RICHARD WRIGHT MEMORIAL
HORSE OF THE YEAR
SLEW’S TIZ WHIZ
and
Scatter Creek Training Center
Champion Older Horse or Gelding
SLEW’S TIZ WHIZ
(4YO G., Slew’s Tiznow—Ros’s Girl, by Rosberg)
Owner: K D Thoroughbreds (Darlyne Krieg)
Breeder: Karl Krieg
Trainer: Tom Wenzel
2022 Race Record: 7 3-1-1 $142,112
Stakes: Longacres Mile H. (EmD), Governor’s S. (EmD);
2nd Muckleshoot Tribal Classic S.-R (EmD).
Castlegate Farm Champion Older Filly or Mare
BLAZINGBELLABLU
(4YO, Grazen—Bellomesa, by Sky Mesa)
Owners and breeders: Rainbow: Meadows Farm (Petra Lewin) & Charles Essex
Trainer: Charles Essex
2022 Race Record: 4 1-2-1 $54,800
Stakes: WA Cup Filly and Mare S.-R (EmD); 2nd Hastings S. (EmD), Glendale H. (TuP); 3rd Jeff & Jack Coady S. (TuP).
Blue Ribbon Farm Champion Three-year-old
and
Pegasus Training & Rehabilitation
Champion Three-year-old Filly
ANTHONYS CLEOPATRA
(Constitution—Luxor Lady, by Pioneerof the Nile)
Owner and breeder: Cacchiotti Ranch (Larry & Jackie Cacchiotti)
Trainer: Tim McCanna
2022 Race Record: 6 3-1-0 $88,950
Stakes: California Oaks (GG).
Clay Ward Agency LLC
Champion Three-year-old Colt or Gelding
ITSALLABOUTTHERIDE
(G., Harbor the Gold—Holy Rose, by Touch Gold)
Owners: Friendship Stable (Bonnie Jenne), Q Stable (Douglas & Nancy McPhee) & Craig Fredrickson
Breeders: Jennifer Webber & Kenneth Jochimsen (Windway Farm)
Trainer: Bonnie Jenne
2022 Race Record: 6 2-1-1 $56,535
Stakes: Irish Day S. (EmD); 2nd Auburn S. (EmD).
WTBOA Sale Graduate 
Freight NW Champion Two-year-old
and
Freight NW Champion Two-year-old Colt or Gelding
THE BIG WAM
(C., Mr. Big—Magnetic, by Forestry)
Owners: Michael Bello LLC & Charles Bartlett
Breeder: Keith Marks
Trainer: Luis Mendez
2022 Race Record: 5 2-2-0 $167,160
Stakes: Graduation S.-R (Dmr); 2nd Kentucky Juvenile S. (CD).
Freight NW Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
MISS DYNAMIC
(Dynamic Impact—Miss Salome, by Harbor the Gold)
Owner and breeder: Antonio C. Mendoza
Trainer: Rigoberto Velasquez
2022 Record: 4 2-0-2 $53,575
Stakes: Angie C. S. (EmD); 3rd Barbara Shinpoch S. (EmD), WA Cup Juvenile Filly S.-R (EmD).
Duane Weber Insurance Champion Sprinter
PAPA’S GOLDEN BOY
(6YO G., Harbor the Gold—Brookie Girl, by Proud Citizen)
Owners: Lusk Racing (Gary & Deborah Lusk)
Breeder: Bar C Racing Stables Inc. (Pam & Neal Christopherson)
Trainers: Ashley A. Potts, Vince Gibson & Jack Steiner
2022 Sprint Race Record: 5 1-2-0 $56,400
Stakes: Budweiser S. (EmD); 2nd Governor’s S. (EmD).
WTBOA Sale Graduate
WTBOA Staff Plater of the Year
CHEROKEE CHATTER
(6YO M., Jake La Gold—Tribal Chatter, by Tribal Rule)
Owner: Thomas E. Rozantz
Breeder: Antonio Martinez
Trainer: Cathy Rozantz
2022 Race Record: 14 4-5-0 $64,490
Washington HBPA Most Improved Plater
PEARL RIVER DELTA
(4YO, F., Abraaj—Atta Girl Perl, by Atta Boy Roy)
Owner and trainer: Alan Bozell
Breeders: Pat & Mullan Chinn
2022 Record: 8 3-2-3 $48,925
El Dorado Farms Leading Sire Award
CONVEYANCE
(2007, Indian Charlie—Emptythetill, by Holy Bull)
Stands property of Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Pabst
at Blue Ribbon Farm
2022 Earnings of $1,148,238
John and Joyce Loftus Leading Freshman Sire Award
GOLD RUSH DANCER
(2013, Private Gold—Dances On Water, by In Excess [Ire])
Stands property of John E. Parker
at Blue Ribbon Farm
2022 Earnings of $87,085
Griffin Place Broodmare of the Year
Holy Rose
(2003, Touch Gold—Holy Blitz, by Holy Bull)
Owned by Jennifer Webber & Ken Jochimsen (Windway Farm)
Mare deceased
Winning half-sister to Eclipse champion sprinter Judy the Beauty ($1.8-million) & SP Spritz.
7 foals, 7 starters, 5 winners, 2 SWs, 1 Washington champion. 2022 Washington champion 3-year-old colt or gelding ITSALLABOUTTHERIDE (by Harbor the Gold, $58,779), her final foal; 2019 SW PARKER’S ROSE (by Parker’s Storm Cat, $52,915); and winners Cat’s Touch (by Parker’s Storm Cat, 13 wins to 7, 2023, $123,579); Gold Rose (by Harbor the Gold (4 wins to 4, 2022, $30,798); Touch of Danzig (by Outing, $20,308).
One Horse Will Do Corporation Top Washington-bred OTTB
BACK TO WINE
(2010 Gelding, Baquero—Wine At Dawn, by Desert Wine)
Owner and Rider: Christina Klein
Breeder: Henry O. Gott
With 1,283 points recorded through The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (TIP) Performance Awards
WHBPA Willing Hearts Award
CHAPLAIN GILBERT & PATSY AGUILAR
S. J. Agnew Special Achievement Award
DR. L. EVERETT MACOMBER
In recognition of your lifetime of dedication to the Thoroughbred. For your leadership, your willingness to share your expertise & your many contributions as a veterinarian, breeder & racing commissioner – during which you always placed the welfare of the horse foremost.
Rainbow Meadows Farm/Van Dorm Realty Inc.
Leading Breeder
NINA M. & RONALD A. HAGEN
(El Dorado Farms LLC)
Awarded on the Basis of 2022
Washington-bred Earnings of $527,937
NTRA Leading Owner
TODD & SHAWN HANSEN
(Scatter Creek Training Center)
Awarded on the Basis of 2022
Washington-bred Earnings of $216,894
Scatter Creek Training Center
Special Training Achievement Award
ALAN BOZELL
For a career-best meeting in earnings, including the development of stakes winner and Emerald Downs Top Older Filly or Mare Zippin Sevenz & Washington Most Improved Plater Pearl River Delta.
Backstretch Chaplaincy
Special Training Achievement Award
TOM WENZEL
For training three Emerald Downs champions among his four stakes winners, led by Horse of the Meet Slew’s Tiz Whiz (his 2nd Longacres Mile winner), 2-year-old colt Lloyds Logic (his 2nd consecutive Gottstein Futurity victor) & 2-year-old filly Aloha Breeze.
Clemans View Farm
Special Racetrack Achievement Award
JOAN HUTCHISON
For her longtime dedication to racing, its people and the horses beginning in the 1970s at Longacres and continuing at Yakima Meadows and Emerald Downs where she mastered multiple roles around the track & her clocking skills became legendary.
2022 WTBOA Sales Accomplishments
Highest Priced WTBOA-sold Yearling Colt/Gelding
SIR PRANCEALOT (Ire)—IMPEACHED, by Northern Afleet
Consigned by Griffin Place LLC
Purchased by Premier Team #1 for $85,000
Highest Priced WTBOA-sold Yearling Filly
GRAZEN—LADY ROSBERG, by Rosberg
Consigned by Griffin Place LLC, Agent
Purchased by Andy Mathias for $47,000
Best WTBOA-sold Two-year-old Performer
RUNNIN OUT OF DAYS
(G., Abraaj—Annie Over, by Atta Boy Roy)
Owners: BDW Racing LLC (Blaine D. Wright),
Abel Pulver & Shawn Sudo
Breeders: Tom & Becky L. Birklid (Suntop Farm)
Trainer: Blaine D. Wright
2022 Race Record 2 2-0-0 $55,000
Stakes: King County Express S. (EmD),
WA Cup Juvenile Colts & Geldings S.-R (EmD).
Best WTBOA-sold Three-year-old Performer
SLACK TIDE
(F., Shaman Ghost—Impeached, by Northern Afleet)
Owners: Ten Broeck Farm Inc. (David Mowat)
Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. William T. Griffin (Griffin Place LLC), KY-bred
Trainer: Blaine D. Wright
2022 Race Record 6 3-2-0 $95,250
Stakes: Seattle S. (EmD), Kent S. (EmD);
2nd Washington Oaks (EmD).
Best WTBOA-sold Older Performer
PAPA’S GOLDEN BOY
(6YO G., Harbor the Gold—Brookie Girl, by Proud Citizen)
Owners: Lusk Racing (Gary & Deborah Lusk)
Breeder: Bar C Racing Stables Inc. (Pam & Neal Christopherson)
Trainers: Ashley A. Potts, Vince Gibson & Jack Steiner
2022 Race Record 7 2-3-0 $101,900
Stakes: Budweiser S. (EmD), Muckleshoot Tribal Classic S.-R (EmD); 2nd Longacres Mile H. (EmD), Governor’s S. (EmD).
