Have you ever thought about owning a racehorse? Do you love horses, love harness racing and maybe felt owning a racehorse was too expensive? Well, with fractional ownership, racehorse ownership can be very affordable. On Friday, October 6, in conjunction with the meet-opening night at The Raceway at Western Fair District, a free racehorse ownership […] Read more »
2016 Ontario Sires Stakes Kicked Off On Molson Pace Night At Western Fair District
The 2016 Ontario Sires Stakes season kicked off on the Molson Pace undercard with the three-year-old pacing colts and geldings in the spotlight competing in three $70,000 Gold divisions. North America Cup eligible Magnum J ($8) was the first winner of the OSS season for the father-son team of trainer Gregg McNair and driver […] Read more »
Ontario-Bred, Flaherty, Takes Western Fair Preferred
Three-year-old pacing gelding Flaherty made his first Western Fair start a winning one with a wire-to-wire effort against older foes in The Raceway’s featured $8,300 Preferred 3 on Friday, May 20. With Bob McClure catch-driving for trainer and co-owner Bill Budd, the 7-5 favourite invading from the WEG circuit rebuffed a mid-mile challenge from a […] Read more »
Warrawee Needy Coming To Western Fair On March 11, 2016
The Raceway at Western Fair District will host a special night showcasing Ontario’s newest pacing stallion, world champion Warrawee Needy, on Friday, March 11. The career winner of $1.2 million, with a scintillating record of 1:46.4, is now standing at Mac Lilley Farms in Dutton, Ont. for a fee of $3,000. He was […] Read more »
The Ontario Sires Stakes Season Begins
The 2015 Ontario Sires Stakes season kicked off on Wednesday at The Raceway at the Western Fair District with three-year-old trotting colt Olympic Son winning the first of the evening’s four $52,500 Gold divisions. A two-time Grassroots winner as a freshman, Olympic Son and driver Trevor Henry established the lead from post three and carved […] Read more »
Camluck To Be Inducted Into Wall Of Fame
“There isn’t a smarter horse than he is. He’s that smart. He puts that attitude into his foals. We notice it with his yearlings when we go to video them. They video terribly…They won’t be chased. They’re too smart to be chased. They’ll turn around and look at you and wonder, ‘What are you […] Read more »
