7/10/2022 (Auburn, WA) Longtime Northwest Trainer Frank Lucarelli who is also Emerald’s all-time leading trainer scored his 2,000th win on Sunday, unfortunately it wasn’t at Emerald Downs but in Texas…
7/9/2022 Saturday’s 8 race card fell short of runners with 2 scratches in each of the 1st 3 races leaving just fields of 4. In the 1st two races trainer…
7/9/2022 (Auburn, WA) “Mr. Friday Night” Alex Cruz was back with 3 wins last night after winning only 1 the Friday before. Out of 5 Friday nights Cruz won 5,…
7/7/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…
7/6/2022 With little fanfare new federal regulations regarding horse racing went into effect Friday night. The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) was created under legislation pushed by Kentucky…
7/4/2022 The annual Fireworks display on July 3rd began in 1998, marking this as the 25th year of the night before tradition. Unfortunately it rained and made things a bit…
7/3/2022 Saturday Racing Saturday afternoon racing featured an 8 race card with a total of 49 starters for an average of 6.1 per race. The Betting Window The big news…
6/30/2022 The Power Rankings are meant to be fun and to focus on the human competition between these awesome athletes. Moreover it’s a chance to focus more on each rider…
6/29/2022 Jockey Kassie Guglielmino suffered a broken leg last Friday night when her mount Secret Saga threw her off as the 2-year-old gelding in his first career race tried to…
6/28/2022 (Auburn, Wa) One of the fun things about being at the track on any given day you never know who may be there. Over the years we ran into…
6/28/2022 Two Stakes races were on the 10-race card Sunday afternoon at Emerald Downs with sunny skies and sunny weather. The annual visit from our friends to the North at…
6/26/2022 Summer arrived and weather came with it to kick-off the 2nd Stakes weekend of the season. The Budweiser and Hastings will be run on Sunday afterfnoon. In the meantime…
6/23/2022 There was so much that happened over the past weekend, 2 Stakes, the Muckleshoot Gold Cup, Father’s Day and finally some sunshine! We wanted to go back and highlight…
6/23/2022 A lot of movement in this week’s Power Rankings. Remember this is a week-to-week measurement not an overall score. Two stakes races also play into this weeks rankings. The…
6/20/2022 “It’s a great mix of celebrating our past with the competition of current day” said Muckleshoot Tribal Chairman Jaison Elkins as he and his family were on hand to…
6/20/2022 (Auburn, Wa) A big day to wrap-up this week of racing with Father’s Day always bringing a big crowd on it’s own but add in the final day of…
6/18/2022 (Auburn, WA) After Alex Cruz dominated Friday night winning 5 of the 7 races, it was much different on Saturday. 6 different riders picked up wins with 2 doubling…
6/17/2022 Earlier this season Kevin Radke had much of the focus after a 6 win day propelling him to the top of the jockey standings where he has been ever…
6/16/2022 What a tough week as more jockeys won this past week than any other week so far. 5 had 3 wins, 2 riders had 3 wins and finished in…
6/14/2022 The first big promotion of the season took place on Sunday with the running of the Bulldogs. We have coverage of the Bulldog races at the bottom of our…