Emerald Downs News

Emerald Downs announces stakes schedules, $200,000 Longacres Mile to be run Aug. 19 | Emerald Downs
A 30-race stakes schedule featuring the 77th running of the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), four stakes double-headers and Washington Cup X has been announced for 2012 at Emerald Downs.

Emerald Downs: Longacres Mile tops 30-race stakes schedule
The 77th running of the Longacres Mile is, as usual, the highlight of the 2012 Emerald Downs stakes schedule. The 81-day meet at the Seattle-area track begins April 13 and runs through Sept. 23.

Emerald Downs' 2012 schedule announced
A 30-race stakes schedule featuring the 77th running of the Longacres Mile, four stakes doubleheaders and Washington Cup X was announced Friday for the 2012 meet at Emerald Downs.

Training begins for Emerald Downs season | Horse Racing
The horses were on the Emerald Downs track Wednesday as training began for the 81-day meeting that begins Friday, April 13.

$200,000 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs Aug. 19 | Stakes Schedule
A 30-race stakes schedule featuring the 77th running of the $200,000 Longacres Mile (G3), four stakes double-headers and Washington Cup X has been announced for 2012 at Emerald Downs.

The horses are back: training for '12 season begins at Emerald Downs
The horses were on the track Wednesday as training began for the 81-day meeting that begins Friday, April 13.

Opening day of training at Emerald Downs
Doris Harwood, trainer of Noosa Beach, momentarily disappears while putting on the horse's halter during opening day of training at Emerald Downs, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Earlier, Harwood had put Noosa Beach through some very light paces on the track.

Hanahan successfully defends wrestling title
Hanahan wrestling coach Ray Adkins was not sure what to expect in Saturday's Class AA state wrestling championship match against Emerald. The defending state champion Hawks were a much younger team this season, but they were wrestling their best at the time it counted most. Hana...

Sorghum sets sail
THE SORGHUM harvest has just begun on Queensland’s Darling Downs and in northern NSW, but the export program is already underway.

Opposing property sale for coal mine 'a lost cause'
The landowner who sold his central Queensland property to make way for the state's biggest coal mine says he did not have a choice.Evan Acton has agreed to sell his Moray Downs cattle station, north of ...