It’s just four short weeks to Opening Day for Emerald Downs 30th anniversary season! Saturday, May 2, is also Kentucky Derby day so join us for all the festivities surrounding those two milestones. The very popular Mother’s Day Buffet is not far off, too – both Saturday and Sunday, May 9-10. Check out emeralddowns.com for seating, offers, promotions and more for the 2026 race meeting.

Frank Lucarelli, Emerald Downs all-time leading trainer, and Spokane native Jon White are guests on this pod edition. Both Lucarelli and White are inductees to the Washington Thoroughbred Hall of Fame. Lucarelli's stable is on a great run at Turf Paradise this winter-spring. His 2025 Washington State Champions Saleen G T and Cantcatchthiscat are both in action next week in Phoenix. White takes us through the major three-year-old stakes on Saturday, April 4 and comments on the recent local Hall of Fame class.