Kawartha Downs

Ontario Harness Horse Association Director Dave Gibson is an optimist. The Peterborough-area horseman is well aware that Kawartha Downs has performed well as of late, despite limited purses and race d...

Jeff Leal, Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, was involved in a passionate exchange in the provincial legislature this past Thursday (October 26) in regard to the horse racing ...

An application submitted by officials from Kawartha Downs to host 40 race dates in 2018 has been denied.

Officials with Kawartha Downs have applied for the track to host 40 race dates in 2018 – more than double the amount of dates that the track conducted this year. The deadline for feedback on the appli...

Officials with Kawartha Downs, the five-eighths-mile harness raceway located near Peterborough, Ont., have submitted an application for 2018 race dates at the track. If Kawartha officials get their wi...

Brett MacDonald was the winner in the Shorelines Drivers’ Championship Saturday, September 30, which was the featured event on the closing program of the 2017 meet at Kawartha Downs.

Lets Leavem was best in the first Racing Under Saddle event of the season at Kawartha Downs on Saturday, September 23, winning by more than 12 lengths.

Kawartha Downs' annual Memorial program was held on Saturday, September 9, and all nine of tonight’s races honoured someone who made an impact at Kawartha Downs before their passing.

Saturday evening (September 9) at Kawartha Downs will be an emotional one for the Johnson family. Not only are they honouring patriarch Ivan with a memorial race, but they are also starting a three-ye...