Emerald Downs

8/13/2022 Sunday is Championship Sunday at Emerald Downs with a 10-race card and 4 straight Stakes races beginning with the 5th thru 8th race. The line-up begins with the Oaks…

8/12/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…

8/10/2022 The 12-horse field is set for the 87th running of the $150,000 Longacres Mile this Sunday and will run as the capper to Championship Sunday. 3 other stakes races…

8/9/2022 (Updated 6:10pm 8/9/2022) This is the big week of the year for horse racing in the Pacific Northwest it’s Longacres Mile week. The draw and opening week press conference…

8/8/2022 The 1st week of August racing saw the number of races get back to normal with 24 and 2 stakes races along with quarter horse trials. The handles were…

8/4/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…

8/2/2022 The final week of July was 3 days of 90+ degrees and it was Premio Esmeralda Weekend, a celebration the Hispanic and Latino workers and fans. The weekend celebration…

7/29/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…

7/28/2022 (Auburn, WA) It was a busy weekend last week with the craziness of the Corgi’s to the drama of the 2 Stakes races but there were a lot of…

7/26/2022 (Olympia, WA) The Washington Horse Racing Commission is taking a wait and see approach to today’s ruling by a US District Court Judge in Louisiana that granted an injunction…

7/25/2022 (Auburn, WA) A huge crowd was on hand Sunday for the annual Corgi races and those fans were also treated with two Stakes races, The Washington Legislator Stakes and…

7/24/2022 The 2022 Corgi races were held on Sunday at Emerald Downs. The event that began as the Weiner Dog races with radio station Star 101.5 and fueled by longtime…

7/21/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…

7/21/2022 (Auburn, WA) Last weekend there were lots of odds and ends to clean up and a BRAND NEW feature from the Quarter Chute Cafe, so let’s get to it!…

7/18/2022 Sunday featured 9 races with 2 stakes and it was the traditional Irish Day celebration. 69 horses started for an average of 7.7 per race. The bettors were busy…

7/16/2022 (Auburn, WA) There were 7 races on Friday night as we really dig in to the heart of the summer season at Emerald Downs. 44 horses ran for an…

7/15/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…

7/12/2022 (Auburn, WA) The 2-year-olds had their first taste of Stakes races on Sunday and the 2 winners had two things in common, first they were both exceptionally quick and…

7/10/2022 (Auburn, WA) Longtime Northwest Trainer Frank Lucarelli who is also Emerald’s all-time leading trainer scored his 2,000th win on Sunday, unfortunately it wasn’t at Emerald Downs but in Texas…

7/9/2022 Saturday’s 8 race card fell short of runners with 2 scratches in each of the 1st 3 races leaving just fields of 4. In the 1st two races trainer…