Woodbine Racetrack

Open Letters To Ontario's Standardbred Industry

Within the past 24 hours Standardbred Canada has received two open letters regarding the decision to move Woodbine's Standardbred racing product exclusively to Mohawk Racetrack.

Race Date Changes At Mohawk

A number of fall 2017 race dates previously slated for Mohawk Racetrack will be shifted to Woodbine Racetrack.

Holy Helena Triumphs In Queen's Plate

Holy Helena, an impressive winner of the 1-1/8 mile Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, in just her third career start, was even better when facing males for the first time in Sunday’s $1 million Q...

Woodbine To Add Second Turf Course

On Wednesday, June 28 the Woodbine Entertainment Group announced that Woodbine Racetrack will add a second grass course in 2019. Construction will begin in the spring of 2018 when the existing Standar...

More News From The WEG Circuit

The month of June has been full of news from the Woodbine Entertainment Group’s Standardbred circuit. Dr J Hanover lowered the overall Canadian speed record. The eliminations and final of the Pepsi No...

Retention-Area Towel Pilot Approved

On Thursday, June 15, the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency issued a memo to horsepeople competing on the Woodbine Entertainment Group circuit stating that a proposed pilot project in regard to the stocking...

Mohawk To Host Year-Round Racing

On Tuesday, June 13, at the post position draw for the 34th edition of the Pepsi North America Cup, the Woodbine Entertainment Group announced an investment of over $10 million for Mohawk Racetrack. T...

WEG Would Welcome Development Of Mohawk Property

Woodbine Entertainment Group CEO Jim Lawson has said the 440-acre parcel of land home to Mohawk Racetrack could one day be the site of the same kind of entertainment district and massive development b...

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Woodbine Master Plan Unveiled

On Tuesday, April 25, the Woodbine Entertainment Group unveiled the completed master plan for the Woodbine Racetrack lands.

Lawson On Partnering With OLG

“We just have to work with OLG and the regulator to make sure these new products are ones that are thought through, and we’re working on them. I mentioned parlay betting and also lottery-style product...

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WEG Honours McNair & Moreau

Driver Doug McNair and trainer Richard Moreau were recognized on Saturday evening (April 15) at Mohawk Racetrack for their outstanding performances during the 2016-17 Woodbine winter meet.

Confident McNair Heads To Mohawk

“You have to be aggressive (at Woodbine), it’s always been more of a front-end place and Mohawk is kind of turning into that, too. They’re going so fast nowadays, going such big first-half speed and c...