On August 15, 2025, Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE) — which operates Elements Casino and Fraser Downs on Surrey’s Cloverdale Fairgrounds — announced the immediate closure of the Fraser Downs racetrack, including the backstretch and stabling facilities. The casino grandstand, which houses the Great Canadian-operated Elements Casino Surrey, remains open. This decision stemmed from a notice by the City of Surrey, which exercised its lease recapture rights to terminate the lease covering the racetrack portion of the site.

The Youth Literary Derby and Youth Art Derby are horse-themed contests designed to engage Ontario-resident students in Grades 3 through 8 (for Literary) and 3 through 12 (for Art) with separate divisions for juniors, intermediates, and seniors. The contests are projects of the non-profit Bill Galvin Racing Alliance (BGRA) with support from many sponsors including Equine Guelph (University of Guelph).

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