The SBOA Stakes eliminations for three-year-old filly trotters and pacers were featured on Mohawk’s Friday evening program. The theme of the night was setting new lifetime marks and the trotting fillies were first to start the trend in their two $25,000 eliminations. Fresh off a win in the Ontario Prep Series final at Flamboro Downs, […] Read more »
McGuinty Government Must Meet With Horse Racing Industry Immediately, MPP Taras Natyshak Tells Legislature
The following press release from the office of NDP MPP Taras Natyshak (Essex) was issued this afternoon (May 15) and calls on McGuinty’s government to meet with the horse racing industry IMMEDIATELY: QUEEN’S PARK – After putting thousands of jobs in the horseracing sector in jeopardy, the McGuinty government must meet immediately with the […] Read more »
Mother’s Day Breeding Farm Open Houses Prove A Huge Success
A trip to the local standardbred breeding farm proved to be a popular choice for more than 1,000 people that visited and toured the four farms Read more »
OSS Yearling Nomination Deadline Extended to June 15, 2012
Following a meeting of the Standardbred Improvement Program Advisory Group on May 10, 2012, the Program Administrator of the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Program has released the conditions and nomination forms for OSS #41. As a result of the delay in releasing the conditions, the deadline for submitting nominations was extended to June 15, 2012. […] Read more »
OHRIA Responds To Attack on Winbak Owner Joe Thomson By Finance Minister Duncan
The Letter below was sent on Friday afternoon from Sue Leslie, President of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association to the Premier of Ontario responding to a series of inaccurate comments Minister Duncan made about horse racing, while attacking a significant foreign investor. Dear Premier, It causes great concern to the Ontario racing and breeding […] Read more »
Winbak’s Joe Thomson Incredulous at Ontario Government’s Decision To Derail The Train
Over the past several years Joe Thomson has become one of the largest investors in what had, until two months ago, been a thriving Ontario Standardbred breeding industry. Dave Briggs recently interviewed the U.S.-based Winbak Farm owner Read more »
