9/3/2020 (Auburn, WA) Thursday, April 27, 2000 28-year-old apprentice jockey Jennifer Whitaker was aboard a 3-1 front runner named Fairly Gusty trained by Mark Molina and owned by the Warrior Racing Stable. The 10-pound allowance no doubt was attractive to Molina in giving Whitaker a leg up on this front […]
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Emerald Downs: Week 10 Dutton dominates the Lads; Time For Gold Rolls in the Shinpoch
8/28/2020 (Auburn, WA) We rolled into week 10 of this strange season 25 of the Emerald Downs season and 2 more Stakes races were on tap and again the 2-year-olds were in the spotlight with the boys competing in the Lads and the fillies threw down in the Barbara Shinpoch. […]
2000! Jockey Juan Gutierrez Wins a Ton!; Plus Re-capping the first 5 Weeks
7/23/20 (Auburn, WA) #2000! Jockey Juan Gutierrez recorded his 2,000th career win on Thursday evening at Emerald Downs when he guided Semi Sweet to victory with a nice move from off the pace up the rail. Gutierrez was relieved to get it done early as he had 10 rides on […]
Feature: Barkley, Heart of a Champion
8/16/2020 (Auburn, WA) Thursday night, August 13 was supposed to be the official race that we got to say “He’s Back!” Instead we saw the final run of one of the greatest horses to run at Emerald Downs. Barkley was truly a fan favorite and was one of those horses […]
Emerald Downs: Double Stakes Win for Lucarelli marred by Barkley’s last Run
8/14/2020 (Auburn, WA) Two more Stakes races in week 8 of the pandemic 2020 season and one of them a prep for the Longacres Mile. The Mount Rainier sent 7 to post including 2018 Mile winner and fan favorite Barkley. The Mount Rainier went off as the 9th of 11 […]
Emerald Downs: Daffodil’s not Roses in the Coca Cola; he was “Unmachable” in the Seattle Slew; plus Week 7 Re-Cap!
8/6/2020 (Auburn, Wa) Week 7 began on Wednesday with an 11-race card and a big Pick 5 carryover was hit with a massive pay-out just one result among many that are seeing bettors flock to the gem in the Northwest. More on the game later first the competition with another […]
Emerald Downs: Thursday was “Stakes” Night
7/31/20 (Auburn, WA) The first two Stakes races of the 2020 Emerald Downs season were run Thursday night and featured 2-year-olds, the fillys in the Angie C and colts and geldings in the King County Express. The big night capped week 6 that featured a 10-race card and lot’s of […]
Week 1 at Emerald Downs Huge Success! Re-Cap of Days 1 and 2
6/26/2020 (Renton, WA) It took awhile but racing returned to the Auburn Oval this week thanks to a massive effort by the racing community. (See our story on this remarkable effort by the Emerald Downs racing family.) It was of course different racing without fans but this has been done […]
Emerald Downs Horse Racing “Family” sets the Example on how to Deal with Covid 19
6/23/2020 (Auburn, WA) There are many beliefs, thoughts and opinions regarding the Covid 19 pandemic including in the tight-nit thoroughbred horse racing family that work and live in the backstretch barn area of Emerald Downs. The track opened for training on February 3rd more than a month before Governor Inslee […]
24 years ago Emerald Downs opened on this date; track now set to start season 25
6/20/2020 (Auburn, WA) 24 years ago Ron Crockett and his wife Wanda pulled into their parking space just outside the administrative offices of the brand new Emerald Downs Thoroughbred Racetrack in Auburn. It marked the end of the struggle, the uneasiness, nervousness of whether or not live racing would return […]