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Possible Contenders for the 79th Edition of the Prince of Wales Stakes
July 16, 2014
The nominations for the second jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown of horseracing closed Tuesday, July 15th with 11 possible entrants for the Prince of Wales Stakes to be run at Fort Erie Race Track. Lexie Lou, the filly who captured the Queen’s Plate at Woodbine on July 6th was not made eligible…
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Training Begins for the 2014 Racing Season
April 27, 2014
It was all systems go at Fort Erie Race Track on Sunday, April 27th as a healthy number of eager equine athletes began training at The Border Oval. With opening day exactly one month away trainer Dan Wills plans to have up to 15 horses stabled at Fort Erie. Wills, who works alongside his wife Jeanie,…
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Update on Fort Erie Race Track
October 18, 2013
Last week, the Horse Racing Industry Transition panel released their final report, "Building a Sustainable Future Together; Ontario’s Five Year Horse Racing Partnership". Pages 9 and 10 dealt specifically with the Fort Erie Thoroughbred track. It stated; “In short, the Panel can find no…
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Circle the Course a Success Again
September 17, 2013
For the second consecutive season, Fort Erie Race Track hosted Circle the Course for Cancer and COPE. The event is organized by a number of volunteers made up of race track staff, members of the community and horse people. Once again, the event was extremely successful as hundreds local citizens of…
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Catch the Luck, a Runaway Winner of the Puss N Boots
September 01, 2013
Catch the Luck under jockey Brad Wilson. Photo courtesy Michael Burns Photography In what has become a wonderful tradition at Fort Erie Race Track, a large crowd turned out to cheer on the winning connections of the Puss N Boots Cup. In 1961, a horse by that name was running on the Fort Erie turf course…
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