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In this week's Rewind Robert Smith issues the monthly edition of 'Years Ago ' in which he takes a look back at a certain decade and remembers a few names and happenings from back then.

Kawartha Downs will welcome some of Canadian harness racing's elite performers to the grounds for a special race to kick off its Saturday (Aug. 20) card.

This week's Rewind is the regular monthly version of 'Years Ago' and this time features items from the decade of the 1980's. That means around 40 years or so ago.

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith takes a stroll back in time to 1980 as he recalls a number of happenings and names ofthose who were "In The News"  back then.

This week's edition of Rewind takes a trip back in time to 1977; 45 years ago.  Robert Smith recalls a number of happenings that were then "in the news" from various geographical areas.

Horse racing was not on Ben Wallace’s radar for a life path, let alone a 50-year training career. But the winds of chance carried the Kitchener, Ont. native away from his life as an athlete into what became and continues to be a storied career. And meanwhile, as a global pandemic raged in 2020, Wallace’s accomplishments earned him the honour of induction into both the Guelph Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. “I never got involved because there was something ...

Last Comment: March 18, 2021 10:43 am ET | 7 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments In this weeks Rewind Robert Smith recalls the career of a great trotting gelding from yesteryear named Homestead Dan and how he helped advance the careers and the lives of both his owner and long time trainer-driver. I am pleased to have some good pictures and first hand information to assist in putting this story together. An artists rendering shows Homestead Dan, the champion trotting gelding in motion at Montreals Bl...

It appears in its entirety below. Last week’s ‘flashback’ blog had me thinking about where and when I first remember seeing old harness racing programs and taking a huge interest in browsing through them. It would be almost 40 years ago where I’d be on the road with my aunt Sadie and late cousin Steve ... Sadie had made a stop in town and while Steve and I waited for her in the car – we opened up the glove box to find a few old race programs rolled up – likely stashed away there by ...