$40,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic
69th RUNNING, 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP, 1-1/16 MILE
Track Record: 1:39 3/5, Kid Katabatic (5), July 26, 1998
Stakes Record: 1:39 4/5, Eagle Crest, 1980 (1 1/16 mile 1942-94 & 1998-2009; 1 1/8 mile 1995-97, 1 mile 2010)
Most Wins
Trainer: 4, Larry Ross (Leading Hour, 1987; Military Hawk, 1992; Judgement Hour, 1996; Military Force, 1997)
Jockey: 7, Gary Baze (Moonlately, 1983; Sissy’s Heller, 1986; Captain Condo, 1990 -91; Sneakin Jake, 1995; Makor’s Mark, 2001; Colony Jane, 2003)
Owner: 3, Vaden & Fern Ashby (Captain Condo, 1989-91); Murdoch MacPherson(Sneakin Jake, 1993-95)
Purse: $40,000
1st*$21,620 2nd*$7568 3rd*$5404 4th* $3244 5th*$2164
Owners Hometowns
1*Mr. Mad Max SCRATCHED
2*He’s All Heart (5-2) Vic-Tory Stables IV (Vic Cozzetti, Kent, WA)
3*Wasserman (7-2) Howard Belvoir, Kent, WA
4*Aaron the Baron (3) Elttaes Stable (Ken Alhadeff, Seattle, WA)
5*Snow On the River (15) Monique & Dennis Snowden, Lake Tapps, WA
6*Newfound Man (2) John & Janene Maryanski, Auburn, WA
2011 LONGACRES MILE SERIES
May 22 *$50,000 Governor’s Handicap*Noosa Beach*6-½ F*1:14.27*-fast*$3.40 (1-10)
June 19 *$50,000 Budweiser Handicap, 1 Mile*Noosa Beach*1M*1:38.09*wet-fast*$3.20 (1-8)
July 24 * $50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap, 1 1/16 Mile*Noosa Beach*1-1/16M*1:41.13*fast*$2.60 (1-5)
Aug. 21* $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), 1Mile*Awesome Gem*1M*1:34.80*fast*$5.20 (1-11)
Sept. 18* $40,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic ® 1 1/16 Mile
FAB 5 HANDICAPPERS
Joe Withee (Emerald Downs): Newfound Man, He’s All Heart, Wasserman (4-23*$163.20)
Robert Geller (Emerald Downs): Aaron the Baron, Newfound Man, He’s All Heart (7-23*$242.30)
Gary Dougherty (Seattle Times): He’s All Heart, Newfound Man, Aaron the Baron (5-23*$225.90)
Vic Cozzetti (Predictorsays.com): He’s All Heart, Newfound Man, Wasserman (8-23*$178.90)
Nick Rousso (Daily Racing Form): Newfound Man, He’s All Heart, Aaron the Baron (6-23*$222.70)
Consensus: He’s All Heart (16), Newfound Man (15), Aaron the Baron (7) (6-23*$200.30)
NOTES: Favorites have won every race in this division dating to the 2010 Mt. Rainier Handicap when Assessment finished sixth to Noosa Beach as the 11-to-10 favorite, a string of six straight stakes. And odds-on favorites have won the last three Muckleshoot Tribal Classics (Noosa Beach, $2.40, 2010; Wasserman, $3.20, 2009; Wasserman, $3.40, 2008). Exclusive Eagle at 8.60-to-1 in 2007 is the last non-favorite to win the Classic*Wasserman appears in his sixth straight Muckleshoot Tribal Classic and seventh Wa Cup race overall. He won the race in 2008 & 09, finished second in ’06 and ’10 , and third in ’07. Wasserman also finished and second in the 2005 Chinook Pass.
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