Ain’t Tellin’ goes coast to coast in feature victory | Emerald Downs

Ain't Tellin' did what he does best Saturday at Emerald Downs.

For the Reporter

Ain’t Tellin’ did what he does best Saturday at Emerald Downs.

With Juan Gutierrez riding, the rapidly improving 5-year-old gelding led gate-to-wire for a 4½-length victory over Tale Spinner in the $14,900 Muckleshoot Casino Purse. Ain’t Tellin ran one mile in 1:34.88 and paid $7.40, $3.60 and $2.80.

Ain’t Tellin’ and Coach Royal are now tied for most wins at the 2015 meeting with five apiece. Ain’t Tellin’ is 5-0-0 in six starts with earnings of $28,415 while Coach Royal is 5-0-1 in seven starts with earnings of $35,740.

Coach Royal, a 6-year-old gelding, is the 2-to-1 morning line favorite in Sunday’s sixth race for $25,000 claimers at 6 ½ furlongs, and with only seven days left in the meeting,

Ain’t Tellin’ and Coach Royal figure to be the top contenders for 2015 Top Claimer.

A Florida-bred by Lewis Michael, Ain’t Tellin’ continues to blossom for trainer Jim Penney, assistant Kay Cooper and owners Paul Heist and Jack Fabulich. After beginning the meet with a win vs. $5,000 maiden claimers, Ain’t Tellin’ has claimed the claiming ladder with wins for $4,000, $7,500, $12,500 and $15,000.

As usual, Ain’t Tellin’ ran his foes into submission on the front end, setting fractions of :24.15, :47.05 and 1:10.48, opening a three-length lead into the stretch, and extending the margin to the wire.

Tale Spinner, the 6-to-5 favorite ridden by Leonel Camacho-Flores, rallied from last to finish second and paid $2.80 and $2.40.

Neverabettercause and My Chief dead-heated for third place and Oldtimers Vision finished fifth.

Notes

Julien Couton and Juan Gutierrez, the meet’s top two jockeys, rode two winners each on the 10-race card and Couton leads Gutierrez 87-72 atop the standings. … Trainer Jim Penney won the late daily double with Ain’t Tellin and Follow My Tracks ($3.20) and is No. 4 all-time with 650 wins at Emerald Downs. … Saturday’s early $0.50 Pick 4 paid a whopping $4,795.35 to one winning ticket. It was a superb payoff, considering the $2 win prices in the sequence: $15.60, $9, $14.20 and $8.60. … Bird In Love ($8.20) won her fifth race of 2015 and third of the meet with a gate-to-wire victory under Rocco Bowen in Saturday’s sixth race. The 4-year-old Great Britain-bred is 3-0-1 in four starts at the meet. The victory also extended Bowen’s consecutive days with a winner streak to 12. … Live racing continues resumes Sunday with Stryker Phd as the 1-to-5 morning line favorite in the $60,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic, centerpiece of the 13th annual Washington Cup – five stakes for Washington-breds worth an aggregate $260,000.