Paul Beattie

7/7/18 (Story originally posted on 7/7 has been updated on 7/8) The Beginning (Auburn, WA) You had to be 10-years-old to get into Longacres Race Track in Renton back in the late 60’s when 8-year-old Frank Lucarelli began attending the races but his Dad was an owner and had a […]

6/14/18 Horse Racing is a different kind of sport check this out a race on Father’s Day at Emerald Downs a race for horse trainers that are 90 years old or older ONLY! And yes there is enough for a betting field to race. Emerald Downs’ Vince Bruun’s story here.  […]

Kevin Orozco continuing the NW Apprentice Legacy (Auburn, WA) Apprentice jockey’s are the rookies of horse racing and many times are treated as such in the jockey’s room like rookies at an NFL training camp. Apprentices when they win their first race know they have at least a bucket of […]

7/6/17 (Auburn, WA) Dean “Deano” Mazzuca has a serious passion burning for NW horse racing and it began much like it did for many back in the Longacres days. Mazzuca worked at the Renton oval earning money to go to college that would lead to a long career at Boeing. […]

6/29/17 (Auburn, WA) Rocco Bowen was born and raised in the Caribbean nation of Barbados. Life in the sun and surf on the 21 mile long and 14 mile wide tropical paradise treated Bowen well, his Dad Roscoe had a good job working for Towing Company, his Mom Nancy, works […]

6/21/17 (Auburn, WA) The Eli Sports Network is excited about our expanded coverage of Washington State Horse Racing at Emerald Downs this season. This will be the first of many spotlight profiles of not only trainers but owners, jockeys and other folks linked to the horse racing industry and not […]