The Raceway At Western Fair District

On Monday, May 4, officials with The Raceway at Western Fair District announced that the track has cancelled the 2020 edition of the Camluck Classic Invitational.

“There’s no such thing as downtime in my world. I have three children. Life can sometimes get crazy busy between working, racing and then raising a family. Thus far, I think I’ve done a pretty great j...

“I didn’t think about it much (a career in harness racing) until I started coming back around the barn again when I was 19... I guess it was then that I started thinking about becoming a trainer, and ...

There was a time in the 1980s and early 1990s that the name of William 'Bud' Fritz was synonymous with harness racing in Ontario. The Fritz stable came as close to dominating the province’s sires stak...

“There is no chance that I wasn’t going to be into the horses. My parents are into harness racing… The day I was born, my dad raced two horses, Coyote Sam and Future Honey, at Western Fair Raceway and...

Michigan’s David Omicioli, owner of the successful mare Turbo Diva, recently reached out to The Raceway at Western Fair District after reading up on some profile pieces that the London, Ont. track has...

“We’re still quite busy, with a stable of 15 horses. The only thing that’s really changed is the fact that we don’t race now. We still jog and train them. We’re still doing our thing week in and week ...

“Sackville Downs had incredible crowds and handle up until it closed in the 1980s, so simply attending the races was enough to cultivate a strong interest in harness racing.”

What does an older racehorse and a younger racehorse owner do with no horse racing currently taking place in Ontario?

On a Wednesday night (March 18) when horseplayers across North America gave The Raceway at Western Fair District their highest ever single-card betting turnover, Power And Grace ($4.20) posted a decis...

The second choice in the betting, Buttermilk Hanover clung to a narrow victory in the $10,500 Fillies and Mares Preferred 2 Pace at The Raceway at Western Fair District on Tuesday (March 17), a night ...