If you have an itch to drop $100 on Sotally Tober in the 5th, or 0.50 cents on an Exacta, check out this very local experience at the Fairgrounds track (aka Sundowns). :::: Eliza Doolittle :::: Come on, Dover! Come on, Dover! Move your bloomin' arse! OK, I won't be wearing a gaudy 60-Gallon hat and looking as beautiful as Audrey Hepburn, but I can have some fun at the races. Here in the Tri-Cities, we generally have 3-4 weekends of horse racing per year (around April/May). Post Time is usually at 1pm and this will include something like 6-10 races (this isn't including the dog race). You can grab a seat in the covered bleachers or get a tan in the uncovered ones. It's a cool experience. You can check the horses before their race in the paddock and see them get prepared and paraded....if you're good this is when you can pick your winner. Then you can watch the gates get pulled into position and loaded with horses. Then: BOOM! There are the races. There's something exciting about seeing these beautiful beasts blast their way a few furlongs in the dirt. Concessions are fairly basic. If you want to have a decent beer, you'll have to sneak it in (they just have nasty Coors & Bud type horse pi$$ here). All in all for $5, you can't beat an experience here. Note: for 2014 races are from 4/19 - 5/4. read more

Horse Racing at Benton Franklin Fairgrounds begins Saturday, 04/21/12, 1:00 PM read more

Sundowns Horse Racing - Horse Racing in Kennewick, WA - Horse Racing Near Me - Kennewick, Washington

Love the horse races but a worse job promoting and marketing the horse races would be nearly impossible. I don't know who markets the races, but they do an incredibly poor job--shockingly awful. The horse races are so fun and they are under-attended. Why? Because nobody knows they are happening. Have a little pre-horse racing class about how to bet on the horses. I know plenty of people who don't go because they don't know how to bet, read a racing form, etc. Teach them!! And then, for the love of God, start utilizing social media. read more