from WFD Media Relations

London, ON — The newly-created Oktoberfest Classic Invitational Pace will go this Friday night (Oct. 9) at The Raceway in London, Ontario as part of the first ever Oktoberfest celebration which is happening at the Western Fair District over the course of the next two weekends.

Six starters have been confirmed so far for the C$50,000 event, including a pair of Molson Pace starters from this past May — Evenin Of Pleasure and Let’s Drink On It. The latter is coming off a strong third-place finish behind State Treasurer in this past weekend’s $138,500 Dayton Pacing Derby.

Joining the pair will be recent Little Brown Jug finalist Rockin In Heaven and this year’s Wall of Fame Pace winner at The Raceway, Champagne Phil. Also confirmed are Push Back, a regular in the WEG Preferred ranks and local pacer Buckeroo who has twice been a winner in 1:50.2 this season at Mohawk.

The race office will finalize the final two spots prior to Tuesday morning’s draw.

The Oktoberfest Classic is part of a fun-filled night that will include 850 Scratch N Win prize giveaways, The ‘Dachshund Dash’ weiner dog races, German food offerings and the First Bet Is On Us and Wanna Drive teams will both be on hand.

Each program purchase will also entitle customers to reduced admission into the Oktoberfest Beer Hall next door at the Western Fair District’s Metroland Media Agriplex.

For full event details, visit www.westernfairdistrict.com.