ORC Approves 2014 Fort Erie Dates May 23, 2014 Late on Friday afternoon (May 23), the Ontario Racing Commission issued a pair of releases in regard to 2014 race dates for the Fort Erie Race Track for Thoroughbreds and Ajax Downs for Quarter Horses...
Snobelen On Sudbury Impasse May 23, 2014 John Snobelen of Ontario Horse Racing has provided a brief comment regarding the status of negotiations between the province and the operators of Sudbury Downs.
Kawartha Downs To Race In 2014 May 22, 2014 After months of uncertainty regarding the future of horse racing at Kawartha Downs, owner Skip Ambrose has announced that live harness racing will take place at the Fraserville five-eighths mile track...
Jamieson Talks Ont. Racing, Politics May 22, 2014 The Toronto Sun has published a feature story on three-time O’Brien Award winning driver Jody Jamieson. In the piece, the resident of Moffat, Ont. discusses everything from the negative effects of the...
More Meadowlands Casino Talk May 21, 2014 On Tuesday, May 20, during the East Coast Gaming Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey Assemblyman Ralph Caputo described a gaming proposal by Caesars as hypocrisy in the "highest sense of the word....
Still No Deal In Sudbury May 21, 2014 Earlier this year, officials with Sudbury Downs applied for 32 dates of live racing in 2014. The first of the applied-for dates was to take place this coming Saturday (May 24). With no deal in place, ...
ORC Grants Ajax Downs 27 Race Dates May 16, 2014 On Friday, May 16, the Ontario Racing Commission announced that it has granted the operators of Ajax Downs race dates in order for the track to be able to host cards of live Quarter Horse racing in 20...
Sudbury Council Wants More Info May 14, 2014 Sudbury City Council will not decide whether a gaming expansion should be located at Sudbury Downs exclusively until council gets more information from the OLG, ORC and the track itself.
Deal Reached To Sell The Meadows May 14, 2014 It was announced today (Wednesday, May 14) that Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (GLPI) has entered into an agreement which will see it acquire The Meadows Casino and Racetrack from Cannery Casino ...
Churchill, Saratoga Casino Bid Partners May 13, 2014 It was announced on Tuesday (May 13) that Saratoga Casino and Raceway and Churchill Downs Inc. will partner in bidding for the Capital Region's commercial casino license (in New York State) to build a...
Lawsuit Filed Over MA Slots Licence May 13, 2014 It has been reported that George Carney, the owner of Raynham Park, has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in an attempt to block Penn National Gaming from getting its racino ...
Pro-Racino Motion Coming In Sudbury May 12, 2014 It is expected that at council meeting on Tuesday, May 13, Sudbury Councillor Claude Berthiaume will introduce a Notice of Motion, which calls for local casino gaming to only be conducted at Sudbury D...