6/7/2026

(Auburn, WA) Sunday was a celebration of the Irish with the annual Irish Day activities at the oval in Auburn. 8 races and some good prices popped on Sunday with the first day that 6 of 6 was not hit in the Pick 6. After short fields and short prices for the 1st three races, some mid-range shots pushed some big prices in the end.

A reminder, we are out of town for through next Saturday so our regular coverage will be a little thinner than regular. Emerald’s Media Director Vince Bruun is going to help us out with his regular report.

NOTES (by Vince Bruun):

Seeyounow ($18.78), a first-time starter out of 2012 Belle Roberts winner Cielator, blitzed six furlongs in a meet-fastest 1:07.66 while drilling $10,000 maidens in the nightcap. The victory was the 498th for Tom Wenzel at Emerald

Downs. . .Eyelight ($5) upped her winning streak to four, leading gate to wire in race 3 for trainer Dan Markle and owner/breeder Bruce Cudahy. Eyelight has won 5 of her last 6 races and has never been worse than 2nd at any call in those 5 races and all within a length of the leader. . .Goin’ South ($3.26) and I’m Telling Mom ($6.26) posted sub 1:09 clockings for six furlongs, the former 1:08.82 in the first and the latter 1:08.79 in the sixth. . .Trainer Cliff Balcom celebrated his 84th birthday Sunday. . .Silvio Amador rode two winners to lead Kevin Krigger 20-16 in the jockeys’ standings. . .Frank Lucarelli posted his second straight two-win day and is tied with Wenzel and Tim McCanna for second with seven wins, one behind Gibson. . .Sunday’s eight-race card handled $1,201,127. . .Live racing resumes Friday at 7 p.m.

Pick 6 carryover

After two straight days of the Pick 6 getting hit with single ticket winners, the new 10-cent lower bet had it’s first day that no one had all 6 winners. 5 of 6 paid $74 for the consolation and $1,260 carried over to next Friday.

Top Pick 5 Pay/Big Pick 3 and DD

The 50-cent pick 5 fueled by a 5-1, 9-1 and 8-1 winners paid a season high of $3,739.02. Those 9-1 and 8-1’s to finish the day also kicked up the pick 3 with the 50-cent bet paying $195 and the late $1 Daily Double was good for $91.

Emerald Downs Coverage

7th Race Feature Race the Muckleshoot Casino Resort Purse

By Vince Bruun

Knaughty Knight made every pole a winning one, rolling to a two-length victory over stable mate Subtle Shimmer in Sunday’s $23,520 Irish Day Purse for older fillies and mares.

Well-handled by Blake Nunnally, Knaughty Knight raced six furlongs in 1:09.40, returning a healthy $20.48 for a $2 win ticket. Howie Gibson is trainer and co-owner with breeders Ron and Nina Hagen of Enumclaw.

A 3-year-old Washington-bred by Barkley, Knaughty Knight has two wins from five starts with earnings of $26,930. She set fractions of :21.43, :43.95, and :56.07.

Gibson has been scorching hot of late, compiling four wins and a second with his last five starters including the one-two finish with Knaughty Knight and Subtle Shimmer. He now ranks first in the standings with eight wins.

Nunnally also is rolling. The Orting native has wins on six straight cards including another riding double Sunday, his fourth of the meeting.

Subtle Shimmer, the 6 to 5 favroite, rallied from last to finish second while Guard Your Spot, Storm Harbor, Nephele, and Omache Girl rounded out the order of finish.

Race Replay

The rest of Sunday’s races

1st Race

A field of 5 went 6 furlongs to begin Irish Day and Goin’ South was sent to the front by Silvio Amador and they never looked back. Goin’ South set fractions of 21.83 and 44.16 before pulling away for a big 5+ length win. Goin’ South races for Gate2Wire LLC and trained by Blaine Wright.

West Coast Bull with Karlo Lopez and Bluegrass Lent with Alex Cruz could not decide 2nd place and ended in a deadheat for the place. Dynamic Secret with Kevin Krigger finished 4th.

• $1.00 EXACTA 5-1 $3.33
• $1.00 EXACTA 5-3 $4.41
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 5-1-3 $5.52
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 5-3-1 $9.54
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 5-1-3-2 $2.68
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 5-3-1-2 $3.52

Race Replay

2nd Race

After 2 scratches that left 4 to break from the gate and the engine is where you wanted to be so that’s where Blake Nunnally put odds-on choice Leah’s Lute and she never slowed down. Leah’s Lute and Nunnally led by open lengths from start to finish taking the 2nd by a diminishing lead of 3/4 over a fast closing Oh My Vron and Allyssa Morales in a final time of 1:11.03. My Eliana and Adrian Castellanos was 3rd while Princess Amber with Karlo Lopez took 4th.

• $1.00 EXACTA 2-1 $4.29
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 2-1-4 $2.59
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 2-1-4-6 $0.70
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 5-5 $1.76
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 5-2 $3.67

3rd Race

Another front running win in the 3rd and 4th in a row and 5th win in her last 6 starts for Eyelight. Kevin Krigger got a clean break and again managed the front end perfectly winning by 2 1/2 lengths and covering the 6 furlongs in a time of 1:09.41. Eyelight races for Owner/Breeder Bruce Cudahy and trained by Dan Markle. The 5-year-old mare is a Washington bred by Atta Boy Roy out of Bikini Beach by Harbor the Gold.

Sharp Attitude the actual betting favorite ran a solid 2nd with Silvio Amador, Creme de Menthe and Karlo Lopez held 3rd over Saint Mihiel under Allyssa Morales.

• $1.00 EXACTA 3-5 $5.19
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 3-5-6 $8.14
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 3-5-6-1 $1.73
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 2-2 $1.57
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 2-3 $6.57
• $0.50 PICK 3 5-2,3,5-3 $4.55

Race Replay

4th Race

The first 5-1 or higher winner scored in the 4th and completely different from the first 3 races of gate wire wins as Verdi got a terrific ride from Jose Rodriguez from last to 1st. Verdi trailed all runners by about 7 lengths for the first half mile before Rodriguez took off the brake and Verdi roared over the top of all of them for a 3/4’s length win catching the 1-1 favorite Calmcoolncollected with Silvio Amador in the final strides. Yeti Lute and Kevin Krigger held 3rd while Whiskeythenwine and Karlo Lopez completed the superfecta.

Verdi is owned by Two Putts for the Win #35, Jack Porter and Kenny Storm and trained by Frank Lucarelli. Verdi is a 4-year-old gelding Washington bred by Midnight Storm out of Champagneandcaviar by Van Nistrelrooy and bred by Paul Goldberg and Raymond Kwik.

• $1.00 EXACTA 5-3 $13.34
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 5-3-1 $17.91
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 5-3-1-6 $8.67
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 3-5 $14.06
• $0.50 PICK 3 2,3,5-3-5 $18.22
• $0.50 PICK 4 4 OF 4 5-2,3,5-3-5 $26.56

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5th Race

The running style flipped in a hurry and although not last to first, a 2nd last to first run for Bolterra and Isaias Enriquez.  Enriquez made his move but Bolterra needed to find a hole to get through and one finally opened just in time to get rolling and grabbed the win in a final time of 1:10.21 for the 3/4’s mile. Bolterra races for Edward Rusty Brown, Alan Klein and Phillip Lebherz and trained by Frank Lucarelli.

7-1 Silver Ice and Kevin Krigger took 2nd, Tiz Dynamic and Silvio Amador was 3rd with Kris’s Gold under Alex Cruz was 4th.

• $1.00 EXACTA 8-4 $19.33
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 8-4-2 $39.14
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 8-4-2-5 $19.23
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 5-8 $17.71
• $0.50 PICK 3 3-5-8 $36.39

Race Replay

6th Race

I’m Telling Mom was sent hard to the lead by Silvio Amador and quickly took control of the 6 furlong sprint and dominated the field with a 6 length win in a blazing time of 1:08.79. 1-1 favorite Victoria’s Charge with Frank Alvarado chased the entire time in 2nd and could not get close. Jersey Sunset and Alex Cruz closed to be 3rd and capping the super was Miss Union with Kevin Krigger.

I’m Telling Mom is owned by Rage ‘n Rydrx and trained by Joe Toye. I’m Telling Mom is a Washington bred 5-year Washington mare by Tale of Ekati out of Great Mom by Pioneerof the Nile and was bred by Connie Belshay.

• $1.00 EXACTA 1-2 $6.62
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 1-2-6 $11.93
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 1-2-6-3 $2.94
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 8-1 $8.76
• $0.50 PICK 3 5-8-1 $37.34
• $0.50 PICK 4 4 OF 4 3-5-8-1 $103.06

Race Replay

8th Race

It took Seeyounow 5 years to make his career debut in a maiden 10k claimer on Sunday and man what a debut. Adrian Castellanos sent the 8-1 shot to the front and set sizzling fractions of 21.51 and 43.98 and simply pulled away for a 4 length win in an eye-popping 1:07.66, the fastest 6-furlong time of the season. Bull Tiz and Kevin Krigger were 2nd, favorite One Phil piloted by Isaias Enriquez took 3rd, Rise Up and Go with David Martin finished 4th and completing the Super Hi 5 was Higher Performance and Karlo Lopez.

Seeyounow is owned by the Round Table Stable and trained by Tom Wenzel. He’s a Washington bred by Midshipman out of Cielator by Delineator and was bred by Ron Crockett Inc.

• $1.00 EXACTA 4-3 $31.20
• $0.50 TRIFECTA 4-3-2 $26.37
• $0.10 SUPERFECTA 4-3-2-6 $28.82
• $0.50 SUPERHIGHFIVE 4-3-2-6-1 $468.67
• $1.00 DAILY DOUBLE 6-4 $91.09
• $0.50 PICK 3 1-6-4 $195.07
• $0.50 PICK 4 4 OF 4 8-1-6-4 $368.89
• $0.50 PICK 5 5 OF 5 5-8-1-6-4 $3,739.02
• – PICK 6 CarryOver $1,259.61
• $0.10 PICK 6 5 OF 6 3-5-8-1-6-4 $74.33

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