All the Rage makes the wire in the Jenks Purse feature at Emerald Downs | Horse Racing

All the Rage and leading rider Ricky Frazier poured it on in the stretch and scored a 5 ¼-length victory in the $12,100 Jenks Purse for fillies and mares Saturday at Emerald Downs. A 4-year-old Kentucky-bred by Toccet, All the Rage ran six furlongs in 1 minute, 8 2/5 seconds on a fast track and paid $5.20, $3.60 and $3. Charles Essex is the trainer for owners April the 4th Stable, who claimed the filly for $10,000 last month.

June 26, 2010 11:44 pm

All the Rage and leading rider Ricky Frazier poured it on in the stretch and scored a 5 ¼-length victory in the $12,100 Jenks Purse for fillies and mares Saturday at Emerald Downs.

A 4-year-old Kentucky-bred by Toccet, All the Rage ran six furlongs in 1 minute, 8 2/5 seconds on a fast track and paid $5.20, $3.60 and $3. Charles Essex is the trainer for owners April the 4th Stable, who claimed the filly for $10,000 last month.

Big Bertha, ridden by Inoel Beato, chased the winner from flag-fall to finish, but had to settle for second place. The runner-up paid $3.80 and $2.60. It was a neck back to Mirror Pond, ridden by Francisco Duran, and a $3.40 show payoff.

Keira’s Way finished fourth, followed by Primadonna Pearl and T J Timber.

Breaking from the No. 2 post-position, All the Rage sprinted up to take over in the opening strides and opened a 2 ½-length advantage after a quarter-mile in 22 2/5 seconds. She extended the lead to three lengths after a half-mile in 44 4/5, and maintained a three-length lead into the stretch after five furlongs in 56 2/5.

From there, the issue was never in doubt as All the Rage drew out to the wire.

All the Rage has been a study in consistency this season with two wins, a second and a third in four starts. She has an overall mark of 4-2-5 in 23 starts with $57,777 in earnings.

Frazier also has been hot at Emerald Downs. He had his first four-win day of the season and opened a 46-39 lead over Juan Gutierrez in the jockeys’ standings.

News and Notes

• Trainer Craig Walters broke into the victory column as Catanita ($8.80) prevailed in the sixth race under Deborah Hoonan-Trujillo. Walters, an Auburn native, doubles as a mutuel teller on the fifth floor at Emerald Downs.

• Live racing continues 2 p.m. Sunday with a 10-race card. Race 6 is the $50,000 Pepsi-Cola Handicap for 3-year-olds; Auburn Handicap winner Posse Power is the 6-to-5 morning line favorite with Newfound Man second choice at 3-to-1. Trainer Michael Puhich, who sends out California shipper Silk Street, is having a hard-luck meet with no winners from 26 starters. His horses are firing, however, with nine seconds, seven thirds and a 62 percent in the money average.