• Where is Emerald Downs? Emerald Downs is located just south of Seattle, in Auburn, WA.
• How old is Emerald Downs? Emerald Downs opened on June 20, 1996.
• How long is Emerald Downs? Emerald Downs is a mile long racetrack.
• When does Emerald Downs race? Emerald Downs races April through September.
• What races are run at Emerald Downs? Emerald Downs is home to the Longacres Mile, the Pacific Northwest’s only graded stakes race.
• Who are the most famous horses to run at Emerald Downs? Emerald Downs has hosted popular horses like Awesome Gem, Jersey Town, Wild Wonder and Budroyale, but local Longacres Mile winners Wasserman and Stryker PhD are the hometown heroes.
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Date	Race	Purse	Conditions
Sun May 12	Seattle Stakes	$50,000	(3YO F) 6 F
Sun May 19	Auburn Stakes	$50,000	(3YO C&G) 6 F
Sun May 27	Hastings Stakes	$50,000	(3&UP F&M) 6 F
Sun June 2	Governor's Stakes	$50,000	(3&UP) 6 F
Sun June 9	Kent Stakes	$50,000	(3YO F) 6½ F
Sun June 16	Coca-Cola Stakes	$50,000	(3YO C&G) 6½ F
Sun June 23	WA State Legislators Stakes	$50,000	(3&UP F&M) 6½ F
Sun June 30	Budweiser Stakes	$50,000	(3&UP) 6½ F
Sun July 14	Irish Day Stakes	$50,000	(3YO F) 1-1/16 M
Sun July 14	Seattle Slew Stakes	$50,000	(3YO C&G) 1-1/16 M
Sun July 21	Mt. Rainier Stakes	$50,000	(3&UP) 1-1/16 M
Sun July 21	Boeing Stakes	$50,000	(3&UP F&M) 1-1/16 M
Sun July 21	Angie C Stakes	$50,000	(2YO F) 5½ F
Sun July 21	King County Express	$50,000	(2YO C&G) 5½ F
Sun Aug 11	Washington Oaks	$50,000	(3YOF) 1-1/8 M
Sun Aug 11	Muckleshoot Derby	$50,000	(3YO) 1-1/8 M
Sun Aug 11	Emerald Distaff	$50,000	(3&UP F&M) 1-1/8 M
Sun Aug 11	Longacres Mile	$200,000	(G3) (3&UP) 1 M
Sun Aug 18	Barbara Shinpoch Stakes	$50,000	(2YO F) 6 F
Sun Aug 18	WTBOA Lads Stakes	$50,000	(2YO C&G) 6 F
Sun Aug 25	Bank of America Challenge	$35,000	(3&UP) 440 Y
Sun Sept 1	WA Cup Sophomore Filly Stakes	$50,000	1 M
Sun Sept 1	WA Cup Sophomore C&G Stakes	$50,000	1 M
Sun Sept 8	WA Cup Juvenile Filly Stakes	$50,000	6½ F
Sun Sept 8	WA Cup Juvenile C&G Stakes	$50,000	6½ F
Sun Sept 15	WA Cup Filly & Mare Stakes	$50,000	1-1/16 M
Sun Sept 15	Muckleshoot Tribal Classic	$50,000	1-1/16 M
Sun Sept 22	Gottstein Futurity	$100,000	(2YO) 1-1/16 M

Emerald Downs first opened its doors on June 20, 1996, with the inaugural 100-day meet running through November 4. It replaced Longacres Racetrack in Renton, Washington, which closed in September 1992. Emerald Downs races from mid-April through mid-September.

The Emerald Downs track is a one-mile (1.6 km) oval and is made of geo-textile fabric, washed rock, coarse sand and one-component track material. There is no turf course.

Quarter Horses at Emerald Downs

The first Quarter Horse race in track history was held in 2010. In 2011, Emerald Downs added a major Quarter Horse stakes, the $60,000 Bank of America Emerald Championship Challenge Stakes, run on Labor Day weekend.

The Only Graded Stakes in the Pacific Northwest

Emerald Downs biggest race is the Grade 3 Longacres Mile. The Mile was initially the richest 1 mile race on the country when first run in 1935 with a purse of $10,000.

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