8/24/2021 (Auburn, WA) Sunday wrapped up week #15 and we’re now 3/4’s of the way through the 2021 racing season. There were 4 Stakes races on Sunday beginning with the annual quarter horse $40,000 Bank of America Championship Challenge at 440 yards and the 30-k John Deere Stakes at 350 […]
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Emerald Downs: Princess of Cairo swoops in again for a Stakes win plus the Round-Up!
8/16/2021 (Auburn, Wa) Longacres Mile day was a double feature of Stakes races and the Emerald Distaff for the ladies got things started in the 6th race. A field of 8 well matched opponents were set to compete for the $50,000 purse at a mile and 1/16th. The race featured […]
Emerald Downs: Background nails Windribbon on the wire to win the 86th Longacres Mile
8/16/2021 (Auburn, WA) Bob Rondeau is known as the voice of Husky Football and Basketball for more than 3 decades and delivered the play-by-play for thousands of Husky fans for many Pac-10, Rose Bowl and other Championships. Rondeau also anchored the Longacres Mile coverage both at Longacres and at Emerald […]
Emerald Downs: Mile Week Opening Acts; Ice Needs Whiskey takes Thurs Feature & Our Lyla Grace wins Sat Night
8/15/2021 (Auburn, WA) Of course 99% of the attention during Mile week is on the Mile and the Distaff both set to run on Sunday but there were 2 other days of racing that deserve their own recognition. We’ll review the 2 feature races and offer up some news and […]
Emerald Downs: Plenty of Local Connections in the 86th Longacres Mile
8/14/2021 (Auburn, WA) The 86th running of the Longacres Mile is set for Sunday afternoon at Emerald Downs. The crown jewel of Northwest racing for decades looks to have one of it’s most competitive fields in several years from top to bottom. Not quite a full field but 11 are […]
Emerald Downs: Lifelong Fan Dreams Come True with Papa’s Golden Boy
8/12/2021 Back in the 70’s Gary Lusk happened to stop in at a little place called Longacres with some friends and it was love at first sight. Lusk attended the races regularly from then on and became a super fan. He said he was pretty decent at picking winners too […]
Emerald Downs: It’s Mile Week! Fields set for Longacres Mile & the Distaff
8/11/2021 The 85th running of the Longacres Mile was run on a Thursday night with no fans. The 86th edition of the Northwest classic is back where it belongs on Sunday afternoon before thousands of fans. The field of 11 features shippers trying to come in and steal the biggest […]
Emerald Downs: Catching Up, the past 6 race days
8/11/2021 Hey Emerald Downs fans sorry for the silent treatment for 2 weeks but the Eli Sports Network covers many things and we had a massive High School Fastpitch showcase the past week where we live streamed broadcast 40 games. Fortunately it came during a 2 week break from Stakes […]
Emerald Downs: Local Favorite Defends Corgi Championship!
7/27/2021 (Auburn, WA) Sunday was one of the most anticipated days of the year at Emerald Downs and a huge crowd showed up on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to take in the beauty of horse racing and the fun of the Corgi races! A total of 72 Corgi’s were entered […]
Emerald Downs: Week 11 Champs crowned in the Kent & Irish Day Stakes, the Ladies dominate Saturday and some big pays and more
7/27/2021 (Auburn, WA) Week 11 was huge with 2 stakes for 3-year-olds the Kent Stakes for fillies and the Irish Day Stakes for all 3-year-olds. It was also the 2nd large promotional day of the year, after the July 3rd Fireworks show but the Corgi races drew an amazing 10,000+ […]