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Pinette Raceway Inc:
- Races every Wednesday night at 6 p.m., all summer long, weather
permitting.
O’Leary (West Prince Horsemen’s Club
Matinee):
- Saturdays at 2 p.m. – 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 902-894-6511 or 902-569-1682.
Matinee
Racetrack Challenge Series 2008
(Tentative Dates)
| O’Leary |
Saturday, June 14– 2:00 p.m. |
| Pinette
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Wednesday,
June 18– 6 p.m. |
| O’Leary |
Saturday,
July 26– 2:30 p.m.
- Potato Blossom Festival |
| Alberton
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Thursday,
July 31– 6:00 p.m.
- Prince County Exhibition |
| Alberton |
Saturday,
August 2– 2:00 p.m.
- Prince County Exhibition |
| Tyne
Valley |
Sunday,
August 3– 1 p.m. |
| Pinette
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Sunday,
August 3– 2 p.m.
- Kilted Pace |
| Kensington
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Sunday,
August 24– 2:00 p.m.
- Harvest Festival |
| Pinette
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Wednesday,
August 27– 6:00 p.m. |
| O’Leary |
Saturday,
September 6– 2:00 p.m.
- Children's Wish |
| Finals
– Summerside |
Wednesday,
September 17, 7:00 p.m. |
The P.E.I Department
of Agriculture, through the office of the Matinee Racetrack Development
Project, will provide transport assistance of $70 (seventy) per
horse to P.E.I. horsemen who truck 30 kilometres or more one way
to participate on these dates and $100 travel assistance for horsemen
who truck over 100 kilometres to or from Pinette or St. Peters.
Each sanctioned race in 2008 will include youth (under 18) races
with points awarded.
Horses that 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 a purse,
cooler and Championship trophy.
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:
Roy Lewis: 853-2212
Kensington: Don Thompson: 439-5060
O’Leary: Clair Sweet: 859-2550
Pinette: Scott MacPhail: 659-2736
Tyne Valley: Paul Biggar: 831-2296
Any young drivers wishing to accumulate points towards their Drivers
Licence must call the MRDP at the number below at least three days
in advance in order to schedule the presence of an MPHRC judge at
a Challenge Series Race.
Matinee Racetrack Development Project
420 University Avenue, Suite 113
Charlottetown PE C1A 7Z5
Canada
902-894-6511
Fax: 902-894-6514
Email us: susan.mrdp@pei.aibn.com
The Matinee Racetrack Development Project is
funded by the Canada/Prince Edward Island Labour Market Development
Agreement. (www.lmda.pe.ca)
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