CRAFT BREWERY DAY and Champion HAD TO BE IVORY this Sunday!
AJAX DOWNS, JULY 14, 2023 - Don't miss Ajax Downs' popular CRAFT BREWERY DAY this Sunday, July 16 on a special Sunday racing day.
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Future Stars: Ontario Bred Futurity Trials at Ajax Downs on July 12
AJAX DOWNS, JULY 11, 2023 - Fresh off a strong win in the $36,000 Stallion Auction Futurity on June 28, impressive 2-year-old GENERAL SKYWALKER headlines one of two Trials for the Ontario Bred Futurity at Ajax Downs on Wednesday, July 12. The final for the Ontario bred Futurity is worth $55,000-added and will be run on August 2.
Snow Moose Bulls His Way to Ontario Bred Derby Win
AJAX DOWNS, JULY 5, 2023 - SNOW MOOSE left no doubt as to who is the best 3-year-old Quarter Horse at Ajax Downs, and most likely in the country, as the grey gelding powered to a half-length win in the $56,340 Ontario Bred Derby, posting an impressive 102 speed index.
Snow Moose Looms Large in $56,340 Ontario Bred Derby at Ajax Downs July 5
AJAX DOWNS, JULY 4, 2023 - Summertime means it's Derby season in Quarter Horse racing and the first big event for 3-year-olds is this Wednesday, July 5 with the 12th running of the Ontario Bred Derby at Ajax Downs, worth $56,340. The 10 fastest qualifying times from two Trials on June 18 advanced to the final which will be run at 300-yards. The Ontario Bred Derby is race 6 of the afternoon and first race post time is 1:30 p.m.
General Skywalker Stars in Stallion Auction Futurity; Cheeko Malo Wins for Bogar
AJAX DOWNS, JUNE 28, 2023 - Two-year-old GENERAL SKYWALKER, making just his second career start, proved best in the first running of the $36,360 Stallion Auction Futurity Stakes at Ajax Downs on a warm and windy June 28 afternoon. The eighth day of the Quarter Horse meeting at Ajax Downs also featured the final of the new 'Never Better Than 79' Unclassified Maturity, which was won in a mild upset by James Bogar's CHEEKO MALO, an Ontario bred who was winning or the first time in the $ $31,320...
$36,380 Stallion Auction Futurity, $31,320 Final for 'Never Better Than 79 Speed Index' Top Big Quarter Horse Card
AJAX DOWNS, JUNE 18, 2023 - On a picture-perfect June afternoon, a huge crowd attended a special Father's Day card of Quarter Horse racing at Ajax Downs and fans were treated to some remarkable racing moments.
The Rider’s Summer Reading Recommendation
Fatal Envy is the third and final book of author Dowling’s Red Dust Trilogy featuring Australian outback romance, history, love, grief, joy and envy, focused on two families interlaced with all of the above, and addresses issues that confront racism, violence, sexual awakenings, missing persons, murder, to Indigenous Dreamtime stories.
Jockey Brian Bell Wins 5 races Including $29,880 Bonus Futurity on Crypto Train
AJAX DOWNS, JUNE 18, 2023 - On a picture-perfect June afternoon, a huge crowd attended a special Father's Day card of Quarter Horse racing at Ajax Downs and fans were treated to some remarkable racing moments.
Fabulous Father's Day Racing at Ajax Downs, June 18
AJAX DOWN, JUNE 17, 2023 - A huge, 10-race card is the centrepiece of Ajax Downs' special Father's Day Sunday afternoon on June 18. First race post time is 12:55 p.m.
On tap June 14, Bonus Futurity, Ontario Bred Derby Trials, and the Five Fillies
AJAX DOWNS, JUNE 13, 2023 - The sixth racing day of the 2023 Ajax Downs Quarter Horse season, Wednesday, June 14, is packed with stakes races and the debut of a group of excited, new women horse owners who call themselves Five Fillies Racing.