In this week's Rewind Robert Smith recalls the 1984 Canadian Pacing Derby and its outcome at Greenwood Raceway. Always an annual fan favourite, this race added yet another chapter to its long and interesting history on that day now close to 40 years ago.
The latest edition of Rewind is the regular monthly feature 'Years Ago' and this time it's all about names, faces and happenings from the decade of the 1940's.
This week's Rewind takes readers back to 1979, as Robert Smith recalls the heavy presence of Canadian horsepeople at Batavia Downs, in Batavia, N.Y., a mere hour from the Canadian border. His reminiscence includes a few old photos, including a couple participants from that era.