Vernon Downs News Today

Today is International Corgi Day, a special occasion dedicated to the beloved breed, famously known as Queen Elizabeths favorite. Locally, in a few weeks, get ready for a day that

Vernon Downs hosted a Memorial Day matinee featuring New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for three-year-old trotters for both the fillies and the boys on Monday, May 27.

Millionaire distaffer Racine Bell ($2.70) and driver John MacDonald won the $11,644 Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Vernon Downs on Friday, May 24.

Vernon Downs will play host to two divisions of New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for three-year-old trotting fillies and three divisions for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Monday, May 27.

The favourites, trotter Joxter ($3.10) and pacer Syracuse Express ($2.50), were victorious with career-best efforts in a pair of $11,644 Opens featured at Vernon Downs on Saturday, May 18.

Vernon Downs Casino Hotel will host a benefit concert featuring the rock legends Night Ranger to help raise funds for the Food Bank of Central New York. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 12.

Yes, it’s Charlie Clark time!” Us “old-timers” know what this means…you “young folk” probably won’t. Charlie Clark was both a thoroughbred and harness racing trainer…and known for developing our two-year-olds in a hurry. He would have been celebrating his 100th birthday this July. I often think of him when I see what two-year-olds have become

Dewey Arnold and driver Ron Harp scored an easy win in the featured conditioned trot, which carried a purse of $10,273, on the Friday, May 3 card of harness racing at Vernon Downs.

Millionaire pacing mare Venus Delight passed away on the morning of Wednesday, April 17 at Kentuckiana Farms.

At the East Coast Gaming Congress Thursday at the Hard Rock casino, numerous executives from some of the major casino companies in America acknowledged the opportunity of three downstate New York casino licenses — and the risk they will present to Atlantic City.