Nominations for Pepsi Cola Handicap and Irish Day Handicap | Emerald Downs
Published 5:08 pm Sunday, June 19, 2011
Sophomores stretch out around two turns when Emerald Downs presents a stakes double-header for 3-year-olds Sunday, June 26. Colts and geldings race one mile in the Pepsi Cola Handicap and fillies take their turn in the Irish Day Handicap.
Showme Yourfriends and Winter Warlock, first and second in the May 30 Auburn Handicap at 6-½ furlongs, are among 11 colts and geldings nominated to the Pepsi Cola. Class Included, three-length winner of the May 29 Seattle Handicap at 6-½ furlongs, headlines seven fillies nominated to the Irish Day Handicap.
Registering the second biggest stakes upset in the track’s 16-season history, Showme Yourfriends came from slightly off the pace for a half-length victory over Winter Warlock in 1:15.05. Only No Giveaway at $122 in the 2005 Longacres Mile exceeds the $102.40 payoff on a $2 win ticket.
Doris Harwood could win the Pepsi Cola for the fourth straight year overall and the third straight year with a “Beach.” It would take a form reversal, but Avalon Beach, could follow in the hoof prints of Noosa Beach (2009) and Koala Beach (2010). Harwood also nominated Gdanz Xpress, a Liberty Gold gelding stakes-placed twice as a juvenile in 2010.
In the Irish Day, trainer Jim Penney and owners Michael and Amy Feuerborn could win the race for the second straight year. Sis’s Sis scored by a half-length last year en route to honors as Top 3-Year-Old Filly. Class Included carries their colors this year and is the horse to beat after her dominant victory in the Seattle.
Seventyprcentcocoa is the lone Washington-bred nominated to the Irish Day and comes off consecutive head defeats on the turf at Golden Gate Fields.
Nominations for the 16th Pepsi Cola Handicap-Sunday, June 26
Nominee Owner Trainer
Avalon Beach (3-WA) Stogie Stable & Jeff Harwood — Doris Harwood
Big Bad Brown (3-WA) R & R Warren LLC — Jim Penney
Come Away Home (3-WA) Rick Beal — Larry Ross
Gdanz Xpress (3-WA) Vital Signs Stable — Doris Harwood
Landed On the Moon (3-KY)J. Stoddard & G. Lamay — John A. Holmes
Madoff With It All (3-WA)One Horse Will Do & Brewer Tbreds — Chris Stenslie
Rainier Ice (3-KY) Northwest Farms & C & M Racing — Tom Wenzel
Seattle Sniper (3-KY) Northwest Farms & C & M Racing — Tom Wenzel
Showme Yourfriends (3-WA)One Horse Will Do & T & S Saxwold — Chris Stenslie
Winter Warlock (3-WA) Warlock Stbls/Horseplayers/Broussard — Tim McCanna
Zayda (3-KY) Nelson Family Racing — Blaine Wright
Nominations for the 16th Irish Day Handicap-Sunday, June 26
Nominee Owner Trainer
Class Included (3-KY) Michael & Amy Feuerborn — Jim Penney
Debbie’s Striker (3-KY) Crystal Ridge Farm — Vann Belvoir
Elusive Noise (3-KY) D. Paxton & Northwest — Farms Tom Wenzel
For You My Heart (3-KY) Coal Creek Farm — Vann Belvoir
Seventyprcentcocoa (3-WA)John & Janene Maryansk –i Blaine Wright
Versailles Song (3-KY) SF Racing LLC — John A. Holmes
Wings of Pegasus (3-KY) Oak Crest Farms LLC — Vann Belvoir
