Vernon Downs

Wings of Royalty (Chris Lems) won the featured $9,500 Winners Over/Open trotting event at Vernon Downs on Friday night (July 14).

Driver John MacDonald and Oh My Joepa ($7) won the Vernon Downs feature pace at the miracle mile, and MacDonald added four other wins to his Saturday night total.

A pair of Canadian-campaigned freshman pacing fillies from the Blake MacIntosh stable were victorious in their respective divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) contested at Vernon Downs on Frid...

Chris Lems won the first four races at Vernon Downs on Saturday night (July 1), then he won the ninth race nightcap to complete a five-bagger.

On Wednesday, June 28, during a special legislative session, the New York State Assembly passed a relief measure in regard to the current uncertainty of Vernon Downs. On Thursday, June 29, Vernon’s Je...

In an effort to make conforming with The Meadowlands' Out Of Competition (OOC) testing requirements easier and less expensive, arrangements have been made for trainers to stable horses coming from out...

Modern Gesture and driver Jimmy Whittemore ($4.30) won the $7,500 Winners Over Pace featured at the Vernon Downs miracle mile on Saturday (June 24).

Driver Chris Lems racked up four wins on Friday (June 23) at Vernon Downs, including a victory in the $7,500 Fillies & Mares feature with Little Santamonica ($2.80).

Earlier this month, Vernon Downs Chairman Jeff Gural said that the track would close if a particular tax-relief bill was not passed. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. last night (Wednesday, June 21), lawmaker...