Records and comebacks in Industry Day ‘Battles’

August 7, 2024 @ 3:24 pmNews

It was Industry Day at the Grand River Raceway in Elora on Aug. 5. In addition to a full slate of horse races, the event included free entertainment for families including Isla’s Animal Caravan petting zoo, face painting and booths from Equine Guelph and the Guelph Storm Hockey Club. Photos by Robin George
Isla Husic brought a llama, a cow, goats, rabbits, hedgehogs, ponies, a donkey, pigs, a guinea pig, chickens and chicks with her to the event on Monday. Husic, who is 11 years old, has been bringing her petting zoo, Isla’s Animal Caravan, to events for the last four years.
Xavier Breton plays ladder golf for a chance to win a Guelph Storm hockey T-shirt.
Four-year-old Annamarie Holden takes a turn at the inflatable axe-throwing during Industry Day at the Grand River Raceway on Aug. 5.
Brooks Billings looks on as his twin brother Asher Billings gets a sparkly cat painted on his arm during Industry Day at the Grand River Raceway on Aug. 5.

ELORA – Grand River Raceway celebrated its 35th annual Industry Day on  Aug. 5, welcoming guests to the reconfigured five-eighth mile track in Elora. 

The 11-race card was highlighted by finals for the $245,400 Winbak Farms Battle of Waterloo and the $175,200 Battle of the Belles companion race for two-year-old pacing fillies. 

Wicked N Single and driver James MacDonald  won The Battle of the Belles final.

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In the Winbak Farms Battle of Waterloo final, Doug McNair drove Stonebridge Wizard to the gelding’s fourth lifetime win. 

Stonebridge Wizard, a gelded son of Dancin Lou-Odds On Magic, is owned by David Kryway of Amherstburg and bred by Angie Stiller of London, Ontario. 

His Battle of Waterloo title established a new track record for two-year-old male pacers, and surpassed his own Canadian seasonal record for two-year-old pacing geldings to become fastest of all for his age and gait on a Canadian five-eighth-mile track this year. 

The total amount bet on the day was $580,074.