Emerald Downs: Slack Tide wins the Kent Stakes & Itsallabouttheride takes the Irish Day Stakes over big weekend of Racing
7/18/2022 Sunday featured 9 races with 2 stakes and it was the traditional Irish Day celebration. 69 horses started for…
PCL Tacoma: Dodgers Spoil Kirby’s Triple-A Debut for Rainiers
7/16/2022 Dodgers Spoil Kirby’s Triple-A Debut for Rainiers By Alex Benzegala The Tacoma Rainiers were looking to make it 3…
Emerald Downs: Master Recovery shocks in the Feature
7/16/2022 (Auburn, WA) There were 7 races on Friday night as we really dig in to the heart of the…
PCL Tacoma: Sheffield stifles Dodgers, Lewis homers in Rainiers win
7/16/2022 Sheffield stifles Dodgers, Lewis homers in Rainiers win By Alex Benzegala (Tacoma, WA) The Tacoma Rainiers made it two…
Kingsmen Sports Podcast EP 12
Episode 12 is here! After a week off, the guys return to talk about all things All-Star game from snubs…
Emerald Downs: Jockey “Power Rankings” #9; Disdier cracks top 10 with 1st Victory
7/15/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes.…
Tacoma Rainiers end losing skid with victory over PCL Leaders
Tacoma Rainiers end losing skid with victory over PCL Leaders 7/15/2022 By Alex Benzegala (Tacoma, WA) After scoring just one…
Emerald Downs: Gutierrez Sweeps the Sunday Stakes, Angie C and King County Express
7/12/2022 (Auburn, WA) The 2-year-olds had their first taste of Stakes races on Sunday and the 2 winners had two…
Emerald Downs: Trainer Frank Lucarelli scores his 2,000th career win
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…
Emerald Downs: Saturday Nine One One wins feature, Lucarelli still stuck on 1,999
7/9/2022 Saturday’s 8 race card fell short of runners with 2 scratches in each of the 1st 3 races leaving…
Emerald Downs: Cruz returns to Dominate Friday Night also takes Feature on Mamacallmeboo
7/9/2022 (Auburn, WA) “Mr. Friday Night” Alex Cruz was back with 3 wins last night after winning only 1 the…
MLS: Timbers spoil Sounders celebration with shutout victory
7/9/2022 Timbers spoil Sounders celebration with shutout victory by Alex Benzegala Seattle, WA – On a day where the Seattle…
Emerald Downs: Jockey “Power Rankings” #8
7/7/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes.…
What NCAA Realignment Could Mean for Washington Athletes
7/7/22 (Centralia, WA) The college sports world was rocked last week with the announcement that UCLA and USC would be…
Emerald Downs: The New HISA Rules went into effect Friday Night; Fans likely to see immediate impact of the new rules
7/6/2022 With little fanfare new federal regulations regarding horse racing went into effect Friday night. The Horse Racing Integrity and…
Emerald Downs: 3rd of July Little Casino wins the Feature then Fireworks
7/4/2022 The annual Fireworks display on July 3rd began in 1998, marking this as the 25th year of the night…
Emerald Downs: Friday Night Gutierrez wins 4; Saturday a huge pay-day for 1 bettor $45,000
7/3/2022 Saturday Racing Saturday afternoon racing featured an 8 race card with a total of 49 starters for an average…
Boat Races: Where It All Starts, Young Racers Hit Richland Waters
Where It All Starts Young Racers Hit Richland Waters Story and Photos by Jamie Council…