Championship Sunday is this weekend at Emerald Downs! Topped by the 91st running of the Longacres Mile, this Saturday and Sunday are the ultimate two days for northwest racing fans and historians. Legendary status is on the line Sunday when eight horses go postward at 5:50 for the Mile. Slew’s Tiz Whiz, 2022 champion, is third choice on morning-line odds (4-1) behind Wesley Ward-trained invader Touchy (7/5) and top sprinter Si That Tiger (2-1). Join us Saturday at 1:00 pm outside of the Winner’s Circle for the 2026 Washington Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Video presentations for Mark Kaufman, Reba Is Tops, Maxwell G and Doug Moore take viewers down the road of this state’s racing history. Saturday morning at Paddock Grille, join Joe & Vince for “Breakfast At the Wire,” 9-10:30 am. It’s free to attend with guests, raffle prizes and a complimentary breakfast item and coffee for all who attend. Wear your “Fab Friday” Hawaiian shirt to the races on Saturdays this month for free admission. The great Friday concession specials and Lucky One Lemonade Horseshoe Toss move to Saturday, too. Sunday at 12 noon in the Park, our Mile Day tradition of the “Railbird Rally” brings fans together with handicapping, prizes and food and beverage specials. See you at Emerald Downs!

Emerald Downs live racing calendar moves to Saturdays and Sundays in August – with many noteworthy events! Before live racing this Saturday at 1:50 pm, join Joe & Vince at “Breakfast At the Wire,” from 9-10:30 am. It’s free to attend with guests, raffle prizes and a complimentary breakfast item and coffee for all who attend. Wear your “Fab Friday” Hawaiian shirt to the races on Saturdays for free admission. The great Friday concession specials and Lucky One Lemonade Horseshoe Toss move to Saturday, too. Washington Hall of Famers join Joe and Vince on this week’s show. Debbie Pabst is prepping a large number of yearling sons and daughters of farm sire Alternation for the Tuesday, August 25, WTBOA Yearling Sale. Wesley Ward, known world-wide for his many Keeneland training titles and his breakthrough victories at Royal Ascot, is sending Touchy to Washington for the Longacres Mile. He speaks to his colt and the storied race history.

Next month brings Championship Sunday and the Longacres Mile to Emerald Downs on Sunday, August 16. Join us early for “Breakfast At the Wire” on Saturday, August 8 & 15, 9-10:30 am. The Washington Thoroughbred Hall of Fame induction ceremony is Saturday, August 15, before the races and there’s the Railbird Rally on Mile Day, August 16. Go to emeralddowns.com and follow us on Facebook for all upcoming special events and promotions. Guests this week include Bob Rondeau and Dana Halvorson. Rondeau speaks to his friendship and the career of Mark Kaufman, former Longacres Publicity Director, who’s a Hall of Fame inductee on August 15. President Dana Halvorson gives facts and figures of the August 25 WTBOA Yearling Sale and new Pabst Blue Ribbon Farm stallion Alternation with 18 sons or daughters in the catalog.

Looking forward to a Super Stakes Sunday at Emerald Downs! This Sunday, July 19, come out for an 11-race card that includes six stakes. In the marquee race, four weeks before the Longacres Mile, Slew’s Tiz Whiz goes for an amazing fifth straight Governor’s Stakes title. He meets crack sprinters Tax Code and Si That Tiger among the seven entries. The track’s leading active stakes winner, Aloha Breeze, seeks her third consecutive Washington State Legislators Stakes score. She’s won eight local stakes, one more than Tom Wenzel-trained stablemate Slew’s Tiz Whiz. It’s Equine Art 2026 week and all art is on display on Track Level through racing on Sunday. All pieces, in many different art disciplines, are available for purchase. Anne Sweet of the Equine Art committee joins Joe and Vince on this week's pod as does Mike Seely of Daily Racing Form. Seely speaks to his upcoming columns and previews Sunday’s stakes action. Go to emeralddowns.com for more information.

It’s Corgi weekend at Emerald Downs! Watch the popular pups speed between races both Saturday and Sunday. Live Music Friday night at the races with The Fabulous Murphtones. Horse racing personality and top handicapper Anthony Stabile, known affectionately as “The Big A,” speaks about the closing of Aqueduct Race Track. The historic facility dates back to 1894 and its final three days are this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Joe and Vince recap last weekend’s stakes action, the highlight being another Emerald Downs stakes victory by Aloha Breeze. She became the top filly or mare earner in track history at $315,390, overtaking Fleet Pacific who raced here 1997-2001 ($307,058). With Aloha Breeze’s triumph, trainer Tom Wenzel took over the top spot among stakes winning trainers, earning his 68th, one more than Doris Harwood.

Saturday, June 20 is Emerald Downs 30th birthday. Get your free Bucket Hat with paid admission while supplies last. Also “Dollar Dogs” available on Saturday, a throwback to 1996. Be at the track Saturday for a 1:30 ceremony recognizing track investors, 30-year horsemen and 30-year employees. There’s also another Fab Friday this weekend, first race at 7 pm. Emerald Downs stakes races begin this Sunday! Races, plural, it’s a stakes quadruple-header with the top horses on the grounds in action. Aloha Breeze, defending Horse of the Meeting and Slew’s Tiz Whiz, two-time Horse of the Meeting, go in the Hastings Stakes and Budweiser Stakes respectively. Also carded is the Auburn Stakes for three-year-old colts and geldings and the Seattle Stakes for three-year-old fillies. 10 races in all beginning at 1:50 pm.

Indian Relay Racing and the Muckleshoot Gold Cup highlight this weekend at Emerald Downs! It’s the 10th edition of the MGC at EmD, known as “The Big Show” to relay teams across the U.S. northern tier and western Canada provinces. Omak Express of the Colville Nation in eastern Washington became the first two-time MGC winner in 2025, rider Tyler Peasley up. Gayle Skunkcap Jr., broadcaster and publicist for Indian Relay Racing, joins Joe and Vince this week with great information on growth of the event and what to expect this weekend. Thoroughbreds and Indian Relay Racing Friday night at 7:00 pm and again on Saturday and Sunday at 1:50 pm. Sport shorts, selections and trivia again this week on Horseracing NW.

Be at Emerald Downs Friday night for horse racing, music, food, fun and the deal of the Summer … well, Spring anyway. With your paid admission Friday night, you’ll receive your EmD Hawaiian shirt! Wear it back on any and all Fridays the rest of the season for free admission. The Jimmy Vegas band performs Friday night and the $1,000 Horseshoe Toss is back too. First race 7 pm, gates open at 5 pm. The “Big A” Anthony Stabile and Emerald Downs trainer Alexis Silva-Martinez are this week’s guests. Stabile has an incredible record picking Belmont Stakes winners beginning with Rags to Riches in 2007. He scored last year with Sovereignty, sticking with his 7-1 Kentucky Derby winner from 2025. Stabile goes through Saturday’s Saratoga stakes races. Alexis Silva-Martinez is off to a great EmD start for 2026, winning at over 20%. Now in his fourth local season, he speaks to the challenges a young trainer faces.

The last weekend in May brings Teacher's Appreciation Day and Grandparents Day to Emerald Downs! All teachers and school district employees receive free admission and more this Saturday, May 30. There's also a Teacher's Race mid-card on Saturday. The Grandparents Race, now in its fourth running, comes on Sunday afternoon. After receiving free admission, both men and women grandparents get their chance to run down the EmD stretch. Great-Grandparents, too, get their feet on the oval in a "race" of their own. Racing was exciting this past Memorial Day weekend with top runners such as Aloha Breeze, Si That Tiger, Too Sassy and Baladi all scoring victories. This upcoming weekend sees more horses entered and field size growing. Trainer Howard Gibson joins Joe and Vince this week. Gibson is currently number two in the standings behind Tim McCanna. His barn has scored with top runners Chuckanut Bay and Subtle Shimmer and also has a good number of two-year-olds getting ready. Sport shorts, selections and trivia too on Horseracing NW.

Three days of racing this Memorial Day weekend at Emerald Downs! Bring the family out May 23-24-25, each day is a Family Fun Day and add a Kids Race on Sunday. We’re just a couple weeks away from Friday night racing (June 5) and the Hawaiian Shirt giveaway. Guests this week on the pod include returning horse owner Todd Pedersen and also Paul Beattie of elisportsnetwork.com. Check out Paul’s great Emerald Downs coverage. Many of the track’s top horses are in action this weekend. Slew’s Tiz Whiz on Sunday and Aloha Breeze on Monday go postward for the first time this year. Slew’s Tiz Whiz continues to climb many significant Emerald Downs and Washington-bred lists while 2025 Horse of the Meeting Aloha Breeze is the one and only EmD Divisional Champion at ages two, three, four and five. Both the aforementioned runners are tied for most stakes wins among active horses at seven apiece.