6/26/2026

(Auburn, WA) The Corgi World Championship weekend began on Friday night with the 1st leg of the Daffodil Sweet Sprint Series. Jody Peetze added $26,000 for two sprint series, one for boys, the Hollywood Harbor Sprint Series and for the girls the Daffodil Sweet.

Each series is a 2 race series and begins with $3,500 claimers. To run in the 2nd race of the series you had to have run in the 1st leg. Peetz added $6,000 to each of the 4 races to raise the purses to $15,000.

There is an extra $1,000 for the boys Champion and for the girls Champ. To win the Championship it is a points system with 3 for a win, 2 points for 2nd and 1 for 3rd. Top points earner wins the bonus. If there is a tie, Peetze says she will add another $1,000 so the bonus money will not be split, each would get a thousand dollar bonus.

Daffodil Sweet Leg 1 Winner

5-1 Union Coach allowed Sin a Happy Song to roll off blazing fractions of 21.67 and 44.83 then made her move at the top of the stretch. Jockey Alex Cruz with a patient ride got first run and rolled to an easy 3+ length win. This gives owners Rancho Viejo and Jerry Carmody along with trainer Rigoberto Velasquez the lead in the Daffodil Sweet series.

Nan Elizabeth closed from far back for Kevin Orozco to claim 2nd and 9-5 favorite Ginger in Charge under Adrian Castellanos settled for 3rd.

The standings for the Daffodil Sweet Series after their first race on June 19 next leg on July 10th.

1st Union Coach           3 points
2nd Nan Elizabeth       2 points
3rd Ginger in Charge   1 point

The standings for the Hollywood Harbor Series after their first race on June 19 next leg on July 3rd.

1st Roll Dem Bones   3 points
2nd Upright                2 points
3rd Fraser Landing   1 points

From the Saddle

Coming into Friday night Silvio Amador topped the jockey standings with 28 wins followed by the defending champ Kevin Krigger with 25 victories. Adrian Castellanos was 3rd and the 3rd rider with 20 or more wins at 20. Blake Nunnally has 15 wins in 4th place and is one of only 4 jockeys with double digit wins.

Friday night, Krigger got started quickly with a dominating win in the 1st on Bull Tiz. In race 2 Krigger went from 1-5 to 5-1 and it didn’t matter crushing the field by 5 lengths on Miss Union and Krigger was within 1 of tying Amador.

Krigger went for 3 in a row in the 3rd and came up a neck short as Frank Alvarado timed his front running win perfectly.

Karlo Lopez snapped a bit of a dry spell, Lopez is a regular on the tote board but has struggling to get a win lately but a wire-to-wire win on West Coast Bull hs him back in the win column.

Allyssa Morales got her win song played after the 5th with a nice stalking won on Regarding Harry.

Former 5-time Emerald riding Champ Alex Cruz has been hitting the board but wins haven’t come as easily as the places and shows got a huge win with a heady ride in the Daffodil Sweet Sprint Series. Cruz is now 7-10-13 on the year.

And Blake Nunnally wrapped up the night with a last to 1st sling shot win.

From the Barn

Tim McCanna has led from the 2nd race on opening day and held a 3 win advantage over a group of 4 tied for 2nd in the trainer standings. McCanna had 13 wins while Frank Lucarelli, Howie Gibson, Jorge Rosales and Tom Wenzel were all even with 10 wins. Wenzell leads all trainers though in the count they all would like to win in earnings with 172k in the bank so far.

Blaine Wright a perenial contender but so far this year he’s had a bit of seconditis with 7 wins and 9 2nds. But Wright’s powerful barn is stalking the others right now and he’s 3rd in the money earned standings about 300 bucks short of Lucarelli with both banking more than 146k.

McCanna quickly added to his lead pushing it to 4 with his 14th win of the season in the 1st trace with Bull Tiz. McCanna also owned Bull Tiz.

Other winning conditioners on the night included Steve Henson getting his 3rd win of the meet and coming off an impressive win in the Auburn Stakes last Sunday. Henson scored in the 2nd race with Miss Union. In the 3rd race Debbie Peery got her 4th victory of the season with front runner Flash that Smile. Steve Bullock tallied his 2nd win of the season in the 4th with West Coast Bull, Jim Gilmour won the 5th with favorite Regarding Harry.

Jesse Velasquez got the big win in the Daffodil Sweet Sprint Series but like most of the field lost Union Coach to a claim. And in the finale, conditioner Jorge Maravilla wrapped up the final Friday of June with 5-1 Joey Ten.

The Betting Window

The day began with a Kevin Krigger daily double. Krigger’s runner in the 2nd, Miss Union was a nice 5-1 but he began with a 1-5 shot aboard Bull Tiz. The result was just a $12.72 return. You would have made more with a win bet on Miss Union that paid $12.86.

In the 2nd race a field of well matched 5 runners and the 5-1 to 4-1 to 11-1 50-cent trifecta paid a hearty $87.48. The 1-1 favorite Eyelight ran 4th but triggered a decent $21.18 dime superfecta or $211.80 for the dollar bet.

The late pick 4 was decent with a $527 pay-out but the Pick 5 was a nice chunk of change with winners walking off with $2,683. The 10-cent Pick 6 could only muster 5 of 6 winners which paid $69.25 and a building $7,643.83 carry-over heading into the Corgi weekend.

Horseshoe Friday Night

3 contestants had a shot at $1,000 with the Friday night horseshoe toss and while none of them were close to a ringer, Steve Medina of Black Diamond edged Denise Anderson from Auburn for the $100 consolation prize.

6th Race Featured Race The Daffodil Sweet Sprint Series Leg 1

By Vince Bruun

Union Coach took command into the stretch and scored by three lengths over Nan Elizabeth in Friday’s first leg of the Daffodil Sweet Sprint Series for older fillies and mares at Emerald Downs.

With Alex Cruz riding, the winner covered six furlongs in 1:10.84 and returned $13.12 for a $2 win ticket. Rigoberto Velasquez is trainer and co-owner with Jerry Carmody.

The series continues with second leg July 10, but only horses that ran Friday are eligible to run in two weeks.

Five of the eight horses in Friday’s contest were claimed including the top three finishers.

Older colts & geldings get their turn next week in event #2 of the Hollywood Harbor Sprint Series at 5 ½ furlongs. Roll Dem Bones captured the first leg last week.

Thanks to a generous anonymous donor, the Hollywood Harbor and Daffodil Sweet offer $3,500 claimers the opportunity to compete for enhanced purses, and te overall winner of each series also earn a $1,000 bonus.

A 5-year-old by Coach Bob, Union Coach has been hitting hard this season at Emerald Downs with two wins and a second from three starts. Her overall mark is 7-9-2 in 31 starts with earnings of $125,463. The California-bred mare has wins at Santa Rosa, Pleasanton, Turf Paradise, and Emerald Downs.

Nan Elizabeth, with Kevin Orozco aboard, rallied in the middle of the track to finish second, while Ginger in Charge, the 9 to 5 favorite, took third. Rounding out the order of finish were Thirsty Nic, Rabble, Sing a Happy Song, Pocket Knife, and Aventapp.

• $1.00 EXACTA 3-4 $21.46
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 3-4-1 $20.14
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 3-4-1-2 $23.57
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 7-3 $15.94
• $0.50 PICK 3 4-7-3 $29.75

Race Replay

The rest of the Friday Night card

1st Race

The field of 6 went 6 furlongs and 5-2 Love Da Gig with Alex Cruz went to the front and was joined down the backstretch with 19-1 Colonel Brock under Silvio Amador and they set sizzling early fractions of 21.88 and 45.07. This set up the kick of 1-5 odds-on choice Bull Tiz. Jockey Kevin Krigger unleashed the Bull on the turn and he swept by the two front runners to roll to a 7 length win in a final time of 1:10.19. Bull Tiz is owned and trained by Tim McCanna.

Colonel Brock ended up 2nd, Love Da Gig 3rd and completing the superfecta was Rise Up and Go with Karlo Lopez.

• $1.00 EXACTA 4-5 $14.06
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 4-5-6 $12.77
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 4-5-6-3 $5.62

Race Replay

2nd Race

Kevin Krigger was on the 1-5 favorite in the 1st race, in this one he was aboard 5-1 Miss Union and went to the lead setting fast times of 21.70 and 44.58. This time it did not set up the closers and Miss Union scorched the field by 6 lengths in a final time of 1:09.54. Miss Union is owned by Gary Williamson and trained by Steve Henson.

Ms Flashy Harbor and Karlo Lopez closed well to be 2nd, Flyin By held onto 3rd after dueling with Miss Union with Silvio Amador up and Zippin Sevenz with Pablo Castillo flattened out to finish 4th.

• $1.00 EXACTA 4-3 $33.93
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 4-3-5 $87.48
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 4-3-5-2 $21.18
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 4-4 $12.72

Race Replay

3rd Race

Gate to wire for 7-2 Flash that Smile under the direction of Frank Alvarado. Flash that Smile set quick fractions of 21.70 and 45.24 before holding 2-1 Bella Ciao Ciao off by a neck and denying Kevin Krigger his 3rd win in a row. The final time was 58.25 for the 5 furlongs. Trevor Daniel Morgan is the owner and the winning trainer was Debbie Peery.

It was a tight finish for 3rd with Omache Girl the 3-2 top choice and Silvio Amador getting the nose down over Flyin’wildnfree with Pablo Castillo for the show.

• $1.00 EXACTA 1-2 $11.51
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 1-2-6 $13.57
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 1-2-6-3 $6.54
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 4-1 $43.37
• $0.50 PICK 3 4-4-1 $27.65

Race Replay

4th Race

West Coast Bull was sent to the lead by Karlo Lopez and rolled to a clear win in the 6 furlong sprint. West Coast Bull is owned by Gold Coast Racing VI and trained by Steve Bullock. West Coast Bull is a Washingt0n bred by Coast Guard out of Marquet Formula by Marquetry and was bred by Jean Welch.

Dynamic Secret and Isaias Enriquez held off Adios Nicanpor with Adrian Castellanos for 2nd while Bluegrass Lent and Alex Cruz completed the superfecta.

• $1.00 EXACTA 4-6 $12.67
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 4-6-3 $22.89
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 4-6-3-1 $6.97
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 1-4 $19.76
• $0.50 PICK 3 4-1-4 $82.28
• $0.50 PICK 4 4 OF 4 4-4-1-4 $123.45

Race Replay

5th Race

A field of 7 went 6 furlongs and Mo Grey pressed the pace and set the early fractions but could not resist the 7-5 favorite Regarding Harry who sat just behind. Allyssa Morales let Harry go about the quarter pole and dueled with the stubborn Mo Grey but edged away in the end for a 1/2 length win in a final time of 1:10-flat. Regarding Harry is owned by Sue Gilmour and trained by Jim Gilmour.

Mo Grey was a clear 2nd over 3rd place Aloha Chrome and Kevin Orozco with Fruit Lutes and Kevin Krigger taking 4th.

• $1.00 EXACTA 7-4 $15.83
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 7-4-5 $30.19
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 7-4-5-3 $17.26
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 4-7 $16.66
• $0.50 PICK 3 1-4-7 $33.43
• $0.50 PICK 4 4 OF 4 4-1-4-7 $239.29

Race Replay

7th Race

5-1 Joey Ten came from dead last to run them all down in the stretch under a perferctly timed ride from Blake Nunnally to pull away for a clear win. Joey Ten races for Irma Esmerelda Angel and trained by Jorge Maravilla.

Higher Performance and Karlo Lopez ran 2nd, Honoring Autism with Kevin Orozco ran 3rd, Oscar Production under Silvio Amdor finished 4th and Come Home with Kevin Krigger completed the Super Hi 5.

• $1.00 EXACTA 2-3 $15.46
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 2-3-1 $26.55
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 2-3-1-4 $15.86
• $0.50 SUPERHIGHFIVE 2-3-1-4-5 $118.70
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 3-2 $33.67
• $0.50 PICK 3 7-3-2 $96.11
• $0.50 PICK 4 4 OF 4 4-7-3-2 $527.64
• $0.50 PICK 5 5 OF 5 1-4-7-3-2 $2,683.04
• $0.10 PICK 6 5 OF 6 4-1-4-7-3-2 $69.25
• – PICK 6 CarryOver $7,643.83

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