Don Drummond

More Municipal Support For Racing

Add the Mayor of Belleville, Neil Ellis to the long list of municipal leaders and horse racing industry participants irate and speaking out against the OLG modernization strategy

"A Resurrection Is In Order"

It hasn't quite reached the cross just yet, but if Dwight Duncan, provincial minister of finance, and Paul Godfrey, chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, continue their destructive atta...

Eaves: WEG Tracks Are "Logical Sites" For Expanded Gaming

"Our core objective through all of this is discharging our mandate, which is to maximize our financial performance so we can offer the highest-quality horse racing.

MPP Red Flags OLG Plan

NDP MPP France Gelinas has gone on the record questioning the OLG's modernized gaming strategy ending Ontario's Slots-At-Racetracks program, calling it "wrongheaded"

ORC Issues Clarification On OSS Payments

The Program Administrator of the Standardbred Ontario Sires Stakes Program wishes to clarify information currently circulating in the industry

Liberal MPP Vic Dhillon Disputes Dwight Duncan's Job Claims

"Our government understands the horse racing industry and the vital role it plays in Ontario. It's a $2-billion industry which is generating 65,000 jobs."

OHRIA, ORC Discuss Stake Payments

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) recognizes the Ontario breeding industry is the first sector of the industry negatively impacted by the cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks Pr...

Juravinski Fires Shot At Provincial Gaming

After having recently said that he would jump at the chance to operate a gaming facility in the Hamilton area if it came up for bid, former Flamboro Downs owner Charles Juravinski has backed off his s...

MPP Dunlop To Host Thursday Rally

Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop has proven himself to be a great supporter of the horse-racing industry and he has agreed to host a rally at his constituency office

Rideau Carleton Left In Limbo

Rideau Carleton Raceway Spokesman Alex Lawryk has said that officials at the Ottawa-area racetrack have been "taken aback" in light of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s announcements that they wi...

Ministry Of Finance Officials Dispute Duncan's Job Numbers

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan continues to downplay the significance of the horse racing and breeding industry in Ontario, along with the number of jobs that would be impacted by ending the Slots at ...

OLG Notifies Sudbury Of Termination

It has been reported that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. last week issued official notice to Sudbury Downs that it will be terminating the current siteholder agreement