6/21/2021 (Auburn, WA) The hot sun pounding down on the white pavement outside the entry gates, long lines, confused patrons not sure where or how to bet, where to find the park, get ice cream or a cold beverage even where it was ok to have a smoke break. This […]
Emerald Downs
Emerald Downs celebrates 25th year on Sunday; 2 Stakes also set to run
6/19/2021 (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs celebrates 25 years on Sunday. It was June 20, 1996 when the admission gates first flew open and a crowd of more than 18,000 who had waited four years for the return of live racing in Western Washington packed the shiny new track in Auburn. […]
Emerald Downs: Front Speed Dominates Stakes Schedule Kick-off in the Hastings and Bud
6/19/2021 (Auburn, WA) The 2021 Stakes schedule got underway Thursday night highlighted with the first Longacres Mile prep race, the 50-thousand dollar Budweiser Stakes. The field of 8 ran as the 7th race on the 8 race card. The field set to go 6-furlongs would then suffer a late scratch […]
Emerald Downs: Stakes Schedule begins Thursday with the Bud Mile Prep and the Hastings
6/16/2021 (Auburn, WA) The Stakes schedule kicks off on Thursday with the first of two prep races for the Longacres Mile, the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes and the first Stakes battle for fillies and mares in the Hastings Park also worth $50,000. Both races will start for the 25th time. The […]
Emerald Downs 25th year Opens with 2 Days of Racing and Fans
5/20/2021 (Auburn, WA) The 25th year opened up on Wednesday evening with 8 races and live fans for the first time since 2019. Some of the familiar names are of course here such as Champion trainer Frank Lucarelli, Hall of Famer’s Howard Belvoir and the Cooper-Penney family. Last year’s Champion […]
Larry the SportsCat reveals his Kentucky Derby bets
4/30/2021 (Katlama, WA) Larry the SportsCat, handicapping expert is getting anxious for the Emerald Downs season to start on Wednesday, May 19th, the latest start since opening on June 20th 1996, the original opening day. So to get warmed up he wants to “rock” the Derby and build up some […]
Emerald Downs connection to Kentucky Derby could “Rock Your World”!
4/29/2021 Jockey Cerapio Figueroa had been to Emerald Downs prior to last season but last season he was here for the whole meet. Figueroa made an immediate impact finishing 4th in the standings with 39 wins. The 25-year-old Figueroa who is from Southern California has been a jockey since 2015 […]
State Senate Bill to assist Horse Racing
1/29/2021 (Auburn, WA) State Senator Phil Fortunato of the 31st district has sponsored a bill to help the horse racing industry. The Senate bill SB-5364 will take a piece of the sales tax revenue from the purchase of products and services related to equines and re-invest it into racing and […]
Emerald Downs: 2021 Racing Dates Announced
1/12/2021 **Correction: The 10% Purse increase last year was not retroactive, but increased for the final 6 days of racing. (Renton, WA) Emerald Downs officials announced their intended 2021 racing dates on yesterday, we say intended because the dates have been determined based on the current status of COVID-19 rules […]
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 […]