Race Dates

Matinee Racetracks of Prince Edward Island

Pinette Raceway Inc: Races every Sunday at 1:30 p.m., all summer long, weather permitting.
O’Leary (West Prince Horsemen’s Club Matinee): Wednesdays at 6:30 – check contact for definite dates.
If overnight accommodation is required, please go to our “links” for the local B & Bs and hotel/motels. If horse accommodation is required, please contact the Matinee Racetrack Development Project at  the contact number below.

Matinee Racetrack Challenge Series 2011
PLEASE NOTE AN IMPORTANT CHANGE: All horses for any Challenge Series race MUST be entered by 8 p.m. TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE. Horses not entered will not race and will not receive points or allowance.
2011 Race Dates

May 21 Alberton 2 p.m.
June 11 O’Leary 1 p.m.
June 19 Pinette 1:30 p.m.
July 9 O’Leary 1 p.m.
July 23 O’Leary 2:30 p.m. Potato Festival
July 30 Alberton 2 p.m. Prince County Exhibiton
August 7 Pinette 1:30 Kilted Pace
August 7 Tyne Valley 12 Noon Oyster Festival
August 21 Pinette 1:30
August 28 Kensington 2 p.m.
September 10 O’Leary 1 p.m. Childrens Wish
September 21 Summerside Finals

The P.E.I Department of Agriculture, through the office of the Matinee Racetrack Development Project, will provide an incentive of $25 per horse per participant at each Challenge Series Race and $50 for each participant travelling more than 50 km. (One way)
Horses who participate in races on these dates will earn points towards finals at Summerside Raceway. The top eighteen point earners (six per division) will race in the finals for $70, a cooler and the Championship trophy presented to the winner of one division on an annual rotating basis for each of the three divisions. A fourth and separate division will be made up of one horse from each track and two or three “wild cards” taken from the top class of each challenge series meet.
To be eligible to race in the finals, a horse must have competed in at least 3 of the above events, at a minimum of two different tracks. Drivers of horses in the Final must have participated in no more than five (5) pari-mutuel starts to be eligible.

Please contact the following, regarding conditions and entries:
Alberton Joey Campbell 831-2380.
Kensington Ed Doucette 836-5665 or 836-3410
O’Leary Clair Sweet: 859-2221
Pinette 659-2700
Tyne Valley Paul Biggar: 831-2296

Matinee Racetrack Development Project
420 University Avenue, Suite 201
Charlottetown, PE C1A