Norm Borg

In an article published by CBC on Monday discussing the OMAFRA Panel Report on transitioning racing from the slots-at-racetracks program, Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin noted, “Often at races, y...

"We think the basis of it, which is tying the amount of purses and therefore the available number of race days to the amount of handle available - to actually the participation of the horseplayers and...

"I think there's widespread concern across the province, not just with the racing element, but with the government's so-called modernization program.

"I think the days of having a racetrack simply for racing are gone by. We have to merge and find ways of giving a real complete entertainment package - that's really a big part of this."

On Wednesday, October 10, the Province of Saskatchewan announced that, effective March 31, 2013, it will no longer be taking the 10 per cent tax it currently collects on horse-racing wagers.

With a new track and a renewed interest in harness racing, horsemen in the province of Saskatchewan are now left pondering their future after losing government support effective next year.

On Sunday night at Rideau Carleton Raceway, Canadian driving legend Herve Filion will be making a special guest appearance competing at the Ottawa-area oval. According to Filion, these will be his "la...

On the eve of his induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and days before the anticipated report from the OMAFRA panel, Charles Juravinski gives his take on the slots-at-racetracks situa...

In this edition of Trot Radio, host Norm Borg sits down with driver Dave Wall about his upcoming honour of being inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame as well as his lifelong passions i...

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

Earlier this month, prominent standardbred participants Bob and Blair Burgess started working on their own proposal on the future of Ontario's horse racing industry. That plan was submitted and presen...

On Tuesday, the result of weeks of hard work by the OHRIA Task Force will be evident with the release of the Plan For The Future of the Ontario Horse Racing and Breeding Industry.