'Pigskins and Ponies' With College Football, Drink Specials Added to Final Two Saturdays

Sep 18, 2014 Darren Rogers

Churchill Downs will host “Pigskins and Ponies” on Saturday! Last week’s Football Watch Party was popular with race-goers so track officials will bring it back for the final two Saturdays of the meet (Sept. 20 and Sept. 27).

Saturday's ACC doubleheader – Georgia Tech at Virginia (12 p.m.) and Louisville at Conference USA’s Florida International (3:30 p.m.) – will be shown uninterrupted with volume on the giant 16’ x 20’ Plaza video screen. Also, there’ll be drink specials in the Plaza all day ($2 Bud/Bud Light, $3 Stella Artois, $1 Pepsi products and bottled water), and the Plaza grill will be cooking up some tasty fare.

College students with a current student ID will be admitted free of charge on Saturday. Paid general admission is $3.

The same event will return Saturday, Sept. 27 for the Vanderbilt at Kentucky (12 p.m.) and Wake Forest at U of L (3:30 p.m.) games.