I could go on and on about the fantastic Field of Dreams Game this week. It was perfect for anyone that didn’t have a horse in the race. There was a unique setting we had never seen before in a Major League Baseball game. The cornfields were breathtaking and the […]
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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 […]
King’s Ranks: MLB Power Rankings 8/10/21
For the first time in many years, there are about eight teams I could actually see winning the World Series. What is wild is that some of those teams might not even get into the playoffs. The AL East could send three teams into October and the NL West could […]
King’s Ranks: MLB Power Rankings 8/3/21
That was one of if not the wildest trade deadline in MLB history. Teams were absolutely gutted and guys synonymous with their clubs were shipped out. Other teams refused to rebuild and are going to let some players go without anything in return for reasons I can’t seem to figure […]