Newfound Gold sped to the early lead and held on late for a 1 ¼-length victory Saturday in the featured Rose Family Purse for 3-year-olds at Emerald Downs.
Cee the Lady continued to climb the class ladder with a 3 ¼-length triumph Friday in the $17,100 feature race for fillies and mares at Emerald Downs.
Way too Much collared Emancipated in deep stretch and notched a 1 ¾-length victory Thursday in the $12,100 Ashbaugh Beal Purse for older horses at Emerald Downs.
The 2005 leading rider, Kevin Krigger, returned to Emerald Downs June 5, after a three year absence from the Auburn oval.
“This is one of my favorite places to ride,” Krigger said. “I missed riding here, and I know that I have been missed.”
As much as we enjoy selecting an Athlete of the Year, it’s never an easy task and there’s seldom a cut-and-dry selection.
Kentwood High’s Max Manthou earned top honors this year for a multitude of reasons, most notably, however, is the fact that he came away with six state titles. In all of my years of covering prep sports, we had never seen a kid bring home so many crowns. But Manthou wasn’t just good, he was perfect, finishing with an unbeaten high school mark. That said, academics also played into the final decision and Manthou was just as dominant in the classroom, posting a nearly perfect 3.93 cumulative grade-point average.
He grew up with basketball dreams.
Tennis?
That always has been the second choice of Max Manthou. Yet, when Manthou graduates from Kentwood High next week, the 18 year old will do so as one of the greatest high school tennis players the state of Washington has ever seen.
The Maple Valley Bombers have been racking up tournament wins this spring.
Sis’s Sis fought off a wall of challengers and scored a half-length victory Sunday in the $50,000 Irish Day Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs.
Passion Lives Here rallied past the leaders for a three-quarter-length victory Saturday in the $9,500 Kingsport Thoroughbreds Purse for older horses at Emerald Downs.
With Inoel Beato riding, Passion Lives Here ran six furlongs in 1 minute, 9 1/5 seconds on a fast track and paid $16.20, $6.80 and $3.80. Dan Markle is the trainer for owners Chuck and Karla Laird of Issaquah.
Feels Like Rain sprinted to the early lead and never looked back notching a 3 ¼-length victory Friday in the $11,100 Tacoma Rainiers Purse for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs.
Tahoma High senior Kaila Kilwein signed a national letter of intent for gymnastics at California State University-Sacramento. The announcement was released May 24.
Sis’s Sis seeks her third straight victory in Sunday’s $50,000 Irish Day Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at a mile. The stakes is the first route leading up to the $75,000 Washington Oaks on Aug. 14.
The Cahill Road filly, owned by Maple Valley residents Michael and Amy Michael Feuerborn, makes her 2010 stakes debut after an impressive three-quarter-length victory over stablemate Sweet Nellie Brown on May 15.
Kentwood High’s Max Manthou ended Saturday what has been one of the greatest runs in prep tennis history. And he did it with an exclamation point.
The Tahoma High track and field team fought off rain, wind and cold to bring home a bag full of medals and memories from the 4A state track and field meet at Mount Tahoma High May 27 through Saturday.
Derek Eager won two gold medals and a silver in throwing events.
Eager took his second state title Saturday in the javelin event. He threw 207 feet, 10 inches to take the top spot.
Kentwood’s star sprinter Holly DeHart fought through an upset stomach, flu-like symptoms and nerves to bring home her first state gold medal in the 200-meter dash.
DeHart won the event on Saturday, the final day of the 4A state meet, in the time of 25.35 seconds.
Avery Kain may not be the ace of the Kentwood High baseball team.
But Saturday night at Safeco Field in the biggest game of his life, Kain certainly pitched like an ace.
Chinook Pass, one of the fastest thoroughbreds in history and the only Washington-bred to win an Eclipse Award, was euthanized Monday at owner Jill Hallin’s farm in Maple Valley.
Chinook Pass, who was 31-years-old, had been the oldest living Eclipse Award-winner.
Feeling Fancy, dominant in three races at Emerald Downs, aims for another stakes victory in the $50,000 Irish Day Handicap on Sunday, June 6.
No Flies On Doodle would not be denied Monday at Emerald Downs.
The 4-year-old filly turned back betting favorite Hallelujah Trail in the stretch and scored a neck victory in the 15th running of the $50,000 Washington State Legislators Stakes for older fillies and mares.
Rooster City, second in three stakes races last season, battled to a half-length victory over Dixie Meister in Sunday’s $20,000 optional claiming feature for older horses at Emerald Downs.
With Seth Martinez riding at 121 pounds., Rooster City ran one mile in 1 minute, 35 2/5 seconds on a fast track and paid $4.40, $2.60, $2.40. Tim McCanna trains the winner for owner Victor Bahna Jr., of Kirkland.
