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The track opened in 1949 for Thoroughbred flat racing. In 1953 a harness racing season was added. After 1985, only Standardbred harness racing events were run here until 2014, when Thoroughbred racing was revived. [2] The track was sold and closed in April 2018, leaving Northville Downs as the only horse racing track in Michigan. It closed in 2019.
The Grand Circuit, also known as the "Big Wheel", [1] is a group of harness racing stakes races run at various race tracks around the United States. [2] Run on one-mile tracks, [ 3 ] it is "the oldest continuing horse-racing series in the United States."
Sports Creek Raceway was a harness racing track located on a 100-acre site near Swartz Creek, Michigan. [1] The track opened in 1986, eventually employing 100 workers on live racing days and 40 workers for simulcasting. In 2013, Sports Creek had $676,106 in live wagering and $15.3 million in simulcast wagering. [2]
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky , spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.
Aug. 5—JEFFERSON — Grab your binoculars and find your way into the grandstands next Thursday and Friday for harness racing at the Ashtabula County Fair. Racing starts at 11:30 a.m. on both ...
The 2022 Knox Co. Fair got underway with harness racing in the grandstand on Monday, July 11, 2022.
All of the 120 acres of property is owned by the county and leased to the fair association on a 99-year agreement. [2] In 1952, a one half mile dirt oval on the premises hosted its only Grand National Series (now NASCAR Cup) event. [3] The race was won by racing pioneer Tim Flock, who went on to win that year’s series championship. [4]
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