Tag: Northville Downs

  • Northville Downs

    NORTHVILLIANS, Northville Downs, which was renovated in 1944, has started its final abbreviated season of harness racing at this facility. Races will take place 1/18, 1/19, 1/26, 1/27, 2/2, and 2/3. For all race dates, 7 PM is the post time. This will complete 113 YEARS of organized racing on the present track. As the…

  • Derby Day

    NORTHVILLIANS, Over the past few weeks, I have touched on many of our Spring traditions, including opening day of the Farmers’ Market and the happenings of the Garden Clubs in Northville. Today, to round out Spring traditions, I am going to touch on Derby Day activities that have surrounded our historic Northville Downs over the…

  • Speed Week

    NORTHVILLIANS, Northville over the years has been the center of various racing activities including horses, motorcycles, bikes, cars, snowmobiles, go karts and even turtle races. Over the next few weeks, we will take a look at some of these activities and advancements that happened in the Ville. Today, I would like to wrap them together and…

  • Northville Downs

    NORTHVILLIANS, Let’s look at another Historic Gateway into our Community … Northville Downs. On any given evening, as you come into Northville cresting the hill on Sheldon & 7 Mile, you may see the lights and excitement of Northville Downs.  Back before 1900, the location of what is today Northville Downs was merely swampland. Early on, the…

  • Wayne County Fair

    NORTHVILLIANS, This has truly been a summer with unprecedented happenings.  Let’s take a look back at memorable traditions of summers gone by. As we approached the end of the season, the entire community used to annually engage in and celebrate the opening of the Wayne County Fair at Northville Downs, which rivaled the State Fair…