Slew’s Tiz Whiz Earns Second Washington Horse of the Year Title

Slew's Crew Racing's multiple stakes winner Slew's Tiz Whiz (Slew's Tiznow) was named Washington's top racehorse for the second year in a row at the 2023 Washington Thoroughbred annual awards dinner held Feb. 24 at Emerald Downs. The 6-year-old gelding, bred by the late Karl Krieg, also earned the titles of champion sprinter and handicap horse. He is trained by Tom Wenzel.

Earning her third state title was Petra Lewin (Rainbow Meadows Farm) and trainer Charles Essex's homebred star Blazingbellablu (Grazen). Crowned Washington Horse of Year as a 3-year-old in 2021, the now 6-year-old earned champion older filly or mare titles in 2022 and 2023.

Gold Coast Racing III's Freightline (Coat Guard) was named champion 2-year-old colt or gelding and overall champion juvenile runner. Jeff Cissell's Special Diva (Misremembered) earned the juvenile filly title.

Three-year-old honors were divided between champion gelding Company's Dream (Jersey Town) and 2022 Washington 2-year-old filly champion Miss Dynamic (Dynamic Impact).

The 2020 Washington Horse of the Year Bodenheimer (Atta Boy Roy) earned his second champion turf horse title.

Special Racetrack Achievement Awards were given to rider Jose Zunino, trainer Justin Evans and Emerald Downs race starter Mark Gibson.

Also acknowledged with a Special Recognition Award were Wes Petree and Cy Labar, who have ably served in the Emerald Downs Television Department for over 20 years.

The Mark Kaufman Media Award went to retiring Daily Racing Form correspondent Randy Goulding.

For the third year in a row, Blue Ribbon Farm's Conveyance was named sire of the year, while Ron and Nina Hagen's Moscow Symphony, a first and second generation multiple stakes producer, was named broodmare of the year.

The Hagens (El Dorado Farms) were also named Breeders of the Year for the seventh time and John Parker, who was the state's TOBA Award winner in 2022 and has led the Emerald Downs' owner standings for six years (by wins), was honored as Owner of the Year.

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Fanning “Fine” After Wolverhampton Spill But Murphy To Miss Start Of Flat Season

Joe Fanning appears to be set for a short spell on the sidelines after suffering a fall at Wolverhampton on Monday night that led to three-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy being hit with a nine-day ban which will rule him out of the start of the British Flat season.

Fanning, who won the race aboard Sennockian (Ire) (No Nay Never), was knocked unconscious after he was unseated shortly after the winning line. The 53-year-old regained consciousness prior to leaving the track, but was taken to hospital for precautionary tests before later returning home.

“Joe is fine,” his agent Niall Hannity said on Tuesday. “He had precautionary scans on his head and everything at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton and they came back clear. He got home late last night and I spoke to him this morning and he is fine.”

He added, “I'm not sure how long he'll be out for. He'll have to pass a baseline concussion test and it will be up to Dr Jerry Hill when he'll be able to take that.

“We'll see how he is in the next day or two, but he obviously won't be riding this weekend or next week, I wouldn't have thought.”

A stewards' enquiry was called to consider the placings after several incidents of interference in the home straight.

The stewards ruled that Fanning had not committed any riding offences and that the placings should remain unaltered. However, Murphy was found guilty of careless riding.

A stewards' report read, “Murphy was suspended for nine days as he allowed his mount to drift approximately two horse widths right-handed away from the whip causing interference to Sennockian, before then using the whip again in the left hand whereupon his mount shifted further right-handed causing interference to Sennockian, with Fanning being unseated after the line.”

Murphy will be out of action on March 11 and 12 and from March 18 to 24, meaning he is set to miss the first weekend of the British Flat turf season at Doncaster.

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