Ontario Racing

OHRIA Reacts To Ontario Budget

Late Tuesday the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association issued the following update in the wake of Ontario's 2012 budget, in which Finance Minister Dwight Duncan outlined plans to modernize the Ont...

Bus Available For Kitchener Rally

Grand River Raceway has organized bus transportation for the rally at the office of Liberal MPP John Milloy on Friday, March 30 at 1:00 p.m.

Mid-Card Protest At Rideau Carleton

On Sunday, March 25 at Rideau Carleton Raceway, horsepeople took to the track between races to protest the inexplicable and devastating decision by the Ontario Liberal Government to cut the provincial...

Liberal MPPs To Be Targeted In Home Ridings Friday

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association has released details regarding the Friday, March 30 rallies in the home ridings of Liberal MPPs

Large Turnout At Queen's Park Rally

On Monday, March 26, members and supporters of Ontario's horse-racing industry showed up at Queen's Park en masse to protest the Ontario Liberal Government's decision to close slot parlours at a numbe...

Listen To Ontarians On Slots At Racetracks Program: OHRIA Urges McGuinty

"It is clear Ontarians support the existing OLG Slots-at-Racetracks Program. On the eve of the provincial budget, we are asking the government to commit to honouring the existing contracts through 201...

MacDonald To Speak On Radio Show

Driver Anthony MacDonald will be a guest on the John Moore Show tomorrow morning at 7:17 a.m. on News Talk CFRB 1010

OFA Urges Members To Attend Rally

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has circulated the following announcement about the Rally set for Queen’s Park in Toronto on Monday, March 26

Vehicle Magnets Available To Support Racing

The Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario (QROOI) have had vehicle magnets made with messages of support to save the Slots at Racetracks program

Heartbeat Of Ontario Horse Racing: Meet Anthony and Jason

"Between training horses in the morning and driving horses at night, some days are very long and very taxing. But like most people, the happiness of providing for my family and the smile on my daughte...

Horsemen To Walk In Protest At RCR

The National Capital Region Harness Horse Association has announced that all horsemen participating on Rideau Carleton Raceway's Sunday, March 25 program will walk the track to the grandstand between ...

Overwhelming Public Support For Slots At Racetracks Program

Fully three quarters of Ontarians say they approve of the 'Slots at the Racetrack' program (74%), and two-thirds approve of the specific terms of the deal OLG currently has with Ontario's horse racing...