Coleman Hearing Next Monday March 05, 2013 Trot Insider has learned that trainer Casie Coleman will have a hearing with Ontario Racing Commission judges next Monday after three of her horses tested positive for Flumethasone.
MacDonald Keeps Momentum Going March 05, 2013 Four weeks removed from his well-received fundraising event at Mohawk Racetrack, Guelph PC candidate and driver Anthony MacDonald is not showing any signs of easing up on the political throttle.
Wynne Says Errors Were Made March 04, 2013 Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was in Flamborough this past weekend when she went on the record as saying that her predecessor, Dalton McGuinty, knew that errors had been made regarding how the Ontari...
ORC Rules On Owner Responsibility, OSS Exemption Appeals March 04, 2013 On Monday, March 4, the Ontario Racing Commission released rulings in regard to appeals from each Richard Carroll, Mark Williams and Russell Meerdink.
Harness Racing Congress Begins March 02, 2013 The first day of the sixth Harness Racing Congress, held Saturday morning (March 2) at the Westin Beach Resort and Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was filled with panel discussions on government rela...
CTV Goes Off To The Races March 02, 2013 With the end of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s Slots-At-Racetracks program looming March 31, Kitchener's CTV News has taken an in-depth look at the state of Ontario's horse racing industry in ...
OHRIA To Get Aggressive? March 01, 2013 In a release issued on Friday, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association announced that its board of directors approved an aggressive campaign in the event that negotiations with the government fa...
NDP To Re-Introduce Anti-Modernization Motion February 28, 2013 Ontario's opposition parties have been quite vocal in giving verbal support for the province's beleaguered horse-racing industry. Front and centre in the year-long crisis have been PC MPP Monte McNaug...
An Open Letter To Premier Wynne February 28, 2013 "Premier Wynne, your transition panel is designing a model for the horse racing industry that is unsustainable and will result in an industry that is represented by three to five racetracks attached t...
No GCGC/OLG Agreement, Yet More Slots February 27, 2013 Great Canadian Gaming Corp. has yet to reach a tentative lease agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. to house the province’s slot machines at Flamboro Downs and Georgian Downs, but it ha...
Snobelen On Overnight Purses February 27, 2013 In issuing a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne on Tuesday asking her to reinstate the slots-at-racetracks program, Hall of Famer Robert Burgess revealed that Ontario's overnight purse structure outside...
NDP, PC Want Ontarians To Be Heard February 26, 2013 On Tuesday, February 26 during question period in the Ontario Legislature, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak (New Democratic Party) called on Premier Kathleen Wynne to halt the privatization of the Ontario Lot...
