Emerald Downs - Saturday, April 20, 2013 Race 9 - 6:09 PM

$2 Daily Double / $1 Exacta /$1 Trifecta $1 Superfecta ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING $25,000

Purse $18,900. (Includes $3,780 – MITEC - Muckleshoot Tribal Contribution). For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Never Won A Race Other Than Maiden, Claiming, Or Starter Or Which Have Never Won Two Races Or Claiming Price $25,000. Three Year Olds, 118 Lbs.; Older, 124 Lbs. Non-winners Of A Race In 2013 Allowed 3 Lbs. Claiming Price $25,000. Six Furlongs.


1 City Twister (WA) 4/C BL $0 D G Lopez 121 D L Markle
2 Theresmyeverything (NY) 5/H BL $25,000 J Matias 121 M Puhich
3 Our Eagle Boy (WA) 5/G BL $25,000 J M Gutierrez 121 C Stenslie
4 Wasserman (WA) 11/G BL $25,000 J Whitaker 121 H Belvoir
5 Stryker Phd (WA) 4/G BL $0 D Hoonan 121 M Lloyd
6 Polish Dollar (WA) 7/G BL $25,000 I D Enriquez 121 R A Meeking

Fighting City Hall, a 10 YO gelding, popped at 45-1 April 21st, 5th race at Emerald Downs in a $3,500 claimer.

It was his first start since Oct. of last year for new trainer Neil Knapp.

Fighting City Hall broke his maiden in his first start at SA Jan. 15th, 2006 for trainer Warren Stute and was claimed by Jeff Mullins. He has been in the barn of Doug O'Neill, Mark Glatt, Steve Sherman and for the last four years Patrick Gleason. He has run every year at almost every track in California, Arizona and now Washington.

His claim to fame was a 2nd place finish in the restricted Snow Chief Stakes in his 3YO season.

9-year-old Rahystrada with Rosie aboard finished a close second in the 9th at Churchill yesterday, in very respectable company.
http://www1.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorse...30502&raceNo=9

The race was shown live :eek: on NBCSN's Derby Access show.

Awesome about Fighting City Hall and Rahystrada!

Tomorrow at HP - quite a few older gentlemen running including Tres Borrachos (wish he had a (MUCH) better jockey but I guess if Blanc won one yesterday there's always hope), Italian Rules, Stoneside, Total Bull and Quindici Man.

It's like all star day. :D Can't wait!

Porfido was 2nd yesterday in the Hasta la Vista (baby) at Turf Paradise...

http://www.equibase.com/static/chart...050713USA9.pdf

9-year-old Unreachable Star reached out for his 17th trip to the winner's circle in the William Henry Harrison Stakes on Wednesday at Indiana Downs.
http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20130605&RN=3

and 11-year-old Missing Sefa won in the 1st race at Churchill.
http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20130606&RN=1
She is 24-16-13 in 91 starts, and was one happy gal, as was her owner/trainer, heading for the winner's circle yesterday.
:)

Calidoscopio!
:tro:

http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-cali...k-win-brooklyn

Tonight's 9th at Canterbury features the 11 year old 'Yes He's a Pistol'. He will be going for his 20th win in 94 career races. The son of Yes It's True sold for $60K at the 2003 August OBS sale. He's banked over $357K in his career.

Safe travels!!

11-year-old Missing Sefa won at Ellis Park Saturday.
http://www1.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorse...30706&raceNo=2

That's 3 wins in a row, on the heels of a place and a show in all 5 starts for 2013.

Rahystrada!

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51183
:)

Good luck to Wasserman and Assessment who are both running today (r6 and 8, respectively) at Emerald. :)

And again at Indiana Downs!
http://www1.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorse...30727&raceNo=2

Very nice!

* * *

Wasserman won tonight. :)

http://www.equibase.com/static/chart...080913USA6.pdf

The old man gets some press. :cool:

http://www.auburn-reporter.com/sports/219117581.html

Porfido ran 7 of 12 Saturday at Canterbury. He's an 11 yo with 739,483 in earnings.
starts.....67
first ......14
second.... 8
third .....13

He won yesterday!
http://www1.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorse...31023&raceNo=8

:D

The 11 yr old Porfido is entered in the 8th at Turf Paradise this afternoon. He sports a 58-9-9-10 record and has banked over $500,000. Was actually claimed earlier this year as an 11 yr old. Safe travels!!

Ed and I have talked about him on the NZ thread in intl and, of course, he's on the retirements thread but I wanted to mention him here as well. :)

Talk about a war horse.

Mufhasa's retirement day has arrived

Mufhasa was a constant competitor in Group One races. Of his 62 starts, 42 were at Group One level :tro: and of his last 24 starts, only three were in less events and even then they were Group Three contests.

http://www.theinformant.co.nz/racing...ay-has-arrived

Now-12-year-old Missing Sefa logged win number 27 at Turfway.

http://www1.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorse...40302&raceNo=7