Emerald Downs: 15th Jockey Power Rankings Kevin Radke has a big week
8/25/2023 The 15th Power Rankings of the season and the ole veteran comes out firing. Kevin Radke led all riders…
Emerald Downs: Quarter Horse Championships and T-Rex Races
8/20/2023 The Sunday card at Emerald Downs took a break from thoroughbred stakes races after last week’s Championship Sunday but…
Emerald Downs: Saturday Night Racing Orantes gets 1st win on 30-1 bomb, Radke doubles, Affirm Chief takes feature
8/19/2023 (Auburn, Wa) 8 races were on the card Saturday night with a total of 49 starters for an average…
Emerald Downs: Friday Night Racing Executive Chef takes Feature, Amador and Enriquez both double
8/18/2023 The 2nd to last Friday night racing card had a total of 7 races with 43 starters for an…
Emerald Downs: 14th Power Rankings Montalvo jets to the top of the PR’s
8/18/2023 The 14th Power Rankings of the season was easy to crown the RED HOT MOVER as Carlos Montalvo tripled…
Emerald Downs: Class of 2023 Washington Hall of Fame Inductees
8/16/2023 (Auburn, WA) Last Saturday before racing the Washington Hall of Fame inducted their latest class into their hallowed chamber.…
Emerald Downs (Re-Published Feature): The highest of highs and the lowest of lows; Trainer Frank Lucarelli knows both
***This story was originally written and published in July of 2018. Since then Frank’s stats of course have grown he’s…
Emerald Downs: Championship Sunday Five Star General romps in the Mile, Prince Abu Dhabi takes the Derby, Tiz a Macho Girl takes Distaff, Jamies Inheritance stuns in the Oaks
8/13/2023 (Special Thanks to track photographer Reed Palmer, Photographer Wayne Nagai and ESN photographer Tony Davila for a ton of…
Emerald Downs: Saturday Night on Mile Eve; Montalvlo triples again, Toye does too
8/12/2023 (Auburn, WA) It’s Championship Sunday Eve and the festivities began with the Washington Thoroughbred Hall of Fame induction ceremony.…
Emerald Downs: Championship Sunday Preview and Picks
8/12/2023 (Auburn, WA) This Sunday is Championship Sunday at Emerald Downs with 4 Stakes races all in a row from…
Emerald Downs: Friday Night Racing kick-off to Championship Weekend, Montalvo triples
8/11/2023 (Auburn, WA) Friday night was a 7 race card with a total of 47 starters for an average of…
Emerald Downs: 13th Power Rankings lucky for Cruz as he powers to the top of the Jockey Standings and PR’s
8/11/2023 The 13th Power Rankings of the season were lucky for Alex Cruz who scored a 5-win Sunday and took…
Emerald Downs: Walk Down Memory Lane and How I got hooked on Racing
8/9/2023 How “Snappy Nashville” and a $2 Show led to a lifelong fan of Horse Racing By Paul Beattie Many…
Emerald Downs: 2023 Longacres Mile Draw completed, Slew’s Tiz Whiz tops the 10 horse field
8/9/2023 (Auburn, WA) The draw for the 2023 $150,000 Longacres Mile was completed Wednesday afternoon and in the end 10…
Emerald Downs: Throwback Weekend! Cruz goes off on Sunday plus the Lads and Lassies
8/6/2023 This week it’s an all-in-one re-cap of the entire weekend. We’ll begin with Sunday’s races and work backwards. The…
Emerald Downs: Jockey Power Rankings #12; Amador Surges, Bowen flexes, Anaya, Whitaker love July
8/4/2023 The 12th Power Rankings of the season saw Silvio Amador soar to the top with an outstanding week and…
Emerald Downs: Sunday is Turn Back the Clock Day celebrating Horse Racing of the 1970’s!
8/3/2023 (Auburn, WA) Sunday Emerald Downs is turning back the clock to the 1970’s celebrating Longacres and one of horse…
Emerald Downs: Sunday 1/4’s, Daffodil Sweet wins again, Toye hits win #400, Dancing Horses & new high Pick 5, Pick 4 & DD payouts
7/30/2023 (Auburn, WA) Sunday was the wrap-up of Premio Esmerelda weekend celebration and was met with a huge Sunday crowd,…
Emerald Downs: Saturday Night Racing Miss Dynamic is just that gives Bowen a triple; Negron and Cruz shut out
7/29/2023 (Auburn, WA) Saturday night racing continued and featured a 7 race card with 46 starters for an average of…
Emerald Downs: Jockey Power Rankings #11; Zunino dominates Stakes soars to top, Amador Blazes
7/28/2023 The 11th Power Rankings were all about the Stakes as Jose Zunino gets few chances each week yet he…