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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 Rewind is the regular monthly feature 'Years Ago' and this time around it's all about the happenings from about 50 years ago, hence the 1970's.

In the latest Rewind Robert Smith takes readers back to 1970 and recalls that year's Prix D'Ete race at Montreal's Blue Bonnets Raceway

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith takes a look back a little over 40 years ago to 1980 and revisits that season's Ontario Sires Stakes action as it stood at the start of the second half of that season's schedule

The latest edition of Rewind is the regular monthly feature 'Years Ago' and this time it's all about names, faces and happenings from the decade of the 1940's.

Last Comment: May 21, 2021 6:50 am ET | 9 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments In this weeks edition of Rewind Robert Smith recalls a very important date in the history of Canadian harness racing. It was 60 years ago that nighttime racing finally came to the Province of Ontario. On the evening of May 17, 1961 with a post time of 8:00 p.m., it all happened at Western Fair Raceway in London, Ontario. A few recollections of the times and some old photographs help to recall this very special moment in ...