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Friday, April 15, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 a.m.
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Emerald Downs 2004 record |
Emerald Downs career record |
| Trainer |
Wins |
Starters |
Win% |
ITM% |
Wins |
Rank |
Starters |
Win% |
ITM% |
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| Frank Lucarelli |
52 |
271 |
19.2 |
48.3 |
343 |
2 |
1990 |
17.2 |
46.9 |
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| Comes off his best Emerald season, with his average winner paying $11.25. Fantastic for a leading trainer |
| Tim McCanna |
50 |
256 |
19.5 |
52.7 |
437 |
1 |
2391 |
18.3 |
51.6 |
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| Won at least 50 races in each of the past five seasons; knows whom to claim as those recent runners hit at 24 percent |
| Jim Penney |
47 |
191 |
24.6 |
56.5 |
273 |
5 |
1392 |
19.6 |
49.3 |
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| Favorites won 48 percent of their starts; he's also had great success with maidens and they are a good value play |
| Sharon Ross |
46 |
228 |
20.2 |
51.3 |
330 |
3 |
1794 |
18.4 |
46.8 |
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| Her string of runners over the years have totaled 132 route wins at EmD (McCanna is second at 119) |
| Grant Forster |
35 |
158 |
22.2 |
47.5 |
156 |
13 |
784 |
19.9 |
49.1 |
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| He has taken over for his dad (Dave) superbly, improving the barn win total the past three years to 35 in 2004 |
| Robbie Baze |
28 |
217 |
12.9 |
33.2 |
56 |
39t |
515 |
10.9 |
33.8 |
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| Coming off a banner year (28 wins); won the same from 2000 to 2003; does very well with experienced 2-year-olds |
| Doris Harwood |
25 |
125 |
20.0 |
53.6 |
158 |
11t |
1089 |
14.5 |
43.3 |
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| She's one of the very best with debut runners (12 for 55, 22 percent) since 2000, and they've paid good too! |
| Bud Klokstad |
24 |
134 |
17.9 |
54.5 |
311 |
4 |
1468 |
21.2 |
53.5 |
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| Leads all trainers in stakes wins (38), 2-year-old wins (83), win percentage (21.2 percent) but does get over-bet |
| H.R. Mullens |
22 |
105 |
21.0 |
47.6 |
81 |
31t |
618 |
13.1 |
36.8 |
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| Had his best Emerald meet last year as everything clicked; 60 wins since 2001 (19 from 1996-2000) |
| Howard Belvoir |
21 |
203 |
10.3 |
38.4 |
257 |
6 |
1848 |
13.9 |
41.0 |
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| Comes off his worst season win wise and percentage wise, but for years he has dominated at the low claiming level |
| Source: Gary Dougherty, Seattle Times handicapper |
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