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Hanover Responds To OMAFRA Report

October 31, 2012

On Wednesday, October 31, Hanover Raceway General Manager Gord Dougan issued an open letter to the Ontario horse-racing industry in regard to OMAFRA Panel's transition report which was recently submit...

OMAFRA Report Released

October 30, 2012

On Tuesday, October 30, the long-anticipated OMAFRA Panel Report on the transition of the Ontario horse racing industry from the Slots-At-Racetracks program was released to the horse racing industry.

ORC Issues Equine Herpes Warning

October 19, 2012

The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has been made aware of an outbreak of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus 1 at Hawthorne Race Course, a thoroughbred racetrack in Illinois. While racing wi...

ORC Administration Appeal Withdrawn

October 17, 2012

The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) released its ruling Wednesday on a request made by the ORC Administration to withdraw its appeal on a ruling involving Gord McDonnell.

ORC Rules On Bates' Appeal

October 17, 2012

The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) released its ruling regarding the appeal and request for hearing by standardbred licensee Timothy Bates on Wednesday evening.

ORC Approves Cancellation At Fort Erie

October 05, 2012

Following a public consultation process, the Director has issued a Notice of Decision to Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium (FELRC) approving their application to vary the approved 2012 thoroughbred sch...

ORC Rules On Robertson Appeal

October 05, 2012

The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) released its ruling on the appeal and request for hearing by Jason Robertson on Friday evening.

CPMA Clarifies Practice On Releasing Residue Samples

October 04, 2012

On October 1, 2012, the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency released a memorandum to the Canadian racing industry regarding its review of practices associated with the release of residue from official samples...

ORC Rules On Adams, Filion

October 02, 2012

On Tuesday, October 2, the Ontario Racing Commission released a pair of decisions, one in regard to driver Sylvain Filion and the other in relation to trainer Ronald Adams.

Fort Erie Looking To Vary Schedule

September 26, 2012

On Wednesday, September 26, the Ontario Racing Commission announced that it was circulating an application from the operators of the Fort Erie Race Track for a variance to the track's 2012 approved ra

ORC Rules On Byron Appeal

September 24, 2012

On July 4, 2012, the Judges issued Official Ruling SB 44931 wherein Aaron Byron (“BYRON”) was given a ten-day driving suspension for bearing in and causing an accident while driving the horse “Kaos Ag...

Walker Named ORC Commissioner

September 24, 2012

On Monday, Chair of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) Rod Seiling announced that Anne Walker, BSc, MSc, DVM, JD of Beamsville, Ont. has been appointed by the Government of Ontario as a member of the...