Join us for the running experience of a lifetime! Register now for the Giddy Up & Gallop 5K Fun Run at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville on Saturday, September 29.
Standardbred Canada is coordinating this exciting run with profits from the event benefitting the Standardbred Racetrack Chaplaincy of Canada.
The objective of the Giddy Up and Gallop Fun Run is to encourage physical activity in a family atmosphere within the community, while raising money to support a charity partner. In past years, the Giddy Up and Gallop Fun Run has raised funds for The Children’s Wish Foundation, the Chase MacEachern Foundation and The Equestrian Association for the Disabled. This year’s partner is the Standardbred Racetrack Chaplaincy.
The Chaplaincy is a non denominational evangelica fellowship of believers dedicated to providing, with excellence, for the spiritual, emotional, physical and social needs of horse racing’s workforce. The Chaplaincy organizes social events for the caretakers who work at Mohawk and in the vicinity, including a weekly hot dinner or barbeque.
See what it’s like to run on Canada’s fastest racetrack. The track is seven-eighths of a mile long, so runners will be required to complete a little more than three laps for the 5K event. Your friends and family members can sit in the grandstand or stand trackside and cheer you on! The race will also be shown on the infield jumbotron.
Opening ceremonies will kick off at 3 p.m. There will be a warm up and a special Mascot Race at a distance of 50 metres before the two main races. The one lap Fun Run for kids under the age of 14 will start at 3:30 p.m. and the field for the 5K event will go behind the starting gate at 3:45 p.m.
Following the run there will be a barbeque and awards ceremony for all participants. Additionally, all runners will be invited to stay for the live harness racing that starts at 7:10 p.m. and all runners will receive a free racing program.
Registration forms are available online here.
The cost to participate in the 5K is $30. The kids one lap fun run is $10. The first 100 registered runners in the 5K and the first 50 registered runners in the Kids Fun Run will receive a FREE souvenir t-shirt. There is a limit of 250 runners for the 5K event and 100 runners for the Kids One Lap event.
For race information, contact Kathy Wade Vlaar at [email protected].
For sponsorship information, or to donate a prize to the event, contact Robin MacKay at [email protected]