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Nichols, NY – Little Instigator (Heston Blue Chip) took tonight’s feature $9,500 conditioned pace for the ladies at Tioga Downs, but not without a fight. Settled in fourth early by Mike Merton, who instigated a sweet cover ride for his charge by enticing brother Tom Merton aboard favored Chillin Bythe Pool to pull up the […]
Nichols, NY – Whiskey Lou and driver Ridge Warren had an easy time of it in the $17,000 feature Open trot in 1:53.4 on a picture perfect Corn-Tastic Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs. Being sent away as the 1-4 post time favorite helped to make Ridge’s job as easy as point and click. He pointed […]
Nichols, NY – Tioga Downs Casino opens for live racing this year on its customary date of Kentucky Derby Day, Saturday, May 3. This year’s 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. Opening day features live harness […]
Nichols, NY – Tonight’s (July 20) $12,000 Winners Over harness racing trot at Tioga Downs got off to an unusual beginning when, in a field reduced from eight to six by scratches, the three lowest priced horses at post time all left the gate on the gallop. While May Baby and Seven Sins lost all […]
Nichols, NY – Tioga Downs Casino opens for live harness racing this year on its customary date of Kentucky Derby Day, Saturday, May 4. This year’s season provides a total of 59 live race dates and plenty of promotions, including bulldog, basset hound and wiener dog races, comedy night, giveaways, carnival rides and contests. Opening day features […]
NICHOLS, NY – The Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation awarded $1.5 million in grants to 100 local non-profit organizations throughout the Southern Tier on this year’s Giving Tuesday. Grant recipients were announced during an evening awards ceremony at Tioga Downs Casino Resort, where non-profit organizations from Chemung, Tioga, Broome, and Bradford counties were highlighted for […]
Nichols, NY – The 30 harness racing horses that perished in Thursday’s barn fire have been given a proper burial near the backstretch of Tioga Downs. A monument inscribed with the names of the fallen horses (listed below) will be installed to memorialize them. Fellow horsemen and women, as they do, have rallied to support […]
Nichols, NY – With the arrest of and charges levied against the arsonist who intentionally set fire to Barn F at Tioga Downs resulting in the death of the 30 harness racing horses stabled within, the process of grieving for them and the recovery of those who cared for them begins. Those stables who lost horses, […]
