NWSS SLEWDLEDO STAKES
34th RUNNING, JULY 1, 2012
FIVE FURLONGS IN :57.91 :22.21 :45.59
JOCKEY ROCCO BOWEN, MASTER’S BLUFF, WINNER: “This horse was real sharp, and I knew he wanted the lead. My agent (David Singer) told me to be patient. I started licking my lips when I saw the other horses going at it up front. I was sitting in the garden spot. He had plenty left. It was just a matter of getting him to go straight. He’s still learning. He’ll be a monster horse when the races start to get longer. I’ve won a lot of stakes races, but it’s always nice to get your first stakes win at a new track.”
NOTES: Master’s Bluff (2-1-0-1-$15,668)…Owners: Debra Larson, Phoenix, AZ; Shadley Reichert, Seattle, Wash…Master’s Bluff received a $1,000 bonus as a WTBOA Sales graduate…This is the first Emerald Downs stakes win for jockey Rocco Bowen, a 23-year-old native of Barbados in his first season at EmD…Trainer Dave Bennett has three Emerald Downs stakes wins…Bennett also win this race with L.A. La in 1995at Yakima Meadows.
NWSS SON OF BRIARTIC STAKES
34th RUNNING, JULY 1, 2012
FIVE FURLONGS IN :58.64 :22.29 :46.04
JOCKEY DEBBIE HOONAN, VALID VIXEN QUEEN, WINNER: “From the outside post, I wanted to get in position and make sure I didn’t get hung wide. Normally, I’d try to teach her a little bit, but you can’t do that in a stakes race. I asked her for a little more in the lane and she gave it to me. I could hear the (No.1) horse coming, but I wasn’t looking back.”
NOTES: Valid Vixen Queen (2-1-0-1-$15,073)…Owner: Vixen Queen Sandy Corp. (Joseph Nassif, Shoreline, Wash.)…. Jockey Debbie Hoonan has 13 career stakes wins at Emerald Downs…This is the first EmD stakes win for trainer Neil Knapp.
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