Emerald Downs: Day 3 Sunny, Huge Crowd and Ima Happy Cat takes the Feature while Radke remains Hot
5/22/2022 (Auburn, WA) Day 3 of the 2022 season and the sun was out with warm temperatures and a huge…
Emerald Downs Saturday: Radke Explodes for 6 Wins! Ties his own Emerald Record
5/21/2022 (Auburn, WA) Saturday was Preakness Day and day 2 of the live racing season at Emerald Downs but it…
Emerald Downs: Opening Day Final Notes; Preview Week 2
5/20/2022 (Auburn, WA) We are going to wrap-up our opening day observations and have a look at the first “Betting…
Emerald Downs Jockey “Power Rankings” Week 2
5/19/2022 With Day 1 which was all of week 1 we are set with our 2nd round of Power Rankings.…
Emerald Downs: Opening Day was a Wet and Wild Affair
5/15/2022 The clouds rolled in the rain fell hard, the track was sloppy but smiles were aplenty at the Emerald…
Emerald Downs: Opening Day 2022
5/14/2022 The 2022 season officially begins on Sunday and the 9 race card has a strong 72 entries for an…
Emerald Downs: “NEW” Feature; the Emerald Downs Jockey “Power Rankings”
5/14/2022 This year we will be celebrating both the equine and human athletes more than ever as we introduce our…
Emerald Downs: Meet the Jockeys of 2022!
5/14/2022 The start of the 2022 live racing season at Emerald Downs begins Sunday and the excitement is building around…
Emerald Downs: 2022 Season Ready for Action and Fun & remains Best Sports Value
5/7/2022 After 3 years of strangeness the 2022 Emerald Downs season feels like it is supposed to feel as they…
Opinion: Longacres Mile stripped of Grade 3 Status shows National Racing Industry leaders are old and out of touch
4/13/2022 The National Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s Graded Stakes committee recently decided that the Longacres Mile is no longer…
Horse Racing: Grants Pass closes their doors; will not run in 2022
4/12/2022 Grants Pass Race Track has shut down their operations and will not run a meet in 2022 that was…
Horse Racing: Longacres Mile Winner “Background” dominate Oaklawn field
4/10/2022 The race of the year in 2021 at Emerald Downs was clearly the Longacres Mile. Background with former Emerald…
Emerald Downs: NW Legend Richard Wright Passes Away
Northwest Horse Racing Legend Richard Wright Passes Away By Gary Dougherty 11/28/2020 A Northwest horseman since the mid-1960s, Richard Wright…
Emerald Downs: Post Season Awards “The Horses”; Season Re-cap Part 3
11/9/2020 (Auburn, WA) The post season awards have been announced for the 25th Emerald Downs season. We will go through…
Emerald Downs: Post Season Awards Jockeys; Season Re-cap Part 2
11/4/2020 (Auburn, WA) The post season awards have been announced for the 25th Emerald Downs season. We will go through…
Emerald Downs: Wild and Crazy 25th Season in the Books Part 1
10/30/2020 (Auburn, WA) Just the fact that there was a season is a tribute to everyone in the business from…
ESN Live at Emerald Downs on Closing Day
10/28/2020 (Auburn, WA) The Eli Sports Network will be at the track for closing day. Special thanks to Phil Ziegler…
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 19 Final Week!
10/29/2020 (Katlama, WA) My Final Numbers! Remember I only bet in “pretend” dollars and pretty much stick to the minimums…
Emerald Downs: Crazy 2020 Season almost wrapped up, Re-cap of Week 18
10/23/2020 (Auburn, WA) 18 of 19 weeks of the 25th racing season are in the books. Not as we all…
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 18
10/22/2020 (Katlama, WA) Good day yesterday betting pretend money like a high roller! So far this year I have wager…