Ajax Downs, September 17, 2025 - SASSIES BEST streaked to victory in the annual Mayor's Cup at Ajax Downs on Wednesday, September 17, continuing a tradition that started eight years ago, which celebrates Quarter Horse racing and its place in the town of Ajax and the surrounding community.
AJAX DOWNS, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025 - The BATTLE OF THE BREEDS headlines a packed eight-race card of Quarter Horse racing this Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at Ajax Downs. The popular 'hook' race, which pits Thoroughbreds versus Quarter Horses, is a 770-yard dash around a turn and is the first race of the afternoon.
AJAX DOWNS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 - HAD TO BE FABULOUS honoured her name once again at Ajax Downs on Wednesday, September 10 when she charged to a one length win in the $59,310 Norman Picov Derby, notching her ninth consecutive victory and 12th win in her 13-race career.
Warming up your horse before riding is essential for optimizing their performance and preventing injury. A thoughtful warm-up routine improves circulation, enhances flexibility, and primes the horse’s muscles and joints for the work ahead.
Uxbridge, Ontario, August 25, 2025 – Canadian three-day event rider Holly Jacks captured top honors on August 16 in the $20,000 Grand Prix at the Ten Sixty Stables Gold Competition. Riding Josephine, her 2022 Royal Winter Fair Indoor Eventing Challenge champion, Jacks has successfully embraced the show jumping world this summer with a string of multi-talented horses.
AJAX DOWNS, SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 - PRETTY RUNAWAY seems to know when the big money is on the line as the tough, 8-year-old mare broke through for a long-awaited win in the Ontario Sires Stakes Maturity at Ajax Downs on Aug. 30.
AJAX DOWNS, AUGUST 29, 2025 - The 13th running of the ONTARIO SIRES STAKES MATURITY headlines a special Labour Day weekend Sunday at the Quarter Horse races at Ajax Downs. The $39,330 Maturity at 330 yards is race 6 on August 31, and first race post time is 12:55 p.m.
Ontario students, are you working on your stories, poems and sketches for the Youth Literary Derby and / or Youth Art Derby? Just a reminder that the deadline for these contests, presented by the Bill Galvin Racing Alliance’s (BGRA) is August. 31, 2025.
August 15 – 17, 2025, was the last J&J Reining show, we don’t know if that’s forever or just for now but either way – we need a break! We’ve learned an awful lot since we started in 2021 and have crafted and hosted nine shows. We put everything in to the shows – the planning would start each January, and we wouldn’t finish working on the show until September. We can’t thank our sponsors, volunteers, supporters, competitors, show staff enough – without them our dreams would have remained just...
GRASSIE, ON - [August 11, 2025] -Two long-standing traditions in Ontario agriculture recently came together in celebration as Jeff Due, the current Grape King proudly welcomed Taylor Legge, the reigning Ontario Queen of the Furrow to the heart of Niagara's wine country.
