Ontario Racing

Does An Election Mean No Casinos?

November 18, 2012

Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod has gone on record stating that her party is committed to keeping the Slots-At-Racetracks program if they win the next election, according to a report in the Ottawa Su...

A Tale Of Two Owners

November 17, 2012

The Saturday edition of the Toronto Star profiles two Ontario owners adversely affected by the government's decision to cut the slots-at-racetracks program in 2013.

$893 Million To Bingo Operators?

November 14, 2012

While speaking to the Canadian Club of Toronto on Tuesday, Rod Phillips, President and CEO of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, spoke glowingly about the OLG’s Modernization plan. In doing s...

COSA On Standardbred Group Meeting

November 09, 2012

The Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) issued a release Friday, Nov. 9 on the Standardbred stakeholder meetings held earlier this week regarding the OMAFRA Panel Report.

ORC Announces Measures To Determine 2013 Race Dates

November 09, 2012

The Director of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) announced measures to begin the process of determining the 2013 race date schedule, and to facilitate the continuance of pari-mutuel wagering beginn...

Royal Winter Fair Rally Cancelled

November 09, 2012

Organizers behind the scheduled November 10 horsemen's rally outside of the main entrance of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair have announced that the rally has been cancelled.

Standardbred Groups Meet

November 08, 2012

On Tuesday and Thursday of this week (Nov. 6 and Nov. 8), representatives from Ontario's Standardbred horse groups held meetings to discuss a unified strategy for the standardbred industry as it perta...

Trouble At The Track

November 08, 2012

In a special three-part series, Dan Nyznik of CHEX TV in Peterborough, Ont. examines the implications of the Liberal government ending the slots-at-racetracks partnership effective April 2013.

McNiven On OMAFRA-OSS Statement

November 08, 2012

Things are looking up in Ontario for the first time in a long time, as a government-appointed panel announced the continuation of the sire stakes program at current levels.

Pro-WEG Motion In Etobicoke Council

November 07, 2012

Representatives from the Woodbine Entertainment Group have not been resting on their laurels since addressing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's Executive Committee on Monday.

Innisfil Mayor Fully Backing Georgian

November 07, 2012

"I'm confident Georgian Downs is one of the best located sites (for a casino) anywhere other than a metropolitan Toronto area. It's not in a residential zone, it's an easy access (site) that doesn't i...

Panel: OSS Purses Maintained

November 06, 2012

The three member OMAFRA panel, charged with the transition of horse racing in Ontario, issued a statement on Nov. 6 revealing their expectations regarding the purse structure of the Ontario Sires Stak...