The 2022 season of harness racing in Nova Scotia is just a few weeks away, and the province's racetracks are looking forward to welcoming fans back with reduced COVID-19 protocols.

According to a release from the Nova Scotia Harness Racing Industry Association, this year's condition sheets will look a little different as tracks will be adding an allowance for Nova Scotia-foaled horses (30%) as well as Maritime-foaled (20%).   Please check the tracks' condition sheets for more information.

Truro Raceway has its first qualifying sessions on Sunday, April 24 (12:00 p.m. first post), and Sunday, May 1(12:00 p.m. first post) with the first race date set for Friday, May 6. 

Northside Downs' qualifiers get underway Saturday, April 30 and May 7 with racing kicking off on May 14, while Inverness Raceway will have qualifiers on Sunday, May 15 and 22 with their opening race date scheduled for Sunday, May 29.

"We are anticipating a great 2022 race season and look forward to seeing fans back at the track!" said NSHRIA Executive Director Debbie Francis.

(NSHRIA)