April 23, 2007
Fort Erie Race Track Live Racing Season Opens May 5

FORT ERIE, April 23...Opening day at one of North America’s oldest racing venues is just around the corner.

Historic Fort Erie Race Track will kick off it’s 110th season of live racing Saturday May 5. Post time for the first race is 1:05pm.

The 2007 racing season will offer less live racing days and the schedule will be dissimilar to previous years.

The first noticeable change to racing schedule is the number of live days. There will be 84 days of live racing this year compared to 104 in 2006.

With the exception of opening day, there will be no weekend racing in May. The track will offer live racing on Monday and Tuesdays only.

Sunday racing will be added in June and during July and August the track will be open four days a week, Saturday through Tuesday.

The final two months of the season, September and October, racing will be conducted three days a week, Sunday through Tuesday with one exception, the addition of live racing on Breeders’ Cup day, Saturday October 27.

The 72nd. Running of the Prince of Wales Stakes is Sunday, July 15.

Post time each day is 1:05pm.

Daryl Wells
Media and Communications 1-800-295-3770 ext. 3204
e-mail: dwells@forterieracetrack.ca