Over the past two Friday nights, more than 70 fantastical costumes have paraded through Grand River Raceway

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This Friday night marks the final installment of the Horse Name Costume Game. The event offers $5,000 in cash prizes for participants of all ages, and challenges race fans to dress in the likeness of the name of a horse racing that night.

The top five children and five adults win a combined total of $1,500 each night of the promotion which is presented in cooperation with the Ontario Harness Horse Association.

The following are the top finishers from August 20:

Children (15 & under) Top 5 ($50)
• Jacob Conley (Hockey Bum)
• Julia McCarrison (Cambest Princess)
• Alyssa Scheifele (Cambest Princess)
• Sydney Jones (This Girl Rocks)
• Sara Kalapuca (No Bananas Today)

Adults (16 & up)
1st - $600 - Sunni Vann (Concessionaire)
2nd - $300 - Jessica Koniuch (On My Last Nerve)
3rd - $200 - Keith Scheifele (Shoplifter Hanover)
4th - $100 - Michele Hildebrandt (No Child Left Behind)
5th - $50 - Laurie Giddy (This Girl Rocks)

Photos from August 20 are available here.

A video of the costume parade is below.

In addition to $1,500 in nightly prizes, photos of all participants will be posted for online voting. The person with the most popular costume at the end of the promotion will receive a $500 cash bonus.

The race entries for this Friday are posted here.

Some staff recommendations for costume ideas for Aug. 27:

• Bashful Way
• Casimir Justafox
• Lucan Butterscotch
• Bar B Dancer
• Handsome Yankee
• Suntan Place
• Tropical Grey
• Benns Lightening
• A Stray Comet
• Rose Run Jesse
• Cons In Victory
• Condor
• Bear Creek Baron
• Warrawee Knight
• Celebrity Venus
• Lucrative Lady

Prizes for each Friday night:

• KIDS (15 & under) Top 5: $50 each
• ADULTS (16+) 1st : $600; 2nd : $300; 3rd : $200; 4th : $100; 5th : $50

Participants must register with the Costume Crew in the lower lobby between 6:30 – 8:00 p.m..

All costumes will be featured on the racing broadcast following Race 6, when a panel of three judges will determine the winners based on creativity, effort and presentation.

Complete contest info is available here.

First-race post time for Friday's card of harness racing is 6:30 p.m.