Mohawk Racetrack is a harness racing

Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait . They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, although racing under saddle is also conducted in Europe.-Breeds:...

 track in Campbellville, Ontario

Campbellville, Ontario

Campbellville, Ontario, Canada is a community in the geographic township of Nassagaweya in the Town of Milton, Halton Region on the Niagara Escarpment and is a tourist destination for residents of the Greater Toronto Area...

. It is owned by the Woodbine Entertainment Group

Woodbine Entertainment Group

Woodbine Entertainment Group is responsible for operations of the casino and race track at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto. The group changed their name from the Ontario Jockey Club in 2001 and also operates/operated at other tracks in Southern Ontario:...

, formerly the Ontario Jockey Club, and is about 30 km west of the company's other racetrack, Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day...

 in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. Mohawk also has a large slot machine

Slot machine

A slot machine , informally fruit machine , the slots , poker machine or "pokies" or simply slot is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed...

 parlour, operated by OLG

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation , known for corporate branding purposes simply as OLG since 2006, is a Crown Corporation of the Government of Ontario, Canada. It is responsible for the province's lotteries, charity and Aboriginal casinos, commercial casinos, and slot machines at...

; some of the revenue from this operation is used to increase the horseracing purses.

Track Specifications

The track itself is ⅞ mile in circumference (originally ⅝ mile), and is made of crushed limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

. It can accommodate ten starters behind the gate. The homestretch is 1,095 feet long, and the far turn has a larger radius than the clubhouse turn to encourage acceleration into the homestretch. There is no hubrail.

Races

Most of the major harness racing stakes events have been moved from Woodbine to Mohawk as of 2007. These races include-

• The North America Cup
  North America Cup
  The North America Cup is an annual harness racing event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Mohawk Raceway in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada. From 1984-1993, the event was held at Greenwood Raceway and from 1994-2006, the North America Cup was held at Woodbine Entertainment...
  
  , which carries a purse of C$1,500,000 and is Canada's richest race. Mohawk hosted the event for the first time in 2007 and was won by Tell All.
• The C$1,000,000 Metro Pace, which is for 2-year old pacing colts and geldings. It is the richest harness race for 2-year olds.
• The C$1,000,000 Canadian Trotting Classic for 3-year old colt and gelding trotters
• The C$755,000 She's A Great Lady Stakes for 2-year old pacing fillies
• The C$750,000 Maple Leaf Trot for Free For All (4-year olds and older of either sex) trotters
• The C$750,000 Canadian Pacing Derby for Free For All pacers
• The C$709,100 Fan Hanover Stakes for 3-year old filly pacers
• The C$559,000 Elegantimage Stakes for 3-year old filly trotters
• The C$547,000 Oakville Stakes for 2-year old filly trotters
• The C$525,000 William Wellwood Memorial for 2-year old colt and gelding trotters.
• Mohawk has hosted the Breeders Crown
  Breeders Crown
  The Breeders Crown is an annual series of Harness races covering each of the sport's twelve traditional categories of age, gait and gender. The series was initiated by the Hambletonian Society, promoters of the Hambletonian Stakes, in 1984 to enhance the Standardbred breeding industry and to...
  
  several times in the past with the most recent edition being the 2008 older division events.