Ajax Downs
Ajax Downs is a Quarter Horse race track located in Ajax, Ontario, a suburb east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1969 as "Picov Downs" the name was changed in 2006 with the establishment of a new slot-machine gaming facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ajax Public Library and Ajax GO Station.
Ajax Public Library
Library
Ajax Public Library is a public library system in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. Ajax Public Library is situated 2½ km southwest of Ajax Downs.
Ajax GO Station
Railway station
Photo: PascalHD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ajax GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Lakeshore East line and on the Oshawa/Finch Express bus route. Ajax GO Station is situated 4 km southwest of Ajax Downs.
J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate
School
J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate is a secondary school in Ajax, Ontario, Canada. J. Clarke Richardson is run under the Durham District School Board. Richardson offers a wide range of academic and co-curricular activities for students, such as the enriched specialist high skills major program, laptop program and other activities that aid student success. J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate is situated 2½ km northwest of Ajax Downs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ajax and Whitby.
Ajax
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY 4.0.
Ajax is a town in Durham Region, midway between Oshawa and Toronto. Split from Pickering Township in 1941 to house munitions factory Defence Industries Limited, it is now a growing Greater Toronto Area suburb with nearly 127,000 people.
Whitby
Photo: The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca.
Whitby, a suburb directly west of Oshawa, is in the heart of the Durham region, 48 km east of Toronto, in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. It has a population of 140,000 people.
Kinsale
Hamlet
Pickering is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily British colonists. Kinsale is situated 8 km north of Ajax Downs.
Ajax Downs
- Type: Horse racing
- Categories: horse racing venue, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Durham, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.8698° or 43° 52′ 11″ northLongitude
-79.00358° or 79° 0′ 13″ westOpen location code
87M2VX9W+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 710408619OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundOpenStreetMap feature
sport=horse_racingWikidata ID
Q18167789
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