Countdown to Carnival Horse Race: Phipps Racetrack Gears Up for First Event Since 2017

Work on the Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack will continue up to the day before the Carnival race, which will likely be after the Children’s Parade on Friday May 3.

That’s what members of the St. Thomas/St. John Horse Racing Commission during a meeting on Thursday, as Southland Gaming representative David Edmonds and Department of Sports Parks and Recreation Commissioner Calvert White discussed the progress being made in bringing horse racing back to St. Thomas in a big way.

Mr. Edmonds noted that since the grandstands at the racetrack had been fully completed in October of last year, work has been ongoing on the “accessory buildings”, which are now themselves about 40 percent completed. Even with a Monday through Saturday work schedule already in place, “the real push will begin in mid-February” Mr. Edmonds noted, with multiple crews being scheduled to work simultaneously on various aspects of the project, including utilities, stormwater drainage, and grading.

“Everything is moving along really well…we’re excited with what our contractors are doing for us,” he told commission members. 

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