Northwest Horse Racing Legend Richard Wright Passes Away By Gary Dougherty 11/28/2020 A Northwest horseman since the mid-1960s, Richard Wright passed away November 9, 2020 at the age of 81 in his Renton, WA home. He was born November 27, 1938, in Afton, WY and was drafted into the United […]
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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 each one and category and in this piece we focus on the horses. Horse of the Meeting, Top 2-year-old Male & Top Washington Bred Dutton This is the 3rd Horse […]
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 each one and category and we start with the Jockeys. Jockey’s Champion Jockey: Alex Cruz Alex Cruz made his first year at Emerald Downs a memorable one “Cruzing” to […]
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 the jockey’s and trainers to the grooms, track crew, Emerald staff, stewards, race office, owners and everyone else involved and they all should be congratulated, well done and a great […]
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 and the Emerald crew for making this possible. Our plan is to interview several jockeys, trainers and owners in before and in-between the races. We will be taking tons of […]
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 in reality. Larry the SportsCat Larry’s Season Total Bets Total Bet: $185,270 Amount Collected: $228,054 Balance: +$42,784 Picks Seasonal Re-Cap: 355 Top Picks: 83 win, 64 place, 51 shows, 35 […]
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 expected when the track opened for training in early February but none the less it has been a great season. The Stakes schedule has been completed for several weeks but […]
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 140k and collected 171k. In reality I have bet about 10k and collected close to being even. I have hit a couple of big tickets, for me anyway and in […]
Emerald Downs: Juan Gutierrez all alone atop the Emerald Win Mountain
10/15/2020 (Auburn, WA) To be the all-time winningest anything is an achievement that few can ever accomplish but in horse racing it’s even more difficult. The nomad nature of the game makes it difficult for a jockey or trainer to be at one track long enough to make a run […]
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 17
10/15/2020 (Katlama, WA) Made a little profit yesterday but missed right in the middle which killed all my pick 4’s and 5’s. Hit a huge Super was the difference in my day. Here is my picks for Day 34! Larry the SportsCat Larry’s Season Total Bets Total Bet: $130,572 Amount […]
Emerald Downs: Larry the SportsCats “Betting Parlor” Keep track of your Bets
10/13/2020 “The Betting Parlor” Keep Track of your Bets! (Katlama, WA) Hey gang, well I have to tell you all I couldn’t have imagined this crazy season going as well as it has. Of course I am disappointed that we can not be at the track watching and experiencing the […]
Emerald Downs: Big Pay-outs and Oh Marvelous Me back in the Winner’s Circle highlights week #16
10/9/2020 (Auburn, WA) Days 31 and 32 were run this past Wednesday and Thursday of season 25 and we continue to race without the benefit of fans. The handle has surprised track officials as it has been exceptionally strong so much so that purses are being raised 10% for the […]
Emerald Downs: Track Officials announce a 10% Purse increase for the final 6 days of live racing
10/9/2020 Remote betting on horse racing has been better than expected and now the horsemen and women will be rewarded with more money coming back to them with a 10% increase to all purses for the final 6 days of racing. Emerald Downs’ Vince Bruun filed this report: Emerald Downs […]
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 16
10/8/2020 (Katlama, WA) Got slapped around a little bit yesterday with some really low pay-outs didn’t get any longshots on those “all” button wagers. So stepping it up here today. Larry the SportsCat Larry’s Season Total Bets Total Bet: $116,812 Amount Collected: $140,410 Balance: +$23,598 Picks Seasonal Re-Cap: 295 Top […]
Emerald Downs: 3 Stakes Champions Crowned on Washington Cup Night
10/1/2020 (Auburn, Wa) The 25th season of Emerald Downs remains in the odd schedule they began with on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s except the one week due to smoke. This is an odd opening sentence but the heartiness of the racing industry and folks figured it and got racing started and […]
Emerald Downs: It’s Washington Cup Day!
10/1/2020 (Auburn, WA) It’s Cup Day at Emerald Downs, that’s Washington Cup day and 3 $40,000 Stakes races are on tap. The Muckleshoot Tribal Classic for 3-year-olds and up will go as the 4th race, the 7th is the Washington Cup for fillies and mares 3 and up and the […]
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 15
10/1/2020 (Katlama, WA) I had a huge day yesterday, best of the season! And today I am excited for Washington Cup Day!! 3 Stakes races and a $28,000 Pick 5 carry-over! I have tons of cash on hand so let’s get to it! Larry the SportsCat Larry’s Season Total Bets […]
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 14
9/24/2020 (Katlama, WA) A $21k Pick 5 Carry-Over and I am swinging for the fences on this one basically betting my season profit to catch this one if possible. It’s pretend money so why not!! Larry the SportsCat Larry’s Season Total Bets Total Bet: $92,406 Amount Collected: $97,601 Balance: +$5,195 […]
Emerald Downs: Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 13 (Friday/Sunday schedule)
9/20/2020 (Katlama, WA) **Change of plans for the second time. Races postponed for Wednesday and Thursday with Wednesday’s race card set to go on Friday and Thursday’s card now on Sunday, 1st race post time for both days is 2pm. Larry the SportsCat Larry’s Season Total Bets Total Bet: $78,004 […]
UPDATE! Emerald Downs: Re-Shuffles Race Week due to Air Quality
9/15/2020 (Updated 9/16/20) (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs administration and the Washington Horse Racing Commission have decided to play it safe and postpone Thursday’s races to Sunday the 2nd straight day of shifting race days. This is all due to air quality and as we reported yesterday there still has not […]
