AUBURN – Slew’s Tiz Whiz will try to score one for persistence in the $125,000 Longacres Mile on Sunday at Emerald Downs.

Should the 7-year-old gelding win the Northwest’s most prestigious horse race, he would pull off a remarkable feat. Only five horses have won the Longacres Mile twice in 89 previous editions, and only one of them, 1946 and 1948 winner Amble In, did it in non-consecutive years. Jockey Julien Couton will try to guide Slew’s Tiz Whiz to victory three years after his 2022 triumph. He tried in both 2023 and 2024, finishing third both times.

The 9-5 morning-line favorite, Slew’s Tiz Whiz comes into this year’s race in top form. In his most recent start, he scored a record fourth victory in the Governor’s Stakes, the 6½-furlong prep race for the Mile at Emerald Downs. A winn

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