From pony racing to corgi racing, music, local food and drink- the Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill is The Place To Be In October! Revamped (admission included with any valid Saturday ticket) and back this year is the Local Beer, Wine and Spirts Expo hosted by Cecil County’s own Bog Turtle Brewing and Elk River Brewing Company. Be sure to visit the event in its new location, now located between MARS VIPet and the North Aintree Grandstands! Get up close and personal to former elite, world-class horses at the Hall of Champions exhibit in the Hill Side Area! For pony racing on Saturday, make sure you get back to the main area to watch this exciting event take place on the famed Fair Hill Turf Track. More information about all our special events and activities below!
Music on the Reyka Stage
Thursday 10/19
Herb & Hanson (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
Friday 10/20
Exit 93 (12:00 – 2:15 pm)
Free Range Blue (2:45 – 5:00 pm)
Saturday 10/21
Rick Sommers (10:00 – 12:15 pm)
Kaitlyn Chrstine (12:45 – 2:45 pm)
Nate Clendenen (3:00 – 5:00 pm)
Sunday 10/22
Bob Stretch (10:00 – 12:15 pm)
Dub Glenn (12:45 – 3:00 pm)
Hall of Champions
Get up close to internationally renowned horse from around the Cecil County area! Horses will be stabled in the Hall Of Champions for the day and are accessible by the public for petting/pictures etc. There will also be a stall named “Memory Lane” where there will be memorabilia from the horse’s careers.
Friday 10/20
Twill Do
Neville Bardos
Cambalda/Ping
Sunday 10/22
Main Sequence
Bye Bye Melvin
Mighty Nice
Pony Racing
Pony Racing is being produced by US Pony Racing
Leadline Trot Races (children under the age of 7 years.)
Between CCI3* & CCI5*, approximately 12:15 PM EST
Leadline Trot races will be held on the Fair Hill Turf Track along the straightaway in front of the permanent North Aintree Grandstand
Shetland Pony Racing
Two Races
After CCI5*, approximately 4:15 PM EST (this is subject to no delays/holds on XC course.)
Fair Hill Race Track along the rails/in front of the Grandstands
The Shetland Pony Race will start from the turn on the turf just adjacent to the CCI3* and CCI5* cross country course that run across the turf track, run right along the track and finish past the finish line pole in front of the permanent North Aintree Grandstand.
The US Pony Racing Shetland Team puts on Shetland pony flat and steeplechase racing exhibitions as entertainment for large venues. Many of the ponies in these exhibitions are owned by US Pony Racing, but some are privately owned. All pony and rider combinations have been pre-screened as a duo in order to ensure the mount and rider will be safe on the course. Riders in the Shetland divisions are typically between 8 and 12 years old.