Serving the Interests of Ontario Standardbred Breeders
After making her heartfelt plea to save Ontario’s horse racing industry last week, Canadian-born jockey Chantal Sutherland will continue her Lady Godiva-esque quest to bring attention to Ontario government’s decision to end its partnership with horse racing to a different audience. On Tuesday night, Sutherland will be appearing on Conan O’Brien’s late night TV show […] Read more »
The result of weeks of hard work by the OHRIA Task Force is evident with the recent release of the Plan For The Future of the Ontario Horse Racing and Breeding Industry. To prepare the Plan, OHRIA created a Task Force and retained the highly respected Stanley Sadinsky. The attached Plan has been approved unanimously […] Read more »
Ontario Conservative Senator Bob Runciman hosted a media conference on Saturday, July 21 at Georgian Downs to highlight the negative economic impacts and significant job losses that will come from the Ontario Liberal government’s decision to end the Slots-At-Racetracks program next March. “This is ill thought out,” stated Runciman of the decision to end the […] Read more »
Businessman and standardbred owner Ed James has followed up his provocative self-sponsored full page ad in The Toronto Star in May with another jab at the Ontario Liberal Government for scrapping the Slots at Racetracks program. James says he has finally figured out the rationale behind the government’s move to scuttle some 60,000 racing-related jobs. […] Read more »
Dave Briggs, Editor-Publisher of The Canadian Sportsman magazine, points out the fiscal crunch several Ontario municipalities will face with the cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks program. The complete article appears in the Guelph Mercury today Read more »
Enjoy a night of excitement at the 2012 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Fundraising Dinner as the newest Hall of Fame Members Read more »
