Emerald Downs will open for its 19th season of racing on Saturday, April 12 and the 75-day racemeet will run through Sunday, September 28. The Auburn meet will run a Saturday-Sunday schedule in April and add Fridays beginning on May 2. In addition, the track will celebrate the holidays with a Monday, May 26 Memorial Day card; a Thursday, July 3 fireworks celebration; and a Monday, September 1 Labor Day card.

   Post time remains 6:45 p.m. on Fridays and 2 p.m. for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Exceptions are a 1 start on Saturday, May 3 (Kentucky Derby Day), and a 4:30 p.m. first post on Thursday, July 3.
    The 2014 stakes schedule, including the date for the 79th running of the Longacres Mile (G3), will be released in February.
    Emerald Downs will open for training Saturday, February 1, allowing horses over 10 weeks to prepare for the season.
   Established in 1996, Emerald Downs is considered the gem of Thoroughbred racing in the Pacific Northwest. The facility sees over 400,000 visitors a year and employs 240 people during non-racing season and 460 during live racing months. Thoroughbred racing in the State of Washington boasts an economic impact of over $250 million each year.

Washington Owners Accept 2013 Eclipse Awards

   The 43rd Eclipse Award ceremonies were held on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at Gulfstream Park in Florida.

   For the second straight year Wise Dan was named Horse of the year, champion older male and turf horse.  His 2013 record, which was highlighted by four Grade 1 wins, was 6-1-0 from seven outings with $2,751,972 of the 2007 gelded son of Wiseman's Ferry's $6,293,610 total earned last year.

   Both of the year's two-year-old division winners are co-owned by Washingtonians and one was bred by Oregonian Dr. Rodney Orr.

   Mark Dedomenico, Allen Aldrich, Lisa Hernandez, Stuart Downey, Philip Lebherz and trainer Jeff Bonde-owned Grade 1 winner She's a Tiger, who was bred by Orr, earned 212 of the 246 first-place votes in her division and was named the champion two-year-old filly. The daughter of Tale of the Cat out of Emerald Downs stakes winner Shandra Smiles won the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante Stakes and finished first, though later demoted to second, in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). The three-quarter sister to millionaire WTBOA poster boy and three-time Grade 1 winner Smiling Tiger, who was also bred by Orr and trained by Bonde, officially finished her first season of racing with three wins and three seconds from six starts and $725,650 in earnings.

   Shandra Smiles produced a filly from the first crop of three-time champion Gio Ponti in 2013 and was returned to champion racehorse and sire Giant's Causeway.

   She's a Tiger is the second national champion for Dedomenico who also raced in partnership 2010 champion three-year-old filly, five-time Grade 1 winner and $3.2-million earner Blind Luck.

   Smiling Tiger, who will enter stud this year, was featured in an article in the West Coast section of the January 11, 2014, The Blood-Horse, titled "Roaring Back: Smiling Tiger Keys Upswing at Premier Thoroughbreds."

   Unbeaten Shared Belief, a son of Candy Ride (Arg), whose two graded stakes wins - in the Grade 3 Hollywood Preview Stakes and Grade 1 CashCall Futurity, came post Breeders' Cup World Championships - received 115 of the first place votes in his division and 16 more than second place New Year's Day, who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). Shared Belief, who won his three races by a combined 19 1/2 lengths, races for the partnership of television sports talk show host Jim Rome's Jungle Racing, Kevin Nish's KMN Racing, Jason Litt, Alex Solis II, Seattle-based Dr. George Todaro and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.

   Foxwoods Champagne Stakes (G1) winner Havana, who finished second to New Year's Day in the Juvenile, got the third most votes - 24. From the first crop of Belmont Stakes (G1) runner-up Dunkirk, Havana is out of $103,283 winner Missy Turtle, a half-sister to a trio of stakes horses and $51,367 earner Follow Your Shot, who is owned by Pat and Mullen Chinn's Vital Signs Stable and produced two-year-old Fragrant Harbor, who won at Emerald Downs last year.

    2012 Eclipse Award winners Beholder and Groupie Doll repeated with 2013 honors. Beholder, a three-year-old daughter of Henny Hughes, was a decisive winner of the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) among her four Grade 1 wins last year and earned 207 first-place votes. In the beaten field for the Distaff were Royal Delta - who would receive her third Eclipse Award - and sophomore filly runner-up Princess of Sylmar. The now two- and-three-year-old filly champion Beholder is out of $187,014 stakes winner Leslie's Lady, a granddaughter of Washington broodmare One Last Bird, the dam of $311,152 Washington-bred stakes winner and Grade 3-placed WTBOA sales graduate Melanyhasthepapers.

   Groupie Doll took the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) for the second year in a row and earned her second female sprinter title with 192 first-place votes. The daughter of Bowman's Mill, who has won 11 of her 22 starts and earned $2,528,850, is out of the Deputy Minister mare Deputy Doll - a half-sister to Seawind Stables LLC's (Russell Moore) 1997 Emerald Downs stakes winner and Washington sire Russellthemussell.

   National and Washington Racing Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens, who made a spectacular racing comeback in 2013, lost the jockey title to Javier Castellano, who recorded a $26,213,507 record-breaking season.

Ron Crockett Receives 2013 Paul Allen Sports Citizen Award 

   Emerald Downs President Ron Crockett received the Paul Allen Sports Citizen Award at the 79th MTR Sports Star of the Year Awards, held at Seattle's Benaroya Hall on February 22. Created by Royal Brougham and the Seattle P-I in 1936, the event offers an awards presentation which showcases the athletes, coaches, executives, philanthropists and stories of 2013.

    Former University of Washington basketball star Quincy Pondexter, whom Crockett mentored during his four years with the Huskies, and Crockett's 10-year-old granddaughter Lauren Slavin introduced Crockett. A video tribute offered congratulations from a diverse list of subjects including UW athletic director Scott Woodward, Washington HBPA President Ron Maus, Husky tailback Deontae Cooper and officials from Seattle Children's Hospital.

    The prestigious award is given annually to an individual who has made a significant or compelling philanthropic contribution. In addition to building and guiding Emerald Downs, Crockett is a longtime benefactor of Seattle Children's Hospital and played a leadership role in raising $50-million for the renovation of Husky Stadium.
   In accepting the award, Crockett thanked his wife Wanda, and talked about growing up and attending Renton High School and receiving the McCurdy Scholarship that enabled him to attend the University of Washington, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. Crockett later founded and owned Tramco, which performs maintenance and modification of airliners, until selling it in1988.
    Crockett believes in philanthropy and is a strong supporter of the UW scholarship program, giving back to his alma mater.
    "I attribute my success to my early environment and heredity - thanks to my parents for that -- and schooling," Crockett said. "Your greatest asset is your health, take care of that."
    Other winners included filmmaker Warren Miller (Keith Jackson Award), Zack Lystedt (Seattle Children's Hospital Inspirational Youth Award) and longtime WSU baseball coach Bobo Brayton (Royal Brougham Legends Award).
    UW Volleyball player Krista Vansant was voted Female Sports Star of the Year, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was voted Male Sports Star of the Year and the Eastlake Little League team of Sammamish won the Sports Story of the Year.

Washington-connected Runners Scheduled to Run in Late January Stakes

    Five horses Washington-connected runners are entered in stakes races on January 25. Starting from Texas and moving westward, 2011 Emerald horse of the meeting Class Included will try to make it three in a row when the six-year-old daughter of Include goes for her tenth and biggest stakes victory in the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic run on Saturday at Sam Houston Park.  One of four stakes races scheduled on the ten-race card, Class Included, who was bred in Kentucky by Michael and Amy Feuerborn and now races for Brittlyn Stable Inc., is one of  eight older fillies and mares to start in the 1 1/16-mile late night (it is schedule to go off at 10:45 p.m. [CTS]) race.

    2012 Washington champion Absolutely Cool, a seven-year-old gelded son of Absolute Harmony out of Washington broodmare of the year Coup de Foudre, by Basket Weave, who races for his breeders Karl and Darlyne Krieg and trainer Valorie Lund, goes for a win in the 5 1/2-furlong Swift Stakes at Turf Paradise. The $153,603 multiple stakes winner, who will be making his 2014 debut, has finished third in the last two editions of the Arizona sprint stakes.

   Six stakes races highlight the Saturday card at Santa Anita Park.  Mark Dedomenico LLC, Jason Litt, Alex Solis II and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's Scherzinger will make her stakes debut in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2), a seven-furlong race for older fillies and mares. The four-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Tiz Wonderful goes into the race with a record of 3-1-1 from six starts and earnings of $125,375.

   The remaining five stakes, all for California-bred runners, include two $250,000 stakes - the California Cup Turf Classic Stakes and the California Cup Derby.

   Among the 14 entrants in the nine-furlong turf race is five-year-old Summer Hit, who scored a win in the November Berkeley Handicap (G3) in his last outing. The gelded son of Bertrando was bred by Ken and Jan Heidt and raised at the couple's K & J Farm in Arlington. The $417,505 earner will be one of the favorites in the grass race. Summer Hit is one of two stakes winners out of the Tough Knight mare Mia F Eighteen, who is among the broodmare band at Mary Lou and Terry Griffin's Griffin Place.

   Ten sophomore colts and gelding make up the field for the 1 1/16-mile Derby. Among them is Dr. George Todaro and Jerry and Janet Hollendorfer's stakes-winning Life Is a Joy, a son of Globalize who has won three of six races and earned $131,330 for his trio of breeders.

Midnight Hawk Takes Sham Stakes (G3)

   After winning his debut by 6 1/4 lengths at Betfair Hollywood Park in December, Midnight Hawk, ridden by Mike Smith, put himself on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with a nearly two-length win in the $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park on January 11. Final time for the mile race was 1:36.48.

    The three-year-old son of champion sprinter Midnight Lute was bred in Kentucky by Mike Pegram and races for the former Mt. Vernon, Washington, resident with John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings Inc., reigning Stanley Cup Champions Chicago Blackhawk coach Joel Quenneville, Atlantic Falcons offensive line coach Mike Tice - who played tight end for the Seattle Seahawks, among others, for whom he made his professional football debut in 1981 - and Blackhawks assistant coach Mike Kitchen.

    Midnight Hawk, who received his early training at Dr. Mark Dedomenico's Pegasus Thoroughbred Training and Rehabilitation Center in Redmond, is trained by Bob Baffert. Out of the stakes-winning, Grade 1-placed Miss Wineshine, by Wolf Power (SAf), Midnight Hawk has made $87,000 in his two starts and earned 10 Derby qualifying points.

WTBOA Sales Graduates in the News

   REV Racing's Better to Be Lucky took an allowance race at Turf Paradise in her 2014 debut. Trained by Frank Lucarelli and ridden by Gallyn Mitchell, it was the third win for the five-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Limehouse-Hey Seattle, by Seattle Slew. Lucarelli also saddled the third place finisher in the six-furlong race, Darrin Paul's homebred Jewel S., a five-year-old Washington-bred daughter of Singletary.

    Four-year-old Diner's Diva won a $12,500 maiden claiming event by three lengths at Golden Gate Fields on January 16. Bred by Jean Welch, owned by R and R Warren LLC and trained by Jim Penney, the new winner is a Washington-foaled daughter of Dehere-Crafty Diva, by Crafty Prospector.

    2012 Portland Meadows stakes winner Quinnette went over the $100,000 mark when the five-year-old California-bred mare won a seven-furlong starter allowance race by nearly two lengths at Santa Anita on January 18. Bred by Petra Lewin's Rainbow Meadows Farm, the daughter of Stormy Jack-Unaflame, by Far Out East, improved her record to 8-4-2 from 24 starts and has now earned $102,318. Lewin also bred and races Galvin Jack, a 2012 WTBOA sale RNA who won a maiden special weight race at Portland Meadows on January 22 in his first start. The California-bred son of Stormy Jack-Lah Dee Dah Julia, by Makors Mark, is trained by Charles Essex.

Other Racing News

    Washington-bred three-year-olds took both maiden special weight races at Portland Meadows on January 12. Precious Pegasus, a daughter of Pulse Ranches' Ginny' Sunshine and the second winner from two foals out of $51,623 earner Winning Approach, by Smart Strike, won a 5 1/2-furlong starter for fillies by 11/4 lengths for Michael R. Morris and trainer Gary Morris Sr. The new winner was bred by Kimberly K. Cook. Lawrence O'Brine and Marvin Pietila's Harbor Design, who was also bred by Pietila, took a five panel race by 5 1/4 lengths. Sired by Bar C Racing Stables' Harbor the Gold and trained by Jim Fergason, Harbor Design - a half-brother to stakes winners Crimson Design, J D's Date and Society Girl - is out of the Encino mare Crimson Date.

    Maddie's Gold, who races under his breeder George Hurliman's Hurliman Enterprises LLC and is trained by Debora Fergason, won the $25,000 Portland Meadows Derby, for statebred three-year-olds, by 6 1/4 lengths at Portland Meadows on January 19. It was the third stakes win and fifth stakes placement in seven starts for the son of Harbor the Gold. Out of Oregon-bred champion Moonlit Maddie, by Abstract, Maddie's Gold has earned $63,548. Bob and Pat Cosgrove's stakes-winning filly Jet Set Kitten (Jet West-Karlee's Kitten) ran second in the mile race, 9 1/2 lengths the better of Larry and Gay Welliver's Stoney River, a son of Grindstone-Cant Woman, in the field of five.

    Under the category of "something you don't see every day," Robert Huston's  homebred mare ten-year-old Clara's Design, who is trained by Karen Huston, broke her maiden in gate-to-wire fashion in a mile $3,200 maiden claiming race at Portland Meadows on the same card. The Oregon-bred daughter of Bagshot-Actagain, by Golden Act, who was unraced at two, three, four and six, took her first win in her 16th start.

    Three-year-old Miss Madi May, a daughter of Gibson Thoroughbred Farm's Parker's Storm Cat out of Diamond Venture, by Adventure Road, bred in Washington by Vince and Pamela Gibson, won a six-furlong maiden special weight race at Portland Meadows on January 22.

    Six-year-old gelding Ol'  Steely Blue, a son of Sea of Secrets bred by Leonard Dunham and Denise Halstead in California, finished second in a 5 1/2-furlong starter stakes at Turf Paradise on January 8 and upped his earnings to $52,947. He is one of seven foals and winners produced out of Bar C Racing Stables' broodmare Bluledo, an $83,510 earning daughter of Slewdledo who is a half-sister to $193,505 earner and multiple stakes producer Ms C D Player. Among Bluledo's foals are minor stakes winner Lord Latigo, $126,944 California stakes-placed Blendara and 2013 stakes-placed juvenile Stikine Slough.

    After breaking his maiden by three lengths in gate-to-wire fashion at Golden Gate in his first start on December 12, the now three-year-old Elmonte Cristo used the same manner and tactics to score his second win on January 10 in a 5 1/2-furlong starter allowance at the Albany track, albeit for new owners Mark Dedomenico LLC, Dr. George Todaro, Mark Schlaich and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. Ridden by Russell Baze, the California-bred son of Don'tsellmeshort-Reina Xochilt has earned $20,040.

    Horseplayers Racing Club (#161) and Warlock Stables-raced Redsolocup, who was bred in Washington with fellow partners Keith Briggs and Kelly Dougan, won a $20,000 maiden claiming race at Turf Paradise on January 10. The three-year-old gelded son of Demon Warlock-Trainingat the Bar, by Valid Wager, is conditioned by Jeff Metz.

    Roz Barclay's Commandress won her third race, a $20,000 claiming event, on January 10 at Golden Gate. The Kentucky-bred daughter of Master Command-Stylish Mission is trained by Len Kasmerski.

    Ray McCanna's three-year-old Kentucky-bred filly Josephine's Moment won a mile maiden special weight race at Golden Gate on January 11. The daughter of City Zip-Matchless Moment is trained by Tim McCanna. On the same card, Washington-bred The Gang and I, a six-year-old daughter of pensioned You and I out of R C Gangster, by Vying Victor, bred by Homestretch Farm, won a mile $25,000 claiming race by 1 1/2 lengths. Now owned by Rotator Thoroughbreds LLC and trained by Frank Lucarelli, the Emerald Downs stakes-placed runner improved her record to 9-5-4 from 31 starts and has earned $149,157.

    Dr. George Todaro, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and partners' multiple graded stakes winner Halo Dolly upped her earnings' total to $922,316 after the six-year-old daughter of Popular-Spanish Halo finished third in the $90,950 Paseana Stakes run at Santa Anita on January 12. Todaroand Hollendorfer's three-year-old G. G. Ryder, a California-bred son of 2008 Mt. Rainier Handicap winner Chhaya Dance, won a six-furlong maiden special weight race at Golden Gate by 1 3/4 lengths on January 18 with Russell Baze aboard.

    Herman Sarkowsky and Martin Wygod's homebred Browsing won a maiden $35,000 claiming race at Santa Anita on January 19. The three-year-old Kentucky-bred filly is a daughter of Sarkowsky-bred and -raced Grade 1 winner Dixie Chatter and out of Kris Star, by Kris S.

    In her first start since being claimed for $25,000 on January 5, 2014, Dan Agnew, John Xitco and William Branch's Small Moves, a four-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Rockport Harbor-Best Practices, by Tough Knight, took a 6 1/2-furlong starter allowance at Santa Anita on January 19. It was the second win for the Mark Glatt trainee who has earned a total of $67,460.

    REV Racing's Valiant Flame, who ran second in the 2013 Emerald Downs Derby, won a six-furlong allowance/$62,500 optional claiming (N) race at Golden Gate on January 18, upping the Kentucky-bred son of Eddington-Joi's Flame earnings to $85,475. Valiant Flame is trained by Frank Lucarelli and was ridden by 2013 Emerald Downs leading rider Isaias Enriquez. Finishing second in the race was Joe and Lola Sample's homebred Mah Gellin, a four-year-old California-bred by Skimming.

    Three-year-old Snowbound Jones, a New Mexico-bred son of Devon Lane out of Washington-bred stakes winner and stakes producer Snowbound n Delmar, by Snowbound, after finishing second in his first two starts, took a 5 1/ 2-furlong maiden special weight race by three lengths at Sunland Park on January 18.

    Mark Dedomenico LLC and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's Exit Stage Left remained undefeated in three starts after the New Jersey-bred colt won the $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate on January 18. The son of Noonmark, who was ridden by Russell Baze, has earned $135,350. Finishing second in the 1 1/16-mile race was Remmah Racing Inc.'s Infosec, a son of Heatseeker (Ire) conditioned by Frank Lucarelli.

    David Heerensperger's six-year-old gelding Fire With Fire won the $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimons Mile Handicap at Turf Paradise on January 18. The Kentucky-bred gelding by Distorted Humor has earned $395,354. A half-brother to $1.3-million earner and graded stakes winner Cosmonaut, both are out of Grade 2-placed $255,689 earner Cosmic Fire, a daughter of Capote and stakes winner Future Bright, a stakes-winning daughter of Washington-bred stakes winner Pro Tab, the latter two both bred by Grousemont Farm. The $35,000 Glendale Handicap for older fillies and mares was also run on the Saturday Arizona card. Santa Anita ship-in Ricspretentiousgal won the 1 1/16-mile turf race with Claire Lein's homebred She's Stella Marie, in her stakes debut, finishing second. A half-sister to 2010 Auburn Stakes winner and two-time Grade 3-placed Posse Power, She's Stella Marie is a Kentucky-bred daughter of Leroidesanimaux (Brz) out of the stakes-winning, Grade 2-placed Stellarina, by Pleasant Colony, who is trained by Jeff Metz. Finishing fourth, 3 1/4 lengths off the winner, was Washington champion E Z Kitty, who with the additional $1,663, the six-year-old daughter of He's Tops retires with earnings of $303,837. 2013 Boeing Handicap winner Gosailgo finished seventh among the ten starters.
    Four-year-old Sittin At the Bar, a multiple stakes-winning granddaughter of El Dorado Farms LLC's broodmare Lois Laner, took an allowance/$20,000 optional (N) claiming race at Delta Downs by six lengths on January 11. The daughter of Into Mischief out of $272,283 stakes winner Fast Laner improved her record to 9-2-1 from 15 starts and earnings to $606,896.

    Grade 1 winner Revolutionary made a successful four-year-old debut after the son of War Pass won a mile allowance/$100,000 optional claiming (N) race at Fair Grounds on January 12. The Todd Pletcher trainee, who has now earned $1,047,600 with a 4-1-3 record from nine starts, is out of Alabama Stakes (G1) winner Runup the Colors, who is one of seven stakes winners - including Irish, French and Italian highweight mare Flagbird, Ashland and Acorn (both Grade 1) stakes winner Prospectors Delite (2003 broodmare of the year and dam of five stakes winners, including Horse of the Year Mineshaft) and Little King Ranches' Grade 2 winner and sire Top Account - out of Delaware Oaks (G2) winner Up the Flagpole.

    Among the finalists for the 2013 Sovereign Awards, which will be held at Woodbine on April 11, 2014, are: two-year-old filly Lexie Lou, a multiple stakes-winning granddaughter of Washington champion and graded stakes winner Favored One; two-year-old colt or gelding Jose Sea View, a multiple stakes winner out of WTBOA yearling sale graduate, stakes winner and multiple stakes producer Stirling Bridge; and older male Herbie D., who won the 2013 Longacres Mile (G3) and was named 2013 Emerald Downs horse of the meet.

    The January 17, 2014, Paulick Report's "Three Chimneys Presents Good News Friday: A Win Win Parlay," featured a story written by Natalie Voss  on former trainer Brent Sumja, the winner of the 2013 National Handicapping Championship Tour. Sumja, who will be among those playing in the January 24-26 National Handicapping Championship - which could be worth $2.75-million to the winner - is a big supporter of Second Chance Ranch (SCR). He recently donated $5,000 from his Tour winnings to SCR and plans to continue his support of the now Stanwood-based organization, whether he wins or not at the late January handicapping event. SCR, a non-profit 501(c) (3) rescue organization, specializes in the rehabilitation, transition training and adoption services of Thoroughbred race horses from the racetrack into second careers. SCR also extends its services to serve the local residents with our Equine Facilitated Therapy program. Equine-assisted mental health and social rehabilitation is used in the treatment of emotional, behavioral, and workplace environment issues, and those living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

    Among the horses that competed in the inaugural Thoroughbred Classic Horse Show held on December 14-15, 2013, at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center was former Grade 1 winner Georgie Boy, who was active in six classes. The 2005 California-bred son of Tribal Rule is out of stakes winner Ippodamia. The daughter of Peterhof and her stakes-winning dam, Timely Bet, were both bred in Washington by Rick Pasko. Pictures of hunter-jumper Georgie Boy appear in an article titled "Horses and Humans Star in Thoroughbred Classic Horse Show Finale" in the January 2014 issue of California Thoroughbred. In the same issue is a story on graded stakes winner Summer Hit titled "Summer Hit: A Horse for the Course." The gelded son of Bertrando was bred in California by Ken and Jan Heidt and their Arlington-based K & J Farm and is out of the multiple stakes-producing Tough Knight mare Mia F Eighteen.

56th Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale

   Gross receipts for the four-day January Sale, held January 6-9, 2014, totaled $41,025,700 for 1,027 horses. The average price was $39,947 and the median price was $20,000.

   Ponche de Leona, the 15-year-old dam of 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner, topped the sale for $750,000. The daughter of Ponche sold bred to Distorted Humor.

   Among those signing for horses from the Pacific Northwest noted were trainers Jim Fergason and Jonathan Nance, D & S Thoroughbreds and Halvorson Bloodstock.

   Halvorson Bloodstock, as agent, purchased two yearling colts: a son of the late champion Summer Bird who is out of a young full sister to Grade 2 Californian Stakes winner Informed for Nina and Ron Hagen's El Dorado Farms LLC; and a son of American Derby (G2) winner Tizdejavu out of stakes-placed and multiple stakes producer Navy Manner.

   Jim Fergason's name appeared on slips for five yearlings and one two-year-old filly. The two yearling fillies were by Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Pleasantly Perfect (out of $148,103 stakes winner Radiant Avie) and Metropolitan Handicap (G1) winner Corinthian (out of a producing daughter of Rahy). The three colts were by Grade 2 winner Munnings (out of Grade 3-placed Slick Road), Grade 2 winner Colonel John (out of a young Hennessy mare) and Grade 1 winner Nobiz Like Showbiz (from the family of four-time Grade 1 winner Excellent Meeting). A juvenile daughter of Donn Handicap (G1) winner Spring At Last out of a winning half-sister to $356,834 stakes winner Rockin' Rockstar completes the half-dozen.

   Jonathan Nance brought home five yearlings, three colts and two fillies. The colts were by Grade 1 winner The Cliff's Edge (out of a half-sister to Grade 3-placed My Alibi), Grade 2 stakes winner Parading (out of a daughter of three-time Grade 2 winner Love You By Heart) and twice Irish highweight U S Ranger (out of a stakes-producing half-sister to three stakes winners, two at the Grade 3 level).The fillies were sired by Grade 1 winners Stephen Got Even (the first foal out of a winning Stormy Atlantic mare) and Stroll (the first foal out of a half-sister to Grade 2 winner and multiple stakes producer Owsley).

   D & S Thoroughbreds purchased two yearling colts by Corinthian (out of $211,496 stakes winner Don'ttalktome) and Santa Anita Handicap (G1) winner Rock Hard Ten (out of a producing half-sister to European champion One Cool Cat) and two yearling fillies by Shoemaker Mile (G1) winner Courageous Cat (who is a half-sister to G3-placed $245,296 earner Storm Caller) and Grade 2 winner Notional (out of a producing half-sister to three stakes winners).

   Tim McMurry's Fleetwood Bloodstock purchased a yearling filly from the first crop of 2010 national two-year-old champion Uncle Mo for Northwest Farms LLC.  Jerre Paxton's Yakima-based farm also owns the filly's three-quarter sister Herculate, a daughter of the late Indian Charlie. They are among eight foals out of the Seattle Slew mare Seattle Shimmer, who is also the dam of three-time Grade 2-placed Sway Away, who is among the stallions listed in the current Winter 2013 Washington Thoroughbred's stallion register.

    Others with connections to Washington noted selling included a stakes-producing half-sister to national two-year-old filly champion Phone Chatter (a granddaughter of Washington horse of the year Hooplah) bred to Five Star Day; a granddaughter of Washington champion Delicate Vine bred to Shackleton and that mare's yearling Include filly; a $254,864 stakes-placed daughter of Include - who was selling as a broodmare prospect - whose third dam, Olay Monique, by Drouilly (Fr),  is a half-sister to Washington champion Soft Copy; eight-time stakes winner Holy Nova, who won the 2009 Boeing Handicap, bred to Broken Vow; and Shadilyn, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Graydar, whose second dam is Washington-bred stakes winner Cielo Otono, dam or granddam of Washington-bred stakes winners Cielator and Sweet Saga, bred to Get Stormy.