7/28/2024

(Auburn, WA) It was Premio Esmeralda weekend and big crowds with great racing was the order of a cooler weekend, weatherwise at Emerald Downs. No stakes races on the schedule this weekend but special quarter horse qualifying heats on Sunday.

The Premio Esmeralda celebration focuses on the large hispanic workforce in racing from riders to grooms to trainers and owners. The day featured colorful dance and the famous dancing horses. Check out our pictures and video at the bottom of the story plus our racing photo gallery.

We will cover both Saturday and Sunday races in this re-cap but will begin with weekend news and notes, take a quick look at the betting window and the list of claims.

Weekend News and Notes

Krigger and Evans

The story of the meet is the incredible run jockey Kevin Krigger and trainer Justin Evans were on and are on. The duo had teamed to win 2 races over 5 racing days on Friday night. The duo had a pair of runners on Saturday and Krigger came through on both rides including the feature race by a nose to push that streak 6. Through Saturday they were 23 for 49 with a blistering 46% win rate.

On Sunday the 2 win streak came to an end as the pair got 1 win but finished with a pair of 2nds. It looked like Krigger may keep it alive in the feature race with odds on favorite Coastal Jazz but Executive Chef and Juan Gutierrez came flying late to get up for the win. So the 2 wins in a day streak was snapped after 6 in a row. They still have another streak goling though and that’s at least 1 win a day now at 8 days in a row. These are days they have a starter and began on July 12. They did not have a starter on July 13 but have reeled off this incredible streak to push it to 8.

We compiled all the Krigger/Evans stats and you can see how dominant they have become especially in July.

Multiple Winners

There were several multiple winners from jockeys to trainers and owners. Of course Kevin Krigger and Justin Evans led the way but Krigger also won for other and finished the week with 6 wins and 4 2nds from just 11 starts. Alex Cruz continues to lead the jockey standings and scored 4 wins this week but Krigger did gain 2 on him to pull within 13 down 44-31. 

Luis Reyes also had 4 wins and actually 5 wins but his win on Sunday in the mixed breed 870 yard sprint does not count in the thoroughbred standings. Reyes now has 23 wins on the year. Carlos Montalvo and Isaias Enriquez both tripled while Jose Zunino, Juan Gutierrez and Kiaman McGregor all got a win.

A couple of other notes, Karlo Lopez has hit a tough stretch and although contiues to hit the board regularly has not won since taking the Kent Stakes on Artic Breeze on July 14. He has been blanked out of the winners circle for 6 straight days. No doubt he is about to burst, it makes no sense that Karlo doesn’t come alive here in short order.

Also a heck of an effort from apprentice Manuel Americano who had a season high 9 mounts and even though he didn’t get a win he was 0-2-4-2 or 8 of 9 in the top 4.  Also consider the lowest odds horse he was on was 4-1 in a 5 horse field and his mounts average just short of 16-1. The apprentice has only 2 wins on the season and in his career but he is becoming a must play in superfectas and trifectas at long odds, seems like more wins are coming.

One other name from the past was back this week, Jake Samuels. Samuels rode in the 2nd quarterhorse heat where he finished 5th and took longshot Romanian in the mixed breed but finished last and had 1 thoroughbred mount aboard Withee in the 8th race and placed 6th. Samuels does work a lot of horses during the mornings we shall see if he intends to keep picking up mounts on race days.

Other trainers had solid weeks as well starting with Frank Lucarelli with a triple and a 2nd from 6 starters. Blaine Wright added 2 wins this week and Miguel Hernandez recorded a pair of wins from just 3 starts. Other trainers with wins included Shawna Christian, Vince Gibson, James Gilmour, Michael Morris, Hilario Perez, Sergio Perez, Jose Gutierrez, Carl Seymore, Joe Toye, Scott Tubbs and Tom Wenzel. Justin Evans leads the standings adding 5 wins to his total now at 39 which is 14 better than 2nd place Blaine Wright.

A couple of owners had double wins this week. Rakoczy Racing and Justin Evans had a pair of wins along with Miguel H Racing which is Miguel Hernandez. Rakoczy Racing and Justin Evans extended their wins lead over John Parker to 3 up 10-7 and Miguel Hernandez pulls into a tie for 2nd with Parker with 7 wins.

Let’s get to the races from Saturday and Sunday!

Sunday’s Races

Quarterhorse Trials (Races 1 and 2)

The first 2 races of the day were the juvenile time trials for the $30,000 John Deere Championships set to go on Sunday, August 18. 14 contenders raced 350 yards with the top 10 times advancing to the Championship race. In the 1st race a field of 7 was topped by 1-2 shot Secretarysbestcard with Jose Guerrero aboard. Guerreo breaking from the outside 7 gate drifted outside a little more but found good footing to roll to a 1 length victory and was the clear top qualifier with a final time of 18.14.

Mighty Panama T and Erick Garcia ran 2nd at 3-1, 7-1 CCR Political Wrap with Santiago Jimenez was 3rd and finishing 4th was 8-1 Red Rain with Cordarelton Benn. Secretarysbestcard is owned by JBC Stables and trained by Tiffani McDevitt.

In the 2nd qualifier another 7 horse field and it came down to a photo finish between Mr Royal Cartel with JaimeLopez at 5-1 and odds-on favorite Eyez on Corona with Santiago Jimenez. After looking at the photo, still it could not break the tie and the stewards declared a deadheat in a running time of 18.47 the 3rd and 4th fastest finish.

Mr Royal Cartel races for Ismael Villarreal and trained by Hector Magallanes. Magallanes also trains Eyez on Corona for owner Alberto Renteria. Taking 3rd was 16-1 Dash Panama T and Erick Garcia while Soy Catalina and Jose Guerrero finished 4th.

Heat 1 of the QH Qualifier

Heat 2 of the QH Qualifier

The top 10 qualifiers coming back for the John Deere Juvenile Championship

1 Secretarysbestcard 18.14
2 Mighty Panama 18.35
3 Mr Royal  Cartel 18.47
4 Eyez on Corona 18.47
5 Dash Panama T 18.50
6 CCR Political Wrap 18.65
7 Soy Catalina 18.66
8 The Great One 18.67
9 Red Rain 18.85
10 Dash for Zaylee 18.95

Race 3 Quarterhorse/Thoroughbred

The 3rd race was the 1st mixed breed race run at Emerald Downs for as long as anyone can remember. A field of 6 went 870 yards and had both quarterhorses and thoroughbreds in the race. This race did not count toward the thoroughbred stats of the current meet.

The 2 favorites 6-5 Code Charlie with Luis Reyes and 3-2  Capital Expense with Alex Cruz would end up 3/4’s of a length apart at the wire but would get there totally opposite. Code Charlie went to the lead and set all the fractions while Capital Expense started last and rallied wide down the stretch but just ran out of ground to settle for 2nd. 11-1 High On Cuervo with Allyssa Morales was 3rd and finishing off the superfecta was 15-1 Heart on the Run with Karlo Lopez.

Code Charlie races for Serjio Garcia and trained by Elodio Madrigal. Code Charlie is a Washington bred by Desert Code out of La Midnite Classic by Atticus and was bred by Nancy Sorrick.

Race Replay

9th Race the Premio Esmeralda Feature Race

The Feature race of the day had a field of 6 going 6 1/2 furlongs with all eyes on the 1-2 favorite Coastal Jazz with Kevin Krigger as he tried to keep the streak of 2 wins in a day alive with him and trainer Justin Evans. Evans had another entry in the race Cool Papa G at 5-1 with Alex Cruz and the duo actually battled each other on the front end setting down some blazing fractions of 21.82 and 44.24. 

If someone was going to come running late the table got set for them as they turned for home with a 2 1/2 length lead and Coastal Jazz beginning to edge away from Cool Papa G. There was one runner that was not ready to hand over the race and they began their attack swinging out 4 wide with a wide open stretch to do their damage.

Executive Chef the 4-1 2nd choice and Juan Gutierrez got their momentum flowing on the turn and with ears pinned back came roaring down the lane to pass a fading Cool Papa G and their sights set on Coastal Jazz and would get to the winner just inside the 16th pole and finished 3/4’s of a length in front in a stunning sprint to close out the race. Coastal Kid at 10-1 with Luis Reyes took 4th.

Executive Chef kis owned by John and Janene Maryanski and Gerald and Gail Schneider and trained by Blaine Wright. Executive Chef earned $14,535 to add to his bankroll now at $143,023. Exec Chef is now 6-5-1 from 18 lifetime starts. Executive Chef paid his backers $10.28, $3.06 and $2.26 and coupled with a 16-1 winner in the 8th paid a nice $92.57 on the $1 daily double.

Race Replay

The rest of Sunday’s Card

4th Race

A field of 6 fillies and mares went 1 mile and 70 yards and Parco with Luis Reyes busted out 1st and then rated the front end perfectly with no one really challenging until the stretch when longshot She’s got the Power with Manuel Americano at 19-1 tried to rally on the rail but Reyes had the race measured just right and won by 3/4’s of a length in a final time of 1:43.31. 3-1 Red Panty Raid with Kevin Orozco took 3rd and 4-1 Merino Wool with Alex Cruz was 4th.

Parco runs for Miguel H Racing and trained by Miguel Hernandez and paid $4.88, $3.54 and $2.46. She’s Got the Power returned a big $16.18 to place and $4.68 to place. The $1 exacta paid $31.53, the $1 trifecta paid $133.40 and the $1 superfecta returned $805.90.

5th Race
Krigger and Evans got off to a good start on Sunday in their 1st start of the day with Winter Falcon at 3-5 odds. Krigger went to the lead in the 1 mile event and quickly but distance between Winter Falcon and the other 6 with a length lead into the 1st turn. That lead expanded to 3 at the top of the stretch and they won by 3 1/2 lengths in a final time of 1:37.07. Rockingham Ranch are the owners for the Evans trainee and paid $3.56, $2.52 and $2.48.

Atomic Candy sat behind the leader the entire way and Juan Gutierrez tried to rouse Candy but was a clear 2nd best at 5-1. Hadlees Honor at 9-1 with Manuel Americano rqan on for 3rd and Warrens Candy Man with Luis Reyes at 7-1 took 4th. There were 2 pick 5’s on the day and the first one didn’t fool anyone paying just $18.87.

6th Race
6 lined up for the 6 1/2 furlong run and the stalkers and closers had the last word with 5-1 Good Focus coming from the back to run down 3-1 Pedal to the Metal. Pedal to the Metal with Kiaman McGregor got 1st run and took the lead but Carlos Montalvo got into a little traffic jam but was able to angle out and run down Pedal to the Metal in the final strides by a neck. They were 3 clear of 3-1 Ice Tower with Karlo Lopez and 30-1 C Jaxon with Manuel Americano taking 4th.

Good Focus runs for Jose Puentes and trained by James Gilmour. The final time was 1:17.92. Good Focus paid $12.38, $4.92 and $2.96. The $1 superfecta with the 30-1 shot getting in for 4th paid a nice $326.80.

Race Replay

7th Race
Powerized and Isaias Enriquez, the 3-5 odds-on favorite went to the lead but 12-1 Knightline and Karlo Lopez refused to let them have an easy time on the lead going 6 furlongs. The dogged effort from Knightline set up a closer and nearly cost Powerized the win. Juan Gutierrez  on 3-1 Dynamic Secret wound up from the back and came charging on the outside. Knightline gaveway begrudgingly and held 3rd but the race was on for the win and what looked like another deadheat for the win went Powerized’s way with a nose win in a final time of 1:10.20. 10-1 Rundoft with Kevin Orozco completed the superfecta.

Powerized races for Randall and Rossi, Gary Hughes and Lucarelli Racing Corp and trained by Frank Lucarelli. Powerized paid $3.36, $2.50 and $2.22, the pick 4 returned $44.82.

Race Replay

8th Race
Krigger and Evans had 2 chances left to continue their 2 win streak but Jose Zunino and 16-1 bomb Anna’s Iron Man had other ideas. Anna and Jose went to the lead in this 6 1/2 furlong race and never let the other 8 running into the race. Anna’s Iron Man went to the lead and set fractions of 22.19 and 45.17 and turning for home led by 1 1/2 lengths. Krigger on 1-2 Validate was coming from 6th and swung to the middle but could not run down Anna’s Iron Man who maintained that 1 1/2 length win in a final time of 1:17.29.

Tapit at Midnight with Allyssa Morales got up in time for 3rd at 39-1 over 14-1 Tumac Mountain and Leslie Mawing. Anna’s iron Man paid a weekend best $35.14 to win and Tapit At Midnight was our 3rd $13 show pay-off of the season and 2nd of the week at $13.40. More on the pay-offs in the betting window below. Annba’s Iron Man is owned and trained by Michael Morris.

Race Replay

10th Race
Alex Cruz had a rough day and was hoping to finish strong and he did aboard the 1-1 favorite in the 1 mile finale. Cruz took Harbor Lass to the front and controlled the pace going 1:13.52 for the 3/4’s and extended their lead down the stretch to a 3 length win. Harbor Lass races is owned and trained by Sergio Perez.

4-1 Pocket Knife and Jose Zunino were a clear 2nd over 15-1 Gormley Gal and Manuel Americano, Money is Time with Allyssa Morales was 4th at 4-1 and 5-1 Just Pin Me with Luis Reyes capped off the Super High 5 which was hit and paid $232.86. The $1 trifecta paid $58.58 and the $1 superfecta returned $232. The rest of the finakl pays after the 10th race are below in the Betting Window.

Saturday’s Races

8th and Feature Race

A field of 7 ran the mile and 70 yards and the bettors favored Surprisinglyperfect with Kevein Krigger for trainer Justin Evans as the odds-on 4-5 choice. Surprisinglyperfect broke well and settled into 3rd place while El Alto Hombre and Leslie Mawing at 18-1 set the early fractions of 23.51, 46.90 and 1:11.30.

Krigger made sure there were no obstacles and fanned out 5 wide entering the stretch and took the lead overcoming El Alto Hombre but was quickly met by Jin Tong and Carlos Montalvo. Jin Tong at 8-1 roared up inside of Surprisinglyperfect at the 1/8th pole and those two would battle to the wire with Suprisinglyperfect getting the nose down to get the win.

The final time was 1:40.56 which was well short of the fastest 1 mile 70 yards of the year of 1:38.49 which Surprisinglyperfect set on June 16. Coming into this race Surprisinglyperfect had won his 3 races by at least 5 1/4 lengths and had won by a combined 191/2 lengths. His win by a nose on Saturday was only the 6th winner by a nose for the season.

El Alto Hombre ran a solid race and was a clear 3rd with 7-1 You’re the Cause and Javier Matias closing from last to complete the superfecta. Surprisinglyperfect paid $3.94, $3.12 and $2.58, Jin Tong returned $7.84 and $6.18 and El Alto Hombre paid $6.48 to show. The 50-cent trifecta returned $59.73 and the $1 superfecta paid $484.30.

Surprisinglyperfect is owned Rakoczy Racing and Justin Evans and trained by Evans. Surprsinglyperfect became the 1st 4 time winner of the 2024 season. The 10-year-old is showing the youngsters how to get it done winning his 3rd in a row and out of 5 races has 4 wins and a 2nd. Surprisinglyperfect is now 21-13-13 from 83 lifetime starts and added $14,535 to his career bankroll now at $314,757. He has a career 25% win rate and top 3 finish of 57%.

Surprisinglyperfect gets the nose win in the Saturday Feature

The rest of Saturday’s races!

1st Race
A field of 5 went a mile and Emperorofthenorth wqith Isaias Enriquez made each pole a winning one clearing off to set all the fractions and having enough left to win by 3/4’s of a length in a final time of 1:37.27. Emperorofthenorth races for Karen Clark, Jerry Ackerman and Anthony Lombardo and trained by Frank Lucarelli.

7-1 Sport Coat ran on well under Karlo Lopez to be 2nd, Nyquiler and Manuel Amricano at 4-1 3rd and 5-1 Dark Mystery with Luis Reyes was 4th. Emperorofthenorth was odds-on and paid $3.48, $2.60 and $2.20. Sport Coat paid 5-2 to place at $7.00. The opening exacta rerturned $13.57.

2nd Race
The 2nd race for fillies and mares 3 years-old and up went 6 furlongs and 7-1 Distinctive Deb with Kiaman McGregor went to the front of the 6 horse field and timed it perfectly to have plenty in reserve for the stretch and rolled to a near 3 length win. The final time was 1:10.11. The 4 year-old filly is a Washington bred by Nationhood out of Val de Saire by Harbor the Gold and was bred by Pat and Mullan Chinn. Distinctive Deb races for Carl and Debbi Seymour and trained by Carl Seymour. It was McGregor’s 3rd win of the season.

6-1 Infinite Love with Manuel Americano closed from last to take 2nd, 3-1 Big Jolt and Karlo Lopez threatened and then flattened out to finish 3rd with 8-5 favorite Meteor Shower and Alex Cruz placing 4th. The win-place-show pays for Distinctive Deb were $16.48, $10.36 and $4.12. Infinite love paid $8.66 to place. The $1 exacta was $45.34, the 50-cent trifecta paid $70.98 and the $1 superfecta paid $286.60.

Race Replay

3rd Race
3 late scratches dropped the field of 2 year-olds to  6 and the pair of 2-1 shots ran 1st and 2nd. Border Vigil with Kevin Krigger caught frontrunnerThe  Lair and Luis Reyes at the 1/8th pole and pulled away to a length+ win in a final time of 58.64 going 5 furlongs.The duo was 9 lengths clear of 3rd place Krewe d’Etat with Karlo Lopez at 5-1 and 9-1 G Dawg and David Martin was 4th.

Border Vigil had been running at Lonestar and shipped in for owners Jeff Plotkin and Justin Evans and Evans is the trainer. Border Vigil paid $6.40, $3.54 and $2.66. The 1st pick 3 of the day paid $49.97 and the $1 daily double $39.41.

4th Race
The 6 horse starter allowance  was a well matched contest with 4 starters between 2-1 and 4-1. 4-1 Dennard and Luis Reyes made a nice stalking run up the rail as the front speed fanned wide led by Beau Mischief opening the door along the rail. Dennard drew clear for a convincing 2 length win in a final time of 1:16.35 for the  6 1/2 furlongs. Dennard races for MiguelH Racing and is trained by Miguel Hernandez.

Beau Mischief and Karlo Lopez was a clear 2nd at 3-1 with 2-1 Clayton Delaney and Alex Cruz 3rd while capping the superfecta was 11-1 El Chumelito and Manuel Americano. Dennard paid $10.88, $4.44 and $3.36. The opening 50-cent pick 4 returned $276.96, the pick 3 paid a nice $162.50.

5th Race
6 fillies and mares went 1 mile and She’s a Kraken got hammered at the betting windows late dropping to an odds-on 4-5 favorite and the 3 year-old filly did not disappoint her supporters. Alex Cruz  allowed  7-1 Vandulie and Kevin Krigger to go to the lead while she stalked just behind. Turning for home the pair separated from the rest by 5 lengths and they went at it for the final furlong with She’s a kraken edging away to a 1/2 length victory in a final time of 1:40.53. She’s a Kraken is owned by Bill Christian and trained by Shawna Christian.

Parker’s Fifteen and Allyssa Morales at 7-2 was a distant 3rd all by herself 8 lengths in front of 4th place Escapefromparadise and Isaias Enriquez at 7-1. She’s a Kraken is a Washington bred by Nationhood out of Deja Views by Forest Camp and was bred by Mr and Mrs Frederick Pabst.

Race Replay

6th Race
A big field of 9 maidens went 6 furlongs and Kevin Krigger proved he can win for someone other than Justin Evans and on an outsider and he booted 7-1 Street Mogul to the win by more than 2 lengths. Krigger and Street Mogul laid just off the early speed took over at the half mile and expanded his lead to wire in a time of 1:10.31. Street Mogul races for Emil Abrahamson and is trained by Hilario Perez.

R Barracuda and Isaias Enriquez closed strongly splitting horses to get up by a neck for 2nd at 4-1 in a 3 horse photo with 27-1 Klinkerbrick and Allyssa Morales who took 3rd by a nose over favorite Elder Mack and Carlos Montalvo. Street Mogul paid $16.78, $6.10 and $5.06, R Barracuda $4.92 and $4.62 and Klinkerbrick paid $13.66. The 50-cent trifecta returned a whopping $311.41 or $622.82 for a $1. The $1 superfecta $2,102.10 and the 2nd pick 4 of the day $$262.75.

7th Race
7 starters in the 7th and the public was stumped a bit with the favorite Bluegrass Go Go getting bet down to 6-5 but the front speed based runner could not keep up with Gunnin for Gold and faded early. Gunnin for Gold and Alex Cruz at 6-1 blazed out of the gates and opened up a 3 length lead at the top of the stretch setting plenty of fast times for the closers of 21.69 and 44.45.

Gypsy Gun and Carlo Montalvo dropped to last and as the 9-1 shot worked his way toward the front went 6 wide into the stretch and ran down a tiring Gunnin for Gold inside the 16th pole to win by nearly 2 lengths. Freightliner and Kevin Krigger closed from midpack to take 2nd and Gunnin for Gold held on for 3rd by a head over 9-2 Uncle Pete and Karlo Lopez. Gypsy Gun races for Round Table Stable #1 and trained by Tom Wenzel. The 5 year-old gelding is a Washington bred by Maimonides out of Queen of War by War Front and was bred by Florence Vinton Fleming. Gypsy Gun paid $21.86, $9.42 and $5.30. The $1 superfecta returned $814.70.

Race Replay

9th Race
In Saturday’s finale Luis Reyes got his 2nd win of the day on the longest shot of the weekend with 11-1 Wednesday at Shady with a front running win from 5 1/2 furlongs. No one challwnged Shady who set fractions of 21.75 and slowed it down to a key 45.10 half which allowed Shady and Reyes to fend off 2-1 Fed Grant and Juan Gutierrez by 3/4’s a length at the wire in a final clocking of 1:04.14. Wednesday at Shady is owned by Alex and Vincent Ortega and trained by Scott Tubbs and paid $24.56, $10.68 and $4.12.

Fed Grant held 2nd with Quail and Manuel Americano 3rd 4th went to Cash’s Cat and Allyssa Morales at 4-1 and Battle of Trafalgar with Karlo Lopez completed the Super High 5 which paid $624.37. Check out the Betting Window below for more pay-offs and handle figures.

Race Replay

The Betting Window

Odds-on favorites were almost a lock bet this weekend. There were a total of 12 odds-on favorites and 9 won at a massive 75% rate. The other 3 all placed 2nd for a 100% exacta finish. Overall, there was a total of 14 favorites winning this weekend with 6 on Sunday, 3 on Saturday and 5 on Friday night. There was a total of 26 races and the favorites won at a big 54% rate.

Sunday
Some good chances to make money on Sunday but more favorites winning with 6 winning out of 10 races. There were 6 odds on runners on Sunday including both quarterhorse races and 3 of them won and the other 3 were 2nd. But there were some big numbers that ran into the minor awards pushing up the exotic pays. 

The largest $2 win of the weekend was on Sunday in the 8th race with 16-1 Anna’s Iron Man paying $35.14. Coupled with the odds-on favorite 2nd and then a 39-1 3rd place and 14-1 4th paid $32.51 in the $1 exacta, the 50-cent trifecta returned $$181.25 and the 10-cent superfecta paid $169.28 or $1,692.80 for the $1 bet. The pick 3 paid $126.50. 

There were a couple of big traditional $2 w-p-s bets that paid. In the 4th race 19-1 She’s Got the Power ran 2nd and paid $16.18 on the $2 place but well short of the $30.24 pay on July 6 with Sproston. We had another $13+ show pay this weekend one on Saturday and one on Sunday but both fell short of the high pay for the season. 39-1 Tapit at Midnight ran 3rd in the 8th and paid $13.40, the 3rd highest show pay of the season.

After the 10th race with a mix of winners that went from the 5th race on of 3-5, 5-1, 3-5, 16-1, 4-1 and 1-1 led to a missed pick 6 with 5 of 6 paying $47.20 and a carryover of $1,652. The pick 5 paid out $1,936.57 the pick 4 was good for $189.56 and the final pick 3 $148.14.

Saturday
A lot better chance to make money on Saturday than Friday night where favorites dominated winning 5 of the 7 races. On Saturday only 3 favorites won all day and all 3 were odds-on but the average win return was 5-1. In the $2 traditional bets the top $2 win was in the 9th with Wednesday at Shady paying $24.56 and Gypsy Gun in the 7th also reach $20 paying $21.86.

2 place bets topped $10 Distinctive Deb in the 2nd paying $10.36 and Wednesdat at Shady returning $10.68. We almost had a new $2 high season show pay by Klinkerbrick was just short at $13.66, 8 cents short of the $13.74 mark paid on June 21 to Smoken Shadow.

After the final race several big pays on the night starting with the 50-cent pick 5 of $1,839.15, the final pick 4 paid $401.49, the last pick 3 $110.01 and the pick 6 paid all 6 winners $872.62.

The betting handle on Saturday was $883,437 or an average of $98,160 per race.

Claims
Sunday
4th Race
Parco went to Rosales Racing F1 and will be trained by Jorge Rosales for $2,500.
Red Panty Night got taken by owner/trainer Miguel Hernandez for $2,500.
5th Race
Atomic Candy has new owners going to Steve Haahr and Alex Silva-Martinez trained by Silva-Martinez for $5,000.
8th Race
Mongolian Moon goes to Austin Evans for trainer Justin Evans for $2,500.
Uncle Juju also goes to trainer Justin Evans for new owner Paul Miller for $2,500.
Validate was tagged by Filos Stable and goes to new trainer Alexis Silva-Martinez for $2,500.
Saturday
1st Race
Emperorofthenorth was claimed by Owner/Trainer Scott Tubbs for $2,500.
2nd Race
Big Jolt goes to new owner Miguel H Racing and trainer Miguel Hernandez for $5,000.
Hey Barmaid was red tagged by William Jensen for trainer Joe Toye for $5,000.
9th Race
Chancellors Boom goes to new owner Paul Miller and heads to the Justin Evans barn for $2,500.
Fed Grant is now owned by Rosales Racing #1, Julian Landeros and Gneroso Tandiama Jr and Jorge Rosales will train.

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