Emerald Downs: Local Reaction to Golden Gate closing announcement
7/19/2023 Sunday the focus at Emerald Downs was the two 3-year-old stakes races, the Kent Stakes and the Irish Day Stakes until word broke that the Stronach group announced they…
Baseball: Mariners Start Fast, Can’t Keep Up in Blowout Loss to Minnesota
7/18/23 Twins 10, Mariners 3 (Seattle, WA) It was a weird day in baseball on Tuesday. Offense was the story of the day as 12 teams put up double digit…
Baseball: Two-Out Offense Bails Out Pitching as M’s Beat Twins
7/17/23 Mariners 7, Twins 6 (Seattle, WA) After finishing the first half extremely strong, Logan Gilbert was looking to build that momentum into a strong second half close to the…
Emerald Downs: Sunday Irish Day 2 Stakes as takes the Irish Day and wins the Kent Stakes; Cruz cuts into the Jockey lead plus art show
7/16/2023 Sunday was another double Stakes day, this was the 3-year-olds week with the 50k Kent Stakes for fillies and 50k Irish Day stakes for colts and geldings. Both favorites…
Baseball: Miller Strong in Return, Bullpen Does the Rest as Mariners Salvage One with Tigers
7/16/23 Mariners 2, Tigers 0 (Seattle, WA) Being swept coming out of the All-Star break can completely kill a team and end their season right there. Being swept by a…
Emerald Downs: Saturday Night feature celebrates Vic Cozzeti as Deshambeau wins “The Predictor Memorial Race”
7/15/2023 If you had been around racing in the Northwest for the past 50+ years no doubt you know him well or have heard of Victor “The Predictor” Cozetti. Vic…
Baseball: Mariner Offense MIA, Get Shutout by Tigers
7/15/23 Tigers 6, Mariners 0 (Seattle, WA) Offense is absolutely essential to winning baseball games. It doesn’t matter how good a team’s rotation is, if they can’t score then they…
Baseball: Mariners Sleepy After Break, Lose to Detroit
7/14/23 Tigers 5, Mariners 4 (Seattle, WA) The wonderful game of baseball returned after the All-Star break on Friday night as the Seattle Mariners played their first game in their…
Emerald Downs: Friday Night Lights, Negron bounces back with Double, Cruz extends Friday Night streak and Queensboro takes the feature
7/14/2023 The beginning of week 11 was another Friday-Sunday schedule but the Friday night card marks the halfway point of the 2023 season. This week will be capped with a…
Emerald Downs: Jockey Power Rankings #9 No stability in Power Rankings! Cruz re-asserts himself, Ortiz Blazes, Amador & Radke win Stakes
7/14/2023 This is our 9th Power Rankings of the year and just when it looked like maybe leading rider Luis Negron might begin to open up an unsurmountable lead and…
Emerald Downs: Wright hits 1,000! 2 Baby Stakes, Appeal Factor takes Angie C; Whiskey Harbor wins King County Express
7/11/2023 Things got started quickly this week at emerald Downs as trainer Blaine Wright won his 1,000th race in Friday’s Feature race. Alex Cruz says hold the phone on handing…
Baseball: Mariners Roar into Break by Taking 3 of 4 in Houston
7/9/23 Mariners 3, Astros 1 (Houston, TX) For the final day of the first half of the season, the Seattle Mariners had the opportunity to finish as strong as any…
Baseball: Missed Opportunities Cost Mariners in Houston
7/8/23 Astros 3, Mariners 2 (Houston, TX) After two big wins in Houston over the defending champions, the Seattle Mariners had a great shot to take the first three games…
Baseball: Mariners Nine-Run 4th Leads to Blowout Win in Houston
7/7/23 Mariners 10, Astros 1 (Houston, TX) Sometimes in baseball it isn’t about who you play. It’s about when you play them. Right now is the best time to play…
Emerald Downs: Jockey Power Rankings #8 Power Rankings jumble again, Negron asserts himself, Ortiz Blazes, Enriquez still hot
7/7/2023 This is our 8th Power Rankings of the season and again it is a scramble as we have seen for several weeks in a row. Leading rider Luis Negron…
Baseball: Mariners Start Big Series in Houston with a Strong Victory
7/6/23 Mariners 5, Astros 1 (Houston, TX) Momentum is a funny thing in sports. A team that can look lifeless for so long can all of a sudden battle their…
Baseball: Mariners Drop Finale in San Francisco
7/5/23 Giants 2, Mariners 0 (San Francisco, CA) In a season that has been consistently inconsistent, the Seattle Mariners had a chance to win their fifth straight game on Wednesday…
Emerald Downs: Fireworks Weekend, Diaper Derby; on Track Negron, Ortiz go off, trainer Gabriel has huge weekend
7/5/2023 It was Fireworks over this past weekend, literally as Monday night concluded with the annual Fireworks Spectacular after 3 days of great racing. There was no Friday night racing…
Baseball: Logan Gilbert Steals the Show, Shutsout Giants for 4th of July Win
7/4/23 Mariners 6, Giants 0 (San Francisco, CA) One of the best days of the MLB season is the 4th of July. All 30 teams are playing throughout the day…
Baseball: Mariners Survive Thriller in San Francisco
7/3/23 Mariners 6, Giants 5 (San Francisco, CA) The Seattle Mariners began a seven-game road trip to close out the first half of the season on Monday night and first…