Emerald Downs

4/19/2024 **Updated 4/23/2024 Kevin is ahead of schedule! Kevin Radke is scheduled to be released from the hospital today, Tuesday, April 23. Radke suffered a punctured lung and 4 cracked…

4/4/2024 (Auburn, WA) In exactly 1-month the 29th season at Emerald Downs will open on Saturday, May 4th, Kentucky Derby Day for the 2nd year in a row. Last year…

12/23/2023 (New Orleans, LA) Five Star General sat off the early lead in 2nd on August 13 in the 2023 Longacres Mile with jockey Joe Bravo aboard took the lead…

9/17/2023 (Auburn, WA) Sunday was closing day of the 28th season of racing at Emerald Downs and it closed with plenty of sunshine, the Seahawks won in OT and 3…

9/18/2023 West Coast horse racing has taken multiple hits over the past few months and years. It now appears to be official, Turf Paradise in Phoenix will shutter and be…

9/10/2023 It is the 2nd to last weekend of the 2023 season at Emerald Downs and while there is still a lot of good racing left to go you can…

9/8/2023 The 17th Power Rankings saw Rocco Bowen put it altogether with a big move up the rankings leading the week with wins. Bowen has been getting into the winner’s…

9/1/2023 The 16th Power Rankings shows how things can get turned upside down in a flash. Last week’s #1 Kevin Radke ran into a string of 2nd place finishes and…

8/27/2023 Special Thanks to Wayne Nagai for many of the Stakes pictures and track photographer’s Reid and Erin Palmer. (Auburn, WA) Two Stakes races were on tap along with the…

8/27/2023 (Auburn, WA) Saturday night shined a spotlight on the most under-the-radar story of the season. Brand new Owner/Trainer Luciano Medina Gabriel is having a season. He won 2 races…

8/25/2023 (Auburn, WA) The final Friday night of racing featured 7 races with a total of 45 starters for a 6.4 per race. The total handle for the night was…

8/25/2023 The 15th Power Rankings of the season and the ole veteran comes out firing. Kevin Radke led all riders with 6 wins over the 3 day week double over…

8/20/2023 The Sunday card at Emerald Downs took a break from thoroughbred stakes races after last week’s Championship Sunday but replaced them with the annual quarter horse Championships beginning in…

8/19/2023 (Auburn, Wa) 8 races were on the card Saturday night with a total of 49 starters for an average of 6.1 per race. The total handle was $1,074,232 for…

8/18/2023 The 2nd to last Friday night racing card had a total of 7 races with 43 starters for an average of 6 per race. The total handle was $645,807…

8/18/2023 The 14th Power Rankings of the season was easy to crown the RED HOT MOVER as Carlos Montalvo tripled on Friday, tripled on Saturday and added a Stakes win…

8/16/2023 (Auburn, WA) Last Saturday before racing the Washington Hall of Fame inducted their latest class into their hallowed chamber. Two horses, a trainer, a breeder and the 1st winners…

***This story was originally written and published in July of 2018. Since then Frank’s stats of course have grown he’s added more wins and training titles to his resume. This…

8/13/2023 (Special Thanks to track photographer Reed Palmer, Photographer Wayne Nagai and ESN photographer Tony Davila for a ton of great pictures.) (Auburn, WA) The big day is here, Championship…

8/12/2023 (Auburn, WA) It’s Championship Sunday Eve and the festivities began with the Washington Thoroughbred Hall of Fame induction ceremony. We will have full coverage of the new Hall of…