We are adding a new event this season! To help us with planning, if you have a Wiener Dog and you're interested in entering the Wiener Dog races, email femedia@forterieracetrack.ca to express interest. You will be notified when more info about the event is available. Thanks for your help!

The sun always shines after a storm.

Happy International Women's Day! We are lucky to have a ton of incredible women who work so hard to make Fort Erie Race Track such a great place! #internationalwomensday

A good read if you're looking to buy an OTTB

There are many people who take advantage of our spacious facility to walk their dogs. Just a reminder that for safety, all fur friends need to be on a leash at all times. Thanks for your cooperation.

Check out this handsome guy! Can't wait to have these beauties back at Fort Erie. Backstretch opens up on April 15.

Fort Erie Horsepeople - Stall applications are now available for the 2018 season. Please find more information on our website, through the link below.

Retired Racehorse Spotlight "I would love to share the story of one of my horses. His barn name is "Sox" and he raced under the name Imperial's Best. This photo is 6 months after he came off the track. He was doing a leadline class with my daughter who was 5 at the time. He never put a foot wrong. He is currently used for dressage and jumping and several students ride him. He has been used for a couple years in the riding program. I teach riding lessons and have several former Fort Erie horses in my program. More than half my school horses are off track thoroughbred. My students have also enjoyed great success with the new off track TB programs through the jockey club. One student is a thoroughbred incentive youth ambassador and another recently was awarded Jr TIP rider of the year. So glad you are recognizing off track TB's and how amazing they are." - Samantha McFadyen

Another great photo by Krista Carignan. Can't wait for racing to be back at the Fort!

Luis Contreras celebrating after winning the Prince of Wales Stakes aboard Cool Catomine last summer. Mark your calendars, the 83rd Prince of Wales Stakes will be Tuesday, July 24. #Wales83

Our free Handicapping Challenge returns this Saturday in the Racebook! Registration begins at 12:30, first race 2:00 pm. The competition track will be Oaklawn.

Retired Racehorse Spotlight- Super Steal “On April Fool's day of this year, it will have been 21 years to-the-day since I purchased my first horse. I had received a call from a local farrier and horse trader who knew that after years of riding school horses, I was searching for a horse of my own. I had been looking for a flashy mare with lots of chrome who was any colour BUT a chestnut, and who was four years old or younger. The horse that walked off the trailer was an 8 year-old chestnut gelding with an ewe neck. I raised a skeptical eyebrow, but there was something about his friendly, cautious nature that kept me open-minded. Here we are, 21 years later. As I look out my living room window, I see that same chestnut, the oldest of my three horses, prancing around and taunting the mares with a saucy toss of his head. Many times over the past two decades, his stubbornness has made me cry- like all those times I chased him around for hours in an attempt to catch him. But there have been an equal number of times where his antics have made me laugh out loud. As "Murray" approaches his 30th birthday, I know I'm likely counting my time left with him in terms of months instead of years. He still gallops around the pasture and rears like a colt when he's excited...but those gallops don't last as long as they used to. And, it takes a little more effort for him to get up after his daily roll in the mud/ snow/ grass. He raced at Fort Erie Race Track for most of his four-year career. He had 39 starts and won only two races and less than $11,000. As I realize my future with him is limited, I'm becoming more curious about his past, and if anyone has any photos or recollections of this awkward horse with the less-than desirable conformation, dismal race record, and a tendency to be easily offended. I know my request is a long shot, but every once in a while, a long shot brings home the prize.” – Melissa Friedman. Photo by Danique Henderson