Vince Bruun

Media Relations, Morning Line, Emerald Racing Club @ Emerald Downs home of the Longacres Mile [email protected] Fan of le Club du hockey Canadien

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Defending ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩ riding champion Kevin Krigger in the house! Opening day Saturday, May 2.

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Three-time Washington Horse of the Year Slew’s Tiz Whiz back on the work tab @EmeraldDowns, 3 furlongs in 36.60 with former rider Jose Zunino in the irons. Opening day Saturday, May 2.

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Exactly 50 days til opening day ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩. Still plenty of time to achieve a fast racing strip.

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Surprsinglyperfect, a gelding with 100 career starts who had seven wins last year @turf_paradise and @EmeraldDowns as an 11-year-old, has been named the National HBPA’s 2025 National Claiming Horse of the Year.

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Less than 6 months til the 2026 Kentucky Derby which doubles as opening day of our 30th anniversary season ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying the view of 14,414 ft. Mt. Rainier from the office window.

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A rarity Friday evening ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩ as Sir Argento scored his maiden win under Adrian Castellanos. A 4-year-old Race Day colt, Sir Argento is among a handful of all white Thoroughbreds in training. His dam (Packed Powder) and damsire (The White Fox) also are white.

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In what has to be a racing first, 23-year-old Wasserman attended his own Hall of Fame ceremony before the races Saturday ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩. Regular rider Jennifer still gallops the horse daily.

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7-year-old Washington-bred Slew’s Tiz Whiz wins the Governor’s Stakes for a record FOURTH straight year. 6 1/2 F/1:14.62. Next stop: Longacres Mile, Sunday, Aug. 17.

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Emerald Downs welcomes Japanese jockey Akatsuki Tomita, shown here riding M Spada to victory in the G2 Centaur Stakes at Chukyo Racecourse. Tomita most recently rode at Santa Anita, compiling one second and five thirds in nine mounts.

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Wasserman, Jennifer Whitaker up, still looking good at age 23. Winner of the 2008 Longacres Mile, Wasserman is the newest member of the Washington Racing Hall of Fame.

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Winter covering removed, newcomers in the house, opening day less than a month away—Sunday, April 27.

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Dynamic Secret and Silvio Amador are first on the track as training begins for the 2025 season ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩. Opening Day is Sunday, April 27.

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@agentcc1 @EmeraldDowns Hi Carolyn! Hope everything is well!

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Winter Wonderland ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩. Just 22 days ‘til training begins for our 30th season.

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Gray and rainy and not a horse in sight, but only 141 days til the 2025 opener ⁦@EmeraldDowns⁩. Sunday, April 27.

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The racing season is over, but a halo’s guarding 14,411 foot Mt. Rainier and Emerald Downs as we begin October.

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Bill Shoemaker surveys the track prior to riding Knights Choice to a 7-length victory in the Gottstein Futurity at Longacres, Sept. 3, 1978.

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Five Star General x 2! Baylie Reichert applies the finishing touches to the Longacres Mile statue featuring the silks of winning owner Elttaes Stable (Ken Alhadeff). Nice work Team Forster, Joe Bravo, et al.

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Five Star General (left) repeats in $150,000 Longacres Mile, nailing Clovisconnection in the last stride to become the fifth two-time winner in the 89-year history of the race. Congrats Joe Bravo, Grant Forster, Ken Alhadeff. 1M 1:34.98 $4.22 win

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Congratulations Jon White! One of the all-time greats, White is officially a member of the Washington Race Hall of Fame.