciting for all of us, and
I hope that will produce joy and passion and wonder
for everybody. And and some horses that come back to

(43:27):
Emerald that are the children of five star General and
I sure hope to be part of all of that,
with all of you and all that you do to
share the message of racing and the excitement. But we
all got that, and I said it, and I mean
that was for all of us. It was for all
of us, and the crowd was crazy, and of course
the horse was even money, so a lot of them

(43:49):
have their money. But it was more than that. That
was the kind of race where your horse defines that
piece that we all want to see. That he just
didn't happen all the time, but it happened in the
Long Acres mile in two thy and twenty four in
the eighty ninth running.

Speaker 4 (44:08):
Yep, yeah, ken I was going to say, you've been
in the game a long time and this shows the
magic that is possible and throw a red racing.

Speaker 7 (44:16):
Yeah it does, and a lot of times it gets
camouflaged by some of the difficulties. And God knows, I've
got my issues and people have issues with me from
our experiences through long acres, and I respect people's opinions
of this and that. But that day, that was a
day about the horse, and a day about the jockey,
and a day about the trainer. It wasn't about which

(44:39):
person paid the money to have the horse. It was
about them and celebrating that excellence. And we all got
to celebrate it, whether you were selling hot dogs, made
a bet on him, made a bet on a different horse,
you were eighty seven years old or fifteen, seeing your
own first race. And I will tell you this for me,

(45:00):
for my grandparents, you know, from Max and Charlie, my grandsons,
and other kids there that you know, just who had
not experienced something like that, To see that wonder in
their eyes, something that was just different than anything they
had ever experienced, was amazing. And Andy, my thirty six
year old, I remember the day the first we usually

(45:23):
brought the kids when we had steak races and we've
been successful. The first time she came out was she
didn't when she sitt and she was probably nine, she said, Daddy,
where are the roses? And so when we got down
there that huge, beautiful bunt off roses, I said, Andy,
there are the roses. Yeah, we both have watery eyes.

Speaker 3 (45:48):
Hey, I I was rooting for the story. You know, again,
so many of us had our eyes on them throughout
the whole race because the commitment to run again after
winning last year. I mean, that was a huge topper
in his fourth mile for you. But it all came
together and it just it wasn't an easy race at all,

(46:11):
but we've talked about it, the horse himself and the
rider and just it came together and right on the
finish line. It was just so dramatic when.

Speaker 7 (46:24):
You and I were standing in that paddic. When I
came out a few weeks later and got the trophy
and the silks had been painted, you and I are in
there alone, and I said, Joe, maybe I could say
to you some paint and you know, because I just
knew that for everybody it would be good, it would

(46:45):
be good. Of course, it would be good for us,
but if the horse could do it, it would be good
for the racing. It'd be good for the race track.
And because those legendary things are part of what it
makes it, not ping pong balls and and so that
it could happen and everybody received the power of it
was just a blessing. And when I say we're grateful,

(47:06):
I do mean grateful and humbled and privileged and honored.
And again all we were the people who physically own
the horse. This happened because of an amazing jockey, an
amazing trainer and a thoroughbred. That is the representation of

(47:27):
the greatness that these amazing, amazing athletes can have. He
as soon as Joe got him were the only thing
he could see in front of him was the other horse.
Something took over that you can't put in words. And

(47:51):
it is one of those things that is unforgettable.

Speaker 4 (47:54):
It is.

Speaker 3 (47:54):
It was, It truly was. The mile has offered us
so much in eighty nine runnings. This one, sheeeesh, it's
it's hard to top for drama and the whole story
and the finish the last time, oh my gosh. Yeah,
and did to actually, you know, reward all those people
that came out to watch a great horse run. As

(48:15):
you said, you were ready for anything to happen. I mean,
he might get beat. It's always possible on a horse race,
you know.

Speaker 7 (48:22):
No. I mean, if you said, do you think there's
more chance he'll win than lose, I would say it's
probably a little more chance he.

Speaker 6 (48:27):
Won't come in first.

Speaker 7 (48:28):
There's a lot of good horses in there. It's a
horse race, you know. I mean last year, last year's
race was another race that you know, we we had
a great trip and we also had a great Jobey
jockey kept him on the outside a little thought the
inside was a little soft pace, let that other horse
go first, kind of sat right behind him, and boom

(48:48):
when it was time, that was it. We all knew
nobody was going to catch him. This year it was
the opposite. And you know, I'm glad that they that
this year was this year, because that's the memory we
all get to have, and the memory will be isn't
about the alhatas or the memory it will be as
you said, part of the lore of this race, which

(49:11):
the brilliance of this race, is that it is not
about a race track. It's about a horse and what
can happen? And and Joe Bravo when he came the
first year said to me, you know, because that's a
big commitment. Yeah, you know, he got up horses in

(49:32):
del Mar and back east. It on days where there
were two or three races for as much money or more.
And I'll umber figure, kid, he says, I think I'd
love to win a race that Johnny Longen was in
Nady R. Carrow and Bill Shoemaker and let's say can
Tie and Sandy Hawley and on and on and on

(49:52):
and the great races run by the bases and so
many legendary jockeys, And are any of us that are
old enough to remember going to forget Turbulator and Larry
Pearce and Broken Stirrup?

Speaker 5 (50:04):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (50:05):
Never, never.

Speaker 3 (50:08):
You know, John White part of the Lord John White
won't let us forget that one, that's for sure. And
John certainly enjoyed the win. He was part of your
Winter Circle picture as well. Yeah, he was one of
the extra too.

Speaker 7 (50:20):
Was wonderful to be with and so well honored to
be in the Hall of Fame. Yeah, and I heard
a little something about you know, to know that there
have been horses in the Hall of Fame here that
are not Washington preds. Gives me some hope. That just
made me this horses record.

Speaker 3 (50:36):
And I spoke in the winner circle. Yeah, you know,
I brought that up. I was maybe a little out
of turn. But Vince just earlier in our podcast today,
he you know, he said, boy, that horse is one
of the most important horses in long Acre's Mile history.
And if you're if you're that, then we you know
it'll consider it.

Speaker 7 (50:58):
You do a lot of factors that make he decide
those things. And he's not a Washington bread but he
has run here in a very significant way. He's one
over nine hundred thousand, and he is what he isn't it.
But I but you know, even I lean towards Washington Breads.
But he sure got dedicated and the people who owned

(51:20):
and I think the fact that he's been owned by
by different groups, different folks had him in those five races,
not just us, even more speaks to why it's valid
to be honest here I am lobbying, but you know
what I'm saying, it's not just it's a whole group
of people who brought this horse. Whether he raced here

(51:41):
all season or not to the pinnacle race of the
year five years in a row. Yeah, that that horse
never ever didn't give it what he had. So well,
I just did my lobbying on this show. There you go. Well,
but I also want to be here five years from
now because I know you have to wait, so you know,
maybe for my just after my eightieth birthday.

Speaker 3 (52:04):
Yeah, I think you know it's going to be a
consideration that you can't do any more in the long
acres mile. No, he's done, and you can't thrill the
crowd anymore than he does now.

Speaker 7 (52:17):
So well, the number of letters, the number of emails
and phone calls, texts I've gotten from literally all over
the country because the kind of race it is, you know,
once people have start on YouTube, people if you know,
it's a race that people want to watch, they want
to watch it and they want to watch it again.
And I've gotten lots of feedback from a lot of

(52:39):
people I know in the Broadway world who don't know
anything about racing, who found out about it, and so
oh wow, you know, so hopefully it's good. It's good
for everybody that way too. And the horses is fine.
He was tired, real tired. And tired the next day
more than normal. And he's going to ship back Monday

(53:03):
to Kentucky and he's going to get tested for his fertility,
and then he's going to get to spend a lot
of time in a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful place that with
very safe pastures and care. Why we get to work
really hard with one goal and only one in mind,

(53:24):
to give him the best opportunity get passed on his greatness.
And that's going to have to do with where and
how we can get him to the best mayors. And
that's a privilege to get to work on that. And
I don't have any answers to how that will have happen.
But the answer will this horse race again. The only
chance this horsalll race again is if he is not

(53:47):
able to be a daddy, And if he's healthy and
he wants to keep racing for a while, that would
be just fine. But I think that next job is
pretty exciting. I just have a feeling he's going to
be really.

Speaker 6 (54:02):
Good at it.

Speaker 3 (54:04):
Well, you know, his sire, Distorted Humor, has been a
good sire of sire, So uh, there's that.

Speaker 7 (54:10):
Yeah, And you know, Mickey, you know Mickey Taylor. Of course,
he just said Bernardino or you know, because there's a
there's there is some flu blood in there and that
that made him happy. Of course.

Speaker 3 (54:22):
Oh gosh, yeah, we know where Mickey's roots are. When
it comes to a big horse race, he goes anywhere he's.

Speaker 7 (54:28):
Going to find where Seattle. I think Seattle flu is
a great great great grandfather if you took it that way,
if you use that. But yeah, there is that blood there.
Of course, it's hard to find horses where there isn't
slu blood by now because he really was that great
a sire.

Speaker 3 (54:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (54:45):
Well Kenny, okay, well yeah, thanks so much.

Speaker 3 (54:49):
We could go on and on just talk about this
horse and uh and that race and that moment Sunday.

Speaker 5 (54:56):
Uh, it was.

Speaker 3 (54:58):
It really added to Washington racing history. Well and all
those that were there.

Speaker 7 (55:02):
I agree with you, And you know, I never planned
what I'm going to say, and I ended up saying
almost everything. And then I had two glaring you know,
I'm talking about Doris and all the trainers before. But
I didn't and I'm not going to say because I
knew you were going to do it, I just didn't.
You know, sometimes you're miss a beat, and that's why
I had to jump in on that and my two daughters,

(55:25):
which I know, you know you can't. You can remember
everybody's name, but the but the one I didn't do
that I wish I had done, and that I'm that
I did here and I would like to do it
just for a second again, is honor Emerald Downs from
the beginning, from Ron Crockett and everybody in that group,
and mister Hodge and everybody and and and you know,

(55:48):
the mucle Shoots and the whole the Native American team
of people who believe in racing, and there the whole thing,
all the people in all these years for Emerald Down
because without that, there wouldn't have been that Sunday. And
I know that, and I honor what everyone has done
to keep this sport going because it isn't easy, and

(56:12):
I just want to honor that too.

Speaker 3 (56:14):
Well, thank you for that. Yeah, if we had a
race called the Emerald Down's Handicap and it wasn't the
Long Acres Mile, the feeling would have been much different.
It would have been a big race and we would
have attracted horses, but it wouldn't have been the same feeling.
But it has been for twenty nine runnings at our
track now and well, thank you.

Speaker 7 (56:34):
Please keep doing it and I'll do what I can
to help support that, the track and all these beautiful
people who care about our game and the horses themselves.
So like I said, we will make a significant contribution
to some of the many efforts, one of which is
the great way you keep people aware of it, of
the efforts to take care of these beautiful animals for

(56:56):
the rest of their life.

Speaker 5 (56:58):
Thank you so much.

Speaker 7 (56:59):
All right, thank you guys very much for your time
and what do you do?

Speaker 5 (57:02):
Thank you?

Speaker 3 (57:03):
Ken congratulations ken el had a owner of five star
general and recapping Sunday's great moment in Washington Racing Thanks
much to Ken l hadaff what a run for him,
the purchase of five star general and culminating in two

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consecutive long acres mile wins, especially dramatic this year. All right, Well,
speaking of mile stuff and data, Vince, we got a
few items to toss out there that apply to Emerald
downs the mile and stats, etc. Go ahead, start us off.

Speaker 4 (57:43):
Well, we mentioned all the accolades for five star general
and you know, kind of lost his shuffle. He's the
fourth eight year old to win the race, joining Awesome
Jim a Little Rollo back in fifty one and Gigantic
in nineteen fifty nine. Of course, awesome him here at
Emerald Downs in twenty eleven. So as if he didn't

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have enough history, there's a little more for him.

Speaker 5 (58:06):
Oh yeah, he's in a lot of spots.

Speaker 3 (58:09):
Joe Bravo two for two in the Long Acres mile,
and after only two years riding in the race. There's
only three jockeys in race history that have more wins
than Joe Bravo. Gary Bayes the all time leader, five
five out of nineteen, Juan Gutara's three wins three out

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of fifteen, and Russell Bays three out of twenty in
the mile. How about that? Just here in thirteen months
in Washington between races, and he is right up there
at one hundred percent in the Long Acres Mile.

Speaker 4 (58:43):
Yeah. And speaking of Joe Bravo, he was pretty gracious
in his remarks after the race, fully crediting the horse.
But you know what he didn't. He never panicked in
the saddle where a lesser rider might have rushed up
there on the backstretch. San geez, that horse is getting
away on the front end, I better make something happen.
He had faith in his horse and that was a

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powerful run around the second turn into contention. And then
you know is ken I'll haff talked about the will
to win really showed in the final furlong against the
horse who was not coming back.

Speaker 3 (59:16):
Now, you're right, Bravo is extremely humble. Wow, twenty third
all time in North American wins among jockeys, all time
jockey and he just had a tremendous right. He did
everything right and kennyil had a yeah, gave both the
rider and horse. They're just due in getting up for

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that dramatic victory.

Speaker 4 (59:39):
Speaking of long Acre's mile winning jockeys, Galen Mitchell celebrating
a birthday today. Today is Thursday, at the fifteenth of August.
Booger turning sixty two today, So happy birthday, Galen.

Speaker 3 (59:52):
He's on the long list of two time Long Acres
mile winners as he went on board ed Nader and
Assessment with that great ride in two thousand and nine.
I mean, that was a tremendous ride from the twelve hole. Okay, Well,
Grant Forrester has won three Long Acres miles Young Grant
Forrester as we used to call him, and he still

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looks pretty dangn young. But three miles for Grant, of course,
no giveaway. In two thousand and five, two straight with
five star general there's only five trainers who have more
long acres mile Vick, no excuse me, there's only two
trainers that have more. Jim Penny the record holder with five.
Alan Drumheller has four long acres mile wins. And then

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Grant is now tied with Howard Belvoir, Larry Ross and
Bobby Frankel with three long acres mile wins. That's pretty
strong for not having been around here in a while.

Speaker 4 (01:00:48):
Pretty heady company, as they say. Yeah, I mean that's
uh boy winning winning. Sure it gets gets you going
on lists and all that and that it does. But
it's such a historic race that for Grant four, at
a relatively young age, to already have three. We'll see
what's in Grant's future, but he seems to know how
to bring a horse up to the mile, that's for sure.

Speaker 5 (01:01:08):
Yeah, tremendous job.

Speaker 4 (01:01:12):
This one doesn't have to do with the mile per se,
but it's about a Washington brad Sometimes. You know these horses,
they get logged in our mine, and I kind of
feel like you're honoring them a little bit to talk
about their career. And I was looking through an old
LA Times and I saw a horse named Anna Muhr
had won in nineteen eighty nine. I thought, jeez, that
name sounds familiar, so I looked up the career record,

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and what a career she had. I don't know if
you remember the horse Anna Murr a n n a
m u r R. She was one of those murr
the blurs hm out of.

Speaker 5 (01:01:44):
A Zulu, you know what? I don't really am out
of a Zulu.

Speaker 4 (01:01:47):
Tom Mayor, Well, she'd begran her career at Long Acres
in nineteen eighty six. She won eleven races in her career,
but listen with eleven different jockeys, us the odds she
won at and then the jockeys who wrote her, and
she wanted every California track. She broke her maiden at
sixty eight to one at Bay Meadows. Then she won

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at twenty two to one, thirteen to one, eleven to one,
seven to two, five to one, nine to one, five
to two, Pretty Chockey, eleven to one, three to one,
and sixteen to one amazing, Yes, and the jockeys who
wanted her JW. Mills, John Wilburn, Jose Corrals, Sam Maple, Cowboy,
Jack Canil, Ron Warren Junior, Robbie Davis, David Flores, Cory Nakatani,

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Alex Solis and Antonio Castignan so annamur. Those were, you know,
the cheaper claiming ranks. But anytime you're winning at Sandy
to Hollywood Park, Delmar and Fairplex and Golden Gate and
Bay Meadows, you had a pretty good career. She must
have made one hundred and fifty thousand or so, one
hundred and forty six thousand, Yeah, which back then was
was you know, more than paying your way.

Speaker 3 (01:02:52):
All right, Well back to the mile a little bit
sleused to his Whiz, as you mentioned earlier, three straight
years in the money in the mile of victory in
twenty twenty two and thirds each of the past two years.
Well five Star General set the record last year with
four consecutive years in the money in the mile top
three finishes, and His Whiz is the only other horse

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on that list that has run in the money three
consecutive years in the Long Acres Mile. After all these runnings,
awesome Jim was three for three in the money, but
he had a year in between, so he's really a qualifier.
But for three straight years he's loosed his Whiz now
on a pretty good list of long acres, mile longevity

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and quality.

Speaker 4 (01:03:40):
And as a six year old, you know, Tom seems
to have this winds all, seems to have this horse
on a pretty good program. He gets winners off and
comes back and he he has a long long record
of firing big races here and I sure hope we
see him next year here at age seven.

Speaker 3 (01:03:58):
Yeah. Well, speaking of Tom Wenzel, He's got four of
the top eight leading earners at the current meeting. A
Looha Breeze is third, of course, five star General first,
now Lapush is fourth, Minor League is sixth, and sleused
his Whiz is eighth in earnings, so four of the

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top eight for Wenzel. He's the leading stakes trainer with four.
As we mentioned earlier, Carlos Montalvo is the leading stakes
jockey with four, three of those for Wenzel. So Tom
Wenzell having another outstanding season. And you mentioned he's number
two all time, closing in quickly on Doris Harwood sixty

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seven to sixty one.

Speaker 4 (01:04:41):
And as if those two wins Sunday weren't enough, I'm
kicking myself, you know. I love those twirling candies and
Candy Cabayo second time starter, nice ride by Leslie Mine
comes up the rail at thirteen point eight oh to
one to win. That made a special weight on Sunday
and that was one of three for Tom Wenzel and
one of two for doctor George Tadaro of course also

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has a Loja Breeze.

Speaker 3 (01:05:03):
Yeah, I got nailed on that one. I had the
Bonnie Jenny number one. He's not talking, yeah, and he
was a good price boy. Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:05:12):
You know.

Speaker 3 (01:05:13):
John Lindley hit some pick threes in there, and maybe
a pick four as well because he had Candy Cabayo.
He said, I just used the three horses that had
so much trouble in their debut, and Candy Cabayo was
one of them. He didn't really have a very good
trip on Sunday and still won. So yeah, twirling Candy winner. There.
Just a little more obscure stats on mile stuff five

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star General placed in the mile four years apart twenty
twenty to twenty twenty four. We know that that has
been done before Irene's Angel of Philly. She finished second
in nineteen forty nine got beat a nose under Bill Shoemaker,
and four years later nineteen fifty three she was third.

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Little Rollo was third and nineteen forty seven, and then
one as an eight year old in nineteen fifty one.
So five Star General joins that those three horses as
being placed in the mile four calendar years apart. Okay,

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there's some stuff on Washington breads and Washington racing selections. Uh,
we've got for racing Friday night at seven pm, and
let's see, I'll quickly do a selection.

Speaker 4 (01:06:31):
Vince has made the morning line. I'll tell you something Saturday.
It's a seven race car, but races three through six
are all really good. The third is a twenty five
claimer for three and up, The fourth is a twenty
five claimer for Phillies and mayors three and up. The
fifth is a twenty five to five allowance optional claimer
for threes and ups, and the six is the twenty

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four five hundred allowance for non winners of two. And
they're all very competitive races. Yeah, those are really good races.
Saturday afternoon at Emerald Downs, we'll have a couple of
short stoppages for the t REX races. How about Little
miracle Man on Friday night, Vince, I haven't seen knowing
him at the morning line. I haven't seen it, but

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he's dropping from eight thousand down to thirty five hundred.
He did win earlier this year down in Phoenix. So
his three unplaced races at the Emerald Downs Meeting, he's
get away, getting away from some pretty good sprinters. I
give him a good shot on Friday night here little
miracle Man in the fourth race. I got to say

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too that the three quarter horse races on Sunday, which
you know is our big quarter horse day of the meet.
The first race is a eight seventy for three and up.
That race is really dynamite with Code Charlie coming off
the track record there capital expense back in meant for
me coming off a big win for Justin Evans. There's

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like six real fast speed horses in there. Tremendous race.
And then the Bank of America Emerald Downs Championship Challenge.
We got a Polinaria prize who was aired in the
race last year second choice this year, there's a couple
of really good horses. Be a freight train in there,
and Whiskey Magic. It's a very deep field. The two

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year old race, the John Dear Juvenile Challenge will probably
have a pretty heavy favorite in here. That separately fast
it was the fastest qualifier. It's going to be a
pretty short number there. But all three of those races
big fields. And I like a little change up of
a quarter horse race every now and then, and those
races came up strong.

Speaker 3 (01:08:37):
Well. Yeah, rematch between Capital Expense and Code Charlie who
did outrun him on July twenty eighth, and that eight
to seventy race, they're back in against each other with
the speedy add of boy Lloyd in there. And then
CM once in a Blue Moon. I see he's two
for forty eight and.

Speaker 4 (01:08:53):
You got horses like DK's Crown in there.

Speaker 5 (01:08:57):
Two straight wins.

Speaker 4 (01:08:58):
Yeah, it's a dynamite field.

Speaker 5 (01:09:00):
That's a good race, okay.

Speaker 3 (01:09:03):
And then Saturday you mentioned just a bunch of good
races consecutively on Saturday. In that fifth race at six
and a half Furlong's Executive Chef is in there and
he's just well, he's five for eleven of Emerald Downs.
He's won two of his three sprints at this meeting.
Prisoner is in there as well.

Speaker 4 (01:09:24):
If you like Executive Chef. Because people do bet so
much on those buyers, you're going to get a fair
price because he's a good horse, but they came back
a little bit low, and you're going to go a
horse like Prisoner, who you know from the Justin Evans
barn and has had a couple pretty big races at
the meet, probably be the big favorite.

Speaker 3 (01:09:43):
I would think, Yeah, his buyer figure is quite a
bit more. I did go to a little price in
the fourth race, the Filly and Mayor Sprint Zip and sevens.
It's been a while since she's won a sprint. You know,
she's a quality horse, but she hasn't won a sprint
since the end of her three year old year, which
was three seasons ago. Frisco Frills was on that two

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race roll that was incredible, but she was unplaced last
time out. So I'm willing to go against those horses
a little bit. I'm gonna go Misflashy Harbor, who just
is a hard trier. Just ran a good third to
Reign of Fire and Zaza and at twenty five thousand
this level. Kevin Krigger's back for Steve Bullock. You remember
what you made her on the morning line, the seven

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horse and the fourth seven, which is fair value on
a sharp porus.

Speaker 5 (01:10:29):
Yeah, okay, I'm gonna go.

Speaker 4 (01:10:31):
Actually, I struggled with the morning line there. I settled
on charmont E because I know she's come of those
ten thousand starters. But she gave Mary Walker all she
wanted down the stretch last time. And Mary Walker a
little lower class wise, but certainly one of the top
horses here her runner. Yeah, and chrmont E caught my
eye with a big win at Turf Paradise this spring,

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and she's run sneaky good for Jack McCartney here at.

Speaker 3 (01:10:56):
The meat I put her in the money. Yeah, this
Mary Walker, Oh my god, gosh, does she want to run?

Speaker 4 (01:11:01):
Or what she does? She love Emerald downs or what.

Speaker 3 (01:11:04):
She gets out of the gate and points her face
down that backstretch and.

Speaker 4 (01:11:08):
Just rips and SHERMANI was kind of getting to her
a little bit last time, and I think I think
she's coming up to a big race there. Whoever you
like in that race, you're going to get fair value.

Speaker 3 (01:11:20):
Okay, there's some talk on selections. Last week's trivia question
was what was Gary Bays's first mount in the Long
Acres Mile. Well, he started his career late in nineteen
seventy two at Playfair and his first full season at
Long Acres was nineteen seventy three. He did ride Red
Eye Express in the mile that year. They didn't do well,

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they came in second to last, and that was his
first mount, Red Eye Express in the nineteen seventy three
Long Acres Mile. Again, Gary Bays is the miles all
time winning US jockey with five and of course the
next year he came back to ride Red Eye Express
and was beaten right on the line by times Rush
Basil Frasier's mile victory and helped get pass.

Speaker 4 (01:12:07):
Gary Bay is one of my all time favorites. He
just you talk about a stoic and a cool guy
in the saddle, Not that the fire didn't burn in
the belly to win, because it certainly did, but boy,
he was a cool customer in the saddle, and he
could win on any kind of horse.

Speaker 5 (01:12:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:12:25):
Well, first class of the Washington Hall of Fame, all
time leading jockey in the history of Long Acres and
what we use him and Larry paris a lot for
testimonials on some of the older days. Gary doesn't like
to be considered that way, but he's been around a
few years now.

Speaker 5 (01:12:45):
All right. This week's Oh, by the way, CJ.

Speaker 3 (01:12:47):
Kane got that one right, Gary Bays's first mountain the mile.
Nice job, CJ. CJ's got a lot of Washington history
and racing history.

Speaker 4 (01:12:56):
CJ knows what's going on, and he did a good
job drawing the pill for see at the drawbreakfast the
other day. We knew what number was coming out, but
he did his best to make it dramatic.

Speaker 3 (01:13:06):
Okay, and the new question, name the only horse to
finish second twice in the mile. There's only one horse.
We've got four back to back winners, but we've only
got one horse that's ever finished second twice in the mile.
So send your answers to trivia at emeralddowns dot com.

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I'm going to throw out another one here too. That's
almost impossible. And you can answer this if you want.
I'll give you a good prize. Which mile winner had
the most starts that calendar year leading up to the race.
So the most starts of a mile winner in that
same calendar year leading up to the miles that's a

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pretty tough one, but go for the first one. Okay,
that's a show. Thanks much to Dana Halverson of the
Wtboa and Kennel had up and racing this week. An
at Emerald Down's horse Racing Northwest

Speaker 7 (01:14:09):
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