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Emerald Downs – April 10th Wrap
O B Harbor blazed to a spectacular victory Sunday at Emerald Downs, racing to a two-length triumph over Kaabraaj in a sparkling 1:00.97 for 5 ½ furlongs.
The winning time was just one-tenth of a second off the world record of 1:00.87 set by Hollywood Harbor on April 22, 2012.
Ridden by Jose Zunino for trainer Chris Stenslie and owner Jody Peetz—the same connections that teamed up with Hollywood Harbor four years ago—O B Harbor paid $11.80, $6 and $4.60.
O B Harbor held a clear lead while setting fractions of :21.60, :43.75 and :55.02, and had energy in reserve to repel Kaabraaj through the stretch. The Oregon-bred improved to 3-1-2 in eight career starts with earnings of $50,691 including $11,550 for Sunday’s win, which stamps the gelding a favorite for next month’s $50,000 Governor’s Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs.
Kaabraaj, ridden by Juan Gutierrez, chased the winner from flag-fall to finish, but settled for second place and paid $4.40 and $3.60.Solemnly Swear, ridden by Joe Steiner, came off a 20-month layoff to finish third and paid $7.
Arrom Bear, the 2-1 betting favorite, finished fourth and Westley, Awesome Indian and Scat Daddybaby rounded out the order of finish.
NOTES: Sunday’s $0.50 Pick 5—capped by a $51 upset by first-time starter Miss Fogcutter—returned a track record $22,700.95 to one winning ticket. . .Meanwhile, there were no winning tickets in the $0.20 Pick 7, and a two-day carryover of $6,418 is up for grabs when racing resumes Saturday. . .Newcomer Erick Lopez made a big splash Sunday with three wins on the 10-race card. The 28-year-old jockey arrived here with 146 career wins including 12 this winter at Turf Paradise. . .Back after a six-year absence, trainer Len Kasmerski and owner Roz Barclay were two-for-two Sunday with wins by Northern Causeway ($5.80) in the opener and Queen’s Rush ($10.20) in the fourth. . .Three-time defending training champion Jeff Metz picked up his first win of the meet with Pecos Breeze ($8.20) in Sunday’s third race. . .Trainer Tony Michael Gattellaro saddled his first Emerald Downs winner as Night Train Lane ($8.80) collared Legion of Boom to capture race five. Gattellaro’s six previous wins all came at Portland Meadows. . .Rocco Bowen rode two winners Sunday and leads the standings with five wins in the first two days. . .Trainer Rosie Simkins is off to a great start with wins Saturday by Kalakala ($11.60) and Sunday by Miss Fogcutter. . .Blaine Wright also had a win both days—Classic Grand ($4.40) on Saturday and Love Cautionary($8.40) Sunday. . .Mister Breeze (10.40) continued his winning ways with a hard earned triumph over 6-5 favorite Where’s My Voucher in race eight. A 5-year-old Washington-bred trained by Alan Bozell, Mister Breeze has three straight wins dating to last year and is 7-18 lifetime. . .Live racing resumes Saturday with first post 2 p.m. Friday racing begins April 22 at 6:30 p.m.
