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...
Top News Stories Of 2012: 25-1 December 25, 2012 The Standardbred Canada website and Trot Insider present the annual Christmas tradition of listing the top 50 news stories of the year.
Top News Stories Of 2012: 50-26 December 24, 2012 The Standardbred Canada website and Trot Insider present the annual Christmas tradition of listing the top 50 news stories of the year.
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."
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.