Mohawk Raceway
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Mohawk Raceway is a harness racing track in Campbellville, Ontario. It is owned by the Woodbine Entertainment Group, formerly the Ontario Jockey Club, and is about 30 km west of the company's other racetrack, Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.
Mohawk conducts the Woodbine Entertainment Group's spring and fall standardbred meets; the winter and summer meets are conducted at Woodbine.
The track itself is seven-eighths of a mile in circumference, and is made of crushed limestone. It can accommodate ten starters behind the gate. The homestretch is 1,095 feet long, and the clubhouse turn has a larger radius than the far turn to encourage acceleraion into the homestretch. There is no hubrail.
The chief racng events at Mohawk are a week of Grand Circuit stakes in the fall. Mohawk also has a large slot machine parlour; some of the revenue from this operation is used to increase the horseracing purses.