Track & State Record: 1:39 3/5, Kid Katabatic (5), July 26, 1998 Stakes Record*: 1:41, Peaceful Reign, Aug. 2, 2009 *Distance @ 1M 1977-2000 & 2002; 6 ½ F 2001 Most Wins Trainer: 3, Bud Klokstad (I.M. Bzy, 1998; Jumron Won, 2001; Flying Notes, 2002) Jockey: 4, Gallyn Mitchell (Prefabricate, 1994; Cromarty Bay, 1995; Jumron Won, 2001, Peaceful Reign, 2009) Owner: 1, Various
Purse: $50,000 1st*$27,500 2nd*$10,000 3rd*$7,500 4th*$3,750 5th*$1,250
Owners Hometowns 1 * Cyber Bell (15)…Tice Ranch Stables LLC (Lou & Diane Tice, Seattle, Wash.) 2 * Posse Power (8-5) …Willow Creek Farm (Claire Lein, Fall City, Wash.) 3 * Newfound Man (4)… John & Janene Maryanski, Auburn, Wash. 4 * Saratoga Boot (8)… Gary Hughes, Clarkston, Wash. 5 * Silk Street (8) …Anthony Ramsden, London, England 6 * Mr. Mad Max (12)… Sue & Tim Spooner, Olympia, Wash. 7 * Koala Beach (5-2)… Jeff Harwood, Kent, Wash.
3 year-olds @ Emerald Downs May 23 * $50,000 Auburn Handicap, 6.5 furlongs/Posse Power/1:15-sly/FDuran/FLucarelli/$5.60 (2) June 27 * $50,000 Pepsi-Cola Hcp, 1 Mile/Koala Beach/1:34 1/5-fst/R Frazier/D Harwood/$11.40 (3) July 25 * $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap, 1 1/16 Mile Aug. 15 * $75,000 Emerald Derby, 1 1/8 Mile Sept. 12 * $40,000 Chinook Pass Stakes ®, 1 Mile
ETC.* Doris Harwood & Ricky Frazier (Koala Beach) are a combined 17-for-39 in stakes @ EmD, and have combined for four stakes wins in 2010*Frazier ranks No. 1 among jockeys with 67 career stakes wins @ EmD*Harwood ranks first all-time among trainers with 44 stakes wins @ EmD*Harwood ranks second to Bud Klokstad, 15-13, in 3-year-old stakes wins @ EmD. Jim Penney is third with 12 and Frank Lucarelli (Posse Power) is fourth with 10*The June 27 Pepsi-Cola Handicap is an early contender for Race of the Meeting as Koala Beach, Posse Power & Newfound Man were separated by a neck at the finish line*Favorites are 0-for-2 in the first two races of this series: Forener, 5th @ 9-10 in the Auburn, and Posse Power, 2nd @ 3-5 in the Pepsi-Cola*Favorites also have struggled in recent runnings of the Seattle Slew: Winning Machine, 3rd @ 9-5 in 2009; Gallon, 4th @ 6-5 in 2008; Wild Cycle, 2nd @ 3.30 in 2007; Courting Seattle, 3rd @ 2.10 in 2006* Alexandersrun in 2005 was the last favorite to win the race*Exclusive Eagle ($52.40 in 2006) and Mulcahy ($32.20 in 2007) both notched major upsets in the Seattle Slew*Howard Belvoir & Jennifer Whitaker could replicate their Mulcahy triumph with longshot Cyber Bell in this year’s running*The No. 1 & No. 7 post-positions have yielded the highest percentage of winners in route races this season. The one-hole is 18-for-87 (20.6 percent) and the seven-hole is 11-for-56 (19.6 percent).
