Mt. Rainier Hcp-press kit

7/31/2010

$50,000 MT. RAINIER HANDICAP
SUNDAY, AUG. 1, 2010
15th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP, 1 & 1/8 MILES

Track Record: 1:45 2/5, Flying Notes (3), Sept. 2, 2002
Stakes Record: 1:46 3/5, Poker Brad (5), 2004
Most Wins—Owner: 2-tie, Quadrun Farms (Poker Brad, 2003-04);
Grasshopper Stable (Flamethrowintexan, 2005-06)
Most Wins—Trainer: 2-tie, Dave Forster (You've Got Action, 1998; Makors Mark, 2001); Tim
McCanna (Poker Brad, 2003-04); Jim Penney (Flamethrowintexan, 2005-06)
Most Wins—Jockey: 3, Ricky Frazier (Moonlight Meeting, 2002; Poker Brad, 2004; Flamethrowintexan, 2006)

Purse: $50,000
1st—$27,500
2nd—$10,000
3rd—$7500
4th—$3750
5th—$1250

Owners Hometowns
1—Senor Rojo (8).....Tres Hombres.....David & Jeanette Athey, Burnaby, B.C.; Keith & Carol Sigvardsen, Vancouver, B.C.; Michael & Maureen Gauld, North Vancouver, B.C.
2—Gallon (6).....Michael & Amy Feuerborn, Maple Valley, Wash.
3—Wasserman (15).....Howard Belvoir, Kent, Wash.
4—Rooster City (12).....Victor George Bahna Jr., Kirkland, Wash.
5—Dixie Meister (10).....Strange Luck Stable—Lessee (Michael Puhich, Redmond, Wash)
6—Noosa Beach (8-5).....Jeff Harwood, Kent, Wash.
7—Assessment (9-5).....Tice Ranch Stables LLC (Lou & Diane Tice, Seattle, Wash.)


3YO & UP @ Emerald Downs
May 16— $50,000 Seattle Handicap/Noosa Beach/1:07/Frazier/Harwood/$11.40 (3)
June 20— $50,000 Budweiser Handicap/Noosa Beach/1:35/Frazier/Harwood/$6.60 (1)
July 11 — $50,000 Governor's Handicap/Assessment/1:14 2/5/Mitchell/H.Belvoir/$15.40 (3)
Aug. 1 — $50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap, 1 1/8M
Aug. 22—$250,000 Longacres Mile (GIII), 1M
Sept. 12—$50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic ® 1M

ETC.— Three of the last four Mt. Rainier winners went on to win the Longacres Mile—Assessment (2009), The Great Face (2007) & Flamethrowintexan (2006). Wasserman, second in 2008, also prevailed in The Mile…Favorites have won the last five Mt. Rainier's—Assesssment (2.50-to-1), Chhaya Dance (1.20, 2008), The Great Face (1.00), Flamethrowintexan (0.90, 2006; 1.20, 2005)…Gratitude Attack, seventh in 2005, is the last favorite not to win the Mt. Rainier…Assessment can join Poker Brad (2003-04) and Flamethowintexan as two-time winners…Ricky Frazier (Noosa Beach) and Gallyn Mitchell (Assessment) are the all-time leaders in Emerald Downs stakes wins with 67 and 65, respectively…Frazier leads with five stakes wins in 2010, and has ridden a record three Mt. Rainier winners… Doris Harwood (Noosa Beach) ranks first all-time among trainers with 44 stakes wins @ EmD. She also leads with four stakes wins in 2010 (all ridden by Frazier) —Seattle Handicap & Budweiser Handicap, Noosa Beach; Pepsi-Cola Handicap, Koala Beach; Knights Choice Stakes, Carrabelle Harbor…Favorites are 4-for-14 in stakes this year at EmD (28.6 percent). Third choice are 6-for-14 including Noosa Beach ($11.40) in the Seattle Handicap and Assessment ($15.40) in the Governor's Handicap…Michael & Amy Feuerborn (Gallon) are the meet's leading owners with 10 wins, but Jeff Harwood (Noosa Beach) leads in stakes wins with three…Wasserman ranks No. 1 in EmD earnings with $504,312 and is competing in his forth Mt. Rainier handicap—6th in 2006; 2nd in 2008; 4th in 2009…Three of the top four finishers are back from last year's Mt. Rainier—1st-Assessment; 3rd-Gallon; 4th-Wasserman…Since becoming a race for older handicap horses in 1997 (it was for 3-year-old fillies in 1996), 4-year-olds have fared well in the Mt. Rainier, winning 6-of-14 runnings. Noosa Beach, Rooster City and Senor Rojo are 4-year-olds in this year's race…Dave Forster (Senor Rojo), Jim Penney (Gallon) and Tim McCanna (Rooster City) have all won this race twice.
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