from Georgian Downs

Innisfil, ON — Sixteen major U.S. markets, including the Meadowlands, Arlington Park, Pompano Park and Philadelphia Park have announced that they have added the Georgian Downs Xtreme Horsepower card to their simulcast schedule on Saturday, August 9.

The event, a partnership between Georgian Downs and Standardbred Canada, was already scheduled to be simulcast into all of Georgian Downs’ regular markets in both Canada and the United States, and to be televised live on HPITV. The new simulcast partners will likely result in larger pools, bigger payouts and increased interest in the program.

The list of U.S. racetracks picking up Georgian Downs’ simulcast program on Xtreme Horsepower night are as follows: Arlington Park, Balmoral Park, Freehold Raceway, Hazel Park, Lewiston Raceway, Maywood Park, Monticello Raceway, Ocean Downs, Philadelphia Park, Pompano Park, Rosecroft Raceway, The Meadowlands, The Meadows, Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs and Yonkers Raceway.

The 2008 edition of Xtreme Horsepower will include three newly-developed races including the Xtreme Battle, Xtreme Rewind, and an extended version of last year’s Xtreme Classic.

The Xtreme Battle will consist of two five-eighths-mile, C$10,000 eliminations grouped by sex. The top four finishers from each nine-horse elimination, plus the fastest fifth-place finisher, will advance to the C$20,000 final.

Another innovative concept on the race card is the Xtreme Rewind for trotters, which will carry a C$20,000 purse. The Xtreme Rewind will feature a nine-horse field being raced at a distance of 1-1/4 miles in the clockwise direction.

Also, 18 trotters will headline the Xtreme Classic. The event will be contested at a distance of 2-1/2 miles. The total purse for the event is C$30,000.

With announcer Larry Lederman returning to call the racing action, post time is set for 7:25 p.m.