4/13/2022 The National Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s Graded Stakes committee recently decided that the Longacres Mile is not longer worthy of a graded status. This decision could not be a worse, no thought at all and makes zero sense conclusion if there ever was one and frankly shows this […]
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Horse Racing: Grants Pass closes their doors; will not run in 2022
4/12/2022 Grants Pass Race Track has shut down their operations and will not run a meet in 2022 that was scheduled to begin on May 9th. Rumblings began when the State of Oregon would not approve gaming machines for the operators of Grants Pass to help with revenue to run […]
Horse Racing: Longacres Mile Winner “Background” dominate Oaklawn field
4/10/2022 The race of the year in 2021 at Emerald Downs was clearly the Longacres Mile. Background with former Emerald Downs Champion jockey Rocco Bowen came home to run in the Grade 3 Northwest Classic and came flying late down the stretch to nip Windribbon to give Bowen his 1st […]
Emerald Downs: New Track Announcer set to debut on Opening Day
2/7/2022 (Auburn, WA) Heading into year 27 at Emerald Downs a new voice will be booming over the P-A system keeping track of the horses as they make their way around the Auburn oval. Bill Downes will become the 4th full-time track announcer when the gates for race 1 of […]
Emerald Downs: 2 Time Champ recovering after spill in Arizona
1/27/2022 Alex Cruz the 2-time defending jockey champion at Emerald Downs was home recovering after he was thrown from his mount in the 8th race at Turf Paradise this past Tuesday. It was the 8th and final race of the day and Cruz was aboard “Macedonian Ruler” breaking from the […]
Emerald Downs: Trainers and Owners Wrap-up for 2021
10/19/2021 Sorry this is about 2 weeks later than I wanted but at Eli Sports we broadcast High School sports live and this season has been crazy with all the changes in schedules for various reasons, so again I apologize for being a little late but here we go! 2021 […]
Emerald Downs: 2021 Jockey Standings, Stakes leaders and other Notes
(Auburn, WA) The 2021 season came to an end on Sunday with an 11 race card and 3 Stakes races. There was also a battle for the jockey Championship with defending Champion Alex Crux holding on to a 1 win lead over Julien Couton and Juan Gutierrez 4 behind. Coming […]
Emerald Downs: Final Day of 2021, 3 Stakes decided, Muckleshoot Classic, Washington Cup & the Gottstein Futurity
9/26/2021 The 2021 season came to an end on Sunday and was highlighted by the 3 Stakes races the Muckleshoot Tribal Classic, the Washington Cup for fillies and mares and the prestigious Gottstein Futurity. In this post we will cover just the Stakes races and over the next week or […]
Emerald Downs: Indian Relays and Wash Cup for the Girls and Boys
9/15/2021 (Auburn, WA) The 2021 race season is grinding down with just 5 race days left, this week the traditional Indian relay races began on Friday night and had races on both Saturday with the finals on Sunday. Also, 2 of the final 5 stakes races were run on Sunday […]
Emerald Downs: Derby and Oaks Highlight week 16
8/30/2021 (Auburn, WA) Week 16 had another pair of big Stakes races with the Washington Oaks for 3-year-old fillies with a field of a well matched field of 10 on the cards 6th race. The 8th race was the 84th edition of the Derby for 3-year-olds and now is the […]