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Ajax Downs added slots, new starting gates, a gazebo and expanded patio area, gardens and trees, a VIP room for events, and a restaurant.
2017 Special
Events at
Ajax Downs
(tentative dates)
May 7
Opening Day/Mother’s Day
June 18
Father’s Day Celebration
June 25
Caribbean Day
July 1
Canada Day
July 20
Country Day
July 23
Craft Brewery Day
August 10
Special Twilight Racing & Live Entertainment
August 20
Family Day
September & October
Farmers’ Market Mondays
In addition, following the death of Picov family patriarch Alex Picov at age 87 in 1987, three memorial races were added to the calendar:
September 18
Alex Picov Memorial Derby
October 9
Alex Picov Memorial Futurity and the Alex Picov Memorial Championship
For more information, visit www.ajaxdowns.com and www.picovs.ca.
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