| Class: | Listed |
| Horse Race: | Longacres Mile Stakes |
| Location: | Emerald Downs Auburn, Washington, USA |
| Inaugurated: | 1935 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-year-olds and up |
| Weight: | Weight for Age with allowances |
| Purse: | $150,000 |
The Longacres Mile Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race generally held in August at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington. Formerly run under handicap conditions, the race is open to horses three years of age and older and is run on dirt over a distance of one mile (eight furlongs). It is the showpiece of the Emerald Downs race meeting.[1]
Created by Joe Gottstein for the Longacres racetrack's third season, the Longacres Mile Handicap ran at that Renton, Washington track from 1935 to 1992. From 1993 to 1995 the race held its graded status as the Budweiser Mile at Yakima Meadows. Since 1996 the venue has been Emerald Downs.
In 2008, Jennifer Whitaker became the first female jockey (aboard Wasserman) to win the Longacres Mile.
The event was downgraded to Listed status in 2022, when it changed from a handicap race to a Weight for Age event with allowances.[2]
The 2023 Longacres Mile was won by owner Ken Alhadeff, the grandson of race creator and former Longacres owner Joe Gottstein, under the name of Elttaes Stable ("Seattle" spelled backwards).[3] Elttaes Stable also won the Longacres Mile in 1942, 1967 and 1968 when the stable was owned by Gottstein.[4]
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2018 Emerald Downs Media Guide[5]
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | Purse$ | Win$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Five Star General | 7 | Joe Bravo | Grant Forster | Elttaes Stable | 1:34.73 | $150,000 | $82,500 |
| 2022 | Slew's Tiz Whiz | 4 | Jose Zunino | Tom Wenzel | K D Thoroughbreds | 1:34.46 | $150,000 | $82,500 |
| 2021 | Background | 4 | Rocco Bowen | Michael Puhich | Giddyup Stable, LLC | 1:36.67 | $100,000 | $53,000 |
| 2020 | Anothertwistafate | 4 | Juan Gutierrez | Blaine Wright | Peter Redekop | 1:34.10 | $100,000 | $53,000 |
| 2019 | Law Abidin Citizen | 5 | Abel Cedillo | Mark Glatt | Agnew/Schneider/Xitco | 1:34.08 | $200,000 | $96,800 |
| 2018 | Barkley | 5 | Javier Matias | Howard E. Belvoir | Rising Star Stable, LLC | 1:34.93 | $200,000 | $108,900 |
| 2017 | Gold Rush Dancer | 4 | Evin Roman | Vann T. Belvoir | John E. Parker | 1:33.85 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 2016 | Point Piper | 6 | Mario Gutierrez | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Gatto/Russo | 1:32.90 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 2015 | Stryker Phd | 6 | Leslie Mawing | Larry D. Ross | Jim & Mona Hour | 1:34.06 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 2014 | Stryker Phd | 5 | Leslie Mawing | Larry D. Ross | Jim & Mona Hour | 1:33.67 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 2013 | Herbie D | 5 | Amadeo Perez | Robert Gilker | George Robbins/Darcia Doman | 1:35.12 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 2012 | Taylor Said | 4 | Mario Gutierrez | Michael Puhich | N American Tbred Horse Co. | 1:33.79 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 2011 | Awesome Gem | 8 | David Flores | Craig M. Dollase | West Point Thoroughbreds | 1:34.80 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 2010 | Noosa Beach | 4 | Ricky Frazier | Doris A. Harwood | Jeffrey O. Harwood | 1:34.80 | $203,125 | $96,250 |
| 2009 | Assessment | 5 | Gallyn Mitchell | Howard E. Belvoir | Tice Ranch Stables | 1:33.40 | $294,375 | $165,000 |
| 2008 | Wasserman | 6 | Jennifer Whitaker | Howard E. Belvoir | Howard E. Belvoir | 1:35.00 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 2007 | The Great Face | 5 | Juan Gutierrez | Tom Wenzel | Ron Crockett Inc. | 1:35.40 | $391,250 | $220,000 |
| 2006 | Flamethrowintexan | 5 | Ricky Frazier | Jim Penney | Grasshopper Stable | 1:34.40 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 2005 | No Giveaway | 4 | Juan Gutierrez | Grant T. Forster | Herman Sarkowsky | 1:35.60 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 2004 | Adreamisborn | 5 | Russell Baze | Jerry Hollendorfer | Franks Farms | 1:34.80 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 2003 | Sky Jack | 7 | Russell Baze | Douglas F. O'Neill | Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds | 1:33.00 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 2002 | Sabertooth | 4 | Nathan Chaves | Jim Penney | Bob & Bruce Sparling | 1:34.60 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 2001 | Irisheyesareflying | 4 | Iggy Puglisi | John K. Dolan | Dolan, Graham & Taylor | 1:35.40 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 2000 | Edneator | 4 | Gallyn Mitchell | Jim Penney | Homestretch Farm | 1:33.20 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 1999 | Budroyale | 6 | Garrett Gomez | Ted H. West | Jeffrey Sengara | 1:34.60 | $250,000 | $137,500 |
| 1998 | Wild Wonder | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Gregory G. Gilchrist | V.H.W. Stables | 1:33.20 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 1997 | Kid Katabatic | 4 | Chris Loseth | Shauna Van Oostdam | S/K Ferguson & M/L Russell | 1:34.20 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 1996 | Isitingood | 5 | David Flores | Bob Baffert | Mike E. Pegram/Terry Henn | 1:35.60 | $200,000 | $110,000 |
| 1995 | L.J. Express | 5 | Mike Allen | Rod Gibson | Homer R. Gibson/Judy Parrish | 1:34.60 | $84,100 | $50,350 |
| 1994 | Want A Winner | 4 | Vann T. Belvoir | Charles Gibson | Larry & Veralene Hillis | 1:35.20 | $75,000 | $48,250 |
| 1993 | Adventuresome Love | 7 | Gary Baze | Janet Wig | Wolf's Hollow Farm | 1:34.60 | $81,800 | $48,050 |
| 1992 | Bolulight | 4 | Peter Gregory | Empire Farms | 1:34.00 | $293,800 | $181,300 | |
| 1991 | Louis Cyphre | 5 | Gary L. Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:36.00 | $291,000 | $178,500 |
| 1990 | Snipledo | 5 | James Corral | Marion L. Smith | Robert Resoff | 1:35.60 | $300,200 | $187,600 |
| 1989 | Simply Majestic | 5 | Ron Hansen | John Parisella | Theodore M. Sabarese | 1:34.20 | $245,000 | $154,000 |
| 1988 | Simply Majestic | 4 | Russell Baze | Robert J. Frankel | Theodore M. Sabarese | 1:33.80 | $237,800 | $147,800 |
| 1987 | Judge Angelucci | 4 | Gary Baze | Charles E. Whittingham | Olin B. Gentry | 1:34.20 | $240,000 | $150,000 |
| 1986 | Skywalker | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Michael C. Whittingham | Oak Cliff Stable | 1:34.20 | $290,000 | $177,000 |
| 1985 | Chum Salmon | 5 | Gary Baze | Larry D. Ross | Chum Salmon Stable | 1:34.20 | $244,500 | $150,000 |
| 1984 | Travelling Victor | 5 | Chris Loseth | Robert J. Anderson | 1:34.80 | $182,500 | $115,000 | |
| 1983 | Chinook Pass | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laurie Anderson | Hi Yu Stable | 1:35.60 | $182,500 | $115,000 |
| 1982 | Pompeii Court | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Laurie Anderson | Marcel Crowe / Steve Lewyk | 1:35.60 | $159,750 | $100,000 |
| 1981 | Trooper Seven | 5 | Gary Baze | Eugene W. Zeren | Eugene W. Zeren | 1:35.40 | $160,400 | $100,650 |
| 1980 | Trooper Seven | 4 | Gary Baze | Eugene W. Zeren | Eugene W. Zeren | 1:34.40 | $125,700 | $78,200 |
| 1979 | Always Gallant | 5 | Darrel McHargue | David G. LaCroix | Joseph W. LaCroix | 1:33.80 | $125,700 | $79,500 |
| 1978 | Bad'N Big | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Richard E. Mandella | Mr. & Mrs. Buck Wynne Jr. | 1:34.00 | $122,500 | $75,000 |
| 1977 | Theologist | 4 | Bryson Cooper | Jim Penney | J. & R. Penney / A. & D. Archer | 1:38.40 | $103,500 | $65,000 |
| 1976 | Yu Wipi | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Robert J. Frankel | Fantasy Stable, et al. | 1:34.80 | $91,500 | $55,500 |
| 1975 | Jim | 5 | Alan Cuthbertson | Jim Halket | Can Am Stable | 1:37.00 | $64,000 | $39,500 |
| 1974 | Times Rush | 6 | Basil Frazier | William McMeans | Salmon River Ranch | 1:35.20 | $64,900 | $38,400 |
| 1973 | Silver Mallet | 5 | Larry Pierce | Jim Penney | White Swan/Tamarack Stables | 1:34.00 | $49,950 | $30,250 |
| 1972 | Red Wind | 4 | Richard Hollingsworth | Glen Williams | Metropole Stable | 1:34.00 | $45,900 | $28,650 |
| 1971 | Pitch Out | 5 | Joseph Baze | Marion L. Smith | S. J. Agnew | 1:35.80 | $47,150 | $31,400 |
| 1970 | Silver Double | 4 | John Broomfield | Jim Hill | G-R Stables | 1:35.80 | $46,350 | $30,600 |
| 1969 | Praise Jay | 5 | Jack Leonard | William C. Holmes | John Hudspeth | 1:34.80 | $45,300 | $29,550 |
| 1968 | Steel Blade | 5 | Alvaro Pineda | Darrell F. Cannon | Elttaes Farm (Morris J. Alhadeff family) | 1:37.60 | $44,700 | $28,950 |
| 1967 | King's Favor | 4 | Johnny Sellers | Darrell F. Cannon | Elttaes Farm (Morris J. Alhadeff family) | 1:34.60 | $31,200 | $22,200 |
| 1966 | Aurelius | 5 | Robert Jennings | Melvin F. Stute | Wilbur Stadelman | 1:36.40 | $31,450 | $22,450 |
| 1965 | Siempre | 4 | Robert Jennings | C. F. Murphy | Kjell Qvale & Reynold Johnson | 1:34.60 | $30,725 | $20,725 |
| 1964 | Viking Spirit | 4 | Johnny Longden | James I. Nazworthy | Thomas E. Brittingham III | 1:34.40 | $31,350 | $21,350 |
| 1963 | Full Regalia | 4 | Jim Craswell | George D. McIvor | Big Six Stable/Solomon/Yackel | 1:37.40 | $33,250 | $23,200 |
| 1962 | Harpie | 5 | Johnny Longden | Earl Mitchell | Desilu, Star Stable & Johnson | 1:35.60 | $34,550 | $24,550 |
| 1961 | Sparrow Castle | 4 | Jack Leonard | Glen Williams | Mr. & Mrs. David Brazier | 1:35.20 | $34,150 | $24,150 |
| 1960 | Doctrinaire | 4 | George Tanaguchi | Warren R. Stute | Wilbur Stadelman | 1:38.00 | $24,675 | $14,675 |
| 1959 | Gigantic | 8 | Lloyd Cowie | William Findlay | Amcan Acres Ltd. | 1:34.80 | $25,000 | $14,675 |
| 1958 | Collaborator | 3 | Don Pierce | Leighton L. Dorsett | Mrs. George C. Newell | 1:35.20 | $24,625 | $14,675 |
| 1957 | Miracle Escort | 4 | Glen Dixon | Art Linker | Mr. & Mrs. Art Linker | 1:35.00 | $19,675 | $9,675 |
| 1956 | Hula Boola | 4 | Jack Palmer | Lloyd A. Lawson | Dino Lozzi | 1:37.20 | $19,675 | $9,675 |
| 1955 | Quality Quest | 4 | Bill Hartack | Jack Russell | W. H. Wellburn | 1:34.40 | $25,900 | $15,625 |
| 1954 | Greek Runner | 7 | Grant Zufelt | Paul Lycan | Golden Pine Stable | 1:35.60 | $12,775 | $9,775 |
| 1953 | Ocean Mist | 5 | Ray Fugate | Jim Mihalcik | C & S Stable | 1:36.40 | $12,325 | $12,325 |
| 1952 | Eddie's Boy | 4 | Gilbert Hernandez | J. D. Kermode | J. D. Kermode | 1:37.60 | $12,925 | $9,925 |
| 1951 | Little Rollo | 8 | Henry Matthews | Tom Bellos | Braemar Stable | 1:35.60 | $12,050 | $9,050 |
| 1950 | Two And Twenty | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Frank Brewster | Dorothy Brewster | 1:35.80 | $12,550 | $12,700 |
| 1949 | Blue Tiger | 6 | Delmar Jones | Rhodes Donnell | C. J. Sebastian | 1:35.40 | $18,200 | $13,700 |
| 1948 | Amble In | 5 | Noel Richardson | Allen B. Drumheller | Mrs. I. J. Levine | 1:35.60 | $23,450 | $17,450 |
| 1947 | Hank H. | 4 | Charlie Ralls | Allen B. Drumheller | Allen B. Drumheller | 1:36.00 | $24,900 | $18,900 |
| 1946 | Amble In | 3 | Noel Richardson | Francis Irwin Keller | K & L Stable | 1:35.00 | $23,850 | $17,850 |
| 1945 | Prince Ernest | 5 | Frank Miliman | Norman R. McLeod | Mrs. B. N. Hutchinson | 1:39.00 | $24,150 | $18,150 |
| 1944 | Hard Twist | 4 | Lyle Bassett | L. B. "Breezy" Cox | G. Peter | 1:36.20 | $11,770 | $8,770 |
| 1943 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1942 | Lavengro | 7 | Charlie Ralls | Allen B. Drumheller | Elttaes Stable | 1:35.60 | $12,380 | $9,380 |
| 1941 | Campus Fusser | 3 | Ferrill Zufelt | Allen B. Drumheller | B. N. Hutchinson | 1:35.60 | $11,725 | $8,725 |
| 1940 | Pala Squaw | 3 | Otto Grohs | Francis Irwin Keller | Al Rosenberg | 1:36.40 | $12,050 | $9,050 |
| 1939 | Brief Moment | 3 | Douglas Dodson | Walter Nielson | Needmore Stable | 1:36.80 | $13,500 | $10,050 |
| 1938 | Triplane | 3 | Ralph Neves | Walter Sims | Allen B. Drumheller | 1:36.80 | $12,325 | $9,325 |
| 1937 | Sally's Booter | 5 | Tim Sena | Joseph H. Luddy | Athony Puccinelli | 1:37.00 | $11,425 | $8,425 |
| 1936 | Exotude | 4 | Alan Gray | Earl H. Beezley | Hynes & Beezley | 1:35.60 | $11,225 | $8,225 |
| 1935 | Coldwater | 4 | Willie Robertson | Richard F. Carman Jr. | Mrs. Richard F. Carman Jr. | 1:37.60 | $12,350 | $9,350 |