Trainer Mark Glatt, breeders Ron and Nina Hagen, owner Paskey Dedomenico, and 2008 Longacres Mile winner Wasserman compose a stellar field of 2025 Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductees Emerald Downs announced Friday.
The Class of 2025 will mark the 20th annual Washington Hall of Fame ceremony held at Emerald Downs.
The official induction ceremony takes place Saturday, Aug.16, eve of the 90th renewal of the $125,000 Longacres Mile for 3-year-olds and up.
Mark Glatt, who grew up just minutes from Emerald Downs, has developed into one of the top conditioners in Southern California where currently he resides atop the trainers' standings at Santa Anita. The son of renowned Washington trainer Ron Glatt, Mark Glatt has amassed over 1,300 career wins, over $51 million in earnings, and scored 31 graded wins including Grade 1s with Dr. Schivel and Collusion Illusion. In 2019, Glatt returned home to capture the Longacres Mile with Law Abidin Citizen.
A giant in business with Golden Grain (Rice-a-Roni), Paskey Dedomenico cast an even bigger shadow in Washington racing. During a 20-year period beginning with the first WTBA Sale in 1968, Dedomenico bought more horses than any buyer in the state including three sales toppers. Using a slew of trainers, Dedomenico runners were a force on the track, including runners such like Longacres and British Columbia Derby winner Irish Bear, Gottstein Futurity champ Sing a Roni, and homebred Washington 3-year-old filly champion Heather Ala Roni.
Wasserman rates among the most popular racehorses in state history. Bred in 2002, the Washington-bred by Cahill Road-Share the Knight retired as Emerald Downs' all-time leading earner in 2013 with $575,024. Owned and trained by Howard Belvoir, Wasserman won four stakes in a magical 2008 campaign--all photo finishes--topped by a $22.40 score in the Longacres Mile in which Jennifer Whitaker became the first woman rider to win the region's biggest race. "Wassy" raced 72 times at the Auburn oval compiling a 13-13-13 mark with six stakes victories.
Ron and Nina Hagen's El Dorado Farms have reigned as Washington's leading breeder eight times including 2024. The Hagens bred state champions Freight Line, Coastal Kid, Slew the Man, Knight Raider and Dutton, the latter voted 2020 Emerald Downs Horse of the Meeting.
Washington Racing Hall of Fame
Class of 2025: Trainer-Mark Glatt; Older Horse-Wasserman; Owner-Paskey Dedomenico; Breeder-Ron & Nina Hagen (El Dorado Farms)
Class of 2024: Jockey-Basil Frazier; Horse (F&M)-Flag de Lune; Media-Jon White
Class of 2023: Trainer-Frank Lucarelli; Horse-Atta Boy Roy, Stryker Phd; Breeder-Bar C Racing; Owner-George and Norma Sedlock
Class of 2019: Trainer-Ruth Parton; Horse-Snow Plow; Breeder-Griffin Place
Class of 2018: Jockey-Juan Gutierrez; Trainer-Doris Harwood; Horse-Mustard Plaster; Breeder-Penney Family
Class of 2017: Trainer-Marion L. Smith; Horse-Noosa Beach; Breeder-Rick and Debbie Pabst
Class of 2016: Jockey-Jack Leonard; Trainer-Larry and Sharon Ross; Horse (F&M)-Flamme; Horse-Loto Canada; Breeder-Robert L. Edwards
Class of 2015: Jockey-Gary Boulanger; Trainer-Wesley Ward; Horse (F&M)-Ropersandwranglers; Horse-Travel Orb; Breeder-Herman Sarkowsky
Class of 2014: Jockey-Ricky Frazier; Trainer-Ben Harris; Horse (F&M)-Delicate Vine; Horse-Chum Salmon; Breeder-Gunshy Manor
Class of 2013: Jockey-Gallyn Mitchell; Trainer-Howard Belvoir; Horse (F&M)-Table Hands; Horse-Military Hawk; Breeder-Czech-mate Farm
Class of 2012: Jockey-Paul Frey; Trainer-Wayne Branch; Horse (F&M)-Rings a Chime; Horse-Hilco Scamper; Breeder-George Newell
Class of 2011: Jockey-Vicky Baze; Trainer-Tim McCanna; Horse (F&M)-Firesweeper; Horse-Pataha Prince; Breeder-Grousemont Farm
Class of 2010: Jockey-Joe Baze; Trainer-Bill McMeans; Horse-Biggs; Breeder-Les Turner
Class of 2009: Jockey-Lennie Knowles; Trainer-Kathy Walsh; Horse-Sparrow Castle; Breeder-Wilbur & Marianne Stadelman
Class of 2008: Jockey-Larry Pierce; Trainer-Glen Williams; Horse-Belle of Rainier; Breeder-Frank Brewster
Class of 2007: Jockey-Johnny Adams; Trainer-Red McDaniel; Horse-Peterhof's Patea; Breeder-Dan Agnew
Class of 2006: Jockey-Albert Johnson; Trainer-Frances Keller; Horse-Sir William; Breeder-C. J. Sebastian
Class of 2005: Jockey-Basil James; Trainer-Bud Klokstad; Horse-Smogy Dew; Breeder-Guy & Barbara Roberts
Class of 2004: Jockey-Russell Baze; Trainer-Charles Whittingham; Horse-Saratoga Passage, Turbulator; Breeder-George Drumheller
Class of 2003: Jockey-Gary Baze, Ralph Neves, Gary Stevens; Trainer-Allen Drumheller, Jim Penney, Tom Smith; Horse-Captain Condo, Chinook Pass, Trooper Seven; Breeder-Herb Armstrong, Jerre Paxton
Lifetime Achievement: Joe Gottstein (2003), Ron Crockett (2004), Pete Pedersen (2008), James Seabeck (2010), Karen & Mickey Taylor (2011), Jack Hodge (2012), Ralph Vacca (2013), Robert Geller (2015), Dr. Mark Dedomenico (2017), Dr. George Todaro (2018), Aaron T. Van De Vanter (2019); Joe Withee (2021), Junior Coffey (2024)
