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Fast Horses, 10th Annual Family Fun Day Set Sunday at Ajax Downs
Ajax Champion 2-year-old of 2018 Spy For The Senate returns to Ajax Downs Sunday.

© Courtesy Milena Kwiecien
Fast Horses, 10th Annual Family Fun Day Set Sunday at Ajax Downs

AJAX, ONT—AUGUST 15, 2019—Nothing says summer like Family Fun Day at the track!

This Sunday, August 18 is the 10th year of Ajax Downs' Family Fun Day, with proceeds going to the Ajax Pickering Hospital and each year the event grows in popularity.

Festivities begin at 10 with the first 1,000 kid receiving loot bags. Kids can try the track in races out of the starting gate plus there will be face painting, live entertainment, cotton candy and popcorn, zoo animals, meet the track ponies and more!

Ajax Downs will host their 10th annual Family Fun Day on Sunday. © Ajax Downs
Quarter Horse Racing begins at 12:55 pm (EDT) and the eight-race card is highlighted by race 3 in which several entrants are getting ready for the upcoming Picov Derby.

Spy For The Senate, last year's high point 2-year-old returns home after an American campaign and he finished second in the $78,000 Canterbury Quarter Horse Derby in his most recent start.

Come out to one of the biggest event days on the Ajax Downs calendar for fun with the family and learn about the great sport of Quarter Horse Racing!

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