Smell the roses at Auburn’s Emerald Downs

Go to the horse races and come home with a rose. The annual rose display by the Rainy Rose Society runs Saturday and Sunday at the Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn.

Go to the horse races and come home with a rose.

The annual rose display by the Rainy Rose Society runs Saturday and Sunday at the Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn.

The group will display hundreds of roses from noon until closing on both days. Racetrack customers can take a rose home after Sunday’s races.

Admission to the track is $7.

The Rainy Rose Society meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of February, March, April, May, June, September and October at the executive suites at Emerald Downs. Guests are welcome.