Emerald Downs

5/4/2024 (Auburn, WA) The opening day of the 2024 Emerald Downs racing season began with a bang. The 150th Kentucky Derby was sandwiched mid-card of the 7 live race opening…

Shawn O’Neill wins the 1st Prof DW Kentucky Derby….Derby! There were 3 contestants that correctly selected Mystik Dan at 18-1 to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby nosing…

5/3/2024 (Auburn, WA) The 2024 thoroughbred racing season will open on Saturday, May 4th at Emerald Downs. The 55-day race meet begins with a 1-day, opening day week tomorrow followed…

5/3/2024 Professor DW is again handing out free cash and everyone can take their shot at more than $500 in cash and prizes. But the Champion can also pick up…

4/29/2024 The 1st Saturday in May is fast approaching and with that comes the 150th running of the historic Kentucky Derby. The Run for the Roses is the oldest traditional…

4/28/2024 The 150th running of the “Run for the Roses” was drawn Saturday just prior to Churchill Downs’ opening race card. The Grandest of all races is set to be…

4/25/2024 (Auburn, WA) In 2023 the jockey colony was the strongest it’s been in many years. Local stallwarts like Alex Cruz, Kevin Radke and Jose Zunino were joined by several…

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…