Slew’s Tiz Whiz won the $50,000 Governor’s Stakes for the fourth consecutive year Sunday at Emerald Downs, when he closed for a three-length win over Positivity.
It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Bearings.
The race was one of six stakes on the card. Tom Wenzel, who trains Slew’s Tiz Whiz, won three of them. Earlier on the card, he teamed with owner George Todaro and jockey Carlos Montalvo to win back-to-back stakes, when Aloha Breeze successfully defended her title in the $50,000 Washington State Legislators and Falling Leaves accounted for the $50,000 Angie C.
Slew’s Tiz Whiz ($6.44) settled off the pressured pace set by Papa’s Golden Boy, who took the field through an opening quarter in 21.55 seconds and a half-mile in 43.41. The winner went on to cover 6 1/2 furlongs on a fast track in a quick 1:14.62.
Julien Couton was aboard for Slew’s Crew Racing.
Slew’s Tiz Whiz is a son of Slew’s Tiznow. He has now won 11 of 17 starts for earnings of $372,972.
Aloha Breeze ($2.86) broke from the rail in the 6 1/2-furlong race for fillies and mares and proceeded to put up fractions of 22.17 seconds for the opening quarter and 44.46 seconds for the half-mile. She went on to win on a track rated fast in 1:15.35.
Aloha Breeze won by two lengths over Lapush. The winner is a daughter of The Factor and has now won two consecutive Washington State Legislators. Overall, she is 11 for 17 for earnings of $281,580.
Falling Leaves ($6.02) improved her record to 2 for 2 when she darted to a 5 1/4-length win over Code of Valor in the Angie C. The race was for 2-year-old fillies.
Falling Leaves, who won her debut on the front end in June, used the same tactics Sunday. She set fractions of 21.28 seconds for the opening quarter and 44.31 for the half-mile, before completing the 5 1/2-furlong distance in 1:04.08.
Falling Leaves is a daughter of Frosted. She was winning the first stakes race of her career in the Angie C.
In the other 2-year-old stakes on the card, Blackberry Jam won his maiden in the $50,000 King County Express when he dueled and prevailed by 1 3/4 lengths over Lead the Charge.
Blackberry Jam ($10.24) was making his second career start following a runner-up finish in a local maiden special weight. He dueled through fractions of 22.45 seconds for the opening quarter and 45.28 for the half-mile and went on to cover 5 1/2 furlongs on a fast track in 1:03.45.
Kiaman McGregor was aboard the Washington-bred son of Rise Up for Ryland Harwood.
Blackberry Jam is owned by Ry Harwood Racing.
*** Precise Timing ($22.80) won the $50,000 Kent.
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