Hugh Mitchell

The Western Fair District is the most recent racetrack operator to issue a statement regarding the OMAFRA Panel's report on transitioning the Ontario horse-racing industry from the slots-at-racetracks...

The Western Fair District would like to take this opportunity to express its support and congratulations to the members of the board of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association for their plan for

"Right now we're in the 12th round and we're on one knee. We as an industry, hopefully, have matured to the point where we will accept change."

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association has announced that it has created a task force which is aiming at dialogue with the Ontario Government. The task force has retained former Ontario Racing ...

It has been reported that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has designated both London and Chatham as desired 'gaming zones' under its controversial new approach to gaming modernization

On Friday, February 24, Western Fair District President and CEO Hugh Mitchell issued an open letter to the Ontario horse-racing industry in which he called for all of the province's racing factions to...

While the provincial Liberal Government is publicly discussing scrapping the economic workhorse which is Ontario's slots-at-racetracks program, Grand River Raceway GM Dr. Ted Clarke and Western Fair D...

In advance of the Ontario Government's unveiling of the Drummond Report, politicians and officials in the province's horse-racing industry have not waited to voice their utter confusion regarding how ...

With harness racing looking for different models to survive, some in the industry are in favour of a model that pools purses then doles them out in a tiered-track

Jack Davis, chair of the Board of Governors, Western Fair Association, announced today the appointment of Hugh Mitchell as chief executive officer of