Western Fair Announces Purse Decrease December 28, 2012 The Raceway at Western Fair District has announced that a purse decrease will come into effect in January of 2013.
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 ...
OHRIA To Ont. Liberal Leadership Candidates: Stand Up For Horse Racing December 27, 2012 On Thursday, December 27, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association issued a press release calling on the Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates to stand up for the provincial horse-racing in...
Racing Up Against Casino Operators? December 23, 2012 "Maybe we're being looked upon as competition that has to be eliminated for MGM or Caesar's to come in and run the type of businesses that they run."
Liberal Leadership Candidates On Safeguarding Horse Racing December 22, 2012 The future of the industry, and of the 55,000 full-time and part-time jobs that it provides primarily in rural Ontario, has been thrown into question by the McGuinty government's abrupt decision earli...
OLG Tentative Agreements With KD, WFD December 21, 2012 On Friday, December 21, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. announced that it has reached tentative lease agreements with the operators of Kawartha Downs and the Western Fair District for slots opera...
Update From Sue Leslie December 21, 2012 OHRIA President Sue Leslie was interviewed on The Motts today (December 21, 2012) to give an update on the horse racing and breeding industry’s ongoing challenges with the government regarding the ind...
OHRIA Applauds Ontario NDP Support December 19, 2012 The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association expressed in a news release on Thursday afternoon that it is applauding NDP MPP Taras Natyshak for taking a strong stand on behalf of his party to express...
Natyshak: Keep Slots-At-Racetracks Program Until At Least 2014 December 18, 2012 In a multi-pronged release, Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Taras Natyshak (Essex) has called on the Ontario Liberal Government to hold off on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s gaming modernizat...
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...
System Fencing Feeling The Pinch December 12, 2012 Even though the slots-at-racetracks program is still a few months from coming to an end, tons of Ontario breeders, horsepeople and related businesses have already been decimated --- just ask Dwayne an...
OHRIA Applauds Ontario PC's Gaming Industry Consultations December 11, 2012 On Tuesday, December 11, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association announced that it supports the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party's push to incorporate the provincial horse racing and breed...
