from Kawartha Downs

Fraserville, ON — Kawartha Downs was advised today that their 2015 racing season has been extended for three additional Saturday nights. This will make the last night of racing for the season on Oct. 24. Post time will remain at 7 p.m.

“We’re very pleased with this news and the response of the Ontario Racing Commission to our request for additional race dates,” noted track owner Skip Ambrose. “Thanks to our patrons, horse people and staff, the great results we’re having here at Kawartha Downs in terms of attendance and on track handle are not going unnoticed.”

Earlier this year Kawartha Downs had been awarded a total of 18 race dates, the same number as 2014. Racing will now be offered at the five-eighths-mile facility every Saturday night (with the exception of Sept. 19 when there is a car race taking place at the track) until Oct. 24.

Upcoming special events at the Fraserville, Ontario, racetrack include the July 18 card which features the Ontario Sires Stakes along with Kawartha Downs’ anniversary celebrations; August 1, the always popular Family Night; and Sept. 5 when we celebrate the Hall of Fame trotter with the inaugural Goodtimes Trot.