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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):
- Wednesdays at 6:30 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.

Matinee Racetrack Challenge Series 2009
(Tentative Dates)

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 travel allowance.
O’Leary Saturday, June 13– 2:00 p.m.
Pinette Wednesday, June 17– 6 p.m.
O’Leary Saturday, July 25– 2:30 p.m.
- Potato Blossom Festival
Alberton Thursday, July 30– 6:00 p.m.
- Prince County Exhibition
Alberton Saturday, August 1– 2:00 p.m.
- Prince County Exhibition
Pinette Sunday, August 2– 2 p.m.
- Kilted Pace
Tyne Valley Sunday, August 9– 1 p.m.
Pinette Wednesday, August 26– 6:00 p.m.
Kensington Sunday, August 30– 2:00 p.m.
O’Leary Saturday, September 5– 2:00 p.m.
- Children's Wish
Finals – Summerside Wednesday, September 16, 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.

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: Ed Doucette: 836-5665 or 836-3410
O’Leary: Clair Sweet: 859-2550
Pinette: Scott MacPhail: 659-2736
Tyne Valley: Paul Biggar: 831-2296


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)