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May 20, 2010

Optimism in bloom on Opening Day at Mohawk

By Dave Briggs

  

The latest installment from my weekly Guelph Mercury column…
 
The best harness racing in the world returns to the region starting tonight when the summer meet opens at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville.
 
It’s harness racing’s version of baseball’s Opening Day for local horsepeople, who prefer Mohawk to its sister plant, Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.
 
The return to Campbellville for the 108-day meet comes with a sliver of good betting news, too, from an industry in general decline. Betting trends are up, said Jamie Martin, the Woodbine Entertainment Group’s executive vice-president of racing.
 
Click on the words “Guelph Mercury” to read the article in its entirety.
 
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