{"id":105659,"date":"2025-04-19T09:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=105659"},"modified":"2025-05-04T07:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T11:07:13","slug":"tioga-downs-kicks-off-the-2025-racing-season-live-harness-racing-returns-for-the-20th-season-on-saturday-may-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/19\/tioga-downs-kicks-off-the-2025-racing-season-live-harness-racing-returns-for-the-20th-season-on-saturday-may-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tioga Downs Kicks Off the 2025 Racing Season; Live harness racing returns for the 20th season on Saturday, May 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Tioga Downs Casino opens for live racing this year on its customary date of Kentucky Derby Day, Saturday, May 3. This year\u2019s season provides a total of 61 live race dates and plenty of promotions, including bulldog, basset hound, and wiener dog races, comedy night, giveaways, animal exhibits, and contests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Opening day features live harness races, with the first post at 5 p.m. Racing-starved patrons can enjoy the biggest day in Thoroughbred racing coupled with the return of live horse races for the first time since last fall.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105662\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105662\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing3.jpg\" alt=\"Tioga Downs Kicks Off the 2025 Racing Season; Live harness racing returns for the 20th season on Saturday, May 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing3-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derby hat contestants arrived for last year\u2019s Derby Day. (File photo \/ Wendy Post)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Arrive early to participate in the Derby Hat Contest, get your free magnet calendar and t-shirt, and enter to win a $500 Derby Dream Bet. Racing fans can watch and wager on the 151st Kentucky Derby, which will be simulcast throughout the facility and on the video board in the infield. The \u201cDerby break\u201d will come after the fourth race, from approximately 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eight New York Sire Stakes cards will take place this season, featuring the game&#8217;s top drivers and horses, with the $500,000 Empire Breeders Classic Finals for three-year-old colt and filly pacers on Sunday, August 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tioga Downs is set to host various recurring weekly promotional events. \u201cBingo and Beer Night\u201d is every Friday, featuring Harness Racing Bingo and $2 draft beers. Sunday \u201cFamily Day\u201d Specials feature food specials and free bounce houses, water slides, farm tours, face painting, starting gate rides, and more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105660\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105660\" class=\"size-full wp-image-105660\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing1.jpg\" alt=\"Tioga Downs Kicks Off the 2025 Racing Season; Live harness racing returns for the 20th season on Saturday, May 3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing1-300x115.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Racing1-768x296.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On May 3, Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. will kick off its harness racing season. Photo provided.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tioga Downs also offers fireworks nights, a Hambletonian Trip giveaway, \u201cCorntastic Weekend,\u201d and great food specials throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more information about the 2025 racing season and promotions, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TiogaDowns.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.TiogaDowns.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tioga Downs Casino opens for live racing this year on its customary date of Kentucky Derby Day, Saturday, May 3. 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