Trot Radio's Ont. Racing Year In Review December 23, 2012 Today's episode of Trot Radio looks back at 2012, a year that for those in Ontario's horse racing industry meant a year of questions, frustration and uncertainty.
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...
Windsong Espoir On The Move December 21, 2012 Windsong Espoir, 2,1:55 3/5 ($763,230) winner of the O’Brien Award as Canada’s top two-year-old trotting colt in 2007, is moving residences for the 2013 breeding season.
Purses To Be Released For Track Push? December 20, 2012 More information has come out regarding the push to race more at Leamington Raceway in the next couple of years in order to potentially build a new track in the Greater Windsor Area.
Moreau On O’Brien Nomination December 20, 2012 Richard Moreau is more comfortable in a paddock than in a tuxedo, but for the O’Brien Awards, he won’t mind getting out of his comfort zone.
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...
Mitchell: Racing Has To Adjust Its Business Model December 19, 2012 In a report discussing the future of the Ontario horse-racing industry, Western Fair District chief executive Hugh Mitchell has gone on the record as reiterating that he believes it is best for the pr...
New 5/8 Track For Windsor? December 19, 2012 With horsemen in the Windsor area dealing with the shutdown of Windsor Raceway, reports indicate plans for a new racetrack to be built in Essex county.
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...
Strong Push To Save Fort Erie December 18, 2012 It has been reported that officials with the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium are in discussion with "about" three potential investors that are considering operating the thoroughbred track if racing i...
