No Flies On Doodle, winner of four stakes at Emerald Downs, heads an overflow list of 14 older fillies and mares nominated to the $50,000 Hastings Handicap to be run Sunday, May 15.
Eight Kentucky-breds and six Washington-breds make up the nominees, with defending champion No Flies On Doodle among the Washington-bred runners. Owned and bred by Keith Swagerty, the 5-year-old Storm Blast mare led all the way in last year’s Hastings, and she comes off an encouraging comeback race last month. Trained by Vann Belvoir her entire career, No Flies On Doodle is 7-3-0 in 11 starts with earnings of $165,252 at the Auburn oval.
Trainer Jim Penney nominated five horses to the Hastings, including three owned by Michael and Amy Feuerborn. Two of the Penney runners—Cliff’s Secret and Sweet Nellie Brown—aready have impressive victories at the meet, while Sis’s Sis, third in her yearly bow, was voted Emerald Downs’ Top 3-Year-Old Filly of 2010.
Hastings-based trainer Dino Condilenios nominated Kimmyv, 10-1 upset winner of last year’s $75,000 Emerald Distaff, and trainer Frank Lucarelli nominated Emerald Downs stakes winners Rewritten and Feeling Fancy.
The Hastings at six furlongs is the first of 29 stakes worth over $1.5 million in purses to be run at the 2011 meeting.
Nominations for the 16th running of the Hastings Handicap:
Cliff’s Secret (5-KY) Michael & Amy Feuerborn Jim Penney
Crocodile Tuff (5-KY) Sue & Tim Spooner Dan Markle
Dream Sweeper (5-KY) Dr. Rodney Orr Chris Stenslie
Feeling Fancy (4-KY) Randall & Rossi LLC Frank Lucarelli
Include the Baby (4-KY) Michael & Amy Feuerborn Jim Penney
Kimmyv (5-KY) Swift Thoroughbreds Inc. Dino Condilenios
Lilly’s a Jewel (4-WA) Sue & Tim Spooner Dan Markle
My Untamed Heart (4-KY) Coal Creek Farm Vann Belvoir
No Flies On Doodle (5-WA) West Coast Racing LLC Vann Belvoir
Private Fortune (4-WA) Blue Ribbon Racing #2 Jim Penney
Rewritten (4-KY) Ron Crockett Inc. Frank Lucarelli
Sis’s Sis (4-WA) Michael & Amy Feuerborn Jim Penney
Sweet Nellie Brown (4-WA) James & Zola Proffitt Jim Penney
You Me and Ema B (4-WA) Monogram Racing/Pat Hoonan Margo Lloyd
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