Not only will Saturday night’s card at Western Fair Raceway be the richest in the history of the London, Ont. track, it will also be one of the busiest, as several special features have been added to complement the eight $100,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Championship races on track.
A handicapping contest is now underway on the Western Fair Facebook page. The winners will receive the Somebeachsomewhere coffee table photo book.
Dawn Lupul, who will also serve as guest host for the evening’s broadcast, will be joining track announcer Greg Blanchard for interviews with the participants.
More than $850,000 in purses will be distributed Saturday night. In addition to the Grassroots finals, the card also features two $15,000 eliminations for the rich Forest City Pace and three first-leg divisions of the Middlesex County Trotting Series.
Fans are reminded that one of Western Fair’s most popular horses in recent years, the iron-tough Bridge Street, will be on hand from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and complimentary photos with the horse will be available.
Free program pages and live video coverage of the races, which will also be carried by HPI, are available at westernfair.com.
(Western Fair Raceway)