Sudbury Downs

Sudbury Downs Cancels ORC licence

In accordance with Section 25 of the Racing Commission Act, 2000, the Director of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has conditionally cancelled Sudbury Downs’ ORC licence effective June 30, 2014 at ...

ORC To Hold Sudbury Purse Monies

On Thursday, July 3, the Ontario Racing Commission announced that, as one of the conditions set by the ORC director regarding the cancellation of Sudbury Downs’ ORC licence, the director has ordered t...

Wynne, Liberals Win Majority

The results are now in, and as they say in horse racing, the results have been made official. The Ontario Liberal Party has won a majority government in Ontario's 2014 Provincial Election.

Ontario Votes 2014

Thursday, June 12, 2014 marks the date of Ontario's General Election, with the province's horse racing industry classified by mainstream media as a campaign issue.

Candidates Respond To OHRIA Survey

OHRIA is posting the responses to support that have been received on the value4money.ca website and will continue to post the responses at they are received.

Racing Industry A Campaign Issue

On the heels of Sudbury Downs announcing no live racing for 2014, all three of Ontario's provincial party leaders have offered comments on the state of the province's racing industry that indicate hor...

Hiawatha To Race, Sudbury Will Not

Within minutes on Monday afternoon, announcements were made that signified good news for horsemen awaiting race dates in the Sarnia area and a bombshell of disappointment for Northern Ontario's harnes...

Snobelen On Sudbury Impasse

John Snobelen of Ontario Horse Racing has provided a brief comment regarding the status of negotiations between the province and the operators of Sudbury Downs.

Still No Deal In Sudbury

Earlier this year, officials with Sudbury Downs applied for 32 dates of live racing in 2014. The first of the applied-for dates was to take place this coming Saturday (May 24). With no deal in place, ...

Sudbury Council Wants More Info

Sudbury City Council will not decide whether a gaming expansion should be located at Sudbury Downs exclusively until council gets more information from the OLG, ORC and the track itself.

Pro-Racino Motion Coming In Sudbury

It is expected that at council meeting on Tuesday, May 13, Sudbury Councillor Claude Berthiaume will introduce a Notice of Motion, which calls for local casino gaming to only be conducted at Sudbury D...

Noble On Sudbury Negotiations

Standardbred racing participants in the Sudbury area are growing more impatient with the uncertainty of the 2014 season of live racing at Sudbury Downs. Track officials applied for a May 24 start date...