Kawartha Downs

Kawartha Drivers’ Challenge Saturday

October 22, 2015

It’s going to be the veterans versus the young guns when Kawartha Downs hosts its 2015 Drivers’ Challenge this Saturday night (October 24), which is also Kawartha’s final card of live racing for the y...

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San Pail Feted In Fraserville

October 18, 2015

Champion trotter San Pail certainly showed everyone at Kawartha Downs exactly why he was such a champion. Despite the fact that he hasn’t raced regularly for more than a year, he was full of spunk dur...

Kawartha To Honour San Pail

October 14, 2015

Kawartha Downs was the first racetrack the outstanding trotter San Pail ever stepped on and fittingly it will be his last.

Kawartha Fans In The Spirit Of Giving

October 11, 2015

Patrons at Kawartha Downs were very generous on Saturday night in donating food items, which in turn were given to Kawartha Food Share for the Thanksgiving food drive. Board chair Dave Ralph was on ha...

Doug Hie Celebrates 2,500 Victories

October 04, 2015

Doug Hie reached a career milestone, Gord Brown won half the card and Dagfin Henriksen captured two races including two-year-old Southwind Gizzel’s second win in as many lifetime starts on Saturday’s ...

Kawartha Hosts Second Memorial Night

September 27, 2015

It was another emotional evening at Kawartha Downs on Saturday night as the track hosted its second Memorial Night.

Update On Kawartha Schooling Races

September 25, 2015

Kawartha Downs’ horsepeople are advised that if they wish to school a horse they may do so prior to the qualifiers each race night until the track’s final race night, which is October 24.

San Pail Memories Captured In Art

September 16, 2015

When Standardbred Canada’s I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club launched in June 2011, San Pail, one of the original Faces of Racing, and the only four-legged member of the Faces of Racing stable, ...

Memorial Night At Kawartha Downs

September 13, 2015

The wet weather did little to dampen the spirits of the many family members gathered at Kawartha Downs on Saturday night honouring loved ones who made contributions to horse racing and the Fraserville...

Kawartha Training / Schooling Schedule

September 10, 2015

Officials with Kawartha Downs would like to remind horsepeople that schooling and training is not permitted on race nights (Saturdays). Training is available most weeks on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thur...

Great Canadian Chosen As East Gaming Bundle Operator

September 09, 2015

On Wednesday, September 9, the Great Canadian Gaming Corp. announced that its ‘Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership,’ an entity in which it owns a 50.1 per cent share, has been chosen to operate ga...

San Pail Tribute Nights Set

September 09, 2015

On the heels of San Pail’s recently-announced retirement, two racetracks with strong connections to the champion trotter will be hosting tribute nights in his honour.