Northwest Horse Racing Legend Richard Wright Passes Away By Gary Dougherty 11/28/2020 A Northwest horseman since the mid-1960s, Richard Wright passed away November 9, 2020 at the age of 81 in his Renton, WA home. He was born November 27, 1938, in Afton, WY and was drafted into the United […]
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Emerald Downs: Post Season Awards “The Horses”; Season Re-cap Part 3
11/9/2020 (Auburn, WA) The post season awards have been announced for the 25th Emerald Downs season. We will go through each one and category and in this piece we focus on the horses. Horse of the Meeting, Top 2-year-old Male & Top Washington Bred Dutton This is the 3rd Horse […]
Emerald Downs: Post Season Awards Jockeys; Season Re-cap Part 2
11/4/2020 (Auburn, WA) The post season awards have been announced for the 25th Emerald Downs season. We will go through each one and category and we start with the Jockeys. Jockey’s Champion Jockey: Alex Cruz Alex Cruz made his first year at Emerald Downs a memorable one “Cruzing” to […]
Emerald Downs: Wild and Crazy 25th Season in the Books Part 1
10/30/2020 (Auburn, WA) Just the fact that there was a season is a tribute to everyone in the business from the jockey’s and trainers to the grooms, track crew, Emerald staff, stewards, race office, owners and everyone else involved and they all should be congratulated, well done and a great […]
Emerald Downs: Juan Gutierrez all alone atop the Emerald Win Mountain
10/15/2020 (Auburn, WA) To be the all-time winningest anything is an achievement that few can ever accomplish but in horse racing it’s even more difficult. The nomad nature of the game makes it difficult for a jockey or trainer to be at one track long enough to make a run […]
Emerald Downs: Larry the SportsCats “Betting Parlor” Keep track of your Bets
10/13/2020 “The Betting Parlor” Keep Track of your Bets! (Katlama, WA) Hey gang, well I have to tell you all I couldn’t have imagined this crazy season going as well as it has. Of course I am disappointed that we can not be at the track watching and experiencing the […]
Emerald Downs: 3 Stakes Champions Crowned on Washington Cup Night
10/1/2020 (Auburn, Wa) The 25th season of Emerald Downs remains in the odd schedule they began with on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s except the one week due to smoke. This is an odd opening sentence but the heartiness of the racing industry and folks figured it and got racing started and […]
Emerald Downs: No Surprise in 85th Longacres Mile, Anothertwistafate Wins
9/11/2020 Two more stakes races were on the line in week 12 and none bigger than this with the $100,000 Longacres Mile and the $40,000 Emerald Distaff. Our coverage of both races below. The Longacres Mile Grade 3 $100,000 (Auburn, WA) There were many reasons for something crazy to happen […]
Emerald Downs: Hall of Fame Trainer Ben Harris passes at his home in Selah
9/7/2020 (Selah, WA) Washington State Hall of Fame Thoroughbred trainer Ben Harris passed away on September 2nd in Selah. Harris is most known for his incredible run in the waning years of Longacres when he teamed up with another Central Washington native George Layman. Layman was looking for a trainer […]
Emerald Downs: Favorites Fall in the Derby and Oaks
9/4/2020 (Auburn, WA) The table was set for the favorites to sweep the Muckleshoot Derby and the Washington Oaks on Thursday night but as the old saying goes…”that’s racing!” It was a perfect night for racing, an early September evening with comfortable temperatures and a perfect track that had seen […]