Somerset County Fair

Pennsylvania Fair Racing

Pennsylvania Fair Records Fall At Meyersdale

August 16, 2025

Harness racing returned to the Somerset County Fairgrounds in this southwestern Pennsylvania town in 2020, after a 67-year absence that started when a hurricane destroyed the barns. Horsemen interview...

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Bettor Strait N Up Fastest Filly On PA Fair Circuit

August 19, 2022

The Somerset County Fair in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, in the western part of the state near the Maryland border, hosted two days of Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes racing on Thursday and Friday as part ...

Schadel Sophomores Dominate At PA Fair

August 20, 2021

The midweek weather in southwestern Pennsylvania was cruel to two-year-olds racing on the Pennsylvania Fair Circuit, forcing the programs featuring them at the Dayton Fair and the Somerset County Fair...

Racing Returns To Somerset County

August 22, 2020

Harness racing returned to the Somerset County Fairgrounds in this southwest Pennsylvania town for the first time since 1953 (a hurricane destroyed the barns after the ’53 season) on Thursday and Frid...

Somerset Draw Information

August 17, 2020

Horsepeople are reminded that the entry box for the Thursday and Friday PA Fair Sires Stakes races at the Somerset County Fair will close at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, August 18).

Racing Back At PA Fair After 50 Years

August 17, 2020

After an absence of at least 50 years, harness racing is returning to Pennsylvania's Somerset County Fair. This week’s fair will feature two days of harness racing — Thursday, August 20 at 2 p.m. and ...