Kawartha Downs

Update On Kawartha Downs Training

Officials with Kawartha Downs have announced that the track will be open for training this coming Monday (April 20) and that veteran horseman Doug Hie will be the track’s new superintendent.

Kawartha Season Kicks Off May 30

Kawartha Downs’ 2015 harness racing season will begin Saturday, May 30. Approval has been received from the Ontario Racing Commission for the five-eighths mile facilty to host the same number of race ...

Updates On Ontario Race Dates

It has been announced that the director of the Ontario Racing Commission has approved the applications for variance and amendments to the 2015 race-date and post-time schedules for Kawartha Downs and ...

Kawartha Discussed At Queen's Park

On Wednesday, March 25, Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, asked the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Jeff Leal, to make a commitment to Kawartha Downs and finalize...

Kawartha Wants More Dates

Officials with Kawartha Downs have discussed their frustration over the Ontario Racing Commission’s decision not to grant the Fraserville, Ont. track more race dates for the 2015 season of live horse ...

Ont. Race Date, Post Time News

On Wednesday, March 18, the Ontario Racing Commission announced that officials with Kawartha Downs have requested approval for an amendment to the pre-approved race date schedule at the Fraserville, O...

Buchanan Talks Industry Growth

November 24, 2014

"We certainly have to look at prevention, when it comes to regulation, more so than we have in the past."

Harness Racing's Spookiest Horse?

October 30, 2014

If you thought you saw this horse racing last Saturday night, your eyes were not deceiving you.

Kawartha Ends Season On High Note

October 26, 2014

More than 2,000 fans flocked to Kawartha Downs to send the track’s 2014 season out on a high note on Saturday night (Oct. 25).

Kawartha Season Concludes Saturday

October 24, 2014

At the start of 2014 it appeared that horse racing would no longer take place at Kawartha Downs in Fraserville, Ont., which had hosted harness races for more than 40 years.

Gassien On A Roll At Kawartha

October 18, 2014

For the second straight week, driver Reg Gassien had the hot hands at Kawartha Downs.

Report On Sudbury Due In December

October 14, 2014

Could Sudbury Downs race in 2015? The group behind resurrecting Kawartha Downs could answer that question later this year.