Dave Perkins

Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame 2018 Ballot Announced

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its 2018 ballot. A total of 30 horses and people comprised of 15 Standardbred and 15 Thoroughbred candidates have been selected to appear ...

MacDonald On Prime Time Sports

"We ended up striking up multiple conversations with people in Guelph and it was shocking to me how many of them loved horses and loved horse racing but had never gone to the racetrack, never owned a ...

2016 Hall Of Fame Ballot Announced

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its 2016 ballot. In this the 40th anniversary of the CHRHF, a total of 30 horses and people comprised of 15 Standardbred racing candidate...

Perkins Pens Last Toronto Star Column

August 07, 2013

Late last week, nationally-respected sports columnist Dave Perkins penned his last-ever column for the Toronto Star, titled 'This is the business for me.'

Perkins On Panel's Draft Plan

"Only a clueless politician or one of his hatchet men could recommend cutting race dates, horse population and number of tracks as a method of “growing” the betting handle, but that’s the essence of t...

Perkins Has Harsh Words For Liberals

Toronto Star sports columnist Dave Perkins recently spoke with a variety of horse racing industry members for a pair of columns on the Ontario Liberal Government's "shameful" decision to end the Slots...

Perkins: "Elected Assassins" Killing Horse Racing

February 15, 2013

"If you want to kill a sport once and for all, take a lesson from the Ontario Government. What our elected assassins have done to horse racing is the new template for sport execution."

ESPN Discusses Ontario Racing Crisis

December 28, 2012

As the clock ticks down to April 1, 2013, ongoing talk of the end of the slots-at-racetracks program and the massive impact it will have on the Ontario horse racing industry has become so commonplace ...

The End Of An Era

December 15, 2012

"What kind of industry with a board of directors scraps a hugely successful program worth $1.1 billion annually, and the industry behind it, in order to bolster the arm of the business losing $100 mil...

Perkins Calls For Racing Czar

November 02, 2012

In his most recent column, which calls for a Racing Czar and a single unified voice for Ontario horse-racing, nationally-respected sports journalist Dave Perkins has again called out the Ontario Liber...

If Perkins Were Gaming Czar

"As recent polls show, not everyone wants slot machines or casinos in their backyard. The point of putting slots into racetracks was that they were in areas already zoned for gambling, away from schoo...

'More Honesty At Tracks Than Queen’s Park'

He is a regular guest on the most listened-to sports talk presentation on Canadian airwaves. He is one of the most respected sports journalists in the nation. He's an award winning racing writer. Dave...

Perkins Names 'Beach' Canada's Best Performer

December 27, 2008

In today's Toronto Star, writer Dave Perkins places pacing powerhouse Somebeachsomewhere on top of his year-end list of Canadian sports standouts.