Emerald Downs Adds Four Stakes Races To 2021 Schedule Sponsored by:
Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash.
Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash. has announced an additional four stakes races for the 2021 live racing season that begins Wednesday, May 19.
Added to the schedule: $50,000 Governor s Stakes, 3-year-olds and up, 6 1/2 furlongs; Sunday, July 11; $50,000 Washington State Legislators Stakes, older fillies and mares, 6 1/2 furlongs, Sunday, July 11; $50,000 Kent Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 6 1/2 furlongs, Sunday, July 25; $50,000 Irish Day Stakes, 3-year-old colts and geldings, Sunday, July 25.
The schedule now features 21 total stakes (19 Thoroughbred, 2 Quarter Horse) totaling $1,090,000 in purses.
The stakes schedule begins Thursday, June 17, with the $50,000 Hastings Stakes for older fillies and mares at 6 furlongs and the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at 6 furlongs.