Upcoming Ontario Fair Dates

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Published: September 16, 2010 08:06 am EDT

With the first day of Fall coming up next week, regional fairs and fall fair racing dates are on the horizon in

Southern Ontario.

On Saturday, Sept. 25, Forest will be holding a race card during the 140th edition of its fall fair. Entries are due this weekend, please call Carl De Schutter at (519) 287-5311 for more information.

Next weekend, Wallacetown celebrates its 150th fair with a card of harness racing on Saturday, October 2 - the final day of the South-Western Ontario Fair Circuit. Race secretary John Lilley told Trot Insider that this will mark the 135th year of racing at the fair. In its earliest form, it was carded as "trials of speed". Lilley is now accepting entries at (519) 857-4506.

That same weekend, the Markham Fair - now 166 years young - has a race card set for Sunday, October 3. Paul Wisniewski is accepting entries at (519) 243-1932. Entries Close Tuesday September 28 at 1:00 p.m.

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