November, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Dutton Voted 2020’s Horse Of The Meet At Emerald Downs

Dutton, undefeated in three starts including two stakes, was voted the 2020 Emerald Downs Horse of the Meeting.

Trained by Howard Belvoir and ridden by Jennifer Whitaker, Dutton notched victories in the Gottstein Futurity and WTBOA Lads Stakes and finished the campaign three for three with a meet-leading $71,500 for Rising Star Stable VIII.

A Washington-bred by Noosito, Dutton debuted Aug. 27 with an overwhelming 9-length victory in the WTBOA Lads at 6 ½ furlongs, followed by a 14-length triumph against allowance foes at 6 furlongs. In the Gottstein, Dutton was racing head and head with Coastal Kid when the latter ducked out sharply, allowing Dutton to cruise home by 2 ¼ lengths in 1:43.15 for a mile and one-sixteenth.

In addition to Horse of the Meeting, Dutton was honored as the meet's Top Washington-Bred. He is the 16th Washington-bred in 25 seasons to win Horse of the Meeting and joins Name for Norm (1996) as the only 2-year-olds to win the honor.

Alittlelesstalk and Unmachable also received votes for Horse of the Meeting and Top Washington-Bred. In fact, all three finished with two stakes wins and an allowance victory on their resumes.

Alittlelesstalk (4-3-1-0-$63,550) won races short and long, dominating the Emerald Distaff and prevailing in the Washington Cup Filly and Mare Stakes along with an early-season allowance dash. A daughter of 2004 Washington Horse of the Year Demon Warlock trained by Roddina Barrett, Alittlelesstalk was unanimously voted Top Older Filly or Mare. In 2019 she was voted Top 3-Year-Old Filly, and her overall Emerald Downs' record s 7-4-0 in 14 starts for owners Tim Floyd, Kelly Dougan and Barrett.

Unmachable (5-3-1-1-$65,225) also was versatile, winning the Seattle Slew Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs and Muckleshoot Tribal Classic vs. older horses at a mile and one-sixteenth. Trained by Jack McCartney for owner Tawnja Elison, the son of Macho Uno was voted Top 3-Year-Old Male.

Trainer Frank Lucarelli and owners Chad Christensen & Josh McKee enjoyed a smashing season with Elliott Bay, voted Top Older Horse and Top Sprinter, and Time for Gold, voted Top 2-Year-Old Filly for dominating victories in the Angie C Stakes and Barbara Shinpoch Stakes.

Daffodil Sweet, trained by Chris Stenslie and owned by Jody Peetz and Steve Shimizu, scored three victories including a score in the Coca-Cola Stakes and was voted Top 3-Year-Old Filly.

Omache Kid, the only horse to win four races, was voted Top Claimer.

Alex Cruz captured the riding title with 72 wins, 20 more than runner-up Juan Gutierrez, capping his inaugural Emerald Downs' season with five wins on closing night. Cruz also rode at least one winner the final 25 days of the season (Aug. 6 to Oct. 29).

Lucarelli won his second straight training title and seventh overall while Christensen, his main client, repeated as the track's leading owner. Lucarelli saddled 42 winners in 38 days while Christensen, who raced horses in partnership with McKee, topped the owners' standings with 24 wins.

Gutierrez was voted Top Riding Achievement for overtaking Gallyn Mitchell as Emerald Downs' all-time leading jockey. Historic victory No. 1,420 came aboard 5-year-old mare Stay in Grace on Oct. 14.

The Longacres Mile, in which the Blaine Wright-trained Anothertwistafate returned from a 16-month layoff to dominate by 4 ¼-lengths, was voted Race of the Meeting.

Nick Lowe was the leading Quarter Horse trainer for a second consecutive season and swept all three stakes Aug. 20.

Trainers Jorge Rosales and Sharon Ross received the Martin Durkan Award for leadership, cooperation and sportsmanship, while Cerapio Figueroa was voted the Lindy Award by his fellow riders for accomplishment and sportsmanship throughout the meeting.

Other awards included Stephanie Fiorito being named 2020 Exercise Rider of the Year and Taylor Brady being chosen as Jockeys Valet of the Year.

Harbor the Gold was the leading stallion for the seventh straight year and ninth in the last 10, and surpassed Slewdledo as Emerald Downs' all-time leading sire.

Emerald Downs 2020 Season Honors
Horse of the Meeting: Dutton (WA)
Top Washington-bred: Dutton
Top Older Horse: Elliott Bay (WA)
Top Sprinter: Elliott Bay (WA)
Top Older Filly or Mare: Alittlelesstalk (WA)
Top 3-Year-Old Male: Unmachable (WA)
Top 3-Year-Old Filly: Daffodil Sweet (CA)
Top 2-Year-Old Male: Dutton (WA)
Top 2-Year-Old Filly: Time for Gold (WA)
Top Claimer: Omache Kid (WA)
Race of the Meeting: Longacres Mile
Leading Jockey Wins: Alex Cruz (72)
Leading Jockey Stakes Wins: Juan Gutierrez (4), Eddie Martinez (4)
Leading Trainer: Frank Lucarelli (42)
Leading Trainer Stakes Wins: Frank Lucarelli (5)
Leading Owner: Chad & Josh (24)
Leading Horse Wins: Omache Kid (4)
Leading Horse Stakes Wins: Alittlelesstalk (2), Dutton (2), Time for Gold (2), Unmachable (2)
Leading QH Trainer Wins: Nick Lowe (3)
Top Riding Achievement: Juan Gutierrez becomes No. 1 all-time
Top Training Achievement: Frank Lucarelli wins second straight title and seventh overall, also leading stakes trainer
Leading Apprentice: Joree Scriver (4)
Durkan Award: Sharon Ross, Jose Rosales
Lindy Award: Cerapio Figueroa
Jockeys Valet of the Year: Taylor Brady
Exercise Rider of the Year: Stephanie Fiorito
Leading Sire Wins: Harbor the Gold (38)

Emerald Downs Horse of the Meeting
2020-Dutton (WA)
2019-Anyportinastorm (FL)
2018-Sippin Fire (WA)
2017-Mach One Rules (WA)
2016-O B Harbor (ORE)
2015-Stryker Phd (WA)
2014-Stryker Phd (WA)
2013-Herbie D (BC)
2012-Class Included (KY)
2011-Noosa Beach (WA)
2010-Noosa Beach (WA)
2009-Assessment (KY)
2008-Wasserman (WA)
2007-The Great Face (WA)
2006-Flamethrowintexan (FL)
2005-No Giveaway (WA)
2004-Demon Warlock (WA)
2003-Youcan'ttakeme (WA)
2002-Flying Notes (KY)
2001-Makors Mark (WA)
2000-Edneator (WA)
1999-No Curfew (WA)
1998-Wild Wonder (KY)
1997-Kid Katabatic (BC)
1996-Name for Norm (WA)

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‘Breeze Really Woke Her Up’: Juvenile Fillies Contender Vequist Full Of Herself Monday

Exercise rider Teresa Hagemeier had to work to keep Vequist on the ground Monday morning as the Grade 1-winning filly was more than happy to go back to the track two days after completing her last serious breeze in advance of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

With trainer Butch Reid overseeing his string at Parx, his wife and assistant Ginny got an eyeful as Vequist was full of herself while galloping about 1 5/8 miles over the Keeneland main track.

“She was ready to do this today,” Ginny Reid said. “The breeze really woke her up. Every time you do something strong with her, she gets that much better. I'm really pleased with the way she went and how nice and relaxed she is after the gallop. She's doing very well.”

Owned by Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Swilcan Stable, Vequist most recently finished second to fellow Juvenile Fillies contender Dayoutoftheoffice in the Frizette Oct. 10. Prior to that outing, the dark bay filly broke her maiden and became the first Grade 1 winner for her sire Nyquist when she blitzed the field by 9 ½ lengths in the seven-furlong Spinaway on Sept. 6.

The decision to go in the Spinaway off a runner-up outing in her career debut at Parx on July 29 was spurred in part by new additions to her ownership, but also by Reid's faith that the filly would get better as the distances got longer.

“Early on, there was a deal made where Gary Barber and Adam Wachtel bought into her and it was kind of their push to go ahead and get her in a Grade 1,” said Butch Reid, who won the 2011 Breeders' Cup Marathon with Afleet Again. “And we knew the further distances were what she was looking for. We ran her 4 ½ furlongs first time out and she wanted no part of that. At seven-eighths, she's just starting to get warmed up. I think it was more the distance than a lot of other things.”

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Multiple Graded Winner Yorkton Retired To Crestwood Farm

Yorkton, a multiple graded stakes winner by top-class sire Speightstown, will enter stud at Pope McLean's Crestwood Farm in 2021. He will stand his first year at stud for $5,000 LF, and breeders will be offered a $1-million breeders' incentive program.

Bred and raced by Chiefswood Stables, Limited, Robert Krembil said, “Yorkton comes from an elite family of Grade 1 winners, champions and sires. Yorkton showed superior athleticism and brilliant speed during his racing career, winning at distances from [six furlongs] to a mile. Chiefswood Stables is committing a significant number of our well-bred broodmares to Yorkton and look forward to giving him every chance to succeed.”

“We are very excited to add Yorkton to our stallion roster” said Marc McLean. “In addition to being an impressive racehorse from a top female family, Yorkton is an outstanding and correct physical with great muscling and size. We are also excited to offer a quality son of Speightstown, who continues to prove himself as a respected sire of sires. Chiefswood Stables is a top quality organization and they are deeply committed to maximizing Yorkton's opportunities to succeed in the breeding shed and on the racetrack.”

Yorkton's trainer, Stuart Simon remarked, “Yorkton was a classy and versatile horse to train. He possessed brilliant speed which carried him to graded stakes wins and placings on three different surfaces.”

Yorkton displayed precocity, front running speed, durability and class. He broke his maiden at two, and won stakes races at three, four, and five. Yorkton's career included stakes victories from 6 1/2 furlongs and up to a mile, with a career top Beyer Speed Figure of 103. Yorkton won or placed in 10 stakes races, with earnings of $546,332.

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Hey Gaman to Haras du Taillis

Group 3 winner Hey Gaman (GB) (New Approach {Ire}-Arsaadi {Ire}, by Dubawi {Ire}) will stand at Haras du Taillis for €2,250, Jour de Galop reported on Monday. The deal was brokered by Richard Venn. The Rabbah Bloodstock homebred placed second in the G1 French 2000 Guineas for trainer James Tate and won the G3 Prix du Palais-Royal as a 4-year-old. The dark bay retires with a mark of 20-5-5-2 and $490,181 in earnings, having placed in an additional five group races.

“He’s a beautiful horse, 1.67m high,” said Venn to Jour de Galop. “James Tate told me he was a very easy horse and a joy to train. Hey Gaman will stand for €2,250, a very attractive price because we are aware of the difficulties in the industry at the moment.”

Hey Gaman is out of the Turkish group placed Arsaadi, while this is the extended family of MGSW & MG1SP The Tatling (Ire) (Perugino).

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