Lakeshore Raceway Meetings Continue March 16, 2013 The Lakeshore Horse Raceway group will be making a presentation regarding their new not-for-profit racetrack proposal to the City Of Windsor Council on Monday, March 18.
McNaughton Sends Open Letter To Wynne March 15, 2013 “May I remind you that delaying the announcement of racing dates affects over 55,000 jobs across Ontario? Having already disrupted the 2012 breeding season by the cancellation of the government’s agre...
Natyshak To Introduce Motion; OHRIA Responds March 15, 2013 “Vocal casino opponents in Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston, and elsewhere are seeing their voices drowned out by wealthy corporate casino lobbyists. Families and businesses involved in horse racing are wi...
Rally Held At Kawartha Downs March 14, 2013 Members from the horse racing industry along with a Peterborough group No Casino In The City united for a rally at Kawartha Downs on Thursday afternoon to lobby to keep racing and the slots in Cavan-M...
ORC Defers Implementation Of Multi-Breed Licensing Program March 14, 2013 In view of industry feedback and technical challenges associated with introducing its new licensing form, the Ontario Racing Commission has announced that it has deferred implementation of its pilot p
ORC Notice Regarding EHV-1 March 14, 2013 The Ontario Racing Commission has been made aware of a case of Equine Herpes Virus 1 in a horse at Santa Anita Park. There have been no other reported cases of EHV-1 at the California track.
Hudak Presents PC Path For Ontario Horse Racing; OHRIA Responds March 14, 2013 On Thursday, March 14, PC Leader Tim Hudak will formally present his white paper on agriculture and rural Ontario in Guelph, Ont., with part of that paper outlining his party's vision for the future o...
MP Del Mastro Chastises Wynne's Government Over Kawartha Situation March 13, 2013 In a release issued Wednesday, March 13, Progressive Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, who is from Peterborough, Ont. and is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Ha...
Leal: No KD Counter-Offer? March 13, 2013 According to MPP Jeff Leal, Minister of Rural Affairs for the Province of Ontario, the horse-racing transitional panel was willing to listen to a counter offer from Kawartha Downs owner/operator Harve
Leslie On OLG Re-Integration: "It's A Great First Step" March 13, 2013 "I don't think it's a smokescreen. Naturally we've got concerns about the specifics about what that's going to mean because that hasn't been clarified yet."
Rally Planned At Kawartha Downs March 12, 2013 No Casino in The City is rallying at Kawartha Downs on Thursday at noon to lobby to keep the racetrack and slots in Cavan-Monaghan and out of Peterborough.
Future Of Dresden Uncertain March 12, 2013 “We're still hoping something at the eleventh hour comes through and actually saves racing because with so many jobs and lives at stake you just kind of hope that it's going to go (ahead).”
