Emerald Downs

9/6/2020 (Auburn, WA) The field has been set for the 85th running of the prestigious Grade 3 $100,000 Longacres Mile set to be run for the first time on a…

9/4/2020 (Auburn, WA) The table was set for the favorites to sweep the Muckleshoot Derby and the Washington Oaks on Thursday night but as the old saying goes…”that’s racing!” It…

9/3/2020 (Auburn, WA) Thursday, April 27, 2000 28-year-old apprentice jockey Jennifer Whitaker was aboard a 3-1 front runner named Fairly Gusty trained by Mark Molina and owned by the Warrior…

Picks for 9/2 and 9/3/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 11 (Katlama, WA) Solid day yesterday with a great 10th race helping me, hit a couple of good supers. Great card…

8/28/2020 (Auburn, WA) We rolled into week 10 of this strange season 25 of the Emerald Downs season and 2 more Stakes races were on tap and again the 2-year-olds…

Picks for 8/26 and 8/27/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 10 (Katlama, WA) Wednesday I struggled early but finished strong and a 1k $1 Super in the final race put into…

8/16/2020 (Auburn, WA) Thursday night, August 13 was supposed to be the official race that we got to say “He’s Back!” Instead we saw the final run of one of…

8/14/2020 (Auburn, WA) Two more Stakes races in week 8 of the pandemic 2020 season and one of them a prep for the Longacres Mile. The Mount Rainier sent 7…

Picks for 8/12 and 8/13/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 8 (Katlama, WA) Two more great Stakes races this week on Thursday let’s see if I can bounce back from last…

8/6/2020 (Auburn, Wa) Week 7 began on Wednesday with an 11-race card and a big Pick 5 carryover was hit with a massive pay-out just one result among many that…

Picks for 8/5 and 8/6/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 7 (Katlama, WA) Record pay in the Pick 5 yesterday and although I had my “All’s” in the right place I…

7/31/20 (Auburn, WA) The first two Stakes races of the 2020 Emerald Downs season were run Thursday night and featured 2-year-olds, the fillys in the Angie C and colts and…

Picks for 7/29 and 7/30/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 6 (Katlama, WA) I had a huge day with some big pays mostly on my straight bets win, place and show!…

7/23/20 (Auburn, WA) #2000! Jockey Juan Gutierrez recorded his 2,000th career win on Thursday evening at Emerald Downs when he guided Semi Sweet to victory with a nice move from…

Picks for 7/22 and 7/23/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 5 (Katlama, WA) Bounced back day and Juan Gutierrez still looking for career win #2,000. Let’s get to it! Larry’s Season…

Picks for 7/15 and 7/16/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 4 (Katlama, WA) Better than Wednesday but still lost a bit on the good side I am still a tiny bit…

Picks for 7/8 and 7/9/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks Week 3 (Katlama, WA) We have reached week 3 and racing days 5 and 6. We will start seeing horses for the…

7/8/2020 (Auburn, WA) There were many questions coming into race season #25 at Emerald Downs especially racing under these conditions with no fans in the building. The racing community did…

7/1 & 7/2/2020 Larry’s Lucky Picks! (Katlama, WA) Hey everyone! Wow what an awesome opening week, as good as it could be so again tip of the Hat to the…

6/26/2020 (Renton, WA) It took awhile but racing returned to the Auburn Oval this week thanks to a massive effort by the racing community. (See our story on this remarkable…