The 85th Longacres Mile is scheduled Sunday, Sept. 13

EMERALD DOWNS ANNOUNCES
REVISED 2020 STAKES SCHEDULE

AUBURN, Wash. – A revised stakes schedule featuring a new date for the Grade 3 Longacres Mile was announced by Emerald Downs Racetrack & Casino.

Sixteen stakes are scheduled at the 44-day meeting, beginning August 2 with a doubleheader for 2-year-olds and concluding October 4 with a tripleheader featuring a pair of Washington Cup events and the championship Gottstein Futurity for 2-year-olds.

The 85th running of the Longacres Mile is Sunday, Sept. 13, a date that also features the Emerald Distaff for older fillies and mares.

The $100,000 Longacres Mile and $75,000 Gottstein Futurity are the richest races of the season.

Fourteen stakes offer $40,000 purses and retain black type status for 2020.

The schedule features six stakes for 3-year-olds and up (three apiece for older horses and older fillies and mares), four stakes for 3-year-olds (two apiece for colts and geldings and fillies) and five for 2-year-olds (two apiece for colts and geldings and fillies, and one open).

The fifteen Thoroughbred stakes total $680,000 in purses, while the $40,000 Bank of America Emerald Championship Challenge is offered for Quarter Horses.

Emerald Downs also revised its race dates for 2020, announcing a 44-day meet opening June 22 and continuing through October 4. Initially racing will be conducted without spectators.

REVISED 2020 EMERALD DOWNS STAKES SCHEDULE
16 Stakes: $720,000

Date. . . . . . . .Stakes. . . . . . . .Purse
Thurs July 30 $40,000 Angie C Stakes (2YO F) 5 ½ F
Thurs July 30 $40,000 King County Express (2YO CG) 5 ½ F
Thurs Aug 6 $40,000 Coca-Cola Stakes (3YO F) 6 ½ F
Thurs Aug 6 $40,000 Seattle Slew Stakes (3YO CG) 6 ½ F
Thurs Aug 13 $40,000 Mt. Rainier Stakes (3&UP) 6 ½ F
Thurs Aug 13 $40,000 Boeing Stakes (3&UP FM) 6 ½ F
Thurs Aug 20 $40,000 Bank of America Emerald Championship Challenge (3&UP) 440 Y
Thurs Aug 20 $30,000 John Deere Juvenile Championship (2YO) 350 Y
Thurs Aug 20 $20,000 Emerald Downs Distance Challenge (3&UP) 870 Y
Thurs Aug 27 $40,000 Barbara Shinpoch Stakes (2YO F) 6 ½ F
Thurs Aug 27 $40,000 WTBOA Lads Stakes (2YO CG) 6 ½ F
Thurs Sept 3 $40,000 Muckleshoot Derby (3YO) 1 1/16 M
Thurs Sept 3 $40,000 Washington Oaks (3YOF) 1 1/16 M
Thurs Sept 10 $100,000 Longacres Mile (G3) (3&UP) 1M
Thurs Sept 10 $40,000 Emerald Distaff (3&UP FM) 1 1/16 M
Thurs Oct 1 $40,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic (3&UP WA) 1 1/16 M
Thurs Oct 1 $40,000 WA Cup Filly & Mare Stakes (3&UP FM WA) 1 1/16 M
Thurs Oct 1 $75,000 Gottstein Futurity (2YO) 1 1/16 M