Emerald Downs has announced 30 stakes events worth $1,685,000 in purses for its 2017 live racing season that begins Saturday, April 8.<\/p>\n
The majority of stakes are scheduled in the latter half of the 70-day meet with 13 stakes in August. including the 82nd running of the $200,000 Longacres Mile (Grade 3) on Sunday, Aug. 13. The annual centerpiece of the meet, The Mile caps a stakes quadruple-header, featuring the $65,000 Emerald Distaff for older fillies and mares and a pair of sprints for older horses – Pete Pedersen Memorial Overnight Stakes and the King County Overnight Stakes.<\/p>\n
Twenty-seven stakes are scheduled on Sundays, beginning with the $50,000 Seattle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Sunday, May 7 and concluding with the $65,000 Gottstein Futurity for 2-year-olds on Sunday, Sept. 17.<\/p>\n
From July 23 to Aug. 13, championship events will occur in four different categories: $75,000 Washington Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, Sunday, July 23; $75,000 Emerald Downs Derby, 3-year-olds, Sunday, July 30; and Longacres Mile\/Emerald Distaff, Sunday, Aug. 13.<\/p>\n
Mile Preview Day returns Sunday, July 16 with the $50,000 Mt. Rainier Stakes for older horses and $50,000 Boeing Stakes for older fillies and mares, Mile Preview Day also features the season’s first stakes for 2-year-olds –$50,000 Emerald Express for colts and geldings and $50,000 Angie C Stakes for fillies – and a special Pick Four encompassing all four stakes races.<\/p>\n
Washington Cup, featuring six stakes for Washington-breds worth an aggregate $300,000, returns for its 15th renewal Sunday, August 27 while Quarter Horses get an opportunity for big money in the $55,000 Bank of America Emerald Championship Challenge on Sunday, August 20.<\/p>\n
The 2017 stakes schedule offers 12 races for older horses (six apiece for males and females), 10 for 3-year-olds (five apiece for males and females) and seven for 2-year-olds.<\/p>\n
Emerald Downs’ stable area opens Saturday, Jan. 28 and training begins Monday, Jan. 30. Stall applications are available online at emeralddowns.com<\/a><\/a> in the horsemen section. Or call the Emerald Downs race office at 253-288-7751.<\/p>\n 2017 Emerald Downs stakes schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n 30 Stakes: $1,685,000<\/strong><\/p>\n Date, stakes, purse<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, May 7, Seattle Stakes (3-year-old fillies) 6 furlongs, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, May 14, Auburn Stakes (3 YO, colts and geldings) 6 F, $50,000<\/p>\n Saturday, May 20, Hastings Stakes (3&UP fillies and mares) 6F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, May 21, Governor’s Stakes (3&UP) 6 F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, May 28, Kent Stakes (3YO F) 6 ½ F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, June 4, Coca-Cola Stakes (3YO C&G) 6 ½ F, $50,000<\/p>\n Saturday, June 17, WA State Legislators S (3&UP F&M) 6 ½ F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, June 18, Budweiser Stakes (3&UP) 6 ½ F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, June 25, Irish Day Stakes (3YO F) 1 mile, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, July 2, Seattle Slew Stakes (3YO C&G) 1 M, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, July 16, Mt. Rainier Stakes (3&UP) 1-1\/16 M $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, July 16, Boeing Stakes (3&UP F&M) 1M $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, July 16, Angie C Stakes (2YO F) 5 ½ F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, July 16, Emerald Express (2YO C&G) 5 ½ F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, July 23, Washington Oaks (3YOF) 1-1\/8 M, $75,000<\/p>\n Sunday, July 30, Emerald Downs Derby (3YO) 1-1\/8 M, $75,000<\/p>\n Saturday, Aug. 5, Barbara Shinpoch Stakes (2YO F) 6 F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 6, WTBOA Lads Stakes (2YO C&G) 6 F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 13, Pete Pedersen Memorial S (3&UP) 6 ½ F, $25,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 13, King County Overnight S (3&UP F&M) 6 ½, $25,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 13, Emerald Distaff (3&UP F&M) 1-1\/8 M, $65,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 13, Longacres Mile (G3) (3&UP) 1 M, $200,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 20, Bank of America Challenge (3&UP) 440 yards, $55,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 27, WA Cup Juvenile Filly Stakes, 6 F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Aug. 27, WA Cup Juvenile C & G Stakes, 6, F, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, August 27 WA Cup Sophomore Filly Stakes, 1 M, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, August 27 WA Cup Sophomore Stakes, 1 M, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, August 27 WA Cup Filly & Mare Stakes, 1-1\/16 M, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, August 27 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic, 1-1\/16 M, $50,000<\/p>\n Sunday, Sept. 17, Gottstein Futurity (2YO) 1-1\/16 M, $65,000<\/p>\n * Quarter Horse (not included in purse total)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 30 races worth $1,685,000 in purses <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":26046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-26045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26045"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}