Munnings Tale led all the way and scored a 4¾-length victory over Camden High in Friday's sixth race, the Muckleshoot Casino Purse for older fillies and mares, at Emerald Downs. The victory gave Blaine Wright his 1,000th career training win.
“I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me in getting (to 1,000), mainly the owners,” Wright said in the Emerald Downs' winner's circle. “I'm very happy to do it at home.”
Born in Renton and a resident of Enumclaw, Wright operates successful stables in Washington and California, where he recorded career win 999 earlier in the day at Pleasanton. The 48-year-old trainer ranks No. 6 in all-time Emerald Downs wins with 451 and No. 3 in stakes wins with 53. His father, Richard Wright, was also a successful longtime trainer and jockey in the Northwest.
Under a hustling ride from Alexis Valdes, Munnings Tale covered one mile in 1:37.23 and paid $16.40 to his scattered backers in the crowd. A 5-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Munnings out of the Tale of the Cat mare Mambo Tale, Munnings Tale is a homebred campaigned by Dr. Rodney Orr of Silverton, Ore.
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