from The Great Darke County Fair

Greenville, OH — Racing returns to Greenville, Ohio, on Friday night (Aug. 21) for The Great Darke County Fair’s annual race meet.

Racing also takes place on Saturday (Aug. 22), afternoon and night, and on Thursday (Aug. 27) and Friday (Aug. 28) in the afternoon and night. Afternoon post times are 1 p.m. except for Aug. 22, when it will be at 12 noon. Please note that Aug. 21 post time is 5:30 p.m. with 19 races on the ticket. All other evening post times are at 7 p.m.

On opening weekend, Friday and Saturday nights will feature the Ohio Colt Racing Association events. Friday night also will feature the Terry Thomas Memorial Signature Series Trot. Saturday night will feature the Rhys Bowman Memorial Signature Series Pace.

The following Thursday and Friday night sessions will feature the Dr. HM Parshall Memorial Futurity.

All the sessions will host several overnight events for both trotters and pacers.

Closing night will feature the fourth edition of the Gene Riegle Memorial Open Pace. The event is open to the world, with no more than eight starters. The top eight 2015 money earners entered will have preference, with no trainer’s entries. The event is carded as one dash for a purse of $32,000, with $200 to start.

We also will be hosting the Three Diamonds Open Pace for fillies and mares on closing night. This race will carry a purse of $11,000 with a breeding to Woodstock donated by Sugar Valley Farm to the winner. The Three Diamonds race has the same conditions as the Gene Riegle Memorial Open Pace with $100 to start.

Closing night will feature a giveaway of a collectable mug to the first 1,000 fans buying a racing program.

Nightly there will be t-shirt giveaways to the fans in the stands, as well as the fans that line the track, by the Darke County Harness Horsemen’s Association.

The Great Darke County Fair wishes to thank all of the sponsors and the warm outpouring of contributions to make this year’s events possible. Please check out all the sponsors, activities, and the condition sheets at www.generieglememorial.com along with lots of photos and information on Hall of Famer Gene Riegle.