The Oldest Harness Racing Tracks

44 tracks qualify, ranked by opening year. No. 1 is Truro Raceway in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia (opened 1865).

  1. 1HarnessTruro Raceway — Donnie and George Turner Memorial (Bible Hill, Nova Scotia)opened 1865
  2. 2HarnessThe Red Mile — Kentucky Futurity (Lexington, Kentucky)opened 1875
  3. 3HarnessHollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway Bangor — Harness racing (Bangor, Maine)opened 1883
  4. 4HarnessRed Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park — Gold Cup and Saucer (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island)opened 1889
  5. 5ThoroughbredHawthorne Race Course — Illinois Derby (Stickney, Illinois)opened 1891
  6. 6HarnessNorthside Downs — Atlantic Sires Stakes (North Sydney, Nova Scotia)opened 1898
  7. 7HarnessYonkers Raceway — Messenger Stakes (Yonkers, New York)opened 1899
  8. 8HarnessInverness Raceway — Inverness Invitational (Inverness, Nova Scotia)opened 1926
  9. 9HarnessBatavia Downs — Robert J. Kane Memorial Pace (Batavia, New York)opened 1940
  10. 10HarnessSaratoga Casino Hotel (Saratoga Harness) — Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace (Saratoga Springs, New York)opened 1941
  11. 11HarnessBuffalo Raceway — Harness racing (Hamburg, New York)opened 1942
  12. 12HarnessDelaware County Fairgrounds (Little Brown Jug) — Little Brown Jug (Delaware, Ohio)opened 1946
  13. 13HarnessDu Quoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack — Illinois Colt Stakes (Du Quoin, Illinois)opened 1946
  14. 14HarnessOcean Downs — Maryland Sire Stakes (Berlin, Maryland)opened 1949
  15. 15HarnessRosecroft Raceway — Maryland Sire Stakes (Fort Washington, Maryland)opened 1949
  16. 16HarnessVernon Downs — Harness racing (Vernon, New York)opened 1953
  17. 17HarnessNorthfield Park Racino — Battle of Lake Erie (Northfield, Ohio)opened 1957
  18. 18HarnessMonticello Raceway — Harness racing (Monticello, New York)opened 1958
  19. 19HarnessEldorado Gaming Scioto Downs — Harness racing (Columbus, Ohio)opened 1959
  20. 20HarnessThe Raceway at Western Fair District — Camluck Classic (London, Ontario)opened 1961
  21. 21HarnessHollywood Casino at The Meadows — Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids (Washington, Pennsylvania)opened 1963
  22. 22HarnessWoodbine Mohawk Park — North America Cup (Campbellville, Ontario)opened 1963
  23. 23HarnessHanover Raceway — Dream of Glory (Hanover, Ontario)opened 1964
  24. 24HarnessMohegan Pennsylvania (Pocono Downs) — Harness racing (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)opened 1965
  25. 25HarnessBally's Dover — Harness racing (Dover, Delaware)opened 1969
  26. 26HarnessClinton Raceway — Legends Day (Clinton, Ontario)opened 1970
  27. 27HarnessKawartha Downs — Harness racing (Fraserville, Ontario)opened 1972
  28. 28HarnessMeadowlands Racing & Entertainment — Hambletonian (harness) (East Rutherford, New Jersey)opened 1976
  29. 29HarnessTioga Downs — Harness racing (Nichols, New York)opened 1976
  30. 30HarnessHiawatha Horse Park — Harness racing (Sarnia, Ontario)opened 1988
  31. 31HarnessHarrah's Hoosier Park — Dan Patch Stakes (Anderson, Indiana)opened 1994
  32. 32HarnessPlainridge Park Casino — Harness racing (Plainville, Massachusetts)opened 1999
  33. 33HarnessGeorgian Downs — Harness racing (Innisfil, Ontario)opened 2001
  34. 34HarnessGrand River Raceway — Battle of Waterloo (Elora, Ontario)opened 2004
  35. 35HarnessHarrah's Philadelphia — Harness racing (Chester, Pennsylvania)opened 2006
  36. 36HarnessRunning Aces Casino, Hotel & Racetrack — Minnesota Night of Champions (Columbus, Minnesota)opened 2008
  37. 37HarnessHollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway — Dayton Pacing Derby (Dayton, Ohio)opened 2014
  38. 38HarnessMiami Valley Raceway — Harness racing (Lebanon, Ohio)opened 2014
  39. 39ThoroughbredCentury Downs Racetrack and Casino — Thoroughbred racing (Balzac, Alberta)opened 2015
  40. 40HarnessShenandoah Downs — Harness racing (Woodstock, Virginia)opened 2016
  41. 41ThoroughbredCentury Mile Racetrack and Casino — Canadian Derby (Leduc County, Alberta)opened 2019
  42. 42HarnessOak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel — Harness racing (Oak Grove, Kentucky)opened 2019
  43. 43HarnessCumberland Run — Kentucky Sires Stakes (Corbin, Kentucky)opened 2023
  44. 44HarnessThe Loop at Red River Exhibition Park — Harness racing (Winnipeg, Manitoba)opened 2023