December 20, 2024 • 46 mins
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from Emerald Downs! The track is closed Christmas day but otherwise is open seven days a week for full card simulcasting. Join us for the opening of Santa Anita at 11 am on Thursday, Dec. 26. Check out a great 2025 season pass offer at emeralddowns.com. Trainer Mike Puhich joins Joe & Vince to speak about the monumental contributions of Dr. Mark Dedomenico, who passed earlier this month. Dr Dedomenico had decades of significant contributions to Washington racing, the highlight of which was the opening of Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center in Redmond in 2005. Puhich has been Director of Racing and Farm Trainer there since 2008.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come in much Us.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
It doesn't matter if you love crabs, blackjack machines or
dining on the finest Asian, American and Salis cuisines. It
doesn't matter what you do or where you're coming from
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drive from wherever you are. All roads lead to Muckleshoe.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Mucosuit. Maybe just over a quarter mile ago in the
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mile head, Clovis Connection trying to take them all the way.
Armade ro O is chasing, and Fike start General from
the outside, Prince Annadami as well. Center of the race course,
clube Is Connection is pelming away with a purlong ago
and it's club Is Connection. Here comes five Star General
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in one final surge feast two to the line. Club
Is Connection. Five Star General hit the line together.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
That was the finish of the dramatic twenty twenty four
Long Acres Mile. What a day, What a race at
Emerald Downs twenty nine seasons in the books at this track,
and that day rates right up there. That day in
that race, five Star General winning his second consecutive Long
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Acres Mile to end his career. Joe with the Vince
Brune on Horse Racing Northwest, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas as
a Saturday edition of Horse Racing Northwest and Vince Brune
that that was a memorable afternoon here at Emerald Day.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
Yeah, one of the better miles we've seen in a
long time, and that winter five star General. I understand
you've got a little update on his upcoming career.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Yeah, you know, owner Kennel had a looking to make
him a sire pass on those jeanes. The longevity, the winning,
the earnings, the confirmation, the demeanor, the horse really has
had it all. And of course five straight participations in
the mile, five straight top three finishes in the mile.
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He's going to Cavalos caval Ores, Owl Howl oh Man
caval Ores owl Hollow Farm in Floyd, Virginia. Owl Hollow Farm, Floyd,
Virginia is where he is going to stand. That's in
kind of southwest Virginia, out there in rural country, just
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a little bit north of the North Carolina state line.
So owl Hollow Farm is going to stand five star
General for twenty twenty five. That is great news. KENL.
Haddaff and the farm worked that out and we hope
to see his progeny certainly in the Pacific Northwest hopefully
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in years to come. So there's a start to horse
racing Northwest and Emerald downs more news from our track, Vince.
We did go over the racing dates the stake schedule
on our last podcast, but you might redo that and
also talk about when the track's going to open for
training for twenty twenty five. Yeah, we are.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Opening day is Sunday, April twenty seventh, just one day
of racing over the first two weekends and we go
through Sunday September seventh, twenty twenty five, a total of
fifty one days. We talked about the stake schedule twenty
stakes but to be run on four day so two
six steak days to four stakes days, so that will
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be a change in twenty twenty five. Yeah, it sounds
like the track is going to open for training late February.
I think was February twenty fifth, right around there, and
hoping for maybe a little earlier than that, but that's
what seventy days out from the meat so that gives
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hopefully some of the horsemen from northern California. You know,
we talked about Pleasanton and there are issues down there,
so hopefully we can get some of them guys up there.
I know there's some interest.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Yeah, speaking briefly with Tim mccanna, who's won what ten
training titles here at Emerald Downs, is in the Washington
Thoroughbred Hall of Fame, is a majority of his stable
in California the last several years, but has always kept
you know, ten to fifteen horses at Emerald Downs. He
figures to have a bigger presence this year, and I'm
sure that's not uncommon among others. We'll talk a little
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bit about Pleasanton on this podcast. As they have concluded racing.
Hopefully they do resurrect it. They are on the schedule
for the Fair Meat in twenty twenty five, their normal
fair Meat time. But okay, so yeah, the opening day
the steak schedule, four huge days of stakes races. Mile
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Day will include six races the Long Acres Mile and
five other steaks, including a couple two year old steaks.
This year, at Emeraldowns dot com, you can get a
discount ticket package a season pass for just fifty five dollars.
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There's fifty one days of racing, so fifty five bucks.
You can figure out that math. Fifty five dollars for
fifty one days of racing plus twenty extra tickets which
are two hundred dollars, So you get the fifty five
dollars for the fifty one days plus twenty extra tickets.
Take advantage of that at emeraldowns dot com. Get your
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season pass a great discount there. And we've we've been
famous nationally for our Corgie Day in the summer. It's
been on ESPN for what now four years, I believe,
and we're going to add another ESPN show this year, Vince.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
The t Rex Races.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Will be June twenty ninth.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
June twenty ninth will be made into a little feature
for ESPN. And the Corgy Races are a Corgi weekend.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Here July twelfth and thirteen.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
July twelfth and thirteenth, So those always get big crowds.
And anytime we get crowds, it's kind of fun, you know,
it's great.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Yeah, yeah, the t Rex Day, you know, and with
the Corgis, the owners are out there on TV holding
their dog and getting the race going on. With the
t Rex Day, you can get yourself on ESPN. You
can get on the track yourself and of course the
t Rex Day, wave after wave of Trontosaurus rex costumes
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going down the track at Emerald Downs. It will be
part of the ESPN. Of course, they had the Ocho
Day that began, you know, several years ago on fringe
sports and unique Sports, and we got part of that
with our Corgi Day. They loved it, they love our production.
So t Rex Day has been added June twenty ninth
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and that'll fin nicely. That'll be a big day at
Emerald Downs. T Rex Day. You know those Tarantosaurus rexes,
they weren't they haven't been scary. The kids have loved it.
And it just started from the Rent and Pest Control
company back I think it was twenty seventeen. They ran
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into is down the stretch. They asked us, hey, can
we run down the stretch after the races are over?
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Yeah, sure. And then the next year they came back
in t Rex costumes and that was It's.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
Yeah, it's really grown organically and from a small beginning,
but it's just it's kind of a spectacle, fun fun
thing to watch.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Yeah. Okay, Tony klo is going to join us from
Turfoay Park. Mike Powich is also going to join us
on this podcast. We had a very significant passing in
the Washington thoroughbred industry earlier this month. Doctor Marty Domenico
passed away at the age of eighty seven. His accomplishments
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were numerous and high level, tremendous. He had many careers
and thoroughbred racing was one of his passions as well.
Pegasus Training Center in Redmond, his creation, opened in two
thousand and five, an absolute world glass facility. Mike Poowich
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has been the farm trainer there since two thousand and eight,
and we're going to talk about doctor Di Domenico and
Mike Powach. Interview coming up. Tony calob will be talking
about Turfoy Park, whose signal goes Wednesday through Saturday starting
at two fifty five hour time. It is one tremendous
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race meet for handicappers. I'll tell you that, of course,
it's all synthetic, but field size payoffs, horses from various
courses all getting together. Tony's been calling the action. In fact,
he's probably memorizing horse names right now as he gets
ready for their Saturday card today. Hey, Emerald Down's influence
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at turf Paradise is huge this year, Vince.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Yeah, sure is. They're running right now Monday through Thursday
out in folks in the simulcasting world. Yeah, business as
usual down there. Justin Evans, you know, are two time
defending champion. He's topping the standings down there right now
with eighteen wins, which is pretty significant when you got
guys like Boy Diodoro and a lot of other guys
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shipping in from around the country. So he's holding his own.
A couple other former locals doing really well so far.
Van Belvoir and val Lund both have nine wins already
are tied.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
For fourth good percentages as well.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Very good percentages and striking at prices. So a couple
former northwesterners to keep an eye on there. And the
jock standings, you know, Alex Cruz is the king up
here with five straight titles, but Carl Lopez is the
defending title, and he's gone from here back down there
and is currently top in the standings over Orlando Mohica
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twenty three to twenty two. Cruz we mentioned he got
a little bit of a slow start. He's up to
fourth with fifteen wins, and Manuel Americano, the prentise we
saw finish so strongly here currently third with sixteen wins.
So and there's a lot of other guys and gals
down from up here doing really well. I know. Tina
Birdwell had a real big allowance winner with former Brad
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Cox horse I saw the other day down there too,
So the influence is strong and that bodes wells as
were our meat kind of dovetails towards the end of THEIRS.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
That's exactly right. You know we start they end on
Kentucky Derby Day. That'll be our second day of racing
at Emerald Downs this year. So yeah, Tina Birdwell, Joe Toy,
Charlie Essex all with three wins, got Tubs the Emerald
Racing Club trainer. He's having a pretty good.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
I mentioned Scott, Yeah, he's got five wins already and
he's doing well.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Carlos Montalvo had a three win day you want to
aboard the Lohaw Breeze and another George Tadaro horse I
know on that day.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
So some of the Tadaro horses have had about three
or four wins lately down there doing really well.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Right, Yeah, Tall though and Luis Reis, who had his
first season appear at Emerald Downs. They both have seven
wins down there, so just a huge local fluence down
at Turn Paradise in Phoenix. And of course we are
open here at Emerald Downs for full card simulcasting seven
days per week, seven days a week. We're open and
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as Vince mentioned, ur Paradise Monday through Thursday. They're a
big part of our early week simul casting, so keep
that in mind as the holidays are right upon us.
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Okay, well, and of course we got to mention, you know,
sant Anita.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Sat there you go. Yes, I didn't mention that.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
Traditional December twenty sixth opening. It's already been drawn. If
you go out there to wherever you get your PPS
eleven race card, pretty strong card begins at eleven am
Pacific time, So get out here early that day.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Not as Thursday, the twenty six.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
Thursday the twenty sixth, And I know they got one
two three six stakes races that day, three grade ones,
the Malibu for three year olds, the Librea for three
year old Phillies, the American Oaks on the turf, and
then they've got the Lafitte Pinkai Junior. Of course. December
twenty sixth Lafitte's birthday, so that'll be the former San
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Antonio and then they also got the San Gabriel and
the Mattha Smile as Grade two. So just a really
outstanding card for opening day at sant Anita.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
Yeah, that's a big day here every year as many
simulcast venues around the country. Let's hope they get off
to a great start. That is this coming Thursday, December
twenty sixth that's Ben said, first race at eleven AM. Okay,
we've got a lot more to go on the show,
as we'll take a short time out here. On horse
racing Northwest.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
It doesn't matter if you love craps, blackjack machines or
dining on the finest Asian, American and Saless cuisines. It
doesn't matter what you do or where you're coming from.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Mucosuit.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
What you do is all at Muckleshoe, an easy drive
from wherever you are. All roads lead to Muckleshoe.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
Mucosut prime engine taking off, prime engine. The leader off
the turn, Petter Began, is left back and second. The
trailer guy in Raspberry Road battling in third and on
the outside is Percy Fawcett. But they come towards the
sixteenth pole and Prime Engine is turning it on. Prime
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Engine by five from Better Begone. Prime Engine was revved
up and ready to go. Today he wins the Emerald
Downs Derby under Joe Steiner.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
That was Prime Engine winning the Emerald Downs Derby in
twenty fifteen. Track Attacker was in there unbeaten with four
for four and Prime Engine won that race easily. The
Godstein Futurity of twenty Okay, we need to start over.
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I'm playing the Derby win, not the Godstein God dang it.
He beat track Attacker though we know that, Mike. Okay,
here we go three two one. That was the twenty
fifteen Emerald Downs Derby, Prime Engine taking the race. Outstanding
Northwest career. Of course, he beat track Attacker, the undefeated
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track Attacker in the Gottstein the year before. But he
took the derby for Doctor markty Domenico trainer Mike Powich
Joe Steiner aboard that day. Doctor markty Domenico passing earlier
this December, and his accomplishments will mention him. I mean,
he's done everything in this state, from the Washington Hall
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of Fame to the SJA Agnew Award and of course
locally the Pro Sports Club in Bellevue. You in Seattle
and founded the Hope Heart Institute. This is all after
a medical career of research and development. His legacy and
horse racing well documented and a big loss, a huge
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loss for thoroughbred racing and Mike Poowich trainer Mike Powich
of Renton, Washington, has worked for doctor di Domenico as
the farm trainer up at Pegasus since two thousand and eight,
and Mike joins us now kind of a solemn holiday
season up there in East Redmond. Mike, good afternoon, Thanks
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for joining us.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Hey, thank you guys.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yeah, just doctor di Domenico. I mean you knew of him,
You knew of his father. You've been well aware of
Washington racing since the late sixties. Turbulator your first favorite horse,
and Pasky di Domenico was such a fixture at Long Acres,
and Mark of course joined that status as well and
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has just been an important guy in the industry. And
how did you get to know him personally? Did did
he seek you out as farm trainer for Pegasus?
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Well, I was more than farm trainer, as the director
of racing operations as well of horse operations. I mean
it's a farm, so it was kind of overall everything
on top of training the horses. So it was a
it was a it was a big responsibility, and it
was a great challenge and learned an awful lot and
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it was just a real honor to do it all.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
Yeah, you know, but I.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Got to know him like anybody else, Like any of
us that grew up around here.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
We knew who he was for sure, you.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Know, growing up. And Kathy Walsh, he actually recommended me, Shane,
and I was up here for a while and she
recommended me as his replacement. Came up and interviewed and
we hit it off and we never looked back ever since. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
That Kathy Walsh, of course, Washington Hall of Fame trainer
and Mike and her family, your family and her family
close for so many years. And great recommendation. And I
didn't mean to slight you at all in that introduction,
because you have spent.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Well, it was just it was just a real big
it was a real learning experience and it was a
real important part of my life that I did that
as well.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Yeah, sure, I mean, I mean the sales that you
helped put together up at Pegasus, and the clients that
you helped bring into Pegasus, and the days, months and
years you've spent at the Midwest and Big Tracks running
Pegasus horses. Yeah, you have been a huge party.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Just developing everything. And then I'm really proud of kind
of the way I'm kind of leaving his legacy as well.
I think I hit a home run the way saying
way doctor Mark at home run with hiring of Melissa.
I hired Melissa Ledford, who's just a a deal in,
an outstanding job. Just the whole thing. It's just been
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a real big thurrill, Mike.
Speaker 5 (19:31):
You know one thing, you know, anything doctor Mark di
Domenico just looking from a little far here he got
involved with was just first rate, like the Pro Club
and then Pegasus. You know, this wasn't just local class,
this was world class. That's kind of how Mark operated
as a person.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
It sounds like, Yeah, I mean, the one thing I
tell people, the first part of vocabulary learn when you
go to work for doctor Marcus, the line I can't
does not exist. Yeah, he say I want this, this,
and this done, and well I really don't think we
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can do that. Yeah, I know, that's why I want
it done by Wednesday, you know. And that's the way
he was and you made it happen, and that was
just a real it was. It was amazing the way
it would come together that way. You know. So I'm
not disrespecting amble downs at all by any means, but
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I'd like to see what would happen had he done
something that. You know, the way he does things and
the legacy and everything because he does that, that's that's
his one thing is world class and leave a legacy,
you know, take care of people. He was a people guy,
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that people hard guy to get to know. You'd think, oh, boys,
you know, not much of a character at all, but
he was a real class act and good to people
and always cared about helping people and horses well.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
Pegasust Thoroughbred Training Center and Rehabilitation Center in East Redmond
is is bar none, a world class facility. I mean
the first time I walked inside those shedrows there and
looked at those stalls and the spacing and the size
and the screens and the backyards each horse had for
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his stall. I mean, Mike, when you first got hired
there and walked around that place the first time you
saw the place, you had to just think, you know.
I mean, I'm sure you called and texted and emailed
fifty people that night.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Yeah, I mean like you got to go to Dubai
to find a place that even closed to this.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Yeah, it just is one fantastic place from the buildings,
the horse care, the rehabilitation, the training track, the owners
and and the clockers stands and just one tremendous place.
And you guys put on several horse sales there to
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you know, try and help the industry locally, get a
few more horses involved in Northwest racing. And some of
them went on to do some great things. But doctor
Martita Menico just so accomplished, and you talked about his
strive for the best, strive for success. It's there at Pegasus,
It was there at the Pro Club. I mean in
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recent years he had a hospital built on the Pro
Club grounds in Bellevue there.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Yeah, it's there still, Yeah, the facility. Yeah, just r new.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Yeah, just so much. And you know, I remember hearing
the story about Blind Luck, how he was watching video
back then in the late two thousands, and this horse
wins by fourteen links at calder in her career debut,
and I mean he got whatever sources involved to get
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going on that project. How about that turning out that
course is a career highlight among horse ownerships. With all
the winds she had the next couple of years and
photo finishes and grade ones, that was a heck of
a run.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Yeah, that was a lot of fun, a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
And and of course he had been with Jerry Hollendorf
for for a long time, so he always kept horses
with Jerry in California.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
And yeah, I mean I was I was a racing
manager and we were I worked with Jerry for five
years before I took over training horses. So yeah, we
had a lot of fun. Jerry and I have a
really good relationships still to today. But yeah, the Blind Luck,
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there's everybody's taking credit for Blind Luck right now, so
for buying her, which is great. But yeah, he he
didn't even look back when he saw the Jerry said
I could put you in on this horse, and he
just said, I'll take the whole horse, you know, And
it was it was a great buye.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
Oh my gosh, just absolutely phenomenal, you know. Eclipse Award
Champion three year old Philly, Those wins she had that
year were amazing, Mike.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
The one people seem to forget about too, is she's
a tiger. She won the Breeders Cup and although she
got d Q, that was another one of ours said.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
That's right, yeah, just got.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
You know, that's right. Cost her. Uh that DQ cost
like seven hundred and fifty thousand from first prize to second.
And I know doctor di Domenico wasn't very happy because
there's not a lot of dqs on Breeders Cup day, Mike.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
No. And then there was one the one steward that
made the final decision to take us down. I remember
she had a daughter about a week later that was
sick with something needed some help, and they called us
because doctor Mark knew this doctor and nobody could get
him in and he was the first guy to step
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up and helped her out. Wow, And I thought, there's
class there's a classy man.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
You know, Hey, hey, Mike has.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Not that not that you shouldn't help, But I'm just
saying it was just he didn't even think twice about it.
You know, it was pretty cool.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
Indeed, when you were when you were training for Mark
in addition to running Pegasus. Uh, how was he if
if a horse needed time, or maybe a horse wasn't
really performing.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
That well or whatever.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
I know, I know sometimes that can be a little
tricky for a trader.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Yeah, he encouraged it. He is always encouraging it. He
could afford it, you know, because a lot of people
they you know, you buy a horses to run, and
you want to see him out there running it. But
he always encouraged. I'm off he encouraged. Uh. He encouraged
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the fact that sometimes you buy, spend a lot of
money on a horse and he's just not that good.
But run them where they can win and be thankful
that they either want or move on, get them homes
and move on and start over again. And he was
wonderful to work for that way.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Yeah, And he actually was the executive producer of a
drama centered around a real success story from your rehab facilities.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
That was oh yeah, that's right, uh Secret Gypsy or.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Yeah, And Mike was trying to get me involved in that,
and doctor di Domenico was certainly on board that he
wanted me to actually be the producer or one of
the producer directors.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
And he's the starring role.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
He was the star and Mike told me later, he
goes Man, you should have got involved. You should have
seen the women he had in there for extras on
that movie.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Yeah, the nurses were unbelieve. Oh yeah, named the horse
after him. I could run quite a bit. Her name
was Blonde Fog.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Yeah, I do remember that up on.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
An airplane to watch the horse run, and they'd all
get off the airplane, a bunch of blonds, and I'd say,
here comes the Blonde Fog.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Yeah, and you guys, that's kind of what happened at
the Eclipse Awards that year, I think, you guys, Yeah,
I had quite the table going there and and for
Blind Luck. But just so many years of commitment to Washington.
In fact, Pasky, his father and Mark, doctor Mark, they
opened up Woods Creek way back when to to ye further,
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you spent a lot of days up there in your time.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Yeah, he was. He told the story. It was somewhere
where he was in operating on a guy and his
dad put a figure up against the window while he
was in the middle of surgery, and it was a
dollar figure and he couldn't figure out why that was.
And when he finished the surgery came out he says,
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what's that And he says, that's how much a check
you're gonna write me for for half we just bought.
And that's how they got together on that.
Speaker 4 (28:13):
Yeah, and that, uh, that was the predecessor to to Pegasus,
and of course doctor di Domenico had a vision for
Pegasus and man to bring that to fruition. And the
most renowned uh equine surgeon in the country, doctor Wayne
macklerath how many afternoons has he spent at Pegasus over
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the last twenty years?
Speaker 1 (28:39):
He gets, see, he's come anytime doctor Mark, Doctor Mark
needed him. He'd be out there at least once a
month for the busy, see when we were busy, back
when we were rolling. But he'd still come anytime, you know. Yeah,
they did a lot of stuff together, like two little kids.
They there wasn't a life. Doctor Mark didn't think he
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could save him as not a horse that doctor macras
and doesn't think he could can't fix. So yeah, good combination.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
Boy, I guess that that's well said right there. Of course,
Glenn Todd was a great friend to doctor Di Domenico
and co horse owner and supported Pegasus and doctor George
Tadaro also in the Washington Thoroughbred Hall of Fame. He's
done pretty well the last several years. Vince Brune and
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his horses have wintered at Pegasus for many years now.
Speaker 5 (29:34):
Yeah, I think there's a correlation between the success there
and on the racetrack at at Emerald Another. Yeah, you
just I for anyone's never been there until.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
You described it pretty well.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
It's just it's an amazing facility just from top to bottom.
It's got everything you could ever need to either train
or rehab a throwbread horse or any type of worse.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
How about when they opened you, I think there was
only three hyperbaric chambers for humans in western Washington with
all those great hospitals in Seattle. They opened with a
hyperbaric chamber for horses at Pegasus, which was.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Now he's got three at the Pro Sports Club.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
Okay, three there. Wow, you know, look at the commitment,
but his acumen, his vision just you know, the Pro
Sports Club.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
But I'll tell you, guys, if you've never tried that,
I mean, doctor Mark doesn't own it anymore. Bayview owns.
They purchased the Pro Sports Club. But well, if you
ever wanted to try something different, that is an experience
and it really helps it. You just feel so much better.
I did it for a couple of weeks and it
(30:47):
just it changes your whole system just kind of corrects
itself and heels. It's quite an experience.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Well that's a good name.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
They get it right there. You got a little TV
in your chamber and you could see all around you,
so it's not so claustrophobic. But boy, if you ever
had any doubts for what it does for your horse,
just try yourself and you'll realize, wow.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
Well that's amazing. That's a good recommend right there. And Mike,
you've how you doing yourself? You know, it's a it's
a somber time.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Fighting an uphill battle. I'm dealing with a tepetitis see issue,
which creates a liver liver issue, and it's been quite
the battle. But we're getting there. We're going to win
the war. But every day right now it's been kind
of a up and down kind of situation. But we're
(31:46):
getting there.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
That sounds good. You sound good. You sound good. And yeah,
I know.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Guys here have been so supportive, you know, doctor Mark
and the whole team, and just got good friends to
help me through it. Tom Lambrose my my doctor driver.
He takes me to the doctor every day or if
I have to go to the doctor or whatever. So
(32:15):
I've been blessed just with some really good friends, and
we're gonna win the We're gonna win the war. But
it's it's a battle right now. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
That's yeah, some serious condition there. Hepatitis C, which you're
getting the best treatment, so best of luck to you.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Yeah, there's a cure for but I'm at the later stages.
So but we're we're we're getting there.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Well.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yeah, Doctor Marttinamenico passing in earlier this month at the
age of eighty seven. Born in San Francisco, but of
course spent most of his adult life, even his teenage
years up in in the Seattle area, and his legacy
is is fantastastic. More than fantastic. I don't even mean
(33:03):
to be trite there, because one once in a lifetime
individual for so many different areas of business, health, and
horse racing. So Mike, uh, really appreciate you coming on
and saying a few words. I know people know.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Yeah, I mean, he just I wish people could really
see that the real side of doctor mar I mean,
there's so many sides of him, and he ended up
being married to a wonderful woman, Linda, and he just
he is just a really, really wonderful person. I can't
(33:45):
say enough for the type of person he turned out
to be. From the type of person. I didn't think
anything bad about him, but I didn't think how wonderful
he truly was. He just was just a great person.
I loved to help. His number one party was helping people,
and number two is the horses. So and I mean
(34:07):
he meant he did an awful lot for for helping, uh,
mental awareness and health. And you know, he was an
amazing man.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
That pretty much says it all, you know, helping saving
people and and and helping horses.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
Doctor Mark Di Domenico, Mike Powetch joining us, Mike, Happy
holidays to you, Merry Christmas and.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
You too, guys.
Speaker 4 (34:35):
Yeah, thank you so much for joining us, and we'll
carry on and best of luck to you too. Thank
you all right, Thanks.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Up, Ahi, guys, You take care.
Speaker 4 (34:48):
Yeah, Merry Christmas, have.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
A good have a good holiday season.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
Thanks Mike.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
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Speaker 4 (35:21):
Mucosuit Horse Racing Northwest continues. Thanks so much to Mike
Koich for joining us and speaking to doctor Markhi de Domenico.
We passed again earlier this month and supported Washington Racing
and of course National Racing and one steaksiever. We want
(35:45):
a steak here in our first season, and of course
Prime Engine was a tremendous horse and won the derby
with another horses as well. I can't think of that
horse's name right now. You won our derby with another
horse in those pink silks owned with Glenn Todd. Yeah,
that would have been opportunistic.
Speaker 1 (36:05):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Yeah, Mike won at two years in a row with medical.
Speaker 5 (36:09):
You know, I got to add two. Mike and doctor
Mark were very gracious the Emerald Racing Clubs selling us
a nice Philly named Distinguishable, you know that for a
price of ten thousand. She was eventually claimed away for
twenty five thousand and became a brood mare and uh,
you know they could have gotten more money on the
open market for but that just shows, you know, uh,
(36:30):
the benevolent side of Mark there, you know, understanding we're
trying to generate interest in owners and whatever. And it
was just and he had the club up there.
Speaker 4 (36:38):
Club was up there a couple of.
Speaker 5 (36:39):
Times, three times, and we had Michael tell you we
had amazing turnouts and people left with their jaws agate.
You know, it was just and the hospitality and Mark
came out to say hi, and it was just it
was it was a good feeling, a great vibe that
he put out there. So a big, big loss.
Speaker 4 (36:59):
Oh, undoubtedly thanks to Mike once again. And you know
we weren't able to get Tony Kaylo on today. We
will definitely get him on in a future Horse Racing
Northwest podcast. He is the track announcer at Turfway Park
and he's he's got a great story in racing himself
(37:19):
as well as being the race caller at that meat
that is averaging about eleven horses per race since December fourth,
Wednesday through Sunday or Wednesday through Saturday meeting first race
two fifty five our time. They are going to race
on January first at one pm. That'll be a special time,
(37:39):
a one pm start on Wednesday, January first for Turfway Park.
Keep that in mind. And next Saturday, the twenty eight
at Turfway, they're going to have mandatory payouts. And their
jackpot picks six is rising. That's a twenty cent wager
and they're pick five is averaging forty seven thousand dollars.
(38:05):
You heard me right, The fifty cent pick five late
pickfive at Turfway Park through eleven days is averaging forty
seven thousand dollars the average payoff they and they got
little takeouts fifteen percent takeout, Okay, thin, they've picked.
Speaker 5 (38:19):
Four fourteen percent.
Speaker 4 (38:20):
Yeah, we'll get Tony on in the future. Okay, Time
for some sport shorts. And the NFL playoffs aren't too
far away. In fact, I heard yesterday that seven of
the fourteen spots in the playoffs are already decided with
three weeks to go in the season. That's amazing. So
(38:41):
with the playoffs, which quarterback has the greatest percentage winning
percentage in NFL playoff history? And I'm going over ten
starts minimum in playoff games? You got to guess on
that Vince. Of course. The first guy to come to mind,
Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 5 (39:01):
Well, sure, yes, I would say Mahomes or Brady.
Speaker 4 (39:04):
That Mahomes is right up there at eighty three percent.
But bart Starr won nine of ten starts in the layoffs.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
Yeah, you don't think of that because they didn't play
that many playoff games back then, and they sure were dominant.
Speaker 4 (39:18):
I you know, I'm trying to I should know who
beat them? They Oh, they lost the NFL championship game
to the Eagles in nineteen sixty Chuck Bednarik and Norman
van Brockland. The Eagles beat him in the title game
in nineteen sixty, so that was bart Starr's only loss.
Nine and one ninety percent. Jim Plunkett eight and two
in the playoffs. Of course, Mahomes a little better than
(39:41):
that at eighty three percent. Mahomes is fifteen and three
in the playoffs, which is outstanding. And behind him are
Terry Bradshaw at seventy four percent, Troy Aikman seventy three
percent right in there as well. Those are the top
five in the NFL playoffs win sandage for ten starts
(40:02):
or more. You got a sport short.
Speaker 5 (40:04):
Yeah, I told you about this one recently. And you know,
sometimes you compare eras and you can get in big trouble.
But just to illustrate the change in baseball, a guy
from Portland, Oregon named Mickey Lolich Jill you'll remember him well,
kind of a portly left hander. In nineteen seventy one,
he started forty five games, completed twenty nine of them,
(40:27):
three hundred and seventy six innings, pitched over three hundred
strikeouts two point nine two ERA, won twenty five games,
twenty nine complete games. I mentioned, now, that's almost the
league total for a whole year. He pitched so much
that he actually had one hundred and fifteen official at
bats as a hitter. Of course, that was before the
two years before the designated hitter. A forgotten guy, but
(40:48):
a great pitcher named Mickey Lolich. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (40:50):
Game seven of the nineteen sixty eight World Series, Mickey
Lolitch against Bob Gibson. Bob Gibson was two to zero
in that World Series. In Game one, he set a
new World Series strikeout record against the Tigers for the Cardinals,
and then in sixty seven, when they beat the Red Sox, Gibson,
(41:11):
I believe, was three and oh and in sixty four
when the Cardinals beat the Yankees in seven, he won
his last two starts. He won seven straight World Series
starts Bob Gibson, and of course the Cardinals were favored
in Game seven. They were at home and Gibson was pitching.
But Lolich was also two and zero in that World Series,
(41:33):
and uh he was a gamer. It was a tight game,
but there was a kind of a misplaced fly ball
and center for the Cardinals, the great Kurt Flood was
out there. It was a close game, but Mickey Lolich
beat Bob Gibson that day in Game seven.
Speaker 5 (41:47):
Yeah, and Mickey Lolich maybe a little overshadowed because Danny
McClain won thirty one games in nineteen years.
Speaker 4 (41:53):
Yeah, so, but.
Speaker 5 (41:55):
Mickey Lolich had a key one I think two hundred
and twenty seven games in his career, so I.
Speaker 4 (41:59):
Think he won twenty four that year, if I'm not miss.
Speaker 5 (42:01):
Twenty four and fifteen, twenty five and fourteen.
Speaker 4 (42:03):
Twenty five and fourteen. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (42:06):
Just you know, it's really amazing how how that has
changed over the years. How you know, you had a
four man rotation and those guys are all up around
thirty five forty starts, you know, and and regularly pitched
in the seventh and eighth innings. So I'm I'm not
saying they were better back there or anything, because I
certainly I think the velocity is a lot higher overall nowadays,
(42:30):
But there is something to be said, I think for
yesteryear when a guy would take the ball and pitch
and there was no pitch counts or all those things. So,
and he was from Portland Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon.
Speaker 4 (42:43):
Moregan Mickey Lolitch all right. I had one other, just
brief thing kind of there's a horse name claimed. I
think he's a three year old. Claimed is his name.
He's run three times and he hasn't been claimed yet,
which is, you know, a little unexpected. I think they've
all were all claiming right as I looked that up.
I saw his name a few weeks now.
Speaker 5 (43:02):
If you name that, are you trying to get people
not to claim him or reverse psychology?
Speaker 4 (43:06):
Claimed? As I think it's Florida. He's in Okay Sports
Shorts selections and Tony Kaylo was not able to join us.
We did have some technical difficulties, but we will get
him on again. And you know he gave us he
was going to give us a pick five at Turfoy
(43:28):
Park today. But we'll move on from there. Okay, time
for trivia and that's it. The last question was who
was the most recent Gottstein Futurity winner to win a
next start in that same season. So you win the Gottstein,
then you run again in that calendar year and you
(43:50):
win that next start, well, you gotta go all the
way back, and Russ Knakagawa did to nineteen eighty seven
Saratoga Passage, Vince and so many of the Gottstein winners
here at Emerald or you know, Washing Bread Washington horses,
and they don't run again the rest of these, that's right.
So there's tons of those. I think there was like
(44:12):
nineteen of those in that in that sequence. But Sarahtoga
Passage won the Gottstein and then he won.
Speaker 5 (44:17):
The Norfolk stay with Joe Steiner up that I think
he paid twenty seven bucks the.
Speaker 4 (44:22):
Grade one Norfolk at Santa Nita, Saratoga Passages next start after.
Speaker 5 (44:26):
Winter and later Grade one winner on turf for Bobby Frankel.
So what a talent won that?
Speaker 4 (44:33):
Eddie Reid. Yeah, okay, and he's still Washington's all time
number one earning horse Saratoga passage. Okay, So that was
last question and Russ Knakagawa got it. Nice work. Russ
did his research. This is not the greatest question I've
(44:54):
come up with, but we're going to be crowning a
Washington Horse of the Year before too long. The couple
of the top contenders are Lonesome Boy, John Parker's Lonesome Boy,
who just won at Parks last week, and he's going
to He's scheduled to run on the thirty first as
well in the Chris Kringle at Parks. That would be
(45:15):
on January thirty first, the last day of the year.
Mile out of sixteenth three year olds three year olds
in upsteak. But Lonesome Boy is way out in front
in earnings for Washington breads. And then you've got precise timing,
of course, who was three for three all steaks wins
at the Emerald Downs meeting two year old Phillip precise timing.
I would say those are the top two contenders for
(45:37):
Washington Horse of the Year. Lonesome Boy with one more chance,
he's got three wins as well, and of course he
was fourth in the Wood Memorial back in the spring.
So that leads to the trivia question of what age
is the most common in the Emerald Downs area era
for Washington horse of the year old's, three year olds,
(46:00):
four year olds, five year old, six year olds, whatever.
What is the most common age of a Washington horse
of the year in twenty eight seasons at Emerald Downs
nineteen ninety six through twenty twenty three. So just a
little research maybe needed on that. Send your answers to
Trivia at Emeraldowns dot com. Thanks so much to Mike
(46:21):
Pooage for joining us, and again Emerald Downs open seven
days a week. Opening day at sant Anita coming up Thursday,
December twenty sixth. And you mentioned that first racetime of
eleven am for Santa Anita Joe WITHI and Vince BRUNSI
lebar our producer editor, and we want to wish everybody
(46:44):
Merry Christmas and happy Holidays from Horse Racing Northwest
Come in much Us.
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Mucosuit. Maybe just over a quarter mile ago in the
(00:51):
mile head, Clovis Connection trying to take them all the way.
Armade ro O is chasing, and Fike start General from
the outside, Prince Annadami as well. Center of the race course,
clube Is Connection is pelming away with a purlong ago
and it's club Is Connection. Here comes five Star General
(01:11):
in one final surge feast two to the line. Club
Is Connection. Five Star General hit the line together.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
That was the finish of the dramatic twenty twenty four
Long Acres Mile. What a day, What a race at
Emerald Downs twenty nine seasons in the books at this track,
and that day rates right up there. That day in
that race, five Star General winning his second consecutive Long
(01:42):
Acres Mile to end his career. Joe with the Vince
Brune on Horse Racing Northwest, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas as
a Saturday edition of Horse Racing Northwest and Vince Brune
that that was a memorable afternoon here at Emerald Day.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
Yeah, one of the better miles we've seen in a
long time, and that winter five star General. I understand
you've got a little update on his upcoming career.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Yeah, you know, owner Kennel had a looking to make
him a sire pass on those jeanes. The longevity, the winning,
the earnings, the confirmation, the demeanor, the horse really has
had it all. And of course five straight participations in
the mile, five straight top three finishes in the mile.
(02:36):
He's going to Cavalos caval Ores, Owl Howl oh Man
caval Ores owl Hollow Farm in Floyd, Virginia. Owl Hollow Farm, Floyd,
Virginia is where he is going to stand. That's in
kind of southwest Virginia, out there in rural country, just
(02:59):
a little bit north of the North Carolina state line.
So owl Hollow Farm is going to stand five star
General for twenty twenty five. That is great news. KENL.
Haddaff and the farm worked that out and we hope
to see his progeny certainly in the Pacific Northwest hopefully
(03:20):
in years to come. So there's a start to horse
racing Northwest and Emerald downs more news from our track, Vince.
We did go over the racing dates the stake schedule
on our last podcast, but you might redo that and
also talk about when the track's going to open for
training for twenty twenty five. Yeah, we are.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Opening day is Sunday, April twenty seventh, just one day
of racing over the first two weekends and we go
through Sunday September seventh, twenty twenty five, a total of
fifty one days. We talked about the stake schedule twenty
stakes but to be run on four day so two
six steak days to four stakes days, so that will
(04:04):
be a change in twenty twenty five. Yeah, it sounds
like the track is going to open for training late February.
I think was February twenty fifth, right around there, and
hoping for maybe a little earlier than that, but that's
what seventy days out from the meat so that gives
(04:28):
hopefully some of the horsemen from northern California. You know,
we talked about Pleasanton and there are issues down there,
so hopefully we can get some of them guys up there.
I know there's some interest.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Yeah, speaking briefly with Tim mccanna, who's won what ten
training titles here at Emerald Downs, is in the Washington
Thoroughbred Hall of Fame, is a majority of his stable
in California the last several years, but has always kept
you know, ten to fifteen horses at Emerald Downs. He
figures to have a bigger presence this year, and I'm
sure that's not uncommon among others. We'll talk a little
(05:02):
bit about Pleasanton on this podcast. As they have concluded racing.
Hopefully they do resurrect it. They are on the schedule
for the Fair Meat in twenty twenty five, their normal
fair Meat time. But okay, so yeah, the opening day
the steak schedule, four huge days of stakes races. Mile
(05:26):
Day will include six races the Long Acres Mile and
five other steaks, including a couple two year old steaks.
This year, at Emeraldowns dot com, you can get a
discount ticket package a season pass for just fifty five dollars.
(05:46):
There's fifty one days of racing, so fifty five bucks.
You can figure out that math. Fifty five dollars for
fifty one days of racing plus twenty extra tickets which
are two hundred dollars, So you get the fifty five
dollars for the fifty one days plus twenty extra tickets.
Take advantage of that at emeraldowns dot com. Get your
(06:09):
season pass a great discount there. And we've we've been
famous nationally for our Corgie Day in the summer. It's
been on ESPN for what now four years, I believe,
and we're going to add another ESPN show this year, Vince.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:29):
The t Rex Races.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Will be June twenty ninth.
Speaker 5 (06:34):
June twenty ninth will be made into a little feature
for ESPN. And the Corgy Races are a Corgi weekend.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Here July twelfth and thirteen.
Speaker 5 (06:44):
July twelfth and thirteenth, So those always get big crowds.
And anytime we get crowds, it's kind of fun, you know,
it's great.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Yeah, yeah, the t Rex Day, you know, and with
the Corgis, the owners are out there on TV holding
their dog and getting the race going on. With the
t Rex Day, you can get yourself on ESPN. You
can get on the track yourself and of course the
t Rex Day, wave after wave of Trontosaurus rex costumes
(07:14):
going down the track at Emerald Downs. It will be
part of the ESPN. Of course, they had the Ocho
Day that began, you know, several years ago on fringe
sports and unique Sports, and we got part of that
with our Corgi Day. They loved it, they love our production.
So t Rex Day has been added June twenty ninth
(07:37):
and that'll fin nicely. That'll be a big day at
Emerald Downs. T Rex Day. You know those Tarantosaurus rexes,
they weren't they haven't been scary. The kids have loved it.
And it just started from the Rent and Pest Control
company back I think it was twenty seventeen. They ran
(07:59):
into is down the stretch. They asked us, hey, can
we run down the stretch after the races are over?
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Yeah, sure. And then the next year they came back
in t Rex costumes and that was It's.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
Yeah, it's really grown organically and from a small beginning,
but it's just it's kind of a spectacle, fun fun
thing to watch.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Yeah. Okay, Tony klo is going to join us from
Turfoay Park. Mike Powich is also going to join us
on this podcast. We had a very significant passing in
the Washington thoroughbred industry earlier this month. Doctor Marty Domenico
passed away at the age of eighty seven. His accomplishments
(08:39):
were numerous and high level, tremendous. He had many careers
and thoroughbred racing was one of his passions as well.
Pegasus Training Center in Redmond, his creation, opened in two
thousand and five, an absolute world glass facility. Mike Poowich
(09:02):
has been the farm trainer there since two thousand and eight,
and we're going to talk about doctor Di Domenico and
Mike Powach. Interview coming up. Tony calob will be talking
about Turfoy Park, whose signal goes Wednesday through Saturday starting
at two fifty five hour time. It is one tremendous
(09:24):
race meet for handicappers. I'll tell you that, of course,
it's all synthetic, but field size payoffs, horses from various
courses all getting together. Tony's been calling the action. In fact,
he's probably memorizing horse names right now as he gets
ready for their Saturday card today. Hey, Emerald Down's influence
(09:47):
at turf Paradise is huge this year, Vince.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Yeah, sure is. They're running right now Monday through Thursday
out in folks in the simulcasting world. Yeah, business as
usual down there. Justin Evans, you know, are two time
defending champion. He's topping the standings down there right now
with eighteen wins, which is pretty significant when you got
guys like Boy Diodoro and a lot of other guys
(10:14):
shipping in from around the country. So he's holding his own.
A couple other former locals doing really well so far.
Van Belvoir and val Lund both have nine wins already
are tied.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
For fourth good percentages as well.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Very good percentages and striking at prices. So a couple
former northwesterners to keep an eye on there. And the
jock standings, you know, Alex Cruz is the king up
here with five straight titles, but Carl Lopez is the
defending title, and he's gone from here back down there
and is currently top in the standings over Orlando Mohica
(10:48):
twenty three to twenty two. Cruz we mentioned he got
a little bit of a slow start. He's up to
fourth with fifteen wins, and Manuel Americano, the prentise we
saw finish so strongly here currently third with sixteen wins.
So and there's a lot of other guys and gals
down from up here doing really well. I know. Tina
Birdwell had a real big allowance winner with former Brad
(11:10):
Cox horse I saw the other day down there too,
So the influence is strong and that bodes wells as
were our meat kind of dovetails towards the end of THEIRS.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
That's exactly right. You know we start they end on
Kentucky Derby Day. That'll be our second day of racing
at Emerald Downs this year. So yeah, Tina Birdwell, Joe Toy,
Charlie Essex all with three wins, got Tubs the Emerald
Racing Club trainer. He's having a pretty good.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
I mentioned Scott, Yeah, he's got five wins already and
he's doing well.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:42):
Carlos Montalvo had a three win day you want to
aboard the Lohaw Breeze and another George Tadaro horse I
know on that day.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
So some of the Tadaro horses have had about three
or four wins lately down there doing really well.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Right, Yeah, Tall though and Luis Reis, who had his
first season appear at Emerald Downs. They both have seven
wins down there, so just a huge local fluence down
at Turn Paradise in Phoenix. And of course we are
open here at Emerald Downs for full card simulcasting seven
days per week, seven days a week. We're open and
(12:19):
as Vince mentioned, ur Paradise Monday through Thursday. They're a
big part of our early week simul casting, so keep
that in mind as the holidays are right upon us.
Speaker 5 (12:34):
Okay, well, and of course we got to mention, you know,
sant Anita.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Sat there you go. Yes, I didn't mention that.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
Traditional December twenty sixth opening. It's already been drawn. If
you go out there to wherever you get your PPS
eleven race card, pretty strong card begins at eleven am
Pacific time, So get out here early that day.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Not as Thursday, the twenty six.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
Thursday the twenty sixth, And I know they got one
two three six stakes races that day, three grade ones,
the Malibu for three year olds, the Librea for three
year old Phillies, the American Oaks on the turf, and
then they've got the Lafitte Pinkai Junior. Of course. December
twenty sixth Lafitte's birthday, so that'll be the former San
(13:18):
Antonio and then they also got the San Gabriel and
the Mattha Smile as Grade two. So just a really
outstanding card for opening day at sant Anita.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
Yeah, that's a big day here every year as many
simulcast venues around the country. Let's hope they get off
to a great start. That is this coming Thursday, December
twenty sixth that's Ben said, first race at eleven AM. Okay,
we've got a lot more to go on the show,
as we'll take a short time out here. On horse
racing Northwest.
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Speaker 6 (14:17):
Mucosut prime engine taking off, prime engine. The leader off
the turn, Petter Began, is left back and second. The
trailer guy in Raspberry Road battling in third and on
the outside is Percy Fawcett. But they come towards the
sixteenth pole and Prime Engine is turning it on. Prime
(14:37):
Engine by five from Better Begone. Prime Engine was revved
up and ready to go. Today he wins the Emerald
Downs Derby under Joe Steiner.
Speaker 4 (14:45):
That was Prime Engine winning the Emerald Downs Derby in
twenty fifteen. Track Attacker was in there unbeaten with four
for four and Prime Engine won that race easily. The
Godstein Futurity of twenty Okay, we need to start over.
(15:06):
I'm playing the Derby win, not the Godstein God dang it.
He beat track Attacker though we know that, Mike. Okay,
here we go three two one. That was the twenty
fifteen Emerald Downs Derby, Prime Engine taking the race. Outstanding
Northwest career. Of course, he beat track Attacker, the undefeated
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track Attacker in the Gottstein the year before. But he
took the derby for Doctor markty Domenico trainer Mike Powich
Joe Steiner aboard that day. Doctor markty Domenico passing earlier
this December, and his accomplishments will mention him. I mean,
he's done everything in this state, from the Washington Hall
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of Fame to the SJA Agnew Award and of course
locally the Pro Sports Club in Bellevue. You in Seattle
and founded the Hope Heart Institute. This is all after
a medical career of research and development. His legacy and
horse racing well documented and a big loss, a huge
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loss for thoroughbred racing and Mike Poowich trainer Mike Powich
of Renton, Washington, has worked for doctor di Domenico as
the farm trainer up at Pegasus since two thousand and eight,
and Mike joins us now kind of a solemn holiday
season up there in East Redmond. Mike, good afternoon, Thanks
(16:37):
for joining us.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Hey, thank you guys.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
Yeah, just doctor di Domenico. I mean you knew of him,
You knew of his father. You've been well aware of
Washington racing since the late sixties. Turbulator your first favorite horse,
and Pasky di Domenico was such a fixture at Long Acres,
and Mark of course joined that status as well and
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has just been an important guy in the industry. And
how did you get to know him personally? Did did
he seek you out as farm trainer for Pegasus?
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Well, I was more than farm trainer, as the director
of racing operations as well of horse operations. I mean
it's a farm, so it was kind of overall everything
on top of training the horses. So it was a
it was a it was a big responsibility, and it
was a great challenge and learned an awful lot and
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it was just a real honor to do it all.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
Yeah, you know, but I.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
Got to know him like anybody else, Like any of
us that grew up around here.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
We knew who he was for sure, you.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Know, growing up. And Kathy Walsh, he actually recommended me, Shane,
and I was up here for a while and she
recommended me as his replacement. Came up and interviewed and
we hit it off and we never looked back ever since. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
That Kathy Walsh, of course, Washington Hall of Fame trainer
and Mike and her family, your family and her family
close for so many years. And great recommendation. And I
didn't mean to slight you at all in that introduction,
because you have spent.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Well, it was just it was just a real big
it was a real learning experience and it was a
real important part of my life that I did that
as well.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Yeah, sure, I mean, I mean the sales that you
helped put together up at Pegasus, and the clients that
you helped bring into Pegasus, and the days, months and
years you've spent at the Midwest and Big Tracks running
Pegasus horses. Yeah, you have been a huge party.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Just developing everything. And then I'm really proud of kind
of the way I'm kind of leaving his legacy as well.
I think I hit a home run the way saying
way doctor Mark at home run with hiring of Melissa.
I hired Melissa Ledford, who's just a a deal in,
an outstanding job. Just the whole thing. It's just been
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a real big thurrill, Mike.
Speaker 5 (19:31):
You know one thing, you know, anything doctor Mark di
Domenico just looking from a little far here he got
involved with was just first rate, like the Pro Club
and then Pegasus. You know, this wasn't just local class,
this was world class. That's kind of how Mark operated
as a person.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
It sounds like, Yeah, I mean, the one thing I
tell people, the first part of vocabulary learn when you
go to work for doctor Marcus, the line I can't
does not exist. Yeah, he say I want this, this,
and this done, and well I really don't think we
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can do that. Yeah, I know, that's why I want
it done by Wednesday, you know. And that's the way
he was and you made it happen, and that was
just a real it was. It was amazing the way
it would come together that way. You know. So I'm
not disrespecting amble downs at all by any means, but
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I'd like to see what would happen had he done
something that. You know, the way he does things and
the legacy and everything because he does that, that's that's
his one thing is world class and leave a legacy,
you know, take care of people. He was a people guy,
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that people hard guy to get to know. You'd think, oh, boys,
you know, not much of a character at all, but
he was a real class act and good to people
and always cared about helping people and horses well.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
Pegasust Thoroughbred Training Center and Rehabilitation Center in East Redmond
is is bar none, a world class facility. I mean
the first time I walked inside those shedrows there and
looked at those stalls and the spacing and the size
and the screens and the backyards each horse had for
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his stall. I mean, Mike, when you first got hired
there and walked around that place the first time you
saw the place, you had to just think, you know.
I mean, I'm sure you called and texted and emailed
fifty people that night.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Yeah, I mean like you got to go to Dubai
to find a place that even closed to this.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Yeah, it just is one fantastic place from the buildings,
the horse care, the rehabilitation, the training track, the owners
and and the clockers stands and just one tremendous place.
And you guys put on several horse sales there to
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you know, try and help the industry locally, get a
few more horses involved in Northwest racing. And some of
them went on to do some great things. But doctor
Martita Menico just so accomplished, and you talked about his
strive for the best, strive for success. It's there at Pegasus,
It was there at the Pro Club. I mean in
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recent years he had a hospital built on the Pro
Club grounds in Bellevue there.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
Yeah, it's there still, Yeah, the facility. Yeah, just r new.
Speaker 4 (22:41):
Yeah, just so much. And you know, I remember hearing
the story about Blind Luck, how he was watching video
back then in the late two thousands, and this horse
wins by fourteen links at calder in her career debut,
and I mean he got whatever sources involved to get
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going on that project. How about that turning out that
course is a career highlight among horse ownerships. With all
the winds she had the next couple of years and
photo finishes and grade ones, that was a heck of
a run.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
Yeah, that was a lot of fun, a lot of fun.
Speaker 4 (23:21):
And and of course he had been with Jerry Hollendorf
for for a long time, so he always kept horses
with Jerry in California.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
And yeah, I mean I was I was a racing
manager and we were I worked with Jerry for five
years before I took over training horses. So yeah, we
had a lot of fun. Jerry and I have a
really good relationships still to today. But yeah, the Blind Luck,
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there's everybody's taking credit for Blind Luck right now, so
for buying her, which is great. But yeah, he he
didn't even look back when he saw the Jerry said
I could put you in on this horse, and he
just said, I'll take the whole horse, you know, And
it was it was a great buye.
Speaker 4 (24:10):
Oh my gosh, just absolutely phenomenal, you know. Eclipse Award
Champion three year old Philly, Those wins she had that
year were amazing, Mike.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
The one people seem to forget about too, is she's
a tiger. She won the Breeders Cup and although she
got d Q, that was another one of ours said.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
That's right, yeah, just got.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
You know, that's right. Cost her. Uh that DQ cost
like seven hundred and fifty thousand from first prize to second.
And I know doctor di Domenico wasn't very happy because
there's not a lot of dqs on Breeders Cup day, Mike.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
No. And then there was one the one steward that
made the final decision to take us down. I remember
she had a daughter about a week later that was
sick with something needed some help, and they called us
because doctor Mark knew this doctor and nobody could get
him in and he was the first guy to step
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up and helped her out. Wow, And I thought, there's
class there's a classy man.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
You know, Hey, hey, Mike has.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Not that not that you shouldn't help, But I'm just
saying it was just he didn't even think twice about it.
You know, it was pretty cool.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
Indeed, when you were when you were training for Mark
in addition to running Pegasus. Uh, how was he if
if a horse needed time, or maybe a horse wasn't
really performing.
Speaker 4 (25:36):
That well or whatever.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
I know, I know sometimes that can be a little
tricky for a trader.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Yeah, he encouraged it. He is always encouraging it. He
could afford it, you know, because a lot of people
they you know, you buy a horses to run, and
you want to see him out there running it. But
he always encouraged. I'm off he encouraged. Uh. He encouraged
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the fact that sometimes you buy, spend a lot of
money on a horse and he's just not that good.
But run them where they can win and be thankful
that they either want or move on, get them homes
and move on and start over again. And he was
wonderful to work for that way.
Speaker 4 (26:19):
Yeah, And he actually was the executive producer of a
drama centered around a real success story from your rehab facilities.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
That was oh yeah, that's right, uh Secret Gypsy or.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Yeah, And Mike was trying to get me involved in that,
and doctor di Domenico was certainly on board that he
wanted me to actually be the producer or one of
the producer directors.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
And he's the starring role.
Speaker 4 (26:49):
He was the star and Mike told me later, he
goes Man, you should have got involved. You should have
seen the women he had in there for extras on
that movie.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Yeah, the nurses were unbelieve. Oh yeah, named the horse
after him. I could run quite a bit. Her name
was Blonde Fog.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
Yeah, I do remember that up on.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
An airplane to watch the horse run, and they'd all
get off the airplane, a bunch of blonds, and I'd say,
here comes the Blonde Fog.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Yeah, and you guys, that's kind of what happened at
the Eclipse Awards that year, I think, you guys, Yeah,
I had quite the table going there and and for
Blind Luck. But just so many years of commitment to Washington.
In fact, Pasky, his father and Mark, doctor Mark, they
opened up Woods Creek way back when to to ye further,
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you spent a lot of days up there in your time.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Yeah, he was. He told the story. It was somewhere
where he was in operating on a guy and his
dad put a figure up against the window while he
was in the middle of surgery, and it was a
dollar figure and he couldn't figure out why that was.
And when he finished the surgery came out he says,
(28:03):
what's that And he says, that's how much a check
you're gonna write me for for half we just bought.
And that's how they got together on that.
Speaker 4 (28:13):
Yeah, and that, uh, that was the predecessor to to Pegasus,
and of course doctor di Domenico had a vision for
Pegasus and man to bring that to fruition. And the
most renowned uh equine surgeon in the country, doctor Wayne
macklerath how many afternoons has he spent at Pegasus over
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the last twenty years?
Speaker 1 (28:39):
He gets, see, he's come anytime doctor Mark, Doctor Mark
needed him. He'd be out there at least once a
month for the busy, see when we were busy, back
when we were rolling. But he'd still come anytime, you know. Yeah,
they did a lot of stuff together, like two little kids.
They there wasn't a life. Doctor Mark didn't think he
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could save him as not a horse that doctor macras
and doesn't think he could can't fix. So yeah, good combination.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
Boy, I guess that that's well said right there. Of course,
Glenn Todd was a great friend to doctor Di Domenico
and co horse owner and supported Pegasus and doctor George
Tadaro also in the Washington Thoroughbred Hall of Fame. He's
done pretty well the last several years. Vince Brune and
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his horses have wintered at Pegasus for many years now.
Speaker 5 (29:34):
Yeah, I think there's a correlation between the success there
and on the racetrack at at Emerald Another. Yeah, you
just I for anyone's never been there until.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
You described it pretty well.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
It's just it's an amazing facility just from top to bottom.
It's got everything you could ever need to either train
or rehab a throwbread horse or any type of worse.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
How about when they opened you, I think there was
only three hyperbaric chambers for humans in western Washington with
all those great hospitals in Seattle. They opened with a
hyperbaric chamber for horses at Pegasus, which was.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
Now he's got three at the Pro Sports Club.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
Okay, three there. Wow, you know, look at the commitment,
but his acumen, his vision just you know, the Pro
Sports Club.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
But I'll tell you, guys, if you've never tried that,
I mean, doctor Mark doesn't own it anymore. Bayview owns.
They purchased the Pro Sports Club. But well, if you
ever wanted to try something different, that is an experience
and it really helps it. You just feel so much better.
I did it for a couple of weeks and it
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just it changes your whole system just kind of corrects
itself and heels. It's quite an experience.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Well that's a good name.
Speaker 1 (30:57):
They get it right there. You got a little TV
in your chamber and you could see all around you,
so it's not so claustrophobic. But boy, if you ever
had any doubts for what it does for your horse,
just try yourself and you'll realize, wow.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
Well that's amazing. That's a good recommend right there. And Mike,
you've how you doing yourself? You know, it's a it's
a somber time.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Fighting an uphill battle. I'm dealing with a tepetitis see issue,
which creates a liver liver issue, and it's been quite
the battle. But we're getting there. We're going to win
the war. But every day right now it's been kind
of a up and down kind of situation. But we're
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getting there.
Speaker 4 (31:48):
That sounds good. You sound good. You sound good. And yeah,
I know.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
Guys here have been so supportive, you know, doctor Mark
and the whole team, and just got good friends to
help me through it. Tom Lambrose my my doctor driver.
He takes me to the doctor every day or if
I have to go to the doctor or whatever. So
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I've been blessed just with some really good friends, and
we're gonna win the We're gonna win the war. But
it's it's a battle right now. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (32:23):
That's yeah, some serious condition there. Hepatitis C, which you're
getting the best treatment, so best of luck to you.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Yeah, there's a cure for but I'm at the later stages.
So but we're we're we're getting there.
Speaker 4 (32:38):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Well.
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Yeah, Doctor Marttinamenico passing in earlier this month at the
age of eighty seven. Born in San Francisco, but of
course spent most of his adult life, even his teenage
years up in in the Seattle area, and his legacy
is is fantastastic. More than fantastic. I don't even mean
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to be trite there, because one once in a lifetime
individual for so many different areas of business, health, and
horse racing. So Mike, uh, really appreciate you coming on
and saying a few words. I know people know.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
Yeah, I mean, he just I wish people could really
see that the real side of doctor mar I mean,
there's so many sides of him, and he ended up
being married to a wonderful woman, Linda, and he just
he is just a really, really wonderful person. I can't
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say enough for the type of person he turned out
to be. From the type of person. I didn't think
anything bad about him, but I didn't think how wonderful
he truly was. He just was just a great person.
I loved to help. His number one party was helping people,
and number two is the horses. So and I mean
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he meant he did an awful lot for for helping, uh,
mental awareness and health. And you know, he was an
amazing man.
Speaker 4 (34:19):
That pretty much says it all, you know, helping saving
people and and and helping horses.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (34:27):
Doctor Mark Di Domenico, Mike Powetch joining us, Mike, Happy
holidays to you, Merry Christmas and.
Speaker 1 (34:34):
You too, guys.
Speaker 4 (34:35):
Yeah, thank you so much for joining us, and we'll
carry on and best of luck to you too. Thank
you all right, Thanks.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Up, Ahi, guys, You take care.
Speaker 4 (34:48):
Yeah, Merry Christmas, have.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
A good have a good holiday season.
Speaker 4 (34:52):
Thanks Mike.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
It doesn't matter if you love craps, blackjack machines, or
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What you do is all at Muckleshoe, an easy drive
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Speaker 4 (35:21):
Mucosuit Horse Racing Northwest continues. Thanks so much to Mike
Koich for joining us and speaking to doctor Markhi de Domenico.
We passed again earlier this month and supported Washington Racing
and of course National Racing and one steaksiever. We want
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a steak here in our first season, and of course
Prime Engine was a tremendous horse and won the derby
with another horses as well. I can't think of that
horse's name right now. You won our derby with another
horse in those pink silks owned with Glenn Todd. Yeah,
that would have been opportunistic.
Speaker 1 (36:05):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Yeah, Mike won at two years in a row with medical.
Speaker 5 (36:09):
You know, I got to add two. Mike and doctor
Mark were very gracious the Emerald Racing Clubs selling us
a nice Philly named Distinguishable, you know that for a
price of ten thousand. She was eventually claimed away for
twenty five thousand and became a brood mare and uh,
you know they could have gotten more money on the
open market for but that just shows, you know, uh,
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the benevolent side of Mark there, you know, understanding we're
trying to generate interest in owners and whatever. And it
was just and he had the club up there.
Speaker 4 (36:38):
Club was up there a couple of.
Speaker 5 (36:39):
Times, three times, and we had Michael tell you we
had amazing turnouts and people left with their jaws agate.
You know, it was just and the hospitality and Mark
came out to say hi, and it was just it
was it was a good feeling, a great vibe that
he put out there. So a big, big loss.
Speaker 4 (36:59):
Oh, undoubtedly thanks to Mike once again. And you know
we weren't able to get Tony Kaylo on today. We
will definitely get him on in a future Horse Racing
Northwest podcast. He is the track announcer at Turfway Park
and he's he's got a great story in racing himself
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as well as being the race caller at that meat
that is averaging about eleven horses per race since December fourth,
Wednesday through Sunday or Wednesday through Saturday meeting first race
two fifty five our time. They are going to race
on January first at one pm. That'll be a special time,
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a one pm start on Wednesday, January first for Turfway Park.
Keep that in mind. And next Saturday, the twenty eight
at Turfway, they're going to have mandatory payouts. And their
jackpot picks six is rising. That's a twenty cent wager
and they're pick five is averaging forty seven thousand dollars.
(38:05):
You heard me right, The fifty cent pick five late
pickfive at Turfway Park through eleven days is averaging forty
seven thousand dollars the average payoff they and they got
little takeouts fifteen percent takeout, Okay, thin, they've picked.
Speaker 5 (38:19):
Four fourteen percent.
Speaker 4 (38:20):
Yeah, we'll get Tony on in the future. Okay, Time
for some sport shorts. And the NFL playoffs aren't too
far away. In fact, I heard yesterday that seven of
the fourteen spots in the playoffs are already decided with
three weeks to go in the season. That's amazing. So
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with the playoffs, which quarterback has the greatest percentage winning
percentage in NFL playoff history? And I'm going over ten
starts minimum in playoff games? You got to guess on
that Vince. Of course. The first guy to come to mind,
Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes.
Speaker 5 (39:01):
Well, sure, yes, I would say Mahomes or Brady.
Speaker 4 (39:04):
That Mahomes is right up there at eighty three percent.
But bart Starr won nine of ten starts in the layoffs.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
Yeah, you don't think of that because they didn't play
that many playoff games back then, and they sure were dominant.
Speaker 4 (39:18):
I you know, I'm trying to I should know who
beat them? They Oh, they lost the NFL championship game
to the Eagles in nineteen sixty Chuck Bednarik and Norman
van Brockland. The Eagles beat him in the title game
in nineteen sixty, so that was bart Starr's only loss.
Nine and one ninety percent. Jim Plunkett eight and two
in the playoffs. Of course, Mahomes a little better than
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that at eighty three percent. Mahomes is fifteen and three
in the playoffs, which is outstanding. And behind him are
Terry Bradshaw at seventy four percent, Troy Aikman seventy three
percent right in there as well. Those are the top
five in the NFL playoffs win sandage for ten starts
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or more. You got a sport short.
Speaker 5 (40:04):
Yeah, I told you about this one recently. And you know,
sometimes you compare eras and you can get in big trouble.
But just to illustrate the change in baseball, a guy
from Portland, Oregon named Mickey Lolich Jill you'll remember him well,
kind of a portly left hander. In nineteen seventy one,
he started forty five games, completed twenty nine of them,
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three hundred and seventy six innings, pitched over three hundred
strikeouts two point nine two ERA, won twenty five games,
twenty nine complete games. I mentioned, now, that's almost the
league total for a whole year. He pitched so much
that he actually had one hundred and fifteen official at
bats as a hitter. Of course, that was before the
two years before the designated hitter. A forgotten guy, but
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a great pitcher named Mickey Lolich. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (40:50):
Game seven of the nineteen sixty eight World Series, Mickey
Lolitch against Bob Gibson. Bob Gibson was two to zero
in that World Series. In Game one, he set a
new World Series strikeout record against the Tigers for the Cardinals,
and then in sixty seven, when they beat the Red Sox, Gibson,
(41:11):
I believe, was three and oh and in sixty four
when the Cardinals beat the Yankees in seven, he won
his last two starts. He won seven straight World Series
starts Bob Gibson, and of course the Cardinals were favored
in Game seven. They were at home and Gibson was pitching.
But Lolich was also two and zero in that World Series,
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and uh he was a gamer. It was a tight game,
but there was a kind of a misplaced fly ball
and center for the Cardinals, the great Kurt Flood was
out there. It was a close game, but Mickey Lolich
beat Bob Gibson that day in Game seven.
Speaker 5 (41:47):
Yeah, and Mickey Lolich maybe a little overshadowed because Danny
McClain won thirty one games in nineteen years.
Speaker 4 (41:53):
Yeah, so, but.
Speaker 5 (41:55):
Mickey Lolich had a key one I think two hundred
and twenty seven games in his career, so I.
Speaker 4 (41:59):
Think he won twenty four that year, if I'm not miss.
Speaker 5 (42:01):
Twenty four and fifteen, twenty five and fourteen.
Speaker 4 (42:03):
Twenty five and fourteen. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (42:06):
Just you know, it's really amazing how how that has
changed over the years. How you know, you had a
four man rotation and those guys are all up around
thirty five forty starts, you know, and and regularly pitched
in the seventh and eighth innings. So I'm I'm not
saying they were better back there or anything, because I
certainly I think the velocity is a lot higher overall nowadays,
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But there is something to be said, I think for
yesteryear when a guy would take the ball and pitch
and there was no pitch counts or all those things. So,
and he was from Portland Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon.
Speaker 4 (42:43):
Moregan Mickey Lolitch all right. I had one other, just
brief thing kind of there's a horse name claimed. I
think he's a three year old. Claimed is his name.
He's run three times and he hasn't been claimed yet,
which is, you know, a little unexpected. I think they've
all were all claiming right as I looked that up.
I saw his name a few weeks now.
Speaker 5 (43:02):
If you name that, are you trying to get people
not to claim him or reverse psychology?
Speaker 4 (43:06):
Claimed? As I think it's Florida. He's in Okay Sports
Shorts selections and Tony Kaylo was not able to join us.
We did have some technical difficulties, but we will get
him on again. And you know he gave us he
was going to give us a pick five at Turfoy
(43:28):
Park today. But we'll move on from there. Okay, time
for trivia and that's it. The last question was who
was the most recent Gottstein Futurity winner to win a
next start in that same season. So you win the Gottstein,
then you run again in that calendar year and you
(43:50):
win that next start, well, you gotta go all the
way back, and Russ Knakagawa did to nineteen eighty seven
Saratoga Passage, Vince and so many of the Gottstein winners
here at Emerald or you know, Washing Bread Washington horses,
and they don't run again the rest of these, that's right.
So there's tons of those. I think there was like
(44:12):
nineteen of those in that in that sequence. But Sarahtoga
Passage won the Gottstein and then he won.
Speaker 5 (44:17):
The Norfolk stay with Joe Steiner up that I think
he paid twenty seven bucks the.
Speaker 4 (44:22):
Grade one Norfolk at Santa Nita, Saratoga Passages next start after.
Speaker 5 (44:26):
Winter and later Grade one winner on turf for Bobby Frankel.
So what a talent won that?
Speaker 4 (44:33):
Eddie Reid. Yeah, okay, and he's still Washington's all time
number one earning horse Saratoga passage. Okay, So that was
last question and Russ Knakagawa got it. Nice work. Russ
did his research. This is not the greatest question I've
(44:54):
come up with, but we're going to be crowning a
Washington Horse of the Year before too long. The couple
of the top contenders are Lonesome Boy, John Parker's Lonesome Boy,
who just won at Parks last week, and he's going
to He's scheduled to run on the thirty first as
well in the Chris Kringle at Parks. That would be
(45:15):
on January thirty first, the last day of the year.
Mile out of sixteenth three year olds three year olds
in upsteak. But Lonesome Boy is way out in front
in earnings for Washington breads. And then you've got precise timing,
of course, who was three for three all steaks wins
at the Emerald Downs meeting two year old Phillip precise timing.
I would say those are the top two contenders for
(45:37):
Washington Horse of the Year. Lonesome Boy with one more chance,
he's got three wins as well, and of course he
was fourth in the Wood Memorial back in the spring.
So that leads to the trivia question of what age
is the most common in the Emerald Downs area era
for Washington horse of the year old's, three year olds,
(46:00):
four year olds, five year old, six year olds, whatever.
What is the most common age of a Washington horse
of the year in twenty eight seasons at Emerald Downs
nineteen ninety six through twenty twenty three. So just a
little research maybe needed on that. Send your answers to
Trivia at Emeraldowns dot com. Thanks so much to Mike
(46:21):
Pooage for joining us, and again Emerald Downs open seven
days a week. Opening day at sant Anita coming up Thursday,
December twenty sixth. And you mentioned that first racetime of
eleven am for Santa Anita Joe WITHI and Vince BRUNSI
lebar our producer editor, and we want to wish everybody
(46:44):
Merry Christmas and happy Holidays from Horse Racing Northwest
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