The Camluck Classic is now less than three months away at The Raceway at Western Fair District, and officials at the London oval have released some of the details for the track’s signature event.
The Camluck Classic is a $150,000 invitational pace which headlines the closing-night program. The event will move back to its traditional Friday night time slot on May 31 after switching to a Saturday night last year. The powerful undercard will include the Ontario Sires Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies, a quartet of City Of London Series finals and several Preferred races.
Rockin Ron captured the inaugural Camluck Classic in 2018 in a track-record time of 1:50.1 for driver Louis-Philippe Roy and trainer Ron Burke. The $1.6 million winner is expected back to defend his title while local stars such as Jimmy Freight and Sintra are also on management’s radar.
Visitors will once again have a chance to enjoy the action from the confines of the giant Infield Tent, which was a hit with guests last year. It offers a unique vantage point and entertainment experience with fantastic food and beverage offerings for just $50 plus tax. Tickets to the Infield Event will go on sale April 1.
The Party on the Patio will be back this year bigger and better than ever. Along with the delicious food and beverage offerings that will be available, popular local entertainers Sarina Haggarty and Connor Morand will be on hand performing their unique mix of new material and cover songs throughout the evening.
There will be many other contests and giveaways that night with more details to come. To stay up to date on the Camluck Classic and everything happening at The Raceway, visit www.westernfairdistrict.com.
(Western Fair District)
In the past two years, I have
In the past two years, I have had the fun of playing along with TROT Magazine Fantasy Stable, with more than one thousand other fans. Please join me in raising the infield for the love of racing (Our on-track presence will promote this sport).
Close to the giant infield
Close to the giant infield tent that I had imagined, before last years' infield tent success. I had envisioned this years before. Good job! Let's continue to move forward. A
tent like this could be a handicappers dream. So, lets continue to lift the infield. By using successful methods that are currently being used by the casinos in Ontario to attracts patrons, such as free slot play tournaments. So too could Canadian racetracks use a similar method to put fans in their seats, bring back old fans and attract new ones.
It would be nice if all tracks would participate to benefit potential new fans. Therefore, all tracks would offer free handicapping contests. This will be a marketing tool to potentially get old and new fans through the gate to enjoy harness racing. The fans that are successful in the handicapping contest will be treated the same way as the same infield tent shown above. Not only will they be served food and beverages, and bet on live racing, they will be part of the final prizes of the handicapping contest. Possible prizes could be as follows:
3rd place= a cash prize and will be treated to a day at Clinton Raceway on the upcoming Legends Day.
2nd place= will receive a cash prize
1st place= will receive a cash prize and also receive an all exclusive paid trip to the upcoming World Handicapping Contest.