Dan Aas was ready to get out of his cubicle.
Aas, a 2003 Tahoma High graduate, decided to find a new opportunity in lacrosse, a sport he picked up at 14 years old.
He landed a job coaching in Exeter, England.
Saratoga Boot, a 9-to-1 long shot, was never headed Sunday and scored a 4 ¼-length victory in the $75,000 Emerald…
Washington-bred 7-year-old Clair Annette was assigned high weight of 122 pounds for the $75,000 Emerald Distaff on Sunday, Aug. 22.
Zenovit put it all together Saturday and scored a 2 ¼- length victory over huge long shot Private Fortune the $75,000 Washington Oaks at Emerald Downs.
Carry On John, a consistent 6-year-old gelding, returned to the winner’s circle Friday with a neck victory over Westsideclyde in the $12,100 Pacific NW Business Products Purse at Emerald Downs.
With a perfectly-timed ride by Inoel Beato, Carry On John ran 6 ½ furlongs in 1 minute, 15 3/5 seconds on a fast track and paid $8.20, $3.80 and $2.60. H.R. Pat Mullens is the trainer for owner Ron Crockett, Inc.
The Washington Horse Racing Commission approved Emerald Downs’ request for an extra day of racing at its 2010 meeting. The additional day, Wednesday, Sept. 22, will feature a special 1:00 p.m. post time, and kicks off closing week of the now 90-day meeting.
Snake Attack, a 4-year-old with the winning habit, led every step Thursday for a 3 ½-length victory in the $10,000 Ashbaugh Beal Purse for older horses at Emerald Downs.
The 3-year-old division for colts and geldings has been arguably the most competitive group of horses this season at Emerald Downs. Heading into Sunday’s $75,000 Emerald Derby, the championship event, it is nearly impossible to find a clear selection in the 1 1/8-mile race.
It was a pretty good Seafair weekend for brother and sister hydroplane racers Brian Perkins and Kayleigh Perkins Mallory.
Jammin’ basketball teams are looking for new players with tryouts scheduled in the coming weeks.
Boys and girls in fourth through eighth grade can try out for youth teams while students in ninth through 12th can try out for the high school level teams.
It started as a means to lose weight.
In a little less than a year since, however, it has blossomed into a passion to become fit, eat better and reach goals that once seemed impossible for Kent’s Sheryl Sprague.
The rain came.
But that hardly put any sort of damper on the first-ever ShoWare Shootout 3-on-3 basketball tournament, which played out Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7-8, amidst grey skies and sporadic rain showers. The 160-team, 16-division tournament that took place in the parking lot of the ShoWare Center brought players from as far away as Yakima and Spokane, Everett and Marysville.
Unbeaten in three stakes around two turns, the 7-year-old mare Clair Annette heads a list of nine older filly fillies and mares nominated to the $75,000 Emerald Distaff on Sunday, Aug. 22.
To be run at 1 1/8 mile, the Emerald Distaff is the track’s championship event for fillies and mares and co-featured with the $250,000 Longacres Mile Grade 3.
The sophomores take the spotlight next weekend with championship events in both 3-year-old divisions at Emerald Downs.
The $75,000 Washington Oaks for 3-year-old fillies will be run Saturday, Aug. 14, and the $75,000 Emerald Derby for 3-year-olds will be contested Sunday, Aug. 15. Both races are a 1 1/8 mile, with Oaks starters to carry 120 pounds and Derby starters 122.
Twenty-two handicap horses—including stakes winners from Washington, Canada, the Midwest and California—have been nominated to the $250,000 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs.
Winter Warlock, whose daddy was runner-up in the 2004 Longacres Mile, appears to have a bright future of his own at Emerald Downs.
The first progeny of Demon Warlock to win a race, Winter Warlock also became the fledgling sire’s first stakes winner with a three-quarter-length triumph Sunday in the $50,000 Premio Esmeralda Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings.
He’s All Heart would not be denied Saturday at Emerald Downs.
The gutsy and fast 4-year-old gelding rallied tenaciously to nip Davos by a neck in the $20,000 allowance-optional claiming feature for older horses. Seven Torrents, the only 3-year-old in the race, was a half-length back in third place.
Bogachiel took control early and poured it on late for a seven-length victory Friday in the $15,100 Johnsonville Purse at Emerald Downs.
The only 3-year-old in the race, Bogachiel ran 6-½ furlongs in 1 minute, 14 4/5 seconds on a fast track and paid $11.40, $6 and $2.80. Apprentice Pedro Terrero was aboard the winner for trainer Bonnie Jenne and owner-breeder Frank McDonald of Marysville.
Strawberry Topper waited patiently behind a three-horse pace duel and held off a fast-closing Mulcahy for a head victory on Thursday in the $8,900 Ashbaugh Beal Purse for older horses at Emerald Downs.
The $50,000 Premio Esmeralda Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings appears to be a wide-open affair heading into Sunday’s six-furlong stakes at Emerald Downs.
