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Blowe Joining OLG

The Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium has announced that Elissa Blowe is leaving FELRC to assume an important, new role as ‘Manager of Product Development and Marketing – Horse Racing’ for the Ontario ...

Longer Deal For Ontario Racing?

February 25, 2016

The 2016 Ontario Budget released on Thursday (February 25) by Finance Minister Charles Sousa would give the province's horse racing industry two more years of government partnership and support.

Florida Closer To Decoupling

February 10, 2016

Reports from Florida indicate that the state's laws requiring racetracks to conduct live racing in order to host expanded gaming are still alive, but the legislation enabling decoupling took a step fo...

London Hosts First Info Session

February 09, 2016

The first of two information sessions hosted by the new Ontario Racing Association (ORA) was held on Tuesday afternoon at Western Fair in London.

Positive Step For NJ Expansion

February 09, 2016

There was a positive development earlier this week in New Jersey in regard to the push to get the expanded gaming question onto the November ballot.

FL Horsepeople To Address Politicians

February 09, 2016

United Florida Horsemen officials will be on hand in Tallahassee Tuesday (Feb. 9) to represent racehorse owners, trainers and breeders at two legislative committees scheduled to take up gambling-relat...

Marketing To The ‘Millennials’

February 08, 2016

The ‘millennials’ just aren’t flocking to casinos in the same manner that their parents and parents' parents did. That is hurting the casinos’ bottom line. That being said, decision makers at the gami...

Meeting Attendance Encouraged

February 05, 2016

Via release, the four horsepeople behind a polarizing proposal for the Ontario horse racing industry have stated that they are cautiously optimistic about upcoming information sessions that have been ...

Florida Horsepeople Reiterate Stance

February 04, 2016

In the wake of news today that the Florida House Regulatory Affairs Committee would be drafting a bill for ‘partial decoupling,’ Florida's racehorse owners, trainers and breeders vehemently restated t...

Another Positive Step For Tioga

February 03, 2016

Last week the New York Gaming Facility Location Board met and formally approved its October, 2015 decision to support casino expansion at Tioga Downs.

Ont. S-Bred Info Session Details

February 02, 2016

The Ontario Racing Association (ORA) will be hosting informal information sessions with Standardbred horsepeople at Western Fair District on Tuesday, February 9, and at Mohawk Racetrack on Wednesday, ...

Racing Post For Casino Lobbying Exec

February 02, 2016

It has been announced that a 13-year CEO of a casino lobbying organization recently stepped away from his post and has become the new executive director of a major horse racing commission.