Breakfast at the Wire – where fans can enjoy a leisurely breakfast while watching horses in morning workouts – returns for a second season that started on Saturday, July 18.

Held 8-10 a.m. each Saturday through August 29, Breakfast at the Wire is located adjacent to the finish line directly in front of the Trackside Deli, allowing fans magnificent sight lines of the hundreds of Thoroughbreds training for upcoming races at Emerald Downs.

Priced at only $6, the breakfast features a choice of scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns, or scrambled eggs with biscuits and gravy, along with giant cinnamon rolls by Alki Bakery and gourmet coffee from Rad Roasting Company. The cost includes free parking and entry through the Paddock Gate from 8-to-9 a.m.

Hosted by Dean Mazzuca, Breakfast at the Wire also features prominent guests from all facets of the Thoroughbred community, a veritable who’s who of local equine stars. Last year, Frank Lucarelli, Howard Belvoir, Jim Penney, Rocco Bowen, Leslie Mawing and Jennifer Whitaker were among dozens of horsemen interviewed. Several behind-the-scenes people also paid visits to Breakfast at the Wire—including veterinarians, stewards, assistant starters, association clockers, farriers and many others.

Impromptu visitors—like Larry Ross pointing out Longacres Mile winner Stryker Phd on the track—also are regular features of Breakfast at the Wire.

Vicki Potter of Emerald Downs Group Sales and brainchild of Breakfast at the Wire, said the idea was to pattern the program like the successful ones at Del Mar and Santa Anita.

“The idea was to provide a leisurely atmosphere at a good location,” she said. “One where attendees would be “wowed” by surprise, drop-in appearances by our celebrities—jockeys, trainers, gallop people, agents, gate crew and more.”