Nine-year-old Mr. Makah proved that age is just a number Thursday with a 1-1/4 length victory in the $10,400 Stanislaw Ashbaugh feature for older horses.

With Gallyn Mitchell in the irons for owners Friendship Stable and Frank McDonald, Mr. Makah finished the one mile in 1:37 3/5 and paid $6.20, $4.20, and $2.40. The dark bay, son of Majesterian, who placed third in the 2004 Longacres Mile, hadn’t won a race since 2005.

Pirate’s Deputy, under Jose Contreras, finished second and paid $6.80 and $4.60. The 5-year-old gelding just edged out Tarage to hold place.

Tarage, with Juan Gutierrez, who has hit the board in his last four races, finished third and paid $3.00. Platinum Katillac, Tymaker, and Escalante completed the field. Eternal Wind scratched earlier in the day.

The Bonnie Jenne-trainee, Mr. Makah broke sharply and led from the gate to the ¼-mile pole, but then quickly dropped back to fourth. At the top of the stretch, he reached Tarage and Pirate’s Deputy and stormed away for a clear victory.

NOTES: Silver Mench ran second in the opener, but was disqualified and placed third behind Hit the Juice after causing interference in the stretch…Leading rider, Ricky Frazier, who hit the 100-win benchmark Sunday, notched two more victories for a total of 104 wins on the season. Jose Zunino also had a solid 2-win day, including a nose victory aboard longshot Little Blast ($29.60)… Smokin’ hot jockey Juan Gutierrez continued his winning ways riding with a victory aboard Stormin Fast ($5.40). He now has won 9 out of his last 18 races…Big payday in the exotics as the early Pick 4 paid $2,601.10 and the late Pick 4 paid $2,571.30…Two-time stakes winner Noosa Beach will be the high weight at 119 pounds for Sunday’s $50,000 Seattle Slew Handicap for 3-year-old colts and geldings. His stablemate and Tacoma Handicap victor, Winning Machine will be weighted at 118 pounds…Racing continues Friday with first post at 6 p.m.