Fort Erie Applies For Race Dates November 22, 2012 According to reports, the Ontario Racing Commission has received a 2013 race date application from Fort Erie Raceway.
Six Per Cent More For Racing? November 22, 2012 Leading up to what track operators have alluded to as being the final evening of live harness racing at Sudbury Downs, local Councillor Claude Berthiaume has stepped up his call for some sanity in the...
Mills Wants Liberals To Corral Godfrey November 19, 2012 "The men and women who are elected in this community should be giving direction to the unelected people who they've put in jobs to follow their public-policy direction. And, it seems to me that Paul (...
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...
Does An Election Mean No Casinos? November 18, 2012 Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod has gone on record stating that her party is committed to keeping the Slots-At-Racetracks program if they win the next election, according to a report in the Ottawa Su...
A Tale Of Two Owners November 17, 2012 The Saturday edition of the Toronto Star profiles two Ontario owners adversely affected by the government's decision to cut the slots-at-racetracks program in 2013.
$893 Million To Bingo Operators? November 14, 2012 While speaking to the Canadian Club of Toronto on Tuesday, Rod Phillips, President and CEO of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, spoke glowingly about the OLG’s Modernization plan. In doing s...
COSA On Standardbred Group Meeting November 09, 2012 The Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) issued a release Friday, Nov. 9 on the Standardbred stakeholder meetings held earlier this week regarding the OMAFRA Panel Report.
ORC Announces Measures To Determine 2013 Race Dates November 09, 2012 The Director of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) announced measures to begin the process of determining the 2013 race date schedule, and to facilitate the continuance of pari-mutuel wagering beginn...
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.
Standardbred Groups Meet November 08, 2012 On Tuesday and Thursday of this week (Nov. 6 and Nov. 8), representatives from Ontario's Standardbred horse groups held meetings to discuss a unified strategy for the standardbred industry as it perta...
Trouble At The Track November 08, 2012 In a special three-part series, Dan Nyznik of CHEX TV in Peterborough, Ont. examines the implications of the Liberal government ending the slots-at-racetracks partnership effective April 2013.
