British Columbia Racing

The B.C. Horse Racing Industry Management Committee finalized a multi-year funding arrangement among the principal participants in the industry -- track operator Great Canadian Gaming Corp., the Thoro...

A report out of British Columbia profiling the provincial harness racing has delved into some of the issues that the local industry is currently wrestling with, although, the article also focuses on s...

On Monday, January 20, a joint update issued by the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of British Columbia (HBPA of BC) brought the provincial horse racing industry up to speed in regard...

Jackson Wittup, executive director of Harness Racing B.C. says talks between his organization and Great Canadian Gaming, operators of Fraser Downs have hit a snag and again it’s over the issue of race...

British Columbia Horse Racing Industry Management Committee Chair Doug Scott stated this week that, on an interim basis, the provincial industry will continue to use the income-sharing arrangements th...

The B.C. Horse Racing Industry Management Committee has conditionally approved in principle a 34-day schedule of standardbred racing at Fraser Downs, covering the months of January through April 2014.

On the heels of the recently released report on how to both revitalize and make BC's horse racing industry sustainable, Hastings Racecourse General Manager Raj Mutti and Great Canadian Gaming Corp. Vi...

Late Friday, the B.C. Horse Racing Industry Management Committee’s draft report recommending ways to make B.C. horse racing financially stable and sustainable was released.

On Friday, the horse racing industry received an additional allotment of funding designed to ensure the successful revitalization of the industry.

When the announcement of a planned south Surrey casino came to light this past summer in BC, local businesses loyal to Fraser Downs let it be known that they were against the expansion due to the assu...

It has been reported that on Tuesday, September 11 at the Cloverdale and District Chamber of Commerce's luncheon, Jim Lightbody, the BC Lottery Corporation's VP of casino and community gaming, told th...

As the Ontario standardbred racing industry currently faces an uphill climb for survival, the situation is dripping with irony when you consider what is now occurring in British Columbia. Canada's wes...