For the Reporter
Tale Spinner wore down Memphis Mobster in the final strides and scored a 1¼-length victory Friday in the $11,650 feature race for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs.
Ridden by Ronald Richard, Tale Spinner ran one mile in 1:36.88 on a sloppy track and paid $8.40, $4.80 and $2.40. Joe Toye is the winning trainer for owner/breeder David Breiwick.
A 4-year-old Washington-bred gelding by Raise the Bluff-Summer Straw, Tale Spinner has won three of four starts at the meet – all one-mile races – and has a career record of 4-3-2 in 17 starts with earnings of $37,885.
Memphis Mobster, ridden by David G. Lopez, nearly led gate-to-wire, but was overhauled late by Tale Spinner, and settled for second place. Memphis Mobster, the 8-to-5 betting favorite, paid $3.40 and $2.20.
Carving, ridden by Leslie Mawing, finished third and paid $2.40 to show. Assessment and Somewhere With You completed the order of finish.
In Friday’s $0.50 Pick 5, there were no tickets with five winners and the carryover is $5,086 to Saturday.
Notes
Stopshoppingdebbie is one of 16 older fillies and mares nominated to Santa Anita’s $100,000 L.A. Woman Stakes to be run Saturday, Oct. 4. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert nominated four horses to the Grade 3 event at 6 ½ furlongs, headed by multiple Grade 1 winner Midnight Lucky. … Come On Cozzene ($5.80) became the meet’s fourth five-time winner with a 1¼-length victory under Rocco Bowen in race five. A 5-year-old Devine Cozzene mare, Come On Cozzene is owned and trained by Howie Gibson. … Buddy Dave ($9.80) prevailed in the nightcap and capped the late daily double for jockey Ronald Richard. … A 7-year-old Washington-bred by Five Star Day, Buddy Dave is tied with Polish Dollar for second most wins by an active Emerald Downs horse, 14 apiece. … Seattle Game with 15 wins is No. 1 among active EmD runners. … Leslie Mawing and Juan Gutierrez also rode two winners apiece Friday. Mawing, now with 98 wins, has clinched the riding title, while Gutierrez, with 51 wins, is tied for fourth with Eliska Kubinova. … Jeff Metz, with a 48-41 lead over Frank Lucarelli, officially clinched his second straight training title Friday. … Live racing continues Saturday with an 11-race card at 2 p.m. … Saturday simulcast action features 10 Grade 1 events – five each from Belmont Park and Santa Anita – including unbeaten Shared Belief in the $300,000 Awesome Again (Grade 1) at Santa Anita. A 3-year-old Candy Ride gelding co-owned by Jerry Hollendorfer, Jim Rome and original Emerald Downs’ investor George Todaro, Shared Belief is 6-6-0-0 with earnings of $1,372,200.
