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Race Date Variance At Western Fair?

November 14, 2014

The Ontario Racing Commission has announced that officials with the Western Fair Association have requested approval for a race date variance for the race date schedule at The Raceway at Western Fair ...

Commission Rules On Creighton, Ritchie

November 14, 2014

The Ontario Racing Commission has released rulings regarding horsemen Dan Creighton and James Ritchie.

Buchanan Reappointed As Chair

November 10, 2014

Elmer Buchanan has been reappointed by the Government of Ontario as Chair of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) for a term of two (2) years, effective November 6, 2014.

Soft Launch Coming For PlayOLG.ca

November 04, 2014

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has announced that eligible members of OLG’s Winner’s Circle Rewards program will be invited to participate in a short-term, soft launch of the OLG’s new int...

Delay To Help Integrate Racing

October 31, 2014

The OLG has announced via release that the previous deadline for the RFPQ was November 6, 2014, but that applicants now have until April 30, 2015 to provide the provincial lottery corporation with RFP...

Appeals Court Finds Riesberry Guilty

October 30, 2014

The Ontario Court of Appeal released a decision this week which states that Standardbred trainer Derek Riesberry has been found guilty of fraud.

Ontario Getting $12 Million Bonus?

October 28, 2014

A letter issued by the Ontario Racing Commission on Tuesday states that the province's Standardbred racing industry is about to get a substantial infusion to its program.

Siren Required For Ontario Tracks

October 27, 2014

The board of the Ontario Racing Commission has announced that it has approved revisions and new rules directing all Standardbred racetracks to upgrade their emergency warning light systems to now incl...

Working Group Members Sought

October 24, 2014

Ontario Horse Racing, which is the Program Administrator of the Horse Improvement Program, has announced that it is seeking volunteers to participate in a Working Group.

Rideau Race Date Amendments

October 22, 2014

The Ontario Racing Commission has announced that its director has approved Rideau Carleton Raceway Holdings Ltd.’s application for 2014/2015 race date amendments for Rideau Carleton Raceway.

Report On Sudbury Due In December

October 14, 2014

Could Sudbury Downs race in 2015? The group behind resurrecting Kawartha Downs could answer that question later this year.

Commission Rules On Sasso, Adams

October 07, 2014

The Ontario Racing Commission has released its Notice of Decision regarding appeals from licencees Gabriella Sasso and Ronald Adams.