Backstretch Bytes -11/18/03
Club Newsletter 2003
Club Notes Updated: 1/2/04
Matinee ENTRIES
Matinee RESULTS
Rules and By-Laws
Wayne Co. Track Records
Fairgrounds Map

2003 Ohio Sires Stakes Schedule
Ohio Fair Racing
Miami County Matinee Club
Racing Under Saddle

Northfield Park
Scioto Downs
Lebanon Raceway
Raceway Park

Ohio State Racing Commission

United States Trotting Assn.

Dee Hotton Stable

The Western Reserve Matinee Club was established to promote harness horse racing in north central Ohio and educate people about the great sport of harness horse racing through Matinee racing. In recent years, the Club had become a loose formation of Wayne County, Ohio racehorse people interested in the racing and training of Standardbred horses at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. The Club held fund-raisers throughout the year to contribute toward the upkeep of the racetrack and related equipment. They were a non-profit organization that relied heavily on volunteer contributions. However, with no-one willing to contribute their time or having an interest in continuing Matinee racing, the Club disbanded.

For eleven months out of the year there were approximately 17 USTA licensed trainers preparing Standardbred racehorses at the Wayne County Fairgrounds for racing at any of the four parimutuel racetracks and the many Fair Stakes racing opportunities that exist in Ohio. Among this group were Public Trainers and Private Trainers with any where from one or two horses in training to a full stable of 20 horses or more.