Longacres Mile Stakes Horse race
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]
Both the 2023 and 2024 Longacres Miles were 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]
Records
Speed record:
1:32.90 - Point Piper (2016) (Washington state record)
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
5 - Elttaes Stable (1942, 1967, 1968, 2023, 2024)
Winners
2025 Emerald Downs Media Guide[ 5]
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
Purse$
Win$
2025
Arrowthegreat
5
Manuel Americano
Dan Blacker
Radley Equine, Inc.
1:34.41
$125,000
$68,750
2024
Five Star General
8
Joe Bravo
Grant Forster
Elttaes Stable (Ken Alhadeff)
1:34.98
$150,000
$82,500
2023
Five Star General
7
Joe Bravo
Grant Forster
Elttaes Stable (Ken Alhadeff)
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
Ron Hansen
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
Russell J. Bennett
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