Raw States
Wiener Dog Races
Houston, TX · Quirky
- When
- February 6, 2027
- Where
- Sam Houston Race Park · Houston · TX
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
Once a year, Sam Houston Race Park swaps thoroughbreds for dachshunds, running heats of wiener dogs down the track while costumed entrants and their owners compete for best dressed. The track has hosted it annually since the early 2000s as a family day alongside live racing. It remains one of the venue's most attended non-racing dates.
The history within reach
- Wiener Dog Racessame spot
Once a year, Sam Houston Race Park swaps thoroughbreds for dachshunds, running heats of wiener dogs down the track while costumed entrants and their owners compete for best dressed.
- Moffitt Charity Crawfish Festivalsame spot
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More than 80,000 veterans buried across 419 acres, with a memorial colonnade and carillon by Leonard Parker.
The largest collection of funerary artefacts in the country: papal funeral regalia, fantasy coffins from Ghana, a 1916 horse-drawn hearse, and a full exhibit on embalming.
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