BlackburnNews.com file photo of horse racing at Leamington Fairgrounds. (Photo by Ricardo Veneza)BlackburnNews.com file photo of horse racing at Leamington Fairgrounds. (Photo by Ricardo Veneza)
Sarnia

Horse Races Get Underway

Hiawatha Horse Park in Sarnia hosts the Ontario Sire Stakes Saturday evening. Four divisions of three-year-old trotting colts will compete. Sophomore gelding El Diablo Hall will race in the second $18,000 division. The colt is co-owned by Oil Springs native Dale Hunter and Rock Podolinsky of Alvinston. The event begins at 7pm at Hiawatha on the Golden Mile.

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