We got this picture after buddy Darrin Paul won a race with his filly.
I have no idea what I am doing in this picture. Maybe this is an Enumclaw gang sign I am throwing up. Respect.
(1) Washington-bred Wins the Mile - Best news for the Washington industry is when a Washington-bred wins the Longacres Mile. Stryker PhD ran a tremendous race to win. Congrats to Sharon and Larry Ross on what a fine job training they have done this year. Congrats to the Hours and congrats to the breeder Char Clark. Also, a congrats to the Hansens who now own the mare.
Local owner Dr. Rodney Orr's Boyett ran a great second.
(2) WTBOA Sale - Average, Median and Gross were all up at the sale which is good for our industry and getting races filled. Sales topper was a Washington-bred by Tribal Rule out of the Slewdledo mare Bella Campana.
(3) Spooner Blueberries - Ok, I don't like fruit. This is hard for people to believe since I am a vegetarian. But if the vegetable does not include cheese and bread, I don't like it. However, I tasted a blueberry grown by the Spooners at the Markle barn a month back and my life was changed. Best damn (or dam, depending on your horse industry relation) fruit I have ever tasted. Then I was informed that they have a fruit stand near my house in Seattle. Score:
And of course everything is better in syrup and pancakes:
At this point you may be asking yourself, how is the positive for the Washington industry? Well, you see, me eating fruit may extend my life a few years and I am, arguably, good for the thoroughbred industry....I think. Seriously, taste these blueberries.
(4) Northwest Triumvirate - Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the Window, and, my girl, (Spooners) Blueberry Smoothie finished 1, 2 and 3 in the Emerald Distaff. An amazing feat for the trainer and owner to continually finish in the top 3 in the majority of the Stakes races. A few amateur photographs from the Winners' Circle:
Best of luck down south girl. Represent us well.
(5) Herculette - This was a great Maiden Special Weight race. By Indian Charlie out of a Seattle Slew mare, Herculette was purchased for $230,000 at the Keeneland January, she looked like it by winning a Maiden Special Weight by 8 and 3/4 lengths. This is a filly with an unbelievable potential.
(6) Hall of Fame Dinner - Raise your hand if you have ever been mistaken by an ex-President's brother of being a Hall of Fame jockey? I noticed nobody raised their hand but me. At the Hall of Fame dinner Roger Clinton, Bill Clinton's younger brother, mistook me for a Hall of Fame jockey. He was attending the dinner because his good friend Ricky Frazier was being inducted to the Hall of Fame (he certainly got my vote). I was standing in line to get my beverage of choice when I noticed the person behind me looked very familiar. After I made my order of Bourb.......Kool-Aid (my mom reads this) I slid to the right. The person behind me moved up to the bar to make his order. As he was waiting for his drink he turned to me and congratulated me on my Hall of Fame career and how I put my life on the line everyday (which is actually true, paper cuts from contract and legal briefs hurt like hell). About 10 seconds into the conversation I realized it was Roger Clinton. Because I read his brother's autobiography I was able to ask him questions about Hot Springs, Arkansas and time he spent at Oaklawn Park with his mother. Who am I to tell Roger Clinton he has mistaken me for someone else? The conversation ended after about three minutes.
A few minutes later, Roger found out who I was (I am somebody, right?) came over and apologized for mistakening me for somebody else. We both had a good laugh and I told him no worries. Frankly, when you are my height and hang out at the track, you get mistaken for a jockey all the time.
(7) Longacres Mile Draw - This was the first year that I went to the Longacres Mile draw and I have to admit it was a fun event to attend. The room was packed and the draw was fun to be a part of:
(8) Rocco Bowen - On Monday Rocco Bowen went down with an injury. The good news is that the Sizzla only seems to suffering from severe bruising rather than having broken anything (I got this from sources close to Rocco). Get well soon Rocco, we want to see you down south the first weekend in November.
(9) August 24, 2014 Maiden Special Weight - Great MSW race on August 24th, Old Fashioned Grit squeezed out a win against the very promising Legion of Boom. Good win for the Spooners and it won't be too long before Legion of Boom gets his first win and their first interception.
(10) Washington-breds won 30 of the 52 races ran in the last two weeks. In your face New Hampshire.
Always Love Your Animals and Go Hawks,
Will Brewer
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