Racing Promotions
We are back! Visit us throughout this years 2023 season and take part in our fun, exciting promotions. There’s something for everyone all summer long at the track!
We are back! Visit us throughout this years 2023 season and take part in our fun, exciting promotions. There’s something for everyone all summer long at the track!
Saturday, April 15, Post Time 6:05pm (pending regulatory approval)
First 200 race fans to check in at the promotions desk after Race 3 receive a free Vernon Golf Umbrella*
*Umbrella is limited to one per adult (18 or older). Must be in line at the time of handout to receive umbrella.
Enter Now – Begins Friday, May 12 during live racing.
Grand Prize Drawing Saturday, October 7 during live racing, Post Time 6:05pm
Make a $1 donation and receive a Rubber Horse for your chance to toss and enter to win a 2023 Toyota Camry LE. Rubber Horses available at the Promotions Table.
Hey kids! Be part of the action. Help collect a rubber horse from the track and redeem for a sweeet treat!
Sponsored by Purple Haze Standardbred
Horseplay Car Giveaway
May 12, 2023 through October 7, 2023
Every Friday & Saturday during live racing beginning May 12, 2023 Until the grand prize vehicle giveaway on Saturday, October 7, 2023
Guests 18 years and older may purchase rubber horses every Friday and Saturday, during live racing, at the track beginning on Friday, May 12, 2023, for only $1.00 each. Following Race 5 on promotion days, participating guests will be asked to throw their horses at the starter’s truck as it makes its way in front of the track apron. Attached to the truck will be a bucket, all horses that make it into the bucket will be eligible for that evening’s four prizes and four qualifier spots for the final car giveaway on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Upon purchasing rubber horses, participating guests will be assigned numbers that are preprinted on each horse they purchase to participate in the promotion. There will be no limit to the number of rubber horses a person may purchase each day.
On each promotional day following Race 5 at the track, the starter’s truck will drive around the track (in front of the track apron) with a bucket attached on it, all participating guests that purchased a rubber horse that evening will be asked to throw their horses and attempt to land them inside the bucket. Once the vehicle has completed its drive, any horses that did not make it into the bucket will be collected and used for future promotional days. The bucket with all the horses that were thrown into it will be brought to the Promotions Desk. From the rubber horses that successfully landed in the bucket, four winners will be drawn. Each horse will then be verified against the log outlining who the participating guest was that purchased the horse. Guests may only win once per promotional day. Should there be a duplicate winner, another horse will be drawn, and this will occur until there are four individual winners on any given promotional day.
The four winners drawn each night will win a $35 racing voucher and a qualifier invitation for the grand prize vehicle giveaway on 10/7/23. Only the four winners chosen during each promotion night in the Horseplay Car Giveaway will be qualified for a chance to win the grand prize on 10/7/23.
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, there will be one final qualifying drawing that will take place following Race 2. The same process outlined above will take place and those final four winners will all have an opportunity to win the grand prize vehicle.
Should there be any cancellation of race days due to inclement weather, lack of entries, or for any other reason, the promotion for that date may be moved to another race day or cancelled and not moved at management’s discretion.
Once four individual winners have been determined from the rubber horses on a promotion night, the winners will be announced and will have five (5) minutes to report to the promotions desk to be verified and to receive their prize and qualification invitation to the grand prize vehicle giveaway on 10/7/23. An acceptable form of valid ID is required to be verified and completion of necessary winner’s paperwork is required to claim their prize. If any winner fails to report within the 5-minute timeframe or they cannot or refuse to provide valid identification, they will forfeit their prize, and another winner will not be chosen in their place. Guests may only win once each promotion day.
On 10/7/23, all qualified winners from the previous promotional days must return to the Vernon Downs track to participate in the grand prize giveaway. Each qualified winner will receive one entry ticket for each drawing they won during the regular promotion. *Guests may only win once per promotional day but may win on separate promotional days thereby earning themselves more qualifying entries for the final grand prize drawing.
Qualified winners will have from 4pm until the conclusion of Race 4 on 10/7/23 to check in at the track Promotions Desk to claim and have their entry tickets entered into the drawing drum for the grand prize giveaway. At the conclusion of Race 5, five winning tickets will be drawn. Guests that qualified for the grand prize drawing may only win one prize during the grand prize drawing.
Should there be a duplicate winner drawn as part of the five winning tickets, another ticket will be drawn, and this will occur until there are five individual winners that have a chance to win the vehicle. The five individual winners will then be announced and given five (5) minutes to report to the Promotions Desk with an acceptable form of valid identification to be verified. If any winner fails to report within the 5-minute timeframe or they cannot or refuse to provide valid identification, they will forfeit their opportunity to participate, and another winner will be chosen and announced until we have five individual, verified winners.
Once all five winners have been verified, they will participate in a lucky case game to determine their final prize. Four cases will have cash prize amounts of either $70, $170, $270, or $370 and one case will say CAR. In the order the winners were drawn, one at a time, they will select a case number which will be opened to reveal their prize.
The winner of the vehicle will be given information to set up an appointment with Williams Toyota to complete and finalize any necessary paperwork associated with winning the car giveaway.
Should the grand prize drawing be delayed due to track closure as a result of inclement weather, it will be moved to the next possible race day on the schedule and an announcement will be posted on the Vernon Downs social media pages and website.
GENERAL PROMOTION RULES
Fridays during live racing.
$1 Popcorn or Fountain Soda, $2 Hot Dog, $3 Draft Beer (16oz)*
*Must be 21 or older. Valid ID.
Saturday, April 22
Post Time 6:05pm
Registration begins at 5pm at the Promotions Desk.
Entries must be submitted before the first contest listed race begins.
Free to enter, must be 18 or older and have a Vernon Rewards Card.
$970 Handicapping Contest April 2023
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Register for participation beginning at 5:00pm (for 6:05pm post time dates) Entries accepted until immediately prior to the first race listed in the contest
Guests 18 years and older that are members of the Vernon Rewards Club will be permitted to participate once per promotional day, free of charge. Members must check in at the promotions desk (at the track) to receive their contest entry form.
On each promotional day, there will be five specific races from that day listed on the handicapping contest entry form. When each contest entry form is handed out it will have the participating guest’s name and Vernon Rewards account number listed. The participating guest will select a winning horse for each of the five races listed. Once the guest has completed their handicapping contest entry form it must be turned into the promotions desk prior to the start of the first race listed on the form in order to be valid. Any contest entry forms received after the start of the first race will be deemed invalid and they will not be eligible for any prizes.
Participating guests will amass a mythical bankroll for each race based upon where their selected horse officially places in the race. Official race results will serve as the order of finish for each race. If the guest’s selected horse for a race finishes in first or second place they will add to their bankroll based on official $2 win and place payoffs. For example, if the guest’s selected horse wins a race and the WIN pays $8.00 and PLACE pays $3.60, the guest will add a total of $11.60 toward their bankroll. Payoffs will be capped at $42 for WIN and $22 for PLACE.
The three guests with the highest accumulated bankrolls at the conclusion of the five designated races for that day will win prizes (wagering vouchers) based upon in which place they finish.
1st Place = $270 Wagering Voucher 2nd Place = $170 Wagering Voucher 3rd Place = $70 Wagering Voucher
Total of $510 in Wagering Vouchers
In the event of a tie for first place, the contestant that selected the most first place finishers will be determined the winner. Should it remain a tie after this step, a coin-flip will take place. In the event of a tie for 2nd and 3rd places, the prize money will be split for that place.
If the 1st place winner has a perfect score (chose all five race winners correctly without any scratches), they will win a $460 bonus wagering voucher. Should there be multiple 1st place winners that have achieved this, the $460 bonus will be equally split among them. The maximum any prize winner may win is $730 in wagering vouchers.
Any participant that selects a horse that becomes scratched for a race will automatically receive the post time betting favorite as their selection for that specific race. To win the $460 perfect score bonus a participant must have correctly selected the winners of all five races without any scratches.
All winners MUST be present to claim their prizes when announced.
Immediately following the conclusion of the fifth race on the handicapping contest form, all places will be calculated to determine the winners. An announcement will be made at the track over the track PA system directing all of the winners to the promotions counter to claim their prize. Once announced, the winners will have five (5) minutes to appear at the promotions counter with their valid form of identification to claim their prize. Any winner that does not claim or cannot produce the required valid form of identification within the 5-minute claiming time frame will forfeit their prize.
GENERAL PROMOTION RULES
Saturday, April 29
Post Time 6:05pm
Two winners drawn after Race 2 and Race 5.
Winners will be given 70 seconds to place as many $2 Exacta wagers on the designated race as they can and keep any winnings!
Free to enter, must be 18 or older and have a Vernon Rewards Card. Check in at the Promotions Desk after 5pm to receive entry ticket. One entry per person.
70-Second Wagering Spree April 2023
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Register for participation beginning at 5:00pm (for 6:05pm post time dates) Entries accepted until drawings conclude
Guests 18 years and older that are members of the Vernon Rewards Club will be permitted to participate once per promotional day, free of charge. Members must check in at the promotions desk (at the track) to be entered into the drawing. Upon checking in, an entry ticket will be printed from CMP (players tracking system). The ticket stub with the guest’s name and account number will be placed into a drawing drum for that day’s drawings and the guest will receive the other end of the ticket as verification it was printed and entered into the drawing.
On each promotional day, there will be two winners chosen at the conclusion of Race 2 and Race 5 for a total of four winners per day.
Winners will be drawn out of a drawing drum immediately at the conclusion of the two selected races. Once announced the winners for that particular drawing time will be given five (5) minutes to report to the promotions desk where they will be verified upon providing valid identification. Once the two winners are verified, one at a time, in the order they were announced and verified, they will participate in the 70-Second Wagering Spree.
The wagering spree for each winner will be completed at a live teller with a member of Vernon Downs promotional staff keeping the time. The wagers will be placed for either Race 4 (for winners drawn after Race 2) or Race 7 (for winners drawn after Race 5). Once the timekeeper tells the winner to begin wagering, the winner will call out individual wagers, as many as they can in seventy (70) seconds. “Boxing,” “wheeling,” or “keying” will not be permitted. Wagers must be called out exactly as follows: TWO DOLLAR EXACTA 1-2, TWO DOLLAR EXACTA 1-3, TWO DOLLAR EXACTA 4-5, etc.
Once the seventy seconds has expired, the total amount of all wagers placed will be documented and that will be the prize amount the winner has won for the drawing. All wagers/tickets will then be given to the winner and any prizes won from them are theirs to keep.
Once the two names for the drawing time have been announced, all winners will have five (5) minutes to report to the promotions desk to be verified. Valid ID is required. If any winner fails to report within the 5-minute timeframe or they cannot or refuse to provide valid identification, they will forfeit their opportunity to participate, and another winner will not be chosen in their place.
Guests may only win once each promotion day and once drawn, whether available to participate or not, will not be placed back into the drawing drum for any subsequent drawings that day.
GENERAL PROMOTION RULES
Saturday, May 6
Vernon Downs Post Time 5:05pm
Derby Post Time TBD
$1,770 Derby Wager and Win Giveaway!
Food Trucks
Mint Juleps
$1,770 Derby Wager and Win Giveaway May 2023
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Entries can be claimed from 3pm to 6:30pm
Guests 18 years and older that are members of the Vernon Rewards Club will be permitted to participate once per promotional day. To receive the drawing entry, the guest must place any wager or combination of wagers equaling $5.00 or more on the Kentucky Derby race. The wager/s must be placed in person at Vernon Downs on Saturday, May 6, 2023, to qualify.
Once the qualifying wager/s has been placed the guest must go to the Promotions Desk to show their valid ID, Vernon Rewards card (or join the club), and their qualifying wager/s showing that it was placed at Vernon Downs on the Kentucky Derby race for and on 5/6/23. Once all the information has been verified, a drawing entry will be printed out from the CMP Players Tracking system with the guest’s name, account number, and the name of the promotion. The guest will then take this entry ticket and deposit it into any, one (1), of the entry boxes on display.
On display will be one entry box for each of the horses running in the Kentucky Derby race. Each entry box will have the racing horse’s name and number prominently displayed. The guest will deposit their entry ticket into the entry box corresponding with the horse they believe will win the Kentucky Derby. Once the entry ticket has been deposited, it is final and cannot be moved into any other box.
Entries for the promotion can be claimed/printed from 3pm to 6:30pm. No further entries will be printed after 6:30pm. An announcement will be made for a final call for anyone who may not have deposited their already printed entries into one of the boxes. At 6:50pm, all entry boxes will be secured in the Racing Mutuel Manager’s office until the conclusion of the Kentucky Derby race.
Once the Kentucky Derby has concluded and the race results made official, we will draw one winning ticket from each of the WIN, PLACE, and SHOW finishing horse’s entry boxes. Should the official race results be announced during the course of a Vernon Downs race taking place, the winners drawing and announcement will wait until the Vernon Downs race concludes so there isn’t any confusion.
One at a time we will draw one winning ticket from each of the WIN, PLACE, and SHOW finishing horse’s respective boxes. Once we have pulled the three winning tickets, each one will be checked against state and property exclusion lists to ensure eligibility for participating in the promotion. If any of the tickets drawn have been deemed as ineligible to participate, they will be disqualified and not announced, and it will result in a re-draw of the applicable box the ticket was drawn from. This process will continue until we have three valid winners (one from each of the three qualifying boxes).
Once all three winners have been drawn and confirmed eligible to participate, we will announce the names of the winners, which box they were entered in, and what prize they’ve won. All three winners once announced will be given five (5) minutes to report to the Promotions Desk or designated promotion area to claim their prize. Upon claiming their prize, the winner will need to provide their valid photo identification, Vernon Rewards card, and complete necessary winner’s forms to claim their prize. If the winner does not have their Vernon Rewards card, we will verify it against their account in the players tracking system using their identification and will re-print their rewards card. This same process will repeat for all other winners in this promotion.
Should any of the three winners not respond within the five-minute time frame or they do not/cannot provide the required valid identification in time, another winner will be selected and announced from the applicable box. Once all three winners have claimed their prizes for WIN, PLACE, and SHOW, an announcement will be made for the second chance drawing.
For the second chance drawing, all non-winning tickets from the WIN, PLACE, and SHOW boxes as well as all tickets from the other horse’s not placing in the top three will be entered into one drawing drum. One final winner will be drawn from that drum and the above procedures will be followed for their prize issuance.
Prizes for the drawing winners will be as follows:
WIN = $870 cash PLACE = $470 cash SHOW = $270 cash
Second Chance = $160 cash
Prizes will be issued in the form of a wagering voucher which can then be redeemed for the applicable value in cash or can be used toward wagering on races.
GENERAL PROMOTION RULES