Grand River Raceway's 2024 harness racing season will kick off with 10 races on Wednesday, June 5.

The newly expanded Elora, Ont. oval will host live racing through September every Monday, Wednesday and Friday night with post time at 6:30 p.m.

The featured ninth race on Wednesday's Opening Night card is an $8,800 conditioned-claiming trot. The streaking four-year-old gelding Prince Archie is the 8-5 morning line favourite from post seven in the field of eight with Steven Hudon listed to drive for trainer Laura Toscani and owner Gino Toscani of Mount Hope, Ont. The Archangel son, who was perfect through the month of May while racing at The Raceway at Western Fair District, will be shooting for his fifth straight victory. Starting just to his inside, 2-1 second choice P L Quinella will make his Grand River debut after taking a 1:55 lifetime mark two starts back in early May at Woodbine Mohawk Park for the Matt Dupuis stable with Brett MacDonald aboard.

Grand River Raceway will open its race season with a community celebration on Wednesday, offering $2 hotdogs, $3 burgers and $2 cans of pop. The BBQ will be set up on The GrandWay Patio, with drinks available at The GrandWay Lounge bar. The following Wednesday, June 12, Grand River will celebrate its new five-eighths-mile track with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony following that evening's third race with dignitaries and specialists who were integral to its construction.

The 2024 meet's racing highlights will include Grand River's signature Industry Day event, featuring the Battle of Waterloo and Battle of Belles on Aug. 5 with a special afternoon post time of 12:30 p.m., in addition to numerous Ontario Sires Stakes all season long.

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To view the entries for Wednesday's card of harness racing at Grand River Raceway, click the following links:
Grand River Raceway - Wednesday Entries // Program Pages (courtesy TrackIT).

(Standardbred Canada)