Slots At Racetracks

"Obviously, the government is looking everywhere for money," horseman John Bax has been quoted as saying, "so they're throwing this out there to see what kind of reaction they're going to get.

Lisa Thompson, MPP (Huron-Bruce) is calling on the McGuinty government to back off any attempt to end the Slots at Racetracks Program, which has brought substantial growth to the horse racing industry

In New York, praises continue to rain down for the state's overly-successful racino program, which, in Sullivan County alone, has generated $25 million for the county and employs roughly 580 people

The Standardbred Owners Association of New York has announced that it stands firmly behind all those hard working horsemen in Canada who are trying to protect the interests of harness racing and who i...

Following the recent release of the Drummond Report, and recommendations that would damage Ontario’s horse racing industry, Standardbred Canada is pleased that the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, C...

Former PC Cabinet Minister John Snobelen has gone on the offensive in light of the proposed cuts to horse racing in the Drummond Report, voicing his opinions on the necessity for the continuation of t...

Reports indicate that the proposed cuts to horse racing outlined in Wednesday's Drummond Report may not simply be recommendations in the name of general austerity. Those recommendations could stem fro...

On Friday, February 17, the Central Ontario Standardbred Association issued a press release in response to the Drummond Report's recommendations for the Ontario racing industry

Trot Insider has learned another bus has been booked for the Queen's Park Rally scheduled for Wednesday, February 22 organized by the Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA)

Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson is demanding that Premier Dalton McGuinty back off any plans he has to end the Slots at Racetracks Program, an initiative that bolstered Ontario's horse racing industry and ...

In stark contrast to what is currently going on in the province of Ontario, the state of New York, Ontario's direct neighbour, is figuratively going to the highest points it can find to trumpet the fa...