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London, Ontario – February 21, 2026 – The Raceway at Western Fair District celebrated another exceptional season of harness racing on Saturday evening as horsepeople, owners, caretakers and supporters gathered in the Top of the Fair dining room for the annual awards night, honouring the top performers of the 2025 campaign. The evening highlighted excellence across […]
London, ON – December 5, 2025 – Local harness racing driver Lorne House is gearing up to defend his title in the 6th Annual Drivers Holiday Challenge, taking place Tuesday, December 9 at The Raceway at Western Fair District. The festive event supports Toys for Tots, a local charity that has benefited from more than $50,000 in donations since the challenge began. House will represent Team […]
London, ON, November 13, 2025 — The Raceway at Western Fair District will once again celebrate the season of giving with the 6th Annual Drivers’ Holiday Challenge, taking place on December 9th. This year’s edition introduces an exciting new twist, as teams of two drivers representing regions across Canada will go head-to-head for national holiday […]
London, February 10, 2025 –The fourth annual London Classic Yearling Sale (LCYS) is now accepting entries for the 2025 sale which is slated to take place on October 14 & 15 at the Western Fair District Agriplex in London, Ontario. A total of 246 yearlings went through the sale ring in 2024 with gross sales […]
London, December 10, 2024 — The fifth edition of The Raceway’s Drivers Holiday Challenge on Tuesday night came right down to the wire and when the dust settled it was local harness racing reinsman Lorne House taking home the title with a one-point victory over 2024 Ontario Regional driving champion Tyler Borth. It was Borth […]
London, Nov 12, 2024 — The Raceway at Western Fair District has finalized its field of 8 harness racing drivers for the 5th Annual Drivers’ Holiday Challenge in support of Toys for Tots which takes place on Tuesday, December 10th. Two of WEG’s top reinsmen, Tyler Borth and Bob McClure, will take part in this year’s […]
London, ON – August 29, 2024 – The Raceway at Western Fair District is just over a month away from the return of live harness racing and some significant changes will greet horse people and guests when the season kicks off on Tuesday, October 1. The biggest project during the off season was a complete […]
London, ON – August 19, 2024 — The catalogue for the third edition of the London Classic Yearling Sale (LCYS) has now been posted online. A total of 257 harness racing yearlings are scheduled to go through the sale ring on Tuesday, October 15 and Wednesday, October 16 at the Western Fair District Agriplex in […]
London, ON – April 4, 2024 – The Raceway at Western Fair District will enter its busiest stretch of the harness racing season on the heels of another record-setting wagering year at the London, Ontario half-mile oval. The Friday, March 29th program capped off the 2023/24 Ontario Racing fiscal year with a total of $58,468,000 wagered […]
London, ON – January 4, 2023 — The top harness racing performers from the 2023 season at The Raceway at Western Fair District have been announced and will all be honoured during the annual Awards Night which takes place this year on Saturday, March 2nd. Trotting mare Okeeheelee (Il Sogno Dream – Phoenix Goal) was […]
London, ON – December 10, 2023 — The 4th annual Driver’s Holiday Challenge at The Raceway turned into the James MacDonald show Sunday as the two-time O’Brien Award winner captured five of the 10 races in the harness racing competition and took home the trophy for the second time in the event’s young history. MacDonald […]
London, ON – November 15, 2023 — One of the most anticipated harness racing days of the season, the 4th Annual Drivers’ Holiday Challenge in support of Toys For Tots, returns to The Raceway at Western Fair District on Sunday, December 10th with a new twist. James MacDonald and Tyler Borth, who sit one-two in Canada this […]
London, ON – September 25, 2023 — The fall harness racing season at The Raceway will kick off next Monday, October 2nd and track management wishes to advise horse people that access waivers must be completed and signed for those racing in London this season. The waivers can be found on the Raceway’s webpage (under […]
London, September 5, 2023 — The Raceway at Western Fair District is less than a month away from kicking off its fall harness racing season on Monday, October 2nd and fans of the London track will notice plenty of changes this season when racing resumes. The race day broadcast has been revamped and will feature […]
One of Canadian harness racing’s biggest events, the $150,000 Camluck Classic, is next up on the calendar. The race for aged pacers is a week away on May 26, and the event surrounding it is returning bigger and better this year. The event was canceled in 2020 and 2021, and the track is looking for […]
London, ON – May 11, 2023 – The Raceway at Western Fair District is gearing up for one of the biggest nights in Canadian harness racing on Friday, May 26. The $150,000 Camluck Classic presented by Seelster Farms, is now just over two weeks away and the race office is busy putting together this year’s […]
London, ON – April 3, 2023 — The Raceway at the Western Fair District capped off a record harness racing year for wagering this past Friday evening as horseplayers put $708,000 through the windows, contributing to a $10.7 million month – the highest in the track’s long history. It was a strong finish to the […]
London, ON – February 16, 2023 — The Western Fair Association is pleased to announce that Amy O’Toole has been named the new Manager of Equine Programming which includes the The Raceway’s day-to-day harness racing operation and supporting management of the London Classic Yearling Sale. O’Toole will be rejoining the racetrack where she first began […]
London, ON – February 14, 2023 – The second edition of the London Classic Yearling Sale (LCYS) is set to take place on October 17 & 18 at the Western Fair District Agriplex and harness racing entries are now being accepted. The first edition of the LCYS saw 186 yearlings sell for a combined total […]
Winbak Farm is excited to announce that it will be joining the London Classic Yearling Sale in 2023. “Winbak Farm is proud to be a part of the 2023 London Classic Yearling Sale and look forward to working with Greg Blanchard and his team,” said Joe Thomson, Winbak Farm Owner. “We have decided to reunite […]
London, ON, January 5, 2023 — Horse people at The Raceway will have a chance to celebrate the track’s top harness racing performers of 2022 with the return of its annual awards night on Saturday, February 25. The event will take place this year at the Top Of The Fair dining room, featuring an awards […]
London, ON, October 17, 2022 — A large crowd was on hand at the Western Fair District Agriplex on Monday (Oct. 17) for viewing day ahead of the highly-anticipated first edition of the London Classic Yearling Sale which kicks off Tuesday afternoon at 12 noon. A total of 192 harness racing yearlings are slated to […]
London, ON – August 22, 2022 — The roster is set for the first edition of the London Classic Yearling Sale (LCYS) which will take place Tuesday, October 18 and Wednesday, October 19 at the Western Fair District Agriplex. A total of 193 harness racing yearlings will be offered for sale at the London venue […]
London, Ontario – : For nearly 20 years, the Western Fair District (WFD) has been the host of the preeminent Standardbred yearling sale in Ontario. Today, WFD is pleased to announce that it will carry on the tradition of hosting this important annual industry event in the fall of 2022 with the launch of the […]
