Horses grazing outside the Derby stable in early morning light

Drawdown Derby · Online horse racing

Your horse.
Your story.
Your race.

Breed a one-of-one foal from the stud book, raise it, and race it through the Speed Run Season with the whole club at the rail.

Beta registration is open. Create your account, breed your first horse, and help test the season.

01

Breed a contender

Meet the parents. See every possible foal.

02

Raise your runner

Feed, train and make each start count.

03

Take your place

Enter a post. Watch it live. Play the Book.

The beta season

The Speed Run Season.
Seven days. A post every half hour.

A whole season compressed into one week. Every tester breeds fresh, no old horses. Enter the posts that suit your horse, rest it a day between starts, and bank points for the Autoliquidated Gauntlet.

Season card7 race days
Days 1–616 posts a day, 10:00 to 17:30 CT
Days 2 · 4 · 6The Autoliquidated Gauntlet, 20:00 CT
Day 7Finals night, 20:00 CT
Every post
A pool of up to 20 horses
Rest
One day between a horse’s starts
Career
20 starts per horse

The owners club

Join Drawdown Derby

Create your account. You can visit the club before deciding whether to breed a horse.

Horses grazing peacefully at Cedar Rail Farm

Your place at the rail

Welcome to the club.

The farm, the season, and every shared race day are now open to you. Take the short tour, or head straight inside.