El Dorado Farms

California-based trainer Mark Glatt is among the Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductees for 2025, according to a release from Emerald Downs Friday. Glatt, son of Washington trainer Ron Glatt, grew up not far from Emerald Downs and has found particular success at Santa Anita, where he is currently leading the trainer standings. Grade I winners conditioned by Glatt have included Dr. Schivel (Violence) and Collusion Illusion (Twirling Candy). Other members of the 2025 class of Washington's Hall of Fame include breeders Ron and Nina Hagen, whose El Dorado Farms...

John and Janene Maryanski and Gerald and Gail Schneider's multiple stakes winner Baja Sur (Smiling Tiger) was named horse of the year, champion sprinter and champion 3-year-old at the 2019 Washington Annual Awards Dinner and Horsemen Stimulus Auctions held at Emerald Downs Saturday. Bred by the late John Roche and trained by Blaine Wright, the gelding won three stakes in 2019 and added his year-end honors to his 2018 Washington-bred juvenile championship title. Other state-bred champions honored Saturday were: Grinder Sparksaglo (Grindstone), champion older horse; No Talking Back (Flatter), champion...