Ariana Kukors will host Dream Clinic beginning June 24
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Ariana Kukors will host the Dream Clinics beginning June 24 at Auburn Mountainview High School.
Stakes doubleheader set for 3-year-olds on Sunday | Emerald Downs
The first stakes double-header of the season matches 3-year-old colts and geldings in the $50,000 Coca-Cola Handicap and 3-year-old fillies in the $50,000 Irish Day Handicap.
Racing community raises nearly $23,000 for Mitchell
Before a capacity crowd last Saturday night in the Emerald Room, the Gallyn Mitchell Fundraiser raised nearly $23,000 as the racing community rallied around the track's all-time leading rider who suffered a heart attack in April.
Jebrica rallies to victory in Budweiser Handicap | Emerald Downs
Jebrica rallied boldly and notched a three-quarter-length victory over Stryker Phd in the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap for 3-year-olds and up Sunday before a packed house on Father’s Day at Emerald Downs.
Defending champion Winning Machine finished third and Why Not Be Perfect was fourth.
Makors Finale and Hoist, co-favored at 5-to-2 in the wagering, weakened to finish fifth and sixth respectively.
Ridden by Isaias Enriquez at 118 pounds, Jebrica ran one mile in 1 minute, 34.72 seconds and paid $23.20, $10.80 and $6.80. Jim Penney is the trainer for owners Ron and Rosalie Warren of Olympia, Wash.
Noosa Beach, Frazier to retire in joint ceremony July 3 | Emerald Downs
Two of Emerald Downs’ all-time greats, superstar gelding Noosa Beach and jockey Ricky Frazier, will be honored in a joint retirement ceremony at Emerald Downs on July 3.
Clemens Brook aces Friday night test in feature race | Emerald Downs
Clemens Brook continued her hard-hitting ways Friday night at Emerald Downs.
The 6-year-old mare hugged the rail and notched a 1 1/4-length victory in the $12,050 feature race for older fillies and mares. With Eliska Kubinova riding, Clemens Brook ran six furlongs in 1 minute, 9.58-second and paid $8.20, $4.40 and $3. David Tollett is the winning owner and trainer.
El Gran Bebe becomes meet's second triple winner with Saturday's hat trick | Emerald Downs
El Gran Bebe, who looked beaten in mid-stretch, rallied back for a nose victory over Uzziah in the featured Coca-Cola Purse for 3-year-olds and up Saturday at Emerald Downs.
With David G. Lopez aboard for his third of four wins on the day, El Gran Bebe ran one mile in 1 minute, 35.41 seconds and paid $12.80, $6.80 and $3.60. Robbie Baze is the trainer for owners Michael and Any Feuerborn of Maple Valley.
A 5-year-old Kentucky-bred, El Gran Bebe is three-for-three this season, and joined Roarified as the meet’s only three-time winners. Roarified can retake the lead Sunday with a victory in race eight.
Pacific Council preps for recall possiblities
Pacific residents will cast their votes in a special election on June 25 to decide whether to recall Mayor Cy Sun.
With results expected to be certified by July 9, the question then becomes, what’s next for Pacific?
Inaugural EMD 3-On-3 hoop fest kicks off in August
Emerald Downs introduces EmD 3-On-3 this summer, a two-day hoops extravaganza on 30 courts in the north parking lot.
The inaugural EmD3-On-3 is Saturday, Aug. 10 and Sunday, Aug. 11 – the week before the Longacres Mile – and is expected to attract players throughout Washington and possibly beyond.
Auburn Mountainview standout notches 12 varsity letters during prep career
In an age of specialization for high school athletes, JJ Lacey is an anomaly.
The 19-year-old Auburn Mountainview senior and the Auburn Reporter’s Male Athlete of the Year graduates this weekend as the school’s first student-athlete to earn 12 varsity sports letters.
Lacey, who lettered in four different sports during his four-year prep career, considered focusing on his strongest sport, basketball – for which the 6-foot-4 guard was chosen to the All-South Puget Sound League 3A first-team last season.
Auburn Mountainview grapplers prep for national tournaments
Former Auburn Mountainview wrestler Lilia Gudzyuk will have an opportunity to make her presence felt on the international stage on June 21.
Gudzyuk, 21, competes in the ASICS Senior U.S. World Team Trials in Stillwater, Okla., for a chance to represent the U.S. at the FILA Women’s Freestyle Wrestling World Championships in September at Budapest, Hungary.
For Gudzyuk, who wrestles at Jamestown College in North Dakota, it’s the culmination of a dream that began when she wrestled as a sophomore at Auburn Mountainview.
