Reminder: OSS Payments Due Friday, June 15

The Ontario Sires Stakes Administration would like to remind everyone that Friday, June 15th is the deadline for OSS yearling nominations for 2012. The regular May 15th deadline was extended in early May and nomination forms were mailed to participants at that time.  Anyone who did not receive a form for their yearling can download […] Read more »

SBOA Presents Submission To Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance

SBOA recently submitted an official letter to the Ontario Government’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, currently holding hearings on Bill 55 concerning the Ontario Budget. On June 7th, President Anna Meyers was invited to provide a verbal synopsis of the SBOA submission and she fielded questions from the nine-person multi-party committee. She underlined […] Read more »

Ontario Government Announces $50 Million in Transitional Funding For Horse Racing; OHRIA Responds

A release from the Liberal government on Thursday, June 7th officially announced the transitional fund established to “help the horse racing industry transition from the Slots at Racetracks program to a more sustainable, self-sufficient model.” Consultations will be led by a panel of three former cabinet ministers — Elmer Buchanan, John Snobelen and John Wilkinson. The […] Read more »

OEF Makes Heartfelt Plea To Members To Urge MPP’s To Support Ontario Racing

The Ontario Equestrian Federation (OEF) has long been in racing's corner, but the organization has now made a heartfelt well-articulated plea asking members to urge their MPP's to support the Ontario horse racing industry and its giant ripple effect on horsedom. Read more »

Genomic Road Map To Rhodococcus Fast-tracks Vaccine Development

Imagine a three decade journey — a quest for an insidious bacterium possessing elusive qualities equivalent to that of the Holy Grail. Dr. John Prescott, University of Guelph Professor and Chair of the OVC Department of Pathobiology, has been unwavering in staying the course on his quest to find a vaccine able to combat the […] Read more »