Brian Tropea

COSA/OHHA Want Your Help

January 18, 2013

The Liberal Leadership Convention will take place January 25, 26, and 27 at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre (the old Maple Leaf Gardens) in Toronto. The Candidates have expressed an interest in reco...

Windsor Raceway Remembered

November 19, 2012

Horsemen, employees and fans of the now-shuttered Windsor Raceway congregated last night (Sunday, November 18) in Tecumseth at Canadian Legion Branch 594 to reflect on what was a great run at the hist...

Royal Winter Fair Rally Cancelled

November 09, 2012

Organizers behind the scheduled November 10 horsemen's rally outside of the main entrance of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair have announced that the rally has been cancelled.

Rally Planned For The Royal

November 04, 2012

Ontario’s equine industry, current casino employees, and members of agricultural and Aboriginal communities affected by the Ontario Liberal government’s decision to end the Slots-At-Racetracks program...

OHHA Responds To OMAFRA Report

November 01, 2012

On Thursday, November 1, the Ontario Harness Horse Association, the horsemen's association which represents the majority of the province's standardbred horsepeople, issued a release in response to the...

MacPhail Gives Opinion Of Panel

September 11, 2012

Former Ontario Harness Horse Association President Malcolm MacPhail has let his feelings be known in regard to the OMAFRA Transition Panel.

OHHA Contemplating Class-Action Lawsuit

Ontario Harness Horse Association General Manager Brian Tropea has gone on the record as saying that OHHA lawyers have looked into and are considering a class-action lawsuit in relation to the Ontario...

"We Don't Want To Close"

After trying to increase exposure to the product by attracting "synergy-type businesses", Hiawatha Horse Park's owner Jim Henderson is now forced back to the drawing board after being blindsided by th...

Do Liberals Understand Subsidies?

For months, the Liberal government has referred to Ontario horse racing's share of the slots-at-racetracks partnership as a "subsidy". One MPP, who is featured in the May issue of Trot Magazine, wonde...

OLG Meets With Racing

The Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA), which represents the majority of Standardbred horsepeople in Ontario, met with Mr. Paul Godfrey, Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)...

Value Of Ontario Horse Racing

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry is part of a highly competitive global market. The industry contributes 60,000 jobs, $1.1 billion to the provincial government and $2 billion in recurring expenditure...

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Windsor To Cease All Operations August 31

On Friday, May 4, officials from Windsor Raceway announced via release that they are expecting for all operations at the track to cease August 31, 2012