Woodbine: thoroughbreds
Woodbine Racetrack is a thoroughbred track. Woodbine Entertainment operates it. The track sits in Etobicoke, next to Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto. It opened on June 12, 1956, long before Casino Woodbine arrived beside it in 1999.
You can get there without a car. All day, every day, TTC bus 37A heads out from Islington Station (Line 2 Bloor-Danforth) along Rexdale Blvd. You get off at Woodbine Racetrack Loop (Main Entrance). Late at night, the 336 Finch West Blue Night runs between Finch Station and Woodbine Race Track, seven days a week.
Mohawk: harness racing all year
Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville runs Standardbred harness racing all year. First post is usually 6:30 p.m.
You will need a car or a ride. No scheduled public transit reaches the track, which sits 52.3 km from Toronto City Hall in a straight line. Elements Casino Mohawk shares the site at 9430 Guelph Line, Milton (Campbellville). It is always open, parking is free, and the phone number is 905-854-4053. Table games are open every day, 12 PM to 6 AM.
Ajax Downs and Georgian Downs
Ajax Downs runs quarter-horse racing next to Casino Ajax. Casino Ajax is 39.1 km from Toronto City Hall in a straight line. Entry is 19+, and you need a secondary photo ID as well as an original photo ID issued by government.
Farther out, Georgian Downs runs live harness racing in June, July and August. It shares a site with Gateway Casinos Innisfil, at 7485 5th Side Road, Innisfil. That casino is open 24/7 and sits 75.1 km from Toronto City Hall in a straight line.