Sunday racing returns to Truro Raceway

Truro Raceway officials have confirmed that effective Sunday, Oct. 14, live racing cards will be held on Sundays until Dec. 16 with a 12:15 post time.

Qualifiers are scheduled for 11 a.m. on Sundays.

Maritime Breeders Eliminations The tradition continues at Truro Raceway this weekend, featuring a jam-packed card of harness racing on Sunday afternoon.

The Maritime Breeders Eliminations will attract an array of the finest two-year-old pacing colts and fillies lining up in several divisions of this prestigious fall stake.

Known originally as the Rothman Stakes, renamed the Dairy Queen Futurity, this event evolved into the Maritime Breeders Stake in the early 1980s.

Draw day for Sunday is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 11.

Fresh stock

With the 2018 Atlantic Classic Yearling Sale in the books, several of Truro Raceway’s regular connections have added to their stables with yearling stock:

Proven By A Lady, Ima Looker Too – Robert Samarah, Halifax

Red Dirt Mr. Social – George Rennison, Truro

Woodmere Rollily – Paul Langille, Truro

Tequila In Paradise, Anne With An E, It Took A Village and Howmac Dunkirk – Stephen Morton, Windsor

A Fishermans Son – Chucky Symes, Springhill

J J Tammy – Gordon Mccabe, Truro

Terrible Ted – Trish & Todd Hardy, Bill Turner and Mac Isnor, Windsor

Fern Hill Encore – Cecil Mccal- lum, Truro

Rollem N Throwem – David Kennedy, Ian Smith, William Shearer, Charles Piper Jr. and Robert “Sonny” Siteman

Zero Stress Edie – Joe Baxter, Windsor

Windemere Lindsay, Elm Grove Oakley, Dusty Lane Manney – W. Allan Mcneil, Windsor

Woodmere Rollnpop – Morah Kerr and Phonsie Maceachen, Truro & Cape Breton

Fern Hill Ember – Carrie Saunders, Truro

50-50 winner

Oct. 8 – Scott Daniels, Amherst ($256)

Top of the Turn Diner

October specials

Oct. 14 – Roast pork dinner Oct. 21 – Roast beef dinner Oct. 28 – Hot hamburg sandwich *Each special $15.95 including tea/coffee and dessert

October live racing events at

Truro Raceway

Sunday, Oct. 14 – Maritime Breeders Eliminations – two-yearold pacing colts and fillies, posttime 12:15 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 21, Maritime Breeders final – two-year-old pacing colts and fillies and Nova Scotia Stake Series for three-year-old pacing colts, post-time, 12:15 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 28 – Post-time 12:15 p.m.