Emerald Downs

9/24/2020 (Katlama, WA) A $21k Pick 5 Carry-Over and I am swinging for the fences on this one basically betting my season profit to catch this one if possible. It’s…

9/20/2020 (Katlama, WA) **Change of plans for the second time. Races postponed for Wednesday and Thursday with Wednesday’s race card set to go on Friday and Thursday’s card now on…

9/15/2020 (Updated 9/16/20) (Auburn, WA) Emerald Downs administration and the Washington Horse Racing Commission have decided to play it safe and postpone Thursday’s races to Sunday the 2nd straight day…

9/11/2020 Two more stakes races were on the line in week 12 and none bigger than this with the $100,000 Longacres Mile and the $40,000 Emerald Distaff. Our coverage of…

9/10/2020 (Auburn, WA) The 85th Longacres Mile will run tonight at Emerald Downs in Auburn. The field of 9 will be set to race for the $100,000 in the most…

9/9/2020 (Katlama, WA) It’s a few weeks later than normal and it’s on a Thursday and no fans can attend but the Longacres Mile is always special and the most…

9/7/2020 (Selah, WA) Washington State Hall of Fame Thoroughbred trainer Ben Harris passed away on September 2nd in Selah. Harris is most known for his incredible run in the waning…

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!…