GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Horse racing is back at the Grants Pass Downs on June 19th. The fate of horse racing in Southern Oregon was up in the air this year. When Dutch Bros Co-Founder Travis Boersma indicated he wouldn’t ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Horse racing is coming back to the Grants Pass Downs this summer. The Oregon Racing Commission unanimously approved the Southern Oregon Horse Racing Association’s plans Tuesday. It plans to hold seven “fair racing” events at the ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore — A local organization is aiming to keep horse racing alive in the state, following the Grants Pass Downs’ recent decision to not hold meets this summer. Southern Oregon Horse Racing Association informed NBC5, that it filed ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Horse racing at Grants Pass Downs will not be held this year as planned. Originally scheduled to kick off this past February, the 2022 commercial race meet was pushed back and eventually canceled, as of April ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Oregon Racing Commission voted unanimously to deny The Flying Lark’s application for “historic horse racing” machines. Historic horse racing machines, or HHRs, allow a user to bet on the outcome of horse races that happened ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Thursday afternoon, the Oregon Racing Commission reviewed and approved the Grants Pass Downs spring racing schedule. But there’s a chance — even with approval — races won’t run. The president of the Grants Pass Downs, Randy Evers ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. —Two jockeys were sent to the hospital Tuesday night after the lights went out during a race at the Grants Pass Downs. The downs tells us, it happened during race 11, the final race of the night ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Downs is fully open with spectators flooding the stands to watch horse racing for the 4th of July. Race directors said the crowd brought back memories of two years ago, pre-pandemic and it’s wonderful ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– Oregon Senate Bill 871, sponsored by Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, would prohibit anyone from holding exhibition racing in the state. Violators of the ban would be subject to jail time and a fine. “I’m really disappointed in the way our system works,” said ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — It’s the opening day of the 2021 spring and summer season at the Grants Pass Downs. Hundreds of spectators came out ready to place bets and watch the 8 different individual races. “It’s exciting, we’ve got ...