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Recognized as the true pioneer track of the province where harness racing under the lights made its debut in 1961, Western Fair Raceway has been a proud host of OSS competition since the very beginning.

This week's edition of Rewind is the regular feature 'Years Ago' that starts off each month.  This time Robert Smith has gathered up a few old pictures from the 1990's and created some short stories that relate to what was going on back then.

Last Comment: December 17, 2020 3:43 pm ET | 10 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments In this weeks edition of Rewind Robert Smith profiles the career of one of Canadas greatest horsemen of the 20th century. That gentleman was the late John Chapman, a member of one of the best known families in the sport a half century ago. He is a member of both the Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fame. A little over 40 years ago, on May 2, 1980 the sport of harness racing lost one of its finest citizens with the untimel...