Win Place Show
Emerald Downs podcast Horse Racing NW, featuring Joe Withee & Vince Bruun. Weekly thoroughbred insight, news, handicapping, and more!
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June 12, 2025 • 40 mins
Great Thoroughbred action AND Indian Relay Racing this weekend at Emerald Downs! Join us Friday night, Saturday and Sunday for all the exciting races and special events. Indian relay teams in the northern U.S. tier and western Canada refer to the Muckleshoot Gold Cup as the “Big Show” among annual relay events. There have been eight runnings with eight different champions and all former winners are entered this weekend. Gayle Skunk...
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June 5, 2025 • 60 mins
Get your Fab Friday T-Shirt this Friday at Emerald Downs! Racing June 6 at 7 pm and with your paid admission (half-price $5.00!) receive the valuable T-Shirt which gets you free admission on all subsequent Fridays in 2025. It’s Vince and Track President Phil Ziegler this week with Joe a little under the weather. Ziegler speaks to great start at 2025 meeting, while guests include top Belmont Stakes handicapper Anthony Stabile and Se...
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May 29, 2025 • 52 mins
The season’s off to a great start with more racing this Saturday and Sunday at Emerald Downs! This is the final two-day racing week for 2025 with the first “Half-Price Friday” set for June 6. That’s T-Shirt day, too. Also, it’s Grandparents Weekend with prize drawings both Saturday and Sunday. Will the video go viral again? Nina Hagen joins Joe and Vince this week. With husband Ron, they have operated El Dorado Farms in Enumclaw si...
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May 22, 2025 • 64 mins
Racing continues to get better every week at Emerald Downs! Entries for the upcoming three-day weekend exceed an average of eight horses per race each day. Saturday is at 9.2 starters per race, a figure not achieved here in many years. Precise Timing, trained by Kay Cooper, is the top horse entered this weekend. Last year’s undefeated Horse of the Meeting goes Monday, Memorial Day, in race 8. Owner/breeder Ron Schmid and trainer Mi...
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May 15, 2025 • 67 mins
More horses, more horsemen, better racing at Emerald Downs in 2025! This weekend is no exception with two-time Washington Horse of the Year Slew’s Tiz Whiz set to make his seasonal debut in the Saturday feature race at six furlongs. Slew’s Tiz Whiz has five EmD stakes victories, tied at the top with Aloha Breeze among active runners. Papa’s Golden Boy has four stakes wins here and he’ll meet Slew’s Tiz Whiz for the ninth time. Crow...
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May 10, 2025 • 70 mins
It’s Mother’s Day weekend at Emerald Downs! Great racing and prizes for the gals both Saturday and Sunday. All women are eligible for prize drawings – seven winners on each day. First race goes at 1:50 pm. An added Mother’s Day tradition at the track – a mare with her young foal to parade in front of the crowd. Racing is definitely on the upgrade at Emerald Downs this year. With eight races on Saturday and 10 on Sunday, plenty of e...
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May 1, 2025 • 83 mins
Day #2 of live racing at Emerald Downs is Kentucky Derby Saturday! Gates open on the 5th Floor for simulcasting at 7:30 am while gates open for live racing at the earlier time of 11 am. First live race goes at 1:50 while all can watch the 151st Derby on the infield big screen just before 4 pm. Wear a decorative hat, women and men, to be eligible for prizes in the annual Derby Day Hat Contest. Jon White and Anthony Stabile. Both are...
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April 24, 2025 • 55 mins
See you at Emerald Downs for Opening Day, this Sunday, April 27! First race goes at 1:50 pm. We’ll have the traditional jockey introductions in the Paddock prior to the first race. Horse players take note of the low 12% takeout on Pick-3 wagers plus another year of penny breakage – both of those lead to higher payouts on winning bets. Tickets for all racing days are available at emeralddowns.com. Jockey Frank Alvarado and DRF write...
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April 17, 2025 • 37 mins
Getting ever closer to Emerald Downs Opening Day, Sunday, April 27! First race goes at 1:50 pm. Horse players take note of the low 12% takeout on Pick-3 wagers plus another year of penny breakage – both direct higher payouts on winning bets. The Snoqualmie Casino sports book adds horse racing action to its menu beginning this Saturday, April 19. wns.com. Joining Joe and Vince this week is veteran jockey Francisco Duran. Hear his in...
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April 2, 2025 • 68 mins
Emerald Downs Opening Day is just around the corner, Sunday, April 27! First race goes at 1:50 pm to begin our 30th season of Thoroughbred racing. We’re looking forward to a great meeting with a significant increase in the horse population and, coming with that, new and more trainers and jockeys. Purchase tickets for any and all days at emeralddowns.com. Joining Joe and Vince as guests on this podcast are Anthony “Big A” Stabile an...
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March 11, 2025 • 71 mins
Just six weeks away to Emerald Downs 30th Opening Day! Make plans to come out on Sunday, April 27 for the 2025 lid-lifter. Track President Phil Ziegler and trainer Howard Gibson join Joe and Vince on this edition of Horseracing NW. Ziegler looks to build on last year’s successful mark of a more than 10% increase in attendance with a revamped stakes schedule and several tried and true promotions Gibson, who’s been a top assistant to...
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February 12, 2025 • 69 mins
Please show your support to Olympia for HB 1703 and SB 5610 for financing critical to racing’s future in Washington. Those bills can offset significant upcoming costs of HISA regulations. Jon White joins Joe and Vince to speak to the national three-year-old picture, less than three months out before this year’s Kentucky Derby. Pool Four of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is in effect this weekend, closing Sunday at 3 pm. Emerald Do...
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January 24, 2025 • 65 mins
With the calendar turned to 2025, Emerald Downs is gearing up for its 30th season of Thoroughbred racing, Opening Day on Sunday, April 27. Horses begin training on the track on Monday, February 24. Another date to note is Saturday, February 22. That evening, horse and human achievements of 2024 are recognized at the WTBOA Awards Banquet, open to the public. Washington Hall of Fame trainer Tim McCanna and Turfway Park Track Announce...
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December 20, 2024 • 46 mins
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from Emerald Downs! The track is closed Christmas day but otherwise is open seven days a week for full card simulcasting. Join us for the opening of Santa Anita at 11 am on Thursday, Dec. 26. Check out a great 2025 season pass offer at emeralddowns.com. Trainer Mike Puhich joins Joe & Vince to speak about the monumental contributions of Dr. Mark Dedomenico, who passed earlier this month. Dr ...
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November 25, 2024 • 66 mins
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October 30, 2024 • 105 mins
It’s Breeders’ Cup weekend and Emerald Downs is your best option to watch and wager on this year’s main event. Gates open at 8:30 am on Friday and 8:00 on Saturday. It’s first-come, first-served seating on the Fifth Floor each day. On Saturday, the Third Floor is also open as well as the Third Floor bar. Have a great Breeders’ Cup! Jon White and Anthony Stabile add their handicapping and historical expertise to this week’s Horserac...
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October 10, 2024 • 75 mins
This week’s show includes an interview with the current #6 rated jockey in the world, Christophe Lemaire. Lemaire has been dominant in Japan for several years and is renowned from successes world-wide. He’s involved with furthering interest in racing through hip-hop music with EmD owner Greg Conley and others. Also, trainer Tom Wenzel remembers beloved groom Darrell LaFrance, who passed away last month after eight decades in the sp...
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September 19, 2024 • 59 mins
It’s a wrap! The 2024 season came to a close with an outstanding closing day card and an exciting Gottstein Futurity. Colonel Ludlow took the top two-year-old race over stablemate A Thousand Miles. Leading trainer Justin Evans had more season-ending titles with Top Sprinter Neiman, Top Older Horse Arma d’Oro and Top Claimer Surprsinglyperfect, as well as Top Juvenile Colonel Ludlow. Join Joe and Vince along with guest John Lindley ...
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September 12, 2024 • 62 mins
It’s closing weekend for the 2024 Emerald Downs season! Racing Friday night at 7:30, Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 pm. Saturday is “Fan Appreciation Day,” with free admission for all. Sunday, closing day, has meet honorees recognized throughout the card despite several categories still up the air. Those categories will be decided by the Gottstein Futurity, Muckleshoot Tribal Classic and Washington Cup Filly and Mare race. Alex Cruz w...
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September 5, 2024 • 56 mins
Emerald Downs heads into the final two weekends of the 2024 meeting and it’s Oktoberfest for the fans this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Wear Oktoberfest garb for free admission this weekend and that will also get you a reduced price on German beer at beverage stands. Live Bavarian themed music all weekend as well. Petra Lewin, co-owner and breeder of Blazingbellablu, joins Joe and Vince on this week’s show. Blazingbellablu, 2021 Wa...
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