Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association

Ontario Budget Bill Passes

Bill 55, the budget bill of the minority Ontario Liberal Government, passed Wednesday, June 20 by a vote of 52-35 in the provincial legislature on Queen's Park.

OHRIA: Tell Them How You Feel

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association is encouraging members of the province's horse racing to send feedback to the panel assigned to shape the future of racing.

2012 Ontario Budget To Pass

Reports from a Queen's Park press conference indicate that after two days of committee meetings Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan will return the Ontario Budget "relatively intact" to Premier Dalton M...

Former Urban Liberal MP Standing Up For Racing

Dennis Mills, a former Liberal MP (Toronto-Danforth), is launching a campaign in support of Ontario's horse-racing industry. Roughly 100 billboards will be popping up around Toronto in protest of the ...

Horwath, NDP Soften Stance On Ontario Budget

According to a report, Ontario's New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath has announced that she will cease her party's attempt to make widespread changes to the Ontario Liberal Party's budget.

McCallion Ambivalent On Mississauga Casino?

According to multiple reports, it appears as though Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has turned rather ambivalent regarding the possibility of casino expansion within the city's borders.

OLG, Liberals Will Get Less Money From Bingo Than Racing

After being extremely vague about the revenue distribution structure for Ontario's bingo halls, the Ontario Liberal Government, via the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., has announced what the revenue...

Reddam Sounds Off On Windsor Raceway, Ontario Liberals

Whenever thoroughbred racehorse owner J. Paul Reddam has a live runner in a high-end stakes event, the harness racing industry scrambles to acknowledge that he has also owned standardbred horses.

RCR Elaborates: Live Racing To Be Conditional

Rideau Carleton Raceway Spokesman Alex Lawryk has gone on the record as saying that the Ottawa area track's intention to continue hosting live racing beyond March 31, 2013 is, in fact, conditional.

Report: Rideau Vows To Keep Racing

According to a report by CTV, Rideau Carleton Raceway does not have plans to close its doors once the slots-at-racetracks program ends March 31, 2013.

Transition Panel Member: Downsizing Horse Racing Is Inevitable

Comments from one of the three members named to help transition horse racing away from its revenue sharing agreement with the Ontario government indicate a clear movement to downsize the industry that...

Slots-At-Racetracks: OLG's Strongest Performer This Decade

In an effort to pass the 2012 Ontario Budget (Bill 55) the Liberal minority government struck a deal with the opposition parties to push the budget past second reading. The opposition parties negotia...