Hanover Raceway’s fan capacity will expand to 635 this Saturday, July 17, just in time for the OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship and the first of six provincial stakes events the Grey County oval will host this summer.
Eight of Ontario’s top female drivers will compete in the first five races on the Saturday afternoon program, vying for points in the driving championship which continues on Sunday, July 18 at Dresden Raceway, and the afternoon will wrap up with a pair of $7,000 Ontario Racing Prospect Series divisions for the two-year-old pacing colts.
Natasha Day will be vying for the driving title and will also be in the race bike behind Shanghai Ky in the first Prospect Series division for trainer Scott McNiven and owners Kimberley McNiven of Putnam and Donald Douglas of Ingersoll, ON. The pair will start from Post 2 in a field that includes both winners of the July 9 season opener, Words Fail Me from Post 1 and Two Drinks Ago from Post 5.
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Publishing date: May 18, 2021 • May 18, 2021 • 3 minute read • Julie Walker from Carlisle, who is originally from Owen Sound, is part of the famed Walker family and Hanover Raceway is her home track, is one of the competitors who is scheduled to take part in the OLG Ontario Women s Driving Championship in July.
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Hanover Raceway and Dresden Raceway recently announced the OLG Ontario Women’s Driving Championship a new partnership initiative for 2021 that will see top female drivers from Ontario compete over two days.
The first day of the event will take place at Hanover Raceway on July 17, followed by races at Dresden Raceway on July 18. Each track will hold five races exclusively for the competition, with drivers earning points depending on how they place, on an 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.