Emerald Downs

8/1/2026 (Auburn, WA) Friday night was the final Friday night of racing for 2026. We posted a story yesterday with all the details on why the 4 Friday nights in…

7/31/2026 (Auburn, WA) Tonight is the final Friday night of racing at Emerald Downs for 2026. The track asked the State racing commission to cancel the 4 Friday nights in…

7/26/2026 (Auburn, WA) Day 2 of Fiesta Premio Esmeralda celebrating the Hispanic culture in racing. The famous dancing horses performed as the highlight of the celebration. Check out the video…

7/25/2026 (Auburn, WA) Saturday was day 1 of the 2 day Fiesta Premio Esmeralda celebration with food and drink specials and special presentations including the famous dancing horses. Saturday’s races…

7/24/2026 (Auburn, WA) Friday night had a solid 7 race card. Again, ESN is involved in a community free concert series so we are relying on the great work of…

7/23/2026 (Auburn, WA) It’s taken awhile for us to get caught up but the following is all numbers and stats for all the number geeks out there. Everything from daily…

7/19/2026 (Auburn, WA) 11 races were on Sunday’s card with the last 6 all Stakes races. In our coverage below we’ll have our Stakes stories all first from the 6th…

7/18/2026 (Auburn, WA) Lot’s of news for a Saturday one day prior to Super Stakes Sunday #2 with 6 Stakes races on the Sunday schedule. Trainer Howie Gibson won the…

7/17/2026 (Auburn, WA) The 7 race card proved to be interesting to the bettors. The laid down more then 1.1 million on the night or a huge 160k+ per race.…

7/16/2026 (Grand Prairie, TX) Justin Evans swooped into the tight knit Pacific NW racing community 4 years ago. He quickly put his stamp on his residency in the Evergreen State…

7/12/2026 (Auburn, WA) The 2026 T-Rex World Championships were held on Sunday. There were 7 different categories and hundreds of competitors. You will find our track level angle of all…

7/12/2026 (Auburn, WA) Sunday was T-Rex World Championship day at Emerald Downs with 8 live races. Another great crowd on hand a lot of T-Rex racers. T-Rex Mania! There were…

7/11/2026 (Auburn, WA) It was a busy Saturdayn with Ladies Day as all the Ladies got in for free and were given an entry form to win one of 5…

7/10/2026 (Auburn, WA) 7 races were on the schedule for a Fabulous Friday night. The marquee race was the final leg of the Daffodil Sweet Sprint series for older fillies…

7/5/2026 (Auburn, WA) Sunday many fans were ready to get back to handicapping and horse racing after a day off for thje 4th of July holiday. There were 10 races…

7/3/2026 (Auburn, WA) The 3rd of July Fireworks tradition began in 1998 and hasn’t missed a year since except for the Covid year. It’s always a big day at Emerald…

7/1/2026 Friday, July 3rd is the annual huge Fireworks show at Emerald Downs. The track long ago stopped racing on the 4th July so celebrated on the 3rd to avoid…

6/30/2026 (Auburn, WA) The Washington State Horse Racing commission adopted a request from Emerald Downs management to cut 4 Friday nights of racing in August. The request came from track…

6/28/2026 (Auburn, WA) The 2026 World Championship Corgi races were held Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday there were 8 qualifying heats with the top two finishers advancing to the finals…

6/28/2026 (Auburn, WA) It was Championship Sunday for the Corgi’s! 8 qualifying heats and the Championship Race. All our Corgi coverage will be up on a separate post by Monday…