Kawartha Downs

Mother Nature Cooperates For Opener

Kawartha Downs hosted 11 qualifying races last week to help prepare the horses and track for the opening night of the 2015 race meet on Saturday, May 30. After the qualifiers, the track’s leading driv...

LeBlanc Steps Up For Retirees

Officials with Kawartha Downs have announced that longtime racehorse owner Steve LeBlanc of Smith Falls, Ont. has made a $300 donation to the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society. The donation is in ...

‘Gord Brown Night’ At Kawartha Downs

The 43rd season of live harness racing at Kawartha Downs will kick off this Saturday evening (May 30), which has been dubbed ‘Gord Brown Night,’ as the track will celebrate the career of its leading d...

Kawartha Qualifying Entries Online

A total of 11 qualifying races have been drawn for Saturday morning at Kawartha Downs. The session will kick off the track’s 2015 racing season.

Georgian, Kawartha Qualifiers Saturday

Trot Insider has learned that Georgian Downs and Kawartha Downs will each be holding qualifying sessions this Saturday (May 23).

A Different World Record Attempt

While harness racing typically associates world records with speed and shaving time off existing standards, one participant is trying to help set a world record by shaving off something else.

Kawartha Qualifier And Schooling Notes

Kawartha Downs’ horse people are advised that training at the track this Saturday (May 2) has had to be cancelled due to a conflict.

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 ...