Thanksgiving Weekend Offers Plenty Of Simulcast Action For Horseplayers

 Thanksgiving Weekend Stakes Celebration, Nov. 24-26

 Bet A  Grade I Stakes Each Day!

The Virginia Bets OTBs — in Richmond & Chesapeake — will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. There is plenty of action the rest of the weekend to watch & wager including a trio of Grade I stakes races. Visit out new OTB in Chesapeake at the Buckets Bar & Grill in the Battlefield Shopping Center. Our Richmond OTBs are at Ponies & Pints downtown and at Breakers Sports Grille in the west end. Virginia residents can also wager on line via one of four partner company sites — TVG.com, Xpressbet.com, TwinSpires.com and NYRABets.com.

Friday November 24 at Churchill Downs –  *$500,000 Clark Handicap, plus:

-$200,000 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill

-$250,000 Comely Stakes (Gr. 3) at Aqueduct

-$200,000 Hollywood Turf Cup (Gr. 2) at Del Mar

Ponies & Pints is a spacious restaurant that can handle large crowds on big race days. The OTB has 40 TVs and over 40 craft beers on tap.

Saturday November 25 at Del Mar – $300,000 Hollywood Derby, plus:

-$200,000 Jockey Club Stakes (Gr. 2) at Churchill

-$200,000 Golden Rod Stakes (Gr. 2) at Churchill

-$200,000 Discovery Handicap (Gr. 3) at Aqueduct

-$150,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup (Gr. 3) at Hawthorne

-$175,000 Kennedy Road Stakes (Gr. 2) at Woodbine

Breakers Sports Grille OTB features both smoking and non-smoking sections, and a full menu.

Sunday November 26 at Del Mar – $300,000 Matriarch Stakes, plus:

-$200,000 Seabiscuit Stakes (Gr. 2) at Del Mar

-$100,000 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (Gr. 3) at Del Mar

Buckets has a main dining room/lounge which offers a combination of sports & horse racing on TVs.

 

PRE-THANKSGIVING STAKES BONUS – Wednesday Nov. 22

*6 stakes at Zia Park and 4 at Penn National