Won Awesome Dude Wins $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel

August 2, 2008 -- Shakopee, MN -- Following a one-year absence, the Claiming Crown, a seven-race, $600,000 event saluting North
America’s best claiming horses, returned to Canterbury Park on Saturday. This marks the eighth time it has been held at
the suburban Minneapolis racetrack. On track, the crowd of 10,188 wagered $558,645 on the seven Claiming Crown
races. Import handle on Claiming Crown races from wagering sites throughout the country totaled $2,175,818, an increase
of 16% over the 2006 figure.

Won Awesome Dude won the richest race of the day, the $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel. Trained by Daulton Nedrick
and ridden by Casey Lambert, the 5-year-old raced mid-pack in the field of nine in the early stages of the race before
making a move on the far turn. He collared the leader mid-stretch and went on to win by one-length, returning $7.60. The
final time of the one mile and one-eighth main track race was 1:49.97. Won Awesome Dude, owned by Kuehne Racing,
qualified to run in the Jewel by racing for a $20,000 maiden claiming price in his career debut in May of 2007 at Lone
Star Park. He had not been entered in a claiming race since that start and recently won a $50,000 stakes at Manor Downs
in Texas.

Antrim County won the $50,000 Iron Horse, returning $5.40. Chippewa Court ($5.40), trained by Merrill Scherer, won
the $75,000 Glass Slipper. The $50,000 Allied Waste Express went to Extra Exclusive who paid $7.80. Scherer won his
second race of the day when 16-1 longshot Cat Hop won the $100,000 John Deere Tiara. Eagle Storm, owned by Detroit
Lakes, MN residents Curt and Sharon Johnson (S E J Stables Inc.), won the $100,000 Daily Racing Form Rapid Transit,
returning $9.60. Wagering favorite Self Made Man ($4.00) won the $100,000 Bremer Bank Emerald.

The $100,000 Lady Canterbury Stakes was also run on Saturday. The one-mile turf race for fillies went to the post with 11
runners. Quiet Queen, at odd of 30-1, won by a neck after a resolute stretch drive and returned $63.60 to win. Owned by
Sam and Joan Pieper of Murfreesboro, TN, the 5-year-old mare has now won six of 18 career starts and has earnings of
more than $150,000. She is trained by David Kassen.

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